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that the French meant to rifque an ac- 
tion, in the pofition of Hadamar; and, in 
confequence, the whole army affembled 
before day-break, on the r7th, betwixt 
Dietz and Limbourg, from which points 
it was determined that a general attack 
fhould be made. A very thick mif, 
which prevailed in the morning, pre- 
vented the troops from advancing fo 
early as was intended; and when it 
cleared away, the French were feen in 
full retreat, and already at fuch a dif- 
tance as to leave no hope of bringing 
them to action. They abandoned fuc- 
eeffively, in the courfe of the day, all 
their pofts on the Lahn; thofe of the 
left and eentre retiring toward the Sieg, 
and the divifion of the right, and the 
corps which blockaded Ehrenbreitftein, 
throwing themfelyes into the Tete de 
Pont, Neuwied, and the intrenchments on 
the left bank of the Rhine. 
TheAuftrian troops paffed the Lahn in 
purfuit of the French. General Kray 
was on the 1gth at Herboon, and puthed 
on towards Delenbourg and Siegen. _ 
The French, in the mean time, made 
great exertions to fortify themfelves in 
Neuwied. It was faid at this time that 
great diforders prevailed in general 
jJourpan’s army; fo great, indeed, 
that he thought it neceflary to demand 
extraordinary powers of the direétory, 
without which it weuld be impoffible 
to reftore difcipline and fubordination. 
This requeft was faid to be not only 
refufed by the direétory, but hs himfelf 
was removed from the command, which 
was conferred upon general BouRNON- 
VILLE. 
On the 19th of September Jieutenant- 
general Horze, in advancing towards 
Hochftebach, found means to bring on 
an action with the rear guard of the 
French, which terminated in favour of 
the Auftrians. Marceav, a French 
general of divifion, and diftinguifhed 
for his bravery and conduét, was wound - 
ed ‘and taken prifoner; he foon after 
died ot his wounds, and received from his 
enemies the honours due to a brave man. 
A confiderable corps of Auttrians, 
drawn from the garrifons of Manheim 
and Philipfourg, and reinforced by a de- 
tachment of cavalry, under count Mar- 
FELDT, advanced, in the time, into the 
margraviate of Baden, and met with 
fome fuccefs. They furprized and dif- 
perfed the corps which the French had 
left in that country ; made a number of 
prifoners, and took and deftroyed a 
quantity of baggage and ammunition. 
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While fuch were the operations of the 
detached corps, an opinion prevailed im 
the army of the Archduke, that the 
French, under general JOURDAN, in- 
tended to make a ftand in the pofition 
of Ukerath. On the 21ft, however, he 
received information that only a rear 
guard of the French remained on the 
Sieg ; the main body having taken the 
direétion of Duffeldorf, whilt two di- 
vifions of the right wing had aétually 
croffed the Rhine, at Bonn. : 
‘The Archduke now faw himfelf ar 
liberty to undertake his projeéted _ope- 
rations towards the Upper Rhine, and 
he immediately made arrangements for 
that purpofe. 
Lieutenant-general WEMESH receive 
ed orders to advance, onthe 22d, to Uke. 
rath and the Sieg, and at the fame time 
the Archduke began his march towards 
the Mein. He croffed that river on the 
25th, and, leaving a confiderable referve 
cantoned betwixt Mentz and Franck fort, 
proceeded towards the Upper Rhine. 
Prior to this movement of the Arch- 
duke, the Auftrians had an unfortunate 
affair at Thehl, on the 17th. They at- 
tacked that place in two columns, and 
were at firft fuccefsful. The French 
were driven from the town and fort with 
great lofs, and forced to take refuge on 
the other fide of the Rhine. Unluckily, 
the commanding officer of one of the 
Auftrian columns was killed, and that of 
the other taken prifoner ; and the troops, 
deprived of their leaders, fell into the 
createft confufion; whilft the French, 
having received a reinforcement from 
Srafbourg. paffed the bridge, which the 
Auftrians had- negle€ted to deftroy, and 
retook the fortrefs. 
The difafters and difficulties which 
gencral Moreau has lately experienced 
have been confiderable ; but we have lit. 
tle authentic infermation relative to his 
operations at prefent. -On the roth and 
11th of September, it appears, he quitted 
his pofition on the left bank of the Yfer. 
General La Towr followed him clofely, 
and was, on the rath, at Pfaffenhoven. 
As general Moreau feemed to direét 
his march towards Neuburg, where it 
was {uppofed he would pafs the Danube, 
general NouENDoRF croffed the river 
below that place, in order to watch his 
motions ; and on the 14th had an en- 
gagement with his rear guard, in which 
the Auitrians were faid to have takea 
1000 prifoners. 
On the 17th of September, however, 
generalMoxeau made a forward move- 
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