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Uncommon bravery was difplayed by the 
French on this occafion; and the Auf- 
My defign was to march to Mondovi, and to 
oblige the enemy to change the field of battle ; 
but General Colli fearing the iffue@f a combat, 
at two o’clock at midnight, retreated, leaving 
behind alf-his artillery, and took the road for 
Mondovi. 
“ At break of day, the, two armies were 
within fight of each other. The battle began in 
the village of Vico. General Guieux marched 
to the left of Mondovi: Generals Florella and 
Domartin attacked and took the redoubt which 
covered the centre of the enemy, and the Sardi- - 
nian army abandoned the field of battle.~-The 
fame night we entered Mondovi. 
“ The enemy has loft 1800 men, of whom 
¥300 are made prifoners. A Piedmontefe ge- 
neral has been killed, and three are made pri- 
foners, Eleven ftand of colours, and eight pieces 
of cannon, have alfo fallen into our hands, 
“ Our whole army regret the fate of General 
Stengel, who was mortally wounded charging at 
the head of one of the regiments of cavalry. 
(Signed) «© BUONAPARTE.” 
P. S. To-morrow I will fend you twenty- 
one ftand of colours, four of which belong to the 
body-guards of the king of Sardinia. 
The General in Chief to the Executive 
Directory. 
Head Quarters , Cherafco, April 27. 
After the battle of Mondovi, the enemy paff- 
ed the Sture, and took their pofition between 
Coni and Cherafco. This laft town, ftrong 
fiom its pofition at the confluence of the Sture 
and the Tenaro, is furrounded by a range of 
baftions, and well defended by pallifadoes and 
ehevaux de frize. 
The 4th, he was employed in the paffage of 
the Elero, and in throwing new bridges over the 
Pefio. In the evening, the vanguard arrived at 
Carre; the next day, after fome fkirmifhes of 
the cavalry, we entered the town of Bene, 
General Serrurier on the 6th directed his divi- 
fion to La Trinité, and cannonaded the town of 
Foffaro, the head-quarters of General Colli. I 
fhall fend Gen. Dugard and my Aid-du-camp 
(Marmont) chief of battalion, an officer of the 
greateft diftinétion, to reconnoitre the place, and 
fix fome batteries of howitzers to deftroy the 
pallifadoes. 
The enemy difchargeda few cannon-fhot, and 
evacuated the place, repafling the Sture.——-We 
found 28 pieces of cannon, and very confiderable 
gnagazines. This conqueit is to us of the ut- 
moft confequence. While it {apports our right, 
at affords us great refources for fubfiftence. 
The weather ts exceedingly bad,and it rains in 
torrents. I have ordered bridges of boats to be 
thrown over the Sture, and it is faid the enemy 
has retired to Carignan, for the purpofe of cover= 
aig Turin, from which I am now at the diftance 
anly of nine leagues. 
Foffiro has furrendered, and Genera] Serruries 
has taken pofleffion of He. 8 
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ViGlories of the French. 
{ May 
_trian general was obliged to retreat, with 
the remains of his army+ hrough the 
territory 
General Dangereau is on his march to Alba, 
and I am in inftant expedtation of receiving an 
account of the furrender of that place. 
Alba is our’s. I have given orders to General 
Angereau to form there feveral wooden bridges, 
fo as to enable us to pafs the Tanaro, a river of 
great breadth and confiderable rapidity. We 
are now in the fineft country in the univerfe. 
BUONAPARTE. 
THE ARMISTICE. 
General Colli, Commander in in Chief of the Army 
of the King of Sardina, to General Buonaparte, 
Having been informed, that his majefty the 
king of Sardinia has fent to Genoa, Plenipoten- 
tiaries to treat for peace, under the mediation of 
the king of Spain, I think, general, the intereft 
of humanity will require, that, while thefe nego- 
tiations are depending, hoftilities fhould be fuf- ~ 
pended on the one fide and the other. 
I therefore propofe to you an Armiftice, either 
unlimited, or for an appointed time, at your own 
option, with a view of {paring the unneceflary 
etfufion of human blood. 
I have the honour to be, moft perfectly, gene, 
ral, your moft obedient and moft humble fervant. 
COLLI. 
| Anfwer of the French Commander to General 
Colli, 
The Executive Direétory referves to itfelf the 
pores of treating concerning peace. It is there~ 
ore neceflary, that the Plenipotentiaries of the 
king, your mafter, repair immediately to Paris, os 
wait at Genoa, the arrival of thofe Plenipoten- 
tiaries which the gsvernment may fend there. 
The moral and military pofition of the twe 
armies renders, impoffible a pure and fimple fuf- 
penfion of arms. Though I was perfeétly con- 
vinced that the government would grant to yout 
king all reafonable conditions of peace, I would 
not ftop my march upon vague prefumptions. 
As a means of obtaining your objet, and se- 
fpecting the interefts of your court, withoutde- 
parting in the leaft from the laws of war, while it 
{pares the effufion of blood, it is required that 
there be put into our poffeffion, two, at your 
own option, of the three fortreffes of Coni, Alef- 
fandria, and Tortuna. We fhall then be able 
to wait, without farther hoftilities, the iffue of 
the negotiations gding forward. This propofi- 
tion is extremely moderate. The mutual inte- 
refts fubfifting between Piedmont and the 
French Republic, make me ardently with to re« 
move from your country thofe manifold mif- 
fortunes with which it is now threatened. 
BUONAPARTE. 
+t “ vICTORY AT LODI. 
- © Head-Quartees at Lodi. 
“ Citizens Directors, 22d, Florcal, May ri, 
_ © Fwas of opinion that the paflage of the Pe 
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