1796. 
On the 3d of September, general St. 
Cyr ordered an attack to be made upon 
Frefing. He had direCtions to prefs the. 
Auftrians with the greateft vigour, and 
to prevent them cutting the bridge over 
the Ifer.. This attack completely fuc- 
ceeded. The Auftrians were employed. 
in throwing down the bridge with a 
regiment of infantry, four fquadrons of 
cavalry, and fome cannon. ‘The French 
pufhed. on with fuch impetuofity, that 
the Auftrians were able only to raife 
fome planks of the bridge, which were 
infiantly replaced. “The fame day, the 
right wing.of the French army took 
poffeffion of Gefenfield. 
Thus, while the army of the Sambre 
and Meufe were retreating, under gene- 
ral Jourdan, the army,of the Rhine and 
the Mofelle, under general Moreau, was 
pur{uing its victorious career to the very 
gates of Ratifbon. 
- On. the 4th of September, general 
Schers gained a confiderable advantage 
ever the garrifon of Philipfburgh. He 
had been previoufly informed by his 
{pies, that he was to be attacked by the, 
Auftrians, on the 5th of September, in-his 
pofition at Bruchfal, by the. garrifon of 
Philipfburgh, reinforced by a detach- 
ment of that at Manheim, and by a 
troop of about four thoufand peafants, 
armed with mufquets. Though greatly 
inferior in number, General Schers 
determined to anticipate the Aufrians, 
and to aitack them himfelf on the 4th 
ef September in the morning. 
This attack was executed in three 
~ columns, commanded by ‘the adjutant 
general Ramel and two chiefs of brigade, 
with great judgment, fecrecy, and bold- 
nefs. The French, tired of the long 
duration of the difcharge of mufquetry 
and cannon, put an end to it by their 
ufual method, the charge-ftep and the 
bayonet. | 
The garrifon were driven back under 
the cannon of Philipfburgh: the detach- 
ment of the garrifon of Manheim re- 
turned to its former quarters in full 
gallop; and the peafants, cut in pieces, 
ftrewed the road with their killed and 
wounded. Thefe unfortunate peafants 
. were commanded by three capuchins, 
but the dragoons foon overthrew the 
proceffion. 
The army of Italy, under the intrepid 
general Buonaparte, continued for a 
confiderable time to march from viétory 
to victory, till. they reduced general 
Wurmfer, and the Imperial troops 
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under his command, toa ftate fimilar to 
that of his predeceflor Beaulieu. | 
The Auftrians, after fuffering feveral 
defeats, occupied Corona and Montebaldo 
in confiderable force, where they ap- 
peared anxious to make a-ftand. General 
Maffena marched thither, made himfelf 
mafter. of Montebaldo, of Corona, and 
Prebolo, tock feven pieces of cannon, 
and made. 4oo prifoners.. On the next 
dav, generals Soret and Saint Hilaine 
were ordered, by Buonaparte, to march 
to Roque d’Anfence, of which the Auf- 
trians feemed defirous to keep poffeffion. 
This operation fucceeded; they forced 
Roque d’Anfonce, engaged the Auftriangs 
at Lodron, and, after a flight a€tion, 
took poffettion of their baggage, fix pieces 
of cannon, and 1100 prifoners. 
General Angereau,in the mean while, 
paffed the Adege, drove the Imperialifts 
to Raveredo, and took feveral hundred 
prifoners,. On the 2d of Auguft, gene- 
ral Buonaparte fixed his head-quarters at 
Brefcia; and on the 6th at Milan; 
whence -he reported’ to the executive 
directory, that, a few days before, the 
troops under his command attacked the 
bridges of Gavernalo and Borgoforte, in 
order to force the garrifon to fetire with- 
in the walls. After a {pirited caanon- 
ade, general Sahuguet, in perfon, croffed 
the bridge of Gavernalo, whilf Sayer 
Dallamayne took Borgoforte. The Auf- 
trians were faid to have loft 500 men, in 
killed, wounded, and taken prifoners. 
On the morning of the 4th of Septem+ 
ber, general Maffena attacked a divifion 
of the Auftrians, confilting of 15 batta- 
lions. He defeated and drove them as 
far as the caftle of La Pietra; 1200 were 
made prifoners, and a great number 
killed and wounded. On the evening of 
the fame day, the French forced the 
caftle of La Pietra, and renewed their 
attack upon the Auitrians, and after an 
obftinate action defeated them, took 
from them five thoufand prifoners, 15 
pieces of cannon, and feven ftandards. 
The French advanced to the very gates 
of Trent. 
On the fame day, at day-break, an- 
ether body of the French army came in 
front of the Auftrians, who guarded the 
impregnable defiles cf Marfo. The 
French general, Pigeon, with fome light 
infantry, gained the heights of the left 
of Marfo. Adjutant-general, at the head 
of the light-infantry, attacked the Auf- 
trians by a rifle-fire: general Vidtoy, in. 
a clofe column, penetrated by the high- 
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