left of the Danube, and marched with the main body of his army in a direction which gave General Kray an apprehenfion for his communica tion with Lieutenant-general Prince Reufs in the Voralberg; to preferve which he haftened by a forced march, recrofling the Danube at Riedlingen, to Biberach, which place he reached in the afternoon of the 8th. The army took a pofition behind the Rifs; the enemy, however, ftill had the advance, and already occupied Waldfee. On the 9th the Auftrian advanced pofts in front of the Rifs were vigorously attacked, and driven in. General Kray, wishing to avoid engaging in a general affair, fell back at night to Ochfenhaufen. Every report of the enemy ftated that he was ftill marching by his right. This morning the army croffed the Iller in two columns at Illerdiffen; and near this place the troops had scarcely reached their ground when the enemy began a fresh attack on the left; at the fame time a report was received, that a strong column was on its march to Kempten. Every thing announced on the part of the enemy the intention of an attack. General Kray, therefore, had determined to proceed to Ulm, where he will be joined by the corps of General Starrai, confifting of ten battalions and a large proportion of cavalry, befides the fecond divifion of the Bavarians. The affair of this day, in which the Bavarians diftinguished themselves much to the fatiffaction of General Kray, terminated in one of advanced posts. I have the honour to be, &c. H. CLINTON. Donauwerth, May 13. My Lord, I HAVE much fatisfaction in tranfmitting to your Lordship the enclosed extract from general orders, iffued by the Commander in Chief of the Imperial army on the 11th inftant, bearing the most honourable teftimony to the conduct of the first divifion of the Bavarian troops in the fervice of his Majefty, commanded by Colonel Baron de Wreede, acting as brigadier-general. Too much cannot be faid in praise of the exertions that have been made on this occafion by their Serene Highneffes the Elector of Bavaria and the Duke of Wurtemberg, to put the fubfidiary troops into a fituation to take the field; to haften their march towards the Austrian army; and in every refpect to fulfil and make good the engagements they had feverally contracted with his Majesty. I am, &c. &c. W. WICKHAM. Extract from the General Orders of the Imperial Royal Army in Germany. The Bavarian troops diftinguifhed themfelves fo much by their bravery and their steadiness in the action of yesterday, that I feel myself bound to give this public affurance to their commander, Colonel Baron de Wreede, as well as to the officers, and the whole corps, not only that I am entirely fatisfied with their conduct, but that I owe them my very beft thanks, which I beg them to accept. My Lord, Donauwerth, May 13. I HAVE the fatisfaction to inform your Lordship, that General Kray, having been attacked on the 11th inftant on his march from Memmingen to Ulm, had repulfed the enemy, and driven him beyond Memmingen, where, in confequence of this fuccefs, he left a confiderable corps under General General Merfelde, who is charged to keep open the communication with Prince Reufs in the Voralberg. The main army retired to Ulm, where it has effected its junction with the second division of the Bavarian fubfidiary army, and with General Sztarray. I have the honour to be, &c. Admiralty Office, May 27. W. WICKHAM. Extract of a Letter from Vice-admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Ships and Veffels at the Leeward Islands, to Evan Nepean, Efq.; dated Fort-Royal Bay, Martinique, 10th April. I AM happy to acquaint you, for their Lordships' information, that fince I clofed my letter of the 28th of March, five of the enemy's fmall privateers have been taken: the Penfée, of 4 guns and 65 men, and the Sapajon, of 6 guns and 48 men, by the Sans Pareil; the Renard, of 3 guns and 15 men, and the Confolateur, of 1 gun and 36 men, by the Surinam; and the Perfeverance, of 16 guns and 87 men, by the Unité; the last of which threw her guns overboard during the chase. From the LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, June 1, 1800. Admiralty Office, May 31. Extract of Letters from Vice-admiral Lord Keith, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Ships and Veffels in the Mediterranean, to Evan Nepean, Efq. Secretary of the Admiralty; dated on board the Minotaur, off Genoa, the 3d and 9th of May. ON the 29th ult. General D'Ott communicated to me his intention of making a general attack on all fides of Genoa, and requested co-operation, and that we might fettle the plan. At three A. M. on the 30th, the attack began on the part of General D'Ott, by fignal from St. Pierre d'Arena, on Quarto, St. Martino, and St. Chriftino, by General Got-tefheim, who preffed the enemy up to the walls near the fhore, under cover of the fire of the Phoenix, Mondovi, Entreprenante, Victoire tender, launches and boats of the fquadron. The affair continued until night, when the Austrians retired, being unable to diflodge the enemy from the little fort of St. Martino, fituated on a hill two miles from the fea. General D'Ott was most fuccefsful in feizing Dui Fratelli, by efcalade, and blocking up Diamonti: on the fide of St. Martino the French