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Monthly Chronicle.
the head of joo men of the 69 th demi-brigade . A battalion of the nth demibrigade , and one piece of cannon , haying come up to reinforce that post , the enemy was routed and pursued to the gfacis of the citadel . " ' The Republicans made about 200 prisoners , and killed 50 men and horses . BUONAPARTE . ' ' FURTHER INTEJ . LIOEiVCE FROM THE FOREIGN PAPERS . PA 1 US , OCTOBER 20 .
Letters , from which the following are Extracts , have been received by the Executive Directory from General Moreau . STOCKACII , OCTOBER S . " The communication having been " cut off , I could not . before now have acquainted you with our recent successes . " On the pth General La Tour attacked our van guard near Schaussenrcid . I caused it to be supported , and it maintained its position after a very furious
engagement . " On the nth I attacked the enemy through the whole of their line ; the left , under the orders of Genera ! Dessaix , proceeded towards Bib . rach ; tfie centre , under Genera ! Saint Cyr , made its attack in the front of Stenhausen ; the success was complete .. About 5000 prisoners , of . which 65 are officers , some standards , and 2 o cannons , are the trophies of that day . The enemy were pursued during the night , and were in the-most complete disorder . f Signed ) ' MOREAU . " if . B . The German accounts , make the loss of General La Tour only 40021 .
FRIBOURG , 0 CT 0 BEB I 6 . - " The victory of Biberach was not sufficient to extricate us . " About 25 , 000 men , under the command of the'Generals Pefrasch and Nauendorff , occupied the positions of Rotysil , Villinger ., Do .-. echinren , and Nemiadt / ' ., / - deal , while the forest towns were possessed by the Austrian corps of tinned peasants . " ' I began by ordering the passage through the forest towns to be opened bv a demi-bngadeescorting the of ammunitionthe woundedand the sick
, convoys , , — - a service which they performed without any material ' obstacle . " jThe part of the army , which was not necessarily emploved in keeping in check General La Tour , who , after recovering from his defeat at Biberach , continued to pursue us—marched to Lolvel and Villingen ; and after many brisk engagements , succeeded in cbacing the enemy from those places , ' akin _ - ' a considerable quantity of artillery , and about 300 prisoners . " It remained to force the defiles of the Black Forest . The centre of the advanced from
army the line , and proceeded to make a vigorous attack-on the corps in the valley D'Enfer , a dreadful delile for the passage of the armv , being enc . osed for the space of many leagues between two steep mountains at eight o " r ten toises distant . " ' " The enemy was defeated with the loss of one piece of cannon , and too prisoners , and on the 21 st the centre o . f the armv took its position in the front of r nbourg . The detachments of Prince Charles had before pushed for . vard as far old linsachwhere had driven
as , they in our troops , and made 24 prisoners , which we have retaken , together with their escort . " The right and left of the army , -which joined and continued to check 'he corps of Generals La Tour , Petrasch , and Nauendorff , defiled on the -d ¦ > u ! and _ 24 . I 1 , _ without the smallest loss ; ihe baggage and convovs , under the protection of the right of the army , also defiled through the forest towns without any intervening obstaclesand that the whole of which the boasted
; army , enemy l . iat it must have taken , threatens in . its turn a speedy attack , covers its ' frontiers utter a march or more than 100 leagues , without any loss whatever , having taken from the enemy 111 this single march iS pieces of cannon , two standards , and 7000 prisoners , amongst -, yhoin are So officers . Mo .. i :.. v . " VOL . vn , O o
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Monthly Chronicle.
the head of joo men of the 69 th demi-brigade . A battalion of the nth demibrigade , and one piece of cannon , haying come up to reinforce that post , the enemy was routed and pursued to the gfacis of the citadel . " ' The Republicans made about 200 prisoners , and killed 50 men and horses . BUONAPARTE . ' ' FURTHER INTEJ . LIOEiVCE FROM THE FOREIGN PAPERS . PA 1 US , OCTOBER 20 .
Letters , from which the following are Extracts , have been received by the Executive Directory from General Moreau . STOCKACII , OCTOBER S . " The communication having been " cut off , I could not . before now have acquainted you with our recent successes . " On the pth General La Tour attacked our van guard near Schaussenrcid . I caused it to be supported , and it maintained its position after a very furious
engagement . " On the nth I attacked the enemy through the whole of their line ; the left , under the orders of Genera ! Dessaix , proceeded towards Bib . rach ; tfie centre , under Genera ! Saint Cyr , made its attack in the front of Stenhausen ; the success was complete .. About 5000 prisoners , of . which 65 are officers , some standards , and 2 o cannons , are the trophies of that day . The enemy were pursued during the night , and were in the-most complete disorder . f Signed ) ' MOREAU . " if . B . The German accounts , make the loss of General La Tour only 40021 .
FRIBOURG , 0 CT 0 BEB I 6 . - " The victory of Biberach was not sufficient to extricate us . " About 25 , 000 men , under the command of the'Generals Pefrasch and Nauendorff , occupied the positions of Rotysil , Villinger ., Do .-. echinren , and Nemiadt / ' ., / - deal , while the forest towns were possessed by the Austrian corps of tinned peasants . " ' I began by ordering the passage through the forest towns to be opened bv a demi-bngadeescorting the of ammunitionthe woundedand the sick
, convoys , , — - a service which they performed without any material ' obstacle . " jThe part of the army , which was not necessarily emploved in keeping in check General La Tour , who , after recovering from his defeat at Biberach , continued to pursue us—marched to Lolvel and Villingen ; and after many brisk engagements , succeeded in cbacing the enemy from those places , ' akin _ - ' a considerable quantity of artillery , and about 300 prisoners . " It remained to force the defiles of the Black Forest . The centre of the advanced from
army the line , and proceeded to make a vigorous attack-on the corps in the valley D'Enfer , a dreadful delile for the passage of the armv , being enc . osed for the space of many leagues between two steep mountains at eight o " r ten toises distant . " ' " The enemy was defeated with the loss of one piece of cannon , and too prisoners , and on the 21 st the centre o . f the armv took its position in the front of r nbourg . The detachments of Prince Charles had before pushed for . vard as far old linsachwhere had driven
as , they in our troops , and made 24 prisoners , which we have retaken , together with their escort . " The right and left of the army , -which joined and continued to check 'he corps of Generals La Tour , Petrasch , and Nauendorff , defiled on the -d ¦ > u ! and _ 24 . I 1 , _ without the smallest loss ; ihe baggage and convovs , under the protection of the right of the army , also defiled through the forest towns without any intervening obstaclesand that the whole of which the boasted
; army , enemy l . iat it must have taken , threatens in . its turn a speedy attack , covers its ' frontiers utter a march or more than 100 leagues , without any loss whatever , having taken from the enemy 111 this single march iS pieces of cannon , two standards , and 7000 prisoners , amongst -, yhoin are So officers . Mo .. i :.. v . " VOL . vn , O o