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the. left wing y the army under General 
Hotze in his pofition near Feldkirch, but 
was driven thence by a heavy cannonade 
from the Auftrian trenches, while Gene- 
rat Jellachich carried the heights, {word 
in hand, taking many prifoners. Mat- 
fena in perfon, on the 22d, attacked the 
whole pofition of Cet Hotze with 
6000 grenadier s, and the brigade of Ge- 
neral Oudinot ; but General Jellachich 
“defeated them ee a battle, which laited 
the whole day, with the lofs of 3000 
men, and compelled them to pafs over 
the Rhine. ‘The lcfs of the Paaieare in 
this affair was ftated at 800 killed, among 
whom were three ftaff officers. The Im- 
-perial troops immediately advanced, ana 
took a pofition near the Rhine. Maflena 
retired to the Grifon country where he 
entrenced him/elf, and detached General 
Oudinot with a corps to Rheineck, to 
cover, it was fuppofed, the country of St. 
Gall, fo important to General Jourdan, 
or otherwife to give difturbance to Bre- 
gentz. 
The next important battle was fought 
on the 25th of March between Yutlingen 
and Stockach. “ On that day, General 
Jourdan attacked the Archduke Charles 
and in the beginning of the action beat 
the advanced guard or the Aultrians, after 
which the aétion became very warm, and 
latted till night, and though opprefled 
by numbers, he did not lofe ground, and 
took 5000 prifoners. The Archduxe’s 
account of this aétion, however, afierts 
that the French were certainly obliged 
to retreat, and regards it as a victory on 
the fide of the Auftrians. Subiequent 
events.prove indeed that the claim of the 
Auftrians is perfeétly juft. The French 
army has not fince ventured to face that of 
the Auftrians, but has continued to fail 
back, fir upon the Black Foreft, then 
upon Offenburgh, and laftly to Kell; a 
confiderable portion of it is even faid to 
have crofled the Rhine at Strafburgh. 
It is agreed on both fides, that the 
mutual flaughter was enormous, and it 
may probably be concluded from the 
circumftance of the head quarters of the 
Auftrian army remaining ftationary at 
Stockach, that the vitiory, was dearly 
bought even to the victors. The two ar- 
mies are now underftocd to be recruiting 
their ftrength and preparing ior more 
deciftve action. 
It appears by the official details of 
general Maffena, that the French Repub- 
lican troops have on the whole been tuc- 
efsful in the Grifon. country. In a 
public proclamatien to his army, dated 
State of Public Affairs. 
Coire, the 16th of March, he declares, 
that in five days: the foldiers under his 
command had made 10,coo Auftrian pri- 
foners, taken 49 pices of cannon, a con- 
fiderable quantity of ordnance ftores, com- 
pelled the Atttrians to evacuate the 
Grifons and taken a pofition in the Vo- 
ralberg. He informed the executive di- 
rectory by difpatches, dated head quarters 
at Rheinek, March 28th, that general 
Lecourbe in anattack upon Finftermintfter, 
had made feven thoufand prifoners, and 
taken twenty feven pieces of cannon; and 
that Finfterminfter, Nanders,and Glurentz 
were cecupied by the French troops. 
Abdont the fame time the French appear 
to have been fuccefsful alfo in Italy. 
General Berthier wrote from his head 
quarters at Foggia on the 19th of March 
tating, that the army of Ja Pouille and 
the Abbruze’ s, compoied of galley ilaves, 
and the pepulace of San Severo and its 
enviro:s, makin gan aflemblage of 10,000 
men, had occupied a height coveiea with 
olives. That upon gaining this im ifor- 
mation, and having made hie diipohition, 
the French troops attacked them with the 
quickneis of lightning;, the retreat of 
thefe rebels was cut off, and the remainder 
of the day was nothing mere than an 
abiolute maffacre. It was concluced 
only git he men mixing with the women 
and children who had tle d on the preced- 
ing day, aad who were put forward te 
meet the fury of the French ioldiers ; 
thefe objecis, fays the general, always 
pelipeciedy in the eyes of Frenchmen, ob- 
ta ‘ned for the rebels a degree of commi- 
ation which they did not themfelves 
doles ve, and the French ioidters fo terri- 
ble but one hour before, mildly reconduc- 
ted thofe groups of women and children 
to their foriaxcn habitations.”” - Berthier 
in the firft mements of refentment, had 
fworn to burn San Severo as the focus of 
this general revolt ;_becaufe the imhabi- 
ants had put to death all thofe who 
talked of a furrender, and in their rage 
kad imprifoned, their bifhop for having 
in the name of the gofpel, preached peace 
and fubmifiion.. But he was aifuted by 
the miferable fate of a population of 
30,000 fouls ; aud ordered the plunder to 
ceafe and pardoned them. In this affair, 
more than 3000 rebels perifhed among 
whom were diicovered feveral Neapolitan 
officers. 
The army under general Scherer at- 
tacked on the 26th of March, the Auf- 
rads pope between the lake of Garda 
and the Adige ; and two divilions march- 
ed againit Vere after four hours of a 
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