durft not follow the Auftrians, in confequence of the well-directed fire of the fquadron. It rained the whole day. Shells from the town fell among the fhips. The French, however, on the fame evening attacked and repoffeffed themfelves of all their former pofts. It is reported they loft many men, as far as 1500. On the 2d, the enemy made a desperate fortie on Lieutenant-general D'Ott's centre at Seftri. They kept advancing in column to the muzzles of the cannon repeatedly for an hour, and did not retire till they loft 1200 men, of whom twenty officers and 280 privates are prifoners. On the 4th I received a letter from the General, informing me that the French had retired to St. Efpirato, and had fuftained a confiderable lofs on the 2d at Louano. He fays that he was much indebted to the fire of the Phaeton, &c. and to the good ma nagement nagement of Captain Morris.-On the 7th, two mortar-boats and two gun-boats arrived from Naples. The fame day I heard from General Melas, that the French had burnt their magazines at Alaffio, and had retired to Port Maurice; and that Captain Morris had feized twenty cornveffels and a depot of arms, and galled the enemy's rear through feveral miles of their retreat. Two of Maffena's staff were taken in a mall boat near Albanga, in attempting to escape from Genoa. Copy of a Letter from Vice-admiral Lord Keith to Evan Nepean, Efq.; dated Minotaur, off Genoa, 10th May. Sir, I HAVE the honour of enclosing a copy of a letter received by me at a late hour last night, from his Excellency General Melas, which will convey to their Lordships the most fatisfactory accounts of the progress of the Austrian arms, and the retreat of the enemy's army from the Genoese territory. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. Evan Nepean, Esq. KEITH. My Lord, Head-quarters, Oneglia, May 8. WE have been very fuccefsful yefterday. The right wing of the army, cominanded by General Elfnitz, who was on Monte Carro, attacked the enemy at Muchio delle Pietre, and fucceeded fo well, that at nine o'clock in the morning victory had declared in his favour. The General of Divifion Gravier, with a great number of officers, and 1500 non-commiffioned officers and privates, were made prifoners. The right of the enemy, informed of the defeat of its left, did not delay retreating from Capo di Berta. We have pursued him beyond Port Maurice. Fifteen pieces of cannon, of different fizes, have been taken from him along the coafts. Our lofs has not been confiderable; but I regret the lofs of Major-general Brentano mortally wounded, and Major Cafate killed. The corps of General Elfnitz is now at St. Bartholomeo; and General Gourroupp marches with his flying corps to Colla Ardente, and his vanguard is already at Broglio, behind the Col de Tende. I wait for the reports of the patroles, who are in purfuit of the enemy, to make my final difpofitions. In the mean while I request your Excellency to accept the respect with which I have the honour to be, &c. &c. Vice-admiral Lord Keith, K. B. Downing Street, May 31. MELAS. DISPATCHES, of which the following are copies, were this morning received from Thomas Jackson, Efq. his Majefty's Minifter Plenipotentiary at Turin, by the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for foreign affairs. My Lord, Turin, May 10. I HAVE the greatest fatisfaction in informing your Lordship that the intelligence which has arrived here of the further operations of the Auftrians in the Riviere is highly favourable and important.-Two days ago advice was received of a fuccefsful attack of the Col de Tende on the 6th, which important poft was carried by the bayonet, and the enemy was driven beyond Saorgio and Breglio, with the lofs of four pieces of cannon. This affair made only a part of the plan of general attack, and was connected with the operations of the reft of the army in all the inter mediate mediate pofitions down to the fea-fhore; the refult of these attacks is, that the enemy, being forced and driven from the pofitions of St. Efprit, and in every quarter, was retreating towards Nice.In the official relation of thefe affairs which has been published here, it is faid that the British veffels, which purfued the enemy on the coaft, contributed greatly to accelerate their flight. Yefterday morning official intelligence arrived here from the head-quarters at Oneglia, the 7th, of the enemy having been again attacked that morning, and completely defeated, with the lofs of 1500 prisoners, 40 officers, and the General of Division Gravire, and 15 pieces of cannon. The Auftrian General Brentano is faid to be mortally wounded. In confequence of this affair the whole principality of Oneglia was evacutated, and the French are reprefented as retreating in the greateft diforder towards St. Remo. In these official relations much praise is bestowed on the Piedmontefe officers and troops, who have much diftinguished themselves. The French have another pofition at Vintimille, on the Roia, but which it is not fuppofed they can maintain, and it is not doubted that they will be driven beyond the Var in a few days. We have nothing new from Genoa or Savona; these places ftill hold out. