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mafters of a number of important pofts. 
Their fuccefs and fuperiority over their 
Coffaria. Alseady the intrepid Gen. Joubert, 
celebrated for experience and caieey talents, 
had entered the trenches with feven men; but 
he was ftruck on the head, and thrown to the 
ground ; and his foldiers thinking him dead, the 
movements of his column relaxed. His wounds 
are not dangerous. 
~ & The fecond column, commanded by Gen. 
Panei, marched in great filence, with arms on 
the fhoulder, when that brave general was killed 
at the foot of the enemy’s intrenchments. 
“ The third column, commanded by t! 
jutant-G General, Quenin, yual; diicon- 
certed in its march, a bali having killed that 
eficer. The whole army greatly regrets the lofs 
_of thofe two brave officers, In the mean time, 
the night coming on, gave me reafon to fuppofe 
the enemy would defend. themfelves fword in 
hand, for which J made preparations. 
& On the 25th, at break of day, the Auftriat 
and Sardinian army, and the French army, found 
themfelves within fight of each other; my left, 
commanded by. Gen. Angereau, blockade d 
Proveyra; fev eral of the enemy’s regiments, 
among whom was that of Beghofe, attempted 
to penetrate my centre. Gen. Menare vigo- 
roufly repulfed them; I foon after ordered him 
to fall back on my right; and before one o’¢lock 
“at noon, Gen, Maflena attacked the left of the 
‘enemy, which, occupied with ftrong intrench- 
ments and batteries, the village of Dego. We 
‘puihed on our troops to the road leading from 
Dego to Spine: 
s Gen, Laharpe marched with his divifion in 
three ¢olurans, clofe in a mafs; that of the leit, 
cornmaanded by''Gen, Caufes, ‘paffed the Ber- 
mida, under the fire of the enemy, andattacked 
their left wing. » Gen. Cervofe, at the head of 
the fecond column, alfo traverfed the Bermicaa, 
“under protection of one of our batteries, and 
“marched immediately on the enemy. The 
third column, commanded by -Gen. Boyerd, 
‘turned a ravin, and cut off the retreat of sthe 
enemy. 
<‘ All thefe movements, feconded by the in- 
trepidity of the troops, and the talents of the 
generals, accomplithed the purpote expected. 
Coolneis is the refult of courage, and courage ts 
poiicifed by all Frenchmen. 
“ The enemy, furreunded on all fides, had 
net time to capitulate ; ; our columns fpread 
death among.them, and put them to: flight. 
While our right made the neceilary difpofitions 
for attacking the left of the enemy, General 
Proveyray with his aati in Colfaria, furren~ 
dered prifoners of war 
& Our _foldicrs atta acked the enemy on ail 
fide >5, and purfued them, General Laharpe put 
himfelf at the head af four fquadrons of cavalry, 
and briikly ielowed them, 
¢ WE HAVE, BY THIS VICTORY; TAKEN 
BETWEEN SEVEN AND NINE THOUSAND 
PRISONERS; among whom are a lieutenant- 
general and about twenty or thirty colonels, and 

Was €d naliy 
Vidtories of the French, 
(May 
énemies: in Italy, were fo great, as to 
induce the king of Sardinia to folicit for 
a fufpenfion 
almoft the whole of the following regiments : 
three oie of Croates, a battalion of Pele- 
grini, Stein, Vilhem, Schroeder, Tentach, four 
companies of artillery, feveral fuperior officers 
Of engineers, in the fervice of the Emp-ror, 
and the regiments of Montferrat, of the M arine, 
of Suze, and four companies of the grenadiers in 
the fervice of the kine of Sardinia; twenty-twa 
ae of fone with caffons, &c. and fifteen 
i: rt he Stay has had between two thoufand 
and two thoufand five hundred men k'lled, 
among whom is a colonel, and aid-du-camp to 
the king of Sardinia. 
Twill fend you further particulars as foaa 
as I fhall have received the ¢ctails of this 
glorious affair. 
(Signed) “ BUONSPARTE.” 
The General in Chief of the Army in Italy te 
the Executive DireGiory. 
Head- Quarters, Carcare, April t 6. 
“ T have already given you an account, citi- 
zens dir>Stors, of the two viétories which our 
army has gained over the combined Aufirian 
and Sardinian armies. I have now to give you 
an account of the op-rations of the army on the 
tsth of April; that is to fy, of ‘the baitle of 
Dego, the battl: of St. joan, the taking of 
Montezimo, and of my junétion with General 
errurier’s Civificn, which I left to guard Tanaro 
and the valicy of Oneglia. 
© The right wing of the army, fatigued with 
the combat of the preceding day, which had 
ended at a very late hour, wholly given up ta 
the fecurity of viory, fuffered at break of day 
‘the villace- of D-go to be carried by 7000 Au- 
ftrians, who attacked it with the greateit auda-~ 
city. (Beaulieu, hoping to repair his defeats, 
‘affembled 700e men, the flower of his army, in 
‘order to make a defperate attempt.) The ge- 
nerale was beat in the right wing, and immedi- 
ately afterwards at the head-quarters. General 
Maifena, as icon as he had rallied a part of his 
troops, commenced the attack. Sur troops 
were repulfed in three different attacks, When 
I arrived, [ found General Cauffee rallying the 
ggth derni-brigade, charging the enemy, and 
about to fall on them with the bayonet ; when 
he was wounded mortally. The firft thing he 
afked me, when he faw me, was, “Is Dega 
taken?** It was. then two P.M. and nothing 
was cecided. I had already formed into a 
column the thirtv-ninth demi-brigade com- 
manded by Brigadier-General Viotot, when 
Adjutant=Genera Lauces rallied the 8th demi- 
brigade of light infantry y, and proceeded at the 
head of it to the attack, For an inftant his 
troops gave way, but his intre pidity was deci- 
five. ‘This brave oficer had, during the battley 
an epaulet caytied away by a ball; “he has dif 
tinguivhed himfelf in this war by his activity, 
his cou age and his talents, I requedt the 9 
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