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road, Fie refiftance of the Auftrians was 
long and bloody ; at the fame inftant ge- 
neral Vaubois attacked the iatrenched 
camp of Mons, and, after two hours’ vi- 
gorous fighting, the Aufltrians fell back 
at all points. 
In the mean time. Marbois, general 
Buonaparte’s aid-de-camp, carried orders 
to general Dubois, to advance with a 
corps of huffars, and to purfue the ene- 
my ; that general put himfeif at the head 
of the regiment, and decided the affair, 
but he received three balls in his body, 
which wounded him mortally. One of his 
aid-de-camps was killed by his fide. A 
few moments after, Buonoparte found 
the generaldving. ‘I die for the Re- 
public,’’ faid he ; “‘ let me have trme to 
know whether the victory be complete ?”’ 
and expired immediately. 
The Auftrians retreated to Roveredo, 
nd thence to Trent. The French on 
his oceafion took three pieces of cannon, 
and roco prifoners. By following up 
thefe fuccefsful movements, and by the 
ravery and {kill of the generals Maffena 
and Pigcon, the French totally routed 
the Aufirians. “ Sixor feven thoufand 
prifoners, 25 pieces of cannon, 40 wag- 
gons, and feven ftandards (faid Buon- 
aparte) have been the fruits of the battle 
or Roveredo, one of the moft brilliant of 
the campaign.” 
Gencral Maffena, at eight in the morn- 
ing of the sth of September, entered 
Frent. General Wurmter quitted that 
city the evening before, to take refuge 
on the fide of Baffano, whither the 
French purfaed, and beat him in feveral 
fucceifive attacks, and took 7o pieces of 
cannon, and gained 45 leagues ot coun- 
try. 
Our readers will recolle&t, that in our 
ait ftatement of public affairs, we left 
general Jourdan, commander in chief 
of the army of the Sambre and Menufe, 
in peffefiion of Nuremberg. ‘The arch- 
duke Charles, the Aufirtan commander, 
alarmed for the fafety of Ratitbon, 
marched, witha large detachment of z scoo 
of the ferces eppofced to the French general 
Moreau, againaft general Jourdan, and 
formed a junction with general Warten- 
fleber. On the 22d cf Auguft, the Auf- 
trians attacked a wing of Jourdan’s army, 
under general Bernadotte, who was at 
Tenning, ‘before Newmark, forthe pur- 
pole of covering the communication with 
Jourdan. General Bernadotte on this 
occafion gare new proofs of talents and 
courage; and the troops under his com- 
mand fought with the greateft intre pi- 
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dity. But he was obliged to yield to 
{uperior numbers, and found it neceffary 
to retire between Lauff and Nuremberg, 
to avoid being furrounded. 
Prince Charles, in confequence of this 
fuccefsful movement, adyanced.on four- 
dan’s rear, with the greater part of the 
forces which had obliged general Berna- 
dgtte to fall back, and general fourdan 
incurred the moft imminent danger of 
being furrounded,ina country where com- 
munication. is extremely difficult. His 
pofition, andthe Auftrian force, did not 
permit him to engage, without the great- 
eft riik to his whole army; he therefore 
retreated to Amberg. In this pofition 
general. Wartenfleben attacked him 15 
front, and the archduke in flank. In 
the night of the z4th of Auguft, general 
Jourdan made his retreat in two co- 
tumns, for the purpofe of retiring behind 
Velden, on account of general Bernadotte 
having been forced ta evacuate Nurem- 
berg, and to abandon Lauff ; the Auf- 
trians oceupied the pofttion of Lauff, 
with a force futhciently ftromg to pre- 
tent the pofltbility of his forcing that 
pafase, which was the only high road 
that would afford a means of conveying 
his artillery and baggage. 
therefore obliged to crofs the country, and 
travel along roads which had previoufly . 
been confidered as impaflable byan army. 
The park of artillery and baggage en- 
countered the greateft difficulty im their 
march. At length, general Jourdan was 
obliged to take a pofition with the army, 
parily before Velden, and partly at Vil- 
fech. 
General Bernadotte having been oblig- 
ed to retire on Forcheim, and the Aut- 
trians having moved in front of Erlon- 
gen, his left flank was uncovered, and 
fome of the Aufirians were behind him, 
which cut off his communication with 
General Kleber, who was obliged to re- 
treat on Betzenftein. “4 
On the z7th of Auguft, the French 
army retired behind the Wiffent, the 
right wing fupported by Forcheim, and 
the left at Ebermanftadt. On the 28th, 
they continued their retreat, and on the 
29th mmarehed towards Bamburg ; a part 
of the army paffed to the left bank or 
the Rednitz, the other part remained on 
the right bank, and bridges for their ac- 
commodation were conftructed over the 
Mein. The famesday, the Auttrians 
puihed a large body of cavalry from Burg- 
Eherach on Eltman, and cut off the only 
road which afforded Jourdan a commu- 
nication. On the 30th of Auguft, the 
French 
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