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. THOMAS JACKSON. My Lord, Turin, May 12. IT is with infinite fatisfaction that I can inform your Lordship of the entire evacuation of the Riviere of Genoa, and the county of Nice, by the French troops under Suchet, the remains of which have paffed the Var; and Nice, with its two caftles, was yesterday occupied by the Imperial troops under the orders of General Knefevich. General Kaim, the commander in chief here, has this moment fent intelligence to the government of this joyful event. I have the honour to be, &c. T. JACKSON. From the LONDON GAZETTE, June 3, 1800. Copy of a Letter from Vice-admiral Lord Keith, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Ships and Veffels in the Mediterranean, to Evan Nepean, Efq.; dated on board his Majefty's Ship Minotaur, off Genoa, 7th of May. Sir, YOU will be pleased to lay before their Lordships the enclosed copy of a letter from Captain Dixon, of his Majefty's fhip Lion, to Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bart. containing a narrative of the circumftances attending the capture of the Guillaume Tell, and a lift of the killed and wounded on board his Majefty's fhip on that occafion. The honourable teftimony borne by Captain Dixon to the meritorious conduct of the officers engaged with him in the purfuit and capture of this fhip, cannot fail to attract their Lordships' attention, and ensure the honour of their countenance and support. Sir, I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. KEITH. Lion, at Sea, off Cape Pajero, 31ft March. I HAVE the honour to inform you that yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, Cape Paffero bearing N. half E. diftans feven agues, the VOL. X. C French French fhip of war Le Guillaume Tell, of 86 guns and r000 men, bearing the flag of Contre-admiral Decres, furrendered, after a moft gallant and obftinate defence of three hours and a half, to his Majefty's fhips Foudroyant, Lion, and Penelope. To detail the particulars of this very important capture, I have to inform you, that the fignal rockets and cannonading from our batteries at Malta, the midnight preceding, with the favourable strong southerly gale, together with the darkness which fucceeded the fetting of the moon, convinced me the enemy's fhips of war were attempting to effect an escape, and which was immediately afcertained by that judicious and truly valu able officer Captain Blackwood, of the Penelope, who had been stationed a few hours before between the Lion and Valette, for the purpose of obferving closely the motions of the enemy: nearly at midnight an enemy's fhip was defcried by him, when the Minorca was fent to inform me of it, giving chafe himself, apprizing me by fignal that the strange ships feen were hauled to the wind on the starboard tack. I loft not one moment in making the fignal for the fquadron to cut or flip, and directed Captain Miller, of the Minorca, to run down to the Foudroyant and Alexander with the intelligence, and to repeat the fignal. Under a prefs of canvafs I gave chafe until five A. M. folely guided by the cannonading of the Penelope; and, as a direction to the fquadron, a rocket and blue light were fhown every half hour from the Lion. As the day broke, I found myself in gun-fhot of the chafe, and the Penelope within mufket-fhot, raking her, the effects of whose well-directed fire during the night had shot away the main and mizen top-mafts, and main yard; the enemy appeared in great confufion, being reduced to his headfails, going with the wind on the quarter. The Lion was run clofe alongfide, the yard-arms of both ships being juft clear, when a destructive broadside of three round fhot in each gun was poured in, luffing up acrofs the bow, when the enemy's jib-boom paffed between the main and inizen fhrouds; after a fhort interval I had the pleasure to see the boom carried away, and the fhips difentangled, maintaining a pofition across the bow, firing to great advantage. I was not the leaft folicitous either to board or be boarded, as the enemy appeared of immenfe bulk and full of men, keeping up a prodigious fire of mufketry, which, with the bow-chafes, the could for a long time only ufe. I found it abfolutely neceffary, if poffible, to keep from the broadfide of this flip. After being engaged about fifty minutes, the Foudroyant was feen under a prefs of canvafs, and foon paffed, hailing the enemy to trike; which being declined, a very heavy fire from both fhips, broadfide to broadfide, was moft gallantly maintained, the Lion and Penelope frequently in fituations to do great execution; in fhort, Sir, after the hotteft action that probably was ever maintained by an enemy's hip, opposed to thofe of his Majefty, and being totally difmafted, the French admiral's flag and colours were ftruck. I have not language to exprefs the high fenfe of obligation I feel myfelf under to Captain Blackwood, for his prompt and able conduct in leading the line-of-battle fhips to the enemy, for the gallantry and fpirit fo highly confpicuous in him, and for his admirable management of the frigate; to your difcriminating judgment it is unneceffary to remark, of what real value and importance fuch an officer nuft ever be conûdered to his Majesty's fervice. The termination of the battle must be attributed to the fpirited |