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army arrived at the plain of San Juliano, 
where the referve, under the command of 
General Deffaix, was formed into two lines, 
flanked on the right by twelve pieces of 
artillery, commanded by General Mar- 
mont, and fupported on the left by the 
cavalry under the command of General 
Kellerman. The Firft Conful expofed 
himfelf to a moft vigorous fire of the ene- 
my, ran through the ranks to encourage 
the foldiers, and ftopped their retrograde 
movement. 
General Deffaix, about four in the after- 
noon, at the head of the ninth light infan- 
try, darted with impetuofity into the 
midft of the Auftrian battalions, and 
charged them withthe bayonet. The re- 
mainder of Boudet’s divifion followed this 
movement onthe right. The whole army 
advanced in two lines with the charging 
ftep. The Auftrians, aftonifhed, with- 
drew their artillery : their infantry began to 
fall back. General Deffaixreceived a mortal 
wound. ~ The death of this officer feemed 
to inflame the men, whom he commanded, 
with new ardour; they all, burning for 
revenge, precipitated themfelves with fury 
upon the firft line of the Aultrian infan- 
try, which refifted, after having fallen 
back on the fecond line. They both at 
once made a charge with the bayonet. 
The French battalions ftopped for a mo- 
ment ; but General Kellermann ordered a 
charge with 800 eavaliers, who defeated 
the Auftrians, and made 6000 prifoners, 
among whom are General Zage and feve- 
ral ether generals, and almoft all the off- 
cers of the ftaff. 
The Auftrians had ftill a third line of 
infantry, fupported by the remainder of 
their artillery, and all their cavalry. Ge- 
neral Lannes, with the divifion of Gene- 
ral Watrin, and the divifion under Bou- 
det, marched againtt this line, and were fup- 
ported by the artillery under the command 
of General Marmont, and the cavalry, 
under the command of General Murat. 
The horfe.grenadiers, commanded by the 
chief of brigade Bofhiers, charged in their 
turn the Auflrian cavalry, obliged them 
to fall back with precipitation, and put 
them to the rout. Te rear-guard was cut 
in pieces 3 the Auftriars, in diforder, ar- 
rived on the bridge of the Bormida, where 
they fought for an hour in the dark.— 
Night alone faved the remains of the Au- 
{trian army. 
This day coft the Auftrians twelve ftand 
of colours, twenty-fix pieces of cannon, 
and 15,000 men, of whom 3000 were killed, 
5000 wounded, and 7ooo made prif ners. 
Seven of their generals, and more than 
State of Public Affairs in Fuly, 1800. 
[Auguft 1; 
400 of their officers were wounded. The 
French loft, in killed, 7 or 300; wounded, 
2000; and 1100 made prifoners. Among 
the wounded are the generals of brigade 
Rivaud, Champeau, Maller, and Ma- 
moni. The two armies were engaged for 
fourteen hours, within mufket-fhot. 
The next morning, the 15th of June, 
finding the fortuae of the day, fo decided 
with the French army, General Melas 
judged it proper to fend General Skall to 
Bonaparte, with propofals for an armi- 
fiice ; and a convention was afterwards 
figned by himlelf, on the one part, and 
the French General Berthier, on the 
other, by which the French were put in 
poffeflion of twelve of the ftrongeft towns 
and fortreflzs in Italy, viz. Tortona, Ale(- 
fandria, Milan, Turin, Pizzighitone, 
Arona, Placentia, Coni, Ceva, Urbino, 
Savona, and Genoa; the Auftrians only 
retaining Mantua, Pefchiera, Borgo- 
Ferte, Ferrara, Tufcany, and Ancona. 
The armiftice was ftipulated to contisue 
till an anfwer could be received from the 
Emperorg but, whatever might be the 
refult, neither army was to re-commence 
hoftilities without giving ten days no- 
tice. 
From the Genoefe coaft, Suchet has re- 
ported to the minifter of war at Paris, 
that, in his operations againft General 
El{nitz, between the 20th of May and the 
6th of June, he had taken 000 priloners 
and 30 pieces of cannon. If we may be- 
lieve the French Journals, the execution 
of the article of the convention figned by 
General Melas, refpe€ting the furrender 
of Genoa, met with fome obftruction on 
the part of the Britifh Admiral, Lord 
Keith; who, at firft, made fome objec- 
tion to delivering up the artillery fouad 
therein, and particularly aflerted a claim 
to either the pofleffion or the ranfom of 
119 veflels which he had found in the har- 
bour, and which he infiltted were his law- 
ful prizes, as they muft have entered after 
the port had been declared to be in a fiate 
of blockade. 
In Suabia, the Imperialifts ftill continue 
on the defenfive ; but do not feem ftrong 
enough effcétually to impede the progre(s 
of the French. Augfburgh was taken by 
General Lecourbe, on the 28th of May, 
afterwards evacuated, and again taken 
poffcifion of on the 12th of June. Gene- 
ral Lecourbe, with the right wing of the 
army, on the 2rft of June, forced the 
paflage of the Danube, between Dillingen 
and the memorable village of Blenheim, 
after a fevere conteft with the force under: 
General Stzarray, wha loft (the French 
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