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ment, drove in the Auftrian out-pofts, 
#nd extended his line as far as Landfberg 
on the Leck. General Frouic ad- 
vanced on the roth to Ifny, where he 
defeated the French, made 500 prifoners, 
and difperfed the reft of the corps in the 
woods, and thus the right of MorEAU 
was completely defeated. 
General NovENDORFF in the mean 
time had advanced with a coniiderable 
corps to Nordlingen, whence he moved, 
and took a pofition, on the 2oth, at Do- 
nainwert. His parties extended to Ulm 
and Gemund. Under thefe circum- 
tances general More Au felt the necef- 
_fity of retreating. In the night of the 
2oth, he repaffed the Leck, at Augfburgh 
and Rain; on the 22d, his head quarters 
were at Weifsonhom, and he direéted 
hisretreat towards Ulm. On the 22d 
fix French commiffarics, and all the peo- 
ple belonging to the bread department, 
were taken upon the road leading from 
Ulm towards Conftade and Stutgard. 
‘Chey had been forward at the two laft 
mentioned places to prepare bread for 
general MorEAv’s army From this 
circumftance the Auftrians concluded 
that he defigned to crefs the Danube at 
Ulm, and retreat, by Stutgard and Con- 
Stadt, towards Kehl. But major-general 
NoveNDORFF advancing from the 
neighbourhood of Nerlingen, arrived 
before Ulm time enough to fruftrate ge- 
neral MoREAv’s defign; fo that when, 
on the 23d, a ftrong column of the French 
defiled out of the town, they found the 
heights, commanding “the road towards 
Stutgard, already occupied, and did not 
attempt to force them. The next day, 
the Auftrians attacked this corps, and 
drove it back tothe gates of Ulm. Ge- 
neral Moreau finding himfelf in this 
fituation, abandoned Ulm on the 26th, 
and proceeded along the left bank of the 
Danube as far as Erbach, where he again 
croffed the river, and was fuppofed to 
direct his retreat towards the foreft- 
town. On the laft day of September 
he arrived near Buchau, where, early in 
the morning, he was attacked by the 
Auftrians at all points. The battle lahed 
the whole day; but the event of it is 
fpoken of doubtfully. After the battle 
general MOREAU continued his march 
towards the Rhine, without lofing any 
of his artillery or baggage. 
ITALY: 
_ A courier, from Paris, arrived at Rome 
in September, and brought intelligence 
that the executive directory infifted on 
@ formal retractarion of the briefs iffued 
Public Affairs. —Italy. . « Weft-Indies. . « America. 
‘thought to indicate a rupture. 
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by his Holinefs againft the civil confti- 
tution of the clergy; and in this view 
they have dictated the following form : 
‘Some common enemies having in- 
duced me to publith briefs, which, 1m 
point of principle and effect, are repug~ 
nant to the rights of nations, 1 do dit- 
approve and revoke the fame. . 
‘Prus V1. 
Citizen Cacault, at Rome, received, 
about the end of Auguft, the anfwer he 
expected from Naples, purporting that his 
Sicilian majefty difclaimed any intentiow 
of entering the ecclefiaftical ftate in a 
hoftile manner; though, for want of 
fufictent accommodation for his nume- 
rous army in his own dominions, he had 
quartered a few troops at Pente Corro. 
He alfo denied his having any intention 
of violating the armiftice with France 5 
but at the fame time declared, that if 
the enemies of Naples entered the pope’s 
dominions, he will enter them likewife. 
This anfwer, couched in haughty and 
ambiguous language, was generally 
BritisH AMERICA AND. WeEsrT-- 
INDIES. 
Notwithftanding the refpeétability of 
Our naval force, “while that of the 
enemy remained fut up in their ports,” 
a French fquadron, under admiral 
RICHERY, found means to pafs unno- 
ticed to Newfoundland, to capture fe- 
veral fhips, to do almoft infinite damage 
to the inhabitants in the Bay of Bulls, 
and other places, from whence he is faid 
to have departed, in order to fearch for 
farther booty. . 
From our Weft-India inflands little 
elfe has been lately heard of but the dif- 
eafes and death of the Britifh troops. 
UNITED STATEs. 
One-third of the-legiflature go out on 
the 4th of March ‘next, and a very ace 
tive canvafs is already begun by thofe 
who wifh to become their fucceffors. 
The prefident’s term of office ‘expires 
alfo on that day. -It is expeéted that he 
will be re-eleéted without oppofition ; 
and his friends affert, in contradiétion to 
the report of his intention of retiring 
from office, that in cafe he is re-elected 
he will continue to ferve. we 
In September, a terrible fire broke out 
at Quebec, which at firft menaced the 
whole city with deftru€tion. The church 
and convent of the Recolets were burnt 
down. It ftopped towards Mount Car- 
mel, after having entirely confyumed 13 
or 14 houfes, among which are two be« 
longing to Chief Juftice Monk. 
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