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connoitre thé hrie of ciretmvallation of 
the Auftrians: The whole hne of the 
befiegers was forced, withouta fhot being 
fired, and with the greateft bravety. 
The Auftrians abandoned all their artil- 
lery, which was inftantly {piked; the 
French carried off ten pieces of cannun, 
and fix or feven hundred prifoners, 
among whom were thirty o cers. Sirice 
this action, the Auftrians have been again 
defeated in an attempt to ftorm the tort. 
In the ftatement referred to above, 
we left general Wurmier, and nearly all 
his forces, in Mantua; but not fo clofely 
invefted by the French as to preveng him 
from making feveral fuccefsful forties. 
His perilous fituation, however, and a 
hope to regain their loft territories in 
italy, induced the court of Vienna to 
fend large reinforcements, under the coms 
mand of general Alvinzy, to relieve ge- 
neral Wurmfer. On the éth of Novem: 
ber, as general Alvinzy was on the point 
of pufhing forward his advanced guard, 
general Buonaparte, who had marched in 
the night, cominenced a moit fevere at- 
tack upon his whole line. The action 
began with general Proverra’s corps, 
and night put an end to the affair, with- 
out either party having gained or loft any 
ground ; but on the next morning, the 
French general withdrew his forces to 
another pofition. General Davidovitch 
had in the mean time made himfelf 
mafter of Trefte. 
The Auftrian and French accounts of 
this ation on the Brenta, differ materially 
as to each cther’s lofs, and each affigns 
the victory to their own party. 
Soon after this battle, general Alvinzy 
formed a junction with the columns of 
the Tyrol, and found himfelf at the head 
of 40,000 men. 
On the 15th of November, Buonaparte 
advanced near to the village of Arcola, to 
attack the Auftrians. It was neceffary 
to pafs a bridge in poffefion of the 
enemy, from which they kept up a ter- 
rible fire; the French troops proceeded 
feveral times to the charge to carry this 
bridge; but not having, in the firft in- 
ftance, evinced the fame audacity as at 
the bridge of Lodi, they were repulfed in 
their reiterated attempts; and general 
Angereau, with the colours in his hand, 
advanced in vain at the head of a column 
to force Arcola. 
the laft importance to obtain poffetfion 
ef that place, general Buonaparte pro 
ceeded, with all his état-major, at the 
head of Angereau's divifion; after ex~° 
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horting his troops to recotleét, that they 
were the fare who had carried thé 
bridge of Lodi; he perceived a moment 
of enthufiaim; and withing to profit from 
it, he threw himfelf off Ins horfe, feized 
a ftandard, darted at the head of the gré- 
nacdicrs, and ran to the bridge; exclann- 
ing, follow your veneral, .The column was 
fhaken for a moment ; the troops, however; 
were only thirty paces from the bridge, 
wheo the terrible fire of the Auftrians 
reached the columny and caufed it to falt 
back at the moment even When their an-° 
tagonifts werd about to. Ay. Jt was in 
this moment that feveral of the French 
generais were killed or wounded. 
The commander in chief, and his état- 
major, were at length overwhelmed ; the 
general himfelf was thrown with his 
horfe into a marth, from whence; under 
the fire of the enemy, he efcaped with 
diffeulty ; he mounted hts horfe again, 
the column rallied, and the Avuftrians 
dared not to quit their trenches. 
Night came on, when general Guieux 
arrived at the village of Arcola, whick 
he took, with a great number of prifon- 
ers. 
On the next morning, the Auftrians 
attacked the French at all points, bus 
were repulfed by general Maffena’s co- 
lumns with great lofs. On the 17th of 
November, the contending armies fonght 
again with great obftinacy 5 and the vic- 
tory on the part of the French on that 
day was, according to their accounts, - 
complete.. The Auttrians abandoned all 
their pofitions, and retreated in the night 
to Vicenza. In thefe different engage. 
ments, the Auftrians lof, in killed and 
wounded, ten thoufand men, the French 
had. a confiderable number killed, but 
their lofs in prifoners was much lefs ; 
they had feven generals wounded, twe 
mortally. 
It is neceffary to obferve in this place, 
that the Auftrians, in their acceunt of 
thefe engagements, admit, in exprefs 
terms, the feverity of the confiéts, but: 
contend for the viétory. . : 
. The French republic and his majefty 
the king of the Two Sictlies, have, 
through their plenipotentiaries, agreed 
to articles of peace, which were figned’at 
Paris, onthe roth of October, 1796. 
The fubftance of thefe articles is, 
“That neither of the two powers fhall 
furnifh to the enemies of the other any 
{uccours of troops, fhips, arms, ftores, 
men, or money. That his majefty of 
the Two Siciies fhall obferve the moft 
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