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Monthly Chronicle
Foreland , on February iS , by Sir John Colleton , ol ' the Swift cutter ; two French privateers , L'Appocrate , of 14 guns and 6 5 men , and L'Kirondelle , of 6 guns and 45 men , off Sciily , on Feb . iS , by Capt . Yorke , of his Majesty ' s ship Stag : the Difficile French privateer , of iS guns and 206 men , on the- zotlrof Feb . oft Brest , by Lieutenant Sanders , of the Phoenix cutter ; Le Fiibustier French privateer , of 14 guns and 63 men , off Dunkirk , on Feb . 21 , by Capt . Talbot , 01 his Majesty ' s ship Eutydice ; La Tartaric French privateer , of 16 gutvi and 60 men , ofl'Beachy Head , on Feb . 28 , by Capt . Young , of his Majesty ' s ship Greyhound ; Le Ferret French privateer , of 14 guns and 50 men , besides 22 English prisoners , off the Land ' s End , on Feb . 28 , by Capt . Glynn , of tlie Scourge sloop .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE .
ARMY OF ITALY . On commencing hostilities against his Holiness the Pope , the , following proclamation was issuer ! by Buonaparte , the French Commanderin Chief : Head-quarters at Bologna , Feb . I . ' The French army is about to enter the Papal territory ; it will be faithful to the maxims it professes . It will protect religion and the people . ~ . ' The French soldiers in one hand the bayonetas a pledge of victory :
carry , with the other , they offer to the cities and villages , peace , protection , and security . Evil betide those who shall disdain this order , and who , in the folly of tlK'ir hearts , seduced by profoundly hypocritical ancl wicked men , shall draw down on their houses war and its horrors , together with the vengeance of an army , which , in the space of six months , has made prisoners an hundred thousand of the Emperors best troops , has taken 400 cannon , 110 flags , and destroyer ) fiye armies . ' Art . I . Every village or city , which , on the approach of the French army , shall sound the tocsinshall be ins antlburnedand the Magistrate shot .
, y , ' II . The commune in the territory of which a Frenchman shall be assassinated , shall be instantly declared in a state of siege . A moving column shall be sent thither , hostages shall be taken , aud extraorJinary contributions levied . ' 111 . All the Priests , Monks , and Ministers of worship , of every denomination , shall be protected and maintained in their present condition , provided they conduct themselves according to the principles of the holy Gospel . Should they be
the first to transgress , they will have a military trial , and be more severely punished than the other citizens . ' THE FOLLOWING LETTERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM BUONAPARTE , COMMASD 2 R IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY OF ITALY , BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY . Head-Quarters at Faenxa , Feb . 3 . The letter of this date , after stating that the wreck of the Austrian army were and Trentwith
driven by the French Generals Massena , Joubert , Vial * beyond , the loss of 800 prisoners and double that number killed , proceeds to narrate the movements of the main body of the French army , commanded by Buonaparte , himself in person , as follows : ' The division of General Victor lay on the tst of February at Imoia , the first town in the Papal territories . The army of his Holiness had cut down the bridges , and entrenched itself with great care on the river . Sento , which it had lined with camion . General Lasne , commanding the advanced guard , came in sight of the him he orders to the
enemy , who began a cannonade on : immediately gave eclaireurs of the legion of Lombardy to attack the Papal riflemen . The chief of brigade , Lahoz , commander of the legion of Lombardy , collected his grenadiers , whom he formed into a close column , in order to carry the enemy ' s batteries with fixed bayonets . This legion , which had never till now seen service , gained the highest glory . It carried fourteen pieces of cannon under the fire of 3 01-4000 men entrenched : while the fire continued , several priests , with crucifixes in their hands , exhorted these miserable troops . We took from the enemy ' 14 pieces of VOL . VIII . D 4
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Monthly Chronicle
Foreland , on February iS , by Sir John Colleton , ol ' the Swift cutter ; two French privateers , L'Appocrate , of 14 guns and 6 5 men , and L'Kirondelle , of 6 guns and 45 men , off Sciily , on Feb . iS , by Capt . Yorke , of his Majesty ' s ship Stag : the Difficile French privateer , of iS guns and 206 men , on the- zotlrof Feb . oft Brest , by Lieutenant Sanders , of the Phoenix cutter ; Le Fiibustier French privateer , of 14 guns and 63 men , off Dunkirk , on Feb . 21 , by Capt . Talbot , 01 his Majesty ' s ship Eutydice ; La Tartaric French privateer , of 16 gutvi and 60 men , ofl'Beachy Head , on Feb . 28 , by Capt . Young , of his Majesty ' s ship Greyhound ; Le Ferret French privateer , of 14 guns and 50 men , besides 22 English prisoners , off the Land ' s End , on Feb . 28 , by Capt . Glynn , of tlie Scourge sloop .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE .
ARMY OF ITALY . On commencing hostilities against his Holiness the Pope , the , following proclamation was issuer ! by Buonaparte , the French Commanderin Chief : Head-quarters at Bologna , Feb . I . ' The French army is about to enter the Papal territory ; it will be faithful to the maxims it professes . It will protect religion and the people . ~ . ' The French soldiers in one hand the bayonetas a pledge of victory :
carry , with the other , they offer to the cities and villages , peace , protection , and security . Evil betide those who shall disdain this order , and who , in the folly of tlK'ir hearts , seduced by profoundly hypocritical ancl wicked men , shall draw down on their houses war and its horrors , together with the vengeance of an army , which , in the space of six months , has made prisoners an hundred thousand of the Emperors best troops , has taken 400 cannon , 110 flags , and destroyer ) fiye armies . ' Art . I . Every village or city , which , on the approach of the French army , shall sound the tocsinshall be ins antlburnedand the Magistrate shot .
, y , ' II . The commune in the territory of which a Frenchman shall be assassinated , shall be instantly declared in a state of siege . A moving column shall be sent thither , hostages shall be taken , aud extraorJinary contributions levied . ' 111 . All the Priests , Monks , and Ministers of worship , of every denomination , shall be protected and maintained in their present condition , provided they conduct themselves according to the principles of the holy Gospel . Should they be
the first to transgress , they will have a military trial , and be more severely punished than the other citizens . ' THE FOLLOWING LETTERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM BUONAPARTE , COMMASD 2 R IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY OF ITALY , BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY . Head-Quarters at Faenxa , Feb . 3 . The letter of this date , after stating that the wreck of the Austrian army were and Trentwith
driven by the French Generals Massena , Joubert , Vial * beyond , the loss of 800 prisoners and double that number killed , proceeds to narrate the movements of the main body of the French army , commanded by Buonaparte , himself in person , as follows : ' The division of General Victor lay on the tst of February at Imoia , the first town in the Papal territories . The army of his Holiness had cut down the bridges , and entrenched itself with great care on the river . Sento , which it had lined with camion . General Lasne , commanding the advanced guard , came in sight of the him he orders to the
enemy , who began a cannonade on : immediately gave eclaireurs of the legion of Lombardy to attack the Papal riflemen . The chief of brigade , Lahoz , commander of the legion of Lombardy , collected his grenadiers , whom he formed into a close column , in order to carry the enemy ' s batteries with fixed bayonets . This legion , which had never till now seen service , gained the highest glory . It carried fourteen pieces of cannon under the fire of 3 01-4000 men entrenched : while the fire continued , several priests , with crucifixes in their hands , exhorted these miserable troops . We took from the enemy ' 14 pieces of VOL . VIII . D 4