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‘committed in the name of the Throne and 
the Altar.” 
ITALY. 
In our laft we had only time to notice 
the entrance of the Auftco Ruffian forces 
into the city of Turin; the following are 
the leading particulars of thele moye- 
ments. —On the 26th of May, General 
Melas, having firft paffed the Scfia, and 
encamped on that river, broke up from this 
pofition, pafled the Stura, and advanced in 
fuch a manner againft Turin, as: to bear 
with his left wing upon the Reggio and 
Barfo ; and with his right, behind Ma- 
donna della Campagna. At nine at night 
all the 12-pounders and howitzers were fo 
kept in readinefs, that the town could be 
bombarded from all fides after midnight, 
and the entry into it rendered eafier, On 
the 27th, the city of Turin was f{ummon- 
ed to furrender by General Vukaffovich, 
who commanded the advanced guard ; 
upon refufing, fomé fhells were thrown 
into the city, by which one of the houfes 
fituated near the Po gate was fet on 
fire. ~ This induced the well difpofed in- 
habitants to open that gate, notwithftand- 
ing the enemy’s oppofing it. “Two fqua- 
drons of the 7th huflars__ immediately 
forced their way into the city, and pur- 
fued the flying enemy as far as the gate of 
the citadel, where. upwards of forty of 
them were made prifoners. As many of 
the French troops. as were able, threw 
themfelves into the citadel ; whereupon 
General Kaim’s divifion occupied the city, 
and was ordered to manage the blockade 
of the citadel within the city. Jn the 
arfenal, and on the ramparts, were found 
upwards of 360 pieces of cannon, befides 
a confiderable quantity of balls and bombs, 
more than 6000 cwts. of powder, and 
other artillery ftores. The French left 
Rehind them an hofpital with 215 fick 
men. Upon the Allied forces entering 
Turin, the French cannonaded the city 
' for one hour from the citadel ; they re- 
peated the cannonade again from day- 
break till five o’clock in the morning ; 
but a conyention was afterwards entered 
into, by which they engaged to refrain 
from further hoftilities again{t the city. 
After thefe fuccefsful movements of the 
Auftro-Ruffians, the affairs in Italy for a 
fhor: time appeared to turn in favour of 
the French arms. On the 16th of June, 
General Victor reached Placenza with his 
Givifion, where he attacked the Auftri- 
ans, fought them for fix hours, and re- 
pulfed them with lofs. 
threw themfelves into the caftle, whither 
26 pieces of cannon bad lately been cons 
_ State of Public Affairs. 
Part of them. 
veyed from Pizzighitone: the remainder 
pafled the Trebia, and retreated to the 
caltle of St. Giavanno. 
Auftrians attacked him, but were’ re~ 
pulied. About this time General Mac~ 
donald advanced, and drove the Auftriaus 
from Modena and Parma, and proceeded 
to Placenza, which he took, with a view 
to*make himfelf matter of the paflages of 
the Po. General Moreau hattened from 
Genoa, and entered Tortona, defeating 
the Allies, who lef 4500 nen, in killed” 
and prifoners. Bat thefe advantages were 
tantalizing ; for Field Marfhal Sawarrow, 
perceiving the intention of the French Ge- 
-nerals Macdonald and Moreau to join 
their whole forces and attack his own 
{cattered troops, immediately colleS&ted a 
large body of them at Aleflandria. On the 
rsth of June he marched from that city. 
In the mean time General Macdonald 
‘had fallen upon General Hohenzollern, 
and had obliged him to crofs the Tidione 
with. confiderable lofs. General: Ott had 
alfo been obliged to retire from Reggio te 
Placenza. On the 17th, the French at- 
tacked General Ott, and.compelled him to 
fall back, when the arrival of the army, 
under the command of Field Marfhal 
Suwarrow, enabled him to gain fome tittle 
advantage over the French, from whom he 
took one piece of cannon. 
On the 18th, the Auftro-Rufhan army 
marched in three columns to attack the 
French. Thefe Columns moved at twelve 
o'clock. . The country about them was 
perfectly flat, and very much interfeéted 
with ditches and rows of vines. It does 
not appear that the French occupied any 
particular pofition. . The Ruflian grena- 
diers attacked, on that afternoon, an ad--. 
vanced corps of two battalions, with two 
pieces of cannon, at Caffaleggio, and took 
them prifoners. The French line retired, 
behind the Trebia; but it was too late in 
the evening, and the Auftrian troops were. 
too much fatigued to make a general at- 
tack, which was ordered for the next 
morning. The Trebia is the moft rapid 
river in Italy, The diftance.from one 
bank to the other is near a mile; the 
intermediate fpace an open fandy divided 
by feveral ftreams, which,-at this feafow 
of the year, are fordable any where. The 
French occupied the right bank, the Allies 
the left. if 
On the roth, while the Allies were pre - 
paring to refrefh themf{élves previoufly. to 
the propofed attack, the French began a, 
very heavy fire upon the. whole line,.a 
croffed the, river. For a moment -they 
fuccecded in turning the nebtuof the 
Ruffians 
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