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a fufpenfion of arms, and to make 
peace with them upon the following 
terms, as ftated in the Paris papers : 
ArT I. The fee Giiole of Savoy and the 
county of Nice are for ever given up to us. The 
fummit of the Alps, and the courfe of the rivers, 
fhall henceforth be, on this fide, the limits of 
the Republic. 
II. We fhall contiuue to occupy, till a ge- 
neral peace, the territory and paffages neceflary 
to the operations of our armies. Four of the 
principal ftrong holds, occupisd by us, fina!l re- 
main in our hands till a’general -peace : thefe 
fhall be Alleffandria, Sufa, “Tortona, - and Corri. 
Their fortifications thal! be razed at a peace, 
Ill. We have, in the country Bo ‘honally 
occupied by us, the right of requifition for pro- 
vilioos, forage, and a. military contiibution for 
the ents of our: armies. The King of Sar- 
dinia, notwithitanding, fhall have the civil ad- 
miniitration m thefe countries. 
‘TV. He shall not grant, through his donate 
nions, a paffage to any troops but our own. 
V. He engages to accept our mediation for 
ef Ueseien ‘t-general for ie vacant by the death 
of Ge neral Cauffe. 
“ The cavalry completed: the route, and 
made a great number of prifoners. The lofs of 
the enemy is {tated be 2000 men, 1400 of 
whom are prifoners. We loft a chief of brigade, 
Rondeau, called the brave, and the chief of bri- 
gade, Dupuis. 
“« Adjutant-genera! Vignole, fub-chief of the 
etat-major, and citizen Murat, my aid-du-camp, 
contributed in a great degree to ae fuccefs of 
the day. 
“ On the other fide General Rufea got pof- 
feffion of the excellent pofition of St. Jean, 
‘which commands the valley of Bormida; he 
‘took two pieces of cannon, and roo prifoners. 
‘¢ Serminer, general of divifion, got poffeffion 
alfo of the heights of Batiiolo, of Baguafco, and 
ef Ponta Nocetto; he took faxty-one es 
among whom is a lieutenant-colonel. 
“ General Angereau has occupied the re- 
doubts of Montezimo, which the enemy eyacu- 
ated at ‘his approach ; he has thereby opened our 
communications with the-valley of Tanaro and 
General Serruriet’s divifion. 
“ Tt is impoffible for me to fend an account of 
the aéts of valour and the names of thofe who 
have particularly diftinguifhed themfelves. 
When we thall be lefs in motion, and the dif- 
ferent generals fhalt feud their relation to the 
etat-major, I fhall fend you an account. 
(Signed) % BUONAPARTE.” 
* Fhe General in Chief of the Army in Italy, to 
the Bieerive Direétory. 
Head- Quarters at Lexinod, April 22. 
¢ T have to give you an account of the taking 
of Ceva, of the battle of Mondovi, of our entry 
into this place, 
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the differences exifting between him and the 
republic of Genoa, relative to the demarcation of 
the limits of the two ftates. 
VI. He obliges himfelf not to permit, in 
his dominions, any. emigrants, or banijhed 
Frenchmen He may receive there fuch in- 
habitants of Sayoy and the county of Nice, as 
mav have taken refuge there. 
VII. He grants an amnefty to fuch of 
his fubjects as have heretofore expreffed 
opinions favourable to the French revolution. 
VIil. He fhall fend to Paris a minifter, to 
difavow the offence againft the right of nations, 
in the perfon of Senonville, our ambafiador, 
whom he had prohibited from entering his 
flates. . . 
IX. He guarantees, in the commerce with 
his dominions, the fame privileges as the moft 
favoured nations. 
Xx. He recognizes the Batavian republic, and 
Gives to it the fame privileges as to us. 
General Beaulieu has alfo been totally 
cteated by the French general Buona- 
parte at a on the 10th of May. 
Uncommon 
“The 27th, General Angereau went -to 
Montelezimo, and attacked the redoubts which 
defend the entrenched camp at Ceva, which 
were defended by eight thoufand Piedmontefe, 
—The columns commanded by Generals Bey- ‘ 
rand and Joubert, fought all the day, and took 
the greateft number of them, The lofs of the 
enemy amounted to about. 300 men.—-We have 
loft the chief of the 29th half brigade. 
“The enemy, fearing to be turned in the 
night by Caftelino, evacuated the entrenched 
camp in the night. At break of day General 
Serrurier entered the town of Ceva, and invefied 
the citadel. We have found in the town fome 
refources. for provifions, 
“ The Piedmontefe army, driven from Ceva, 
took a pofition at the eaniupred of the Cut. 
glia and.Tanaro, having its right fupported by 
Notre Dame de Vico, and its centre by the 
Bicoque. The 1ft init. General Serrurier at» 
tacked the right of the enemy, by the village of 
St. Michel.© He paffed the bridge under their 
fire, and after three hours combat, obliged them 
to evacuate the village; but the Tanaro not be» 
ing fordable, the divifion which attacked the 
left could not crofs, and the enemy, reinforced in 
its right, obliged General Serruner to retreat, 
which he did in the beft order. The fame night 
he returned to his former poti fition. The enemy 
loft about 150 men. 
“ The fituation of the enemy was formidable, 
furrounded by two deep and rapid rivers. They 
had cut down all the bridges, and planted bat 
teries on the banks. We pafied the whole of 
the 2d, in making difpofitions, feeking by falfe 
‘maneeuvres, to conceal our intentions. 
“ At two o’clock, after midnight, General 
Mafiena paffed the Tanaro, near Ceva, and en» 
tered the village of Lezengo.—Generals Guieux 
and Florella ftopped at the Raidge of Torre — 
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