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Monthly Chronicle.
Head-quarters at Goritz , March 24 . ' We are masters of the celebrated mines of d'Yria . We have there found substance prepared for two millions . We are placing it in the waggons ; and if this operation succeeds without any accident , it will be very useful to our finances . BUONAPARTE . ' Head-quarters , Goritz , March 24 . ' General Guieux , with his division . went on the 2 d to Cividale a Caporetto ; he ' attacked themand took fro
there encountered the enemy . eutreuched at Pufero , , m them two pieces of can ion and too prisoners , and pursued them into the defiles of Caporetto , in the Austrian Chinse , and left the field of battle covered with Austruuis . General Massena , with his division , is at Tarvis . 1 have therefore reason to hope that the two thousand men whom General Guieux has pushed before him . will fall into the hands of the division of Massena . The General of Division Dugua entared Trieste last night . BUONAPARTE . ' Head-quarters at GoritzMarch 25 .
, ' I gave vou an account , by my last courier , that a column of the Army of Prince Char . es was hemmed in between the division of General Massena , who was at Tarvis , and that of General Guieux , who , on arriving at Caporetto , pusheditinto the defiles . General Massena , being arrived at Tarvis , was attacked by adivision of the enemy , which left Clagenfurt , and came to the assistance of the division that was hemmed in . After a conflict extremely obstinate , he put it to theroute , and took a vast number of prisoners , among whom are three Generals . The Emperor ' s cuirassiers , who arrived from the Rhine , have suffered most severely .
Meanwhile Genera ! Guieux drove the column which he had defeated to Pufero , as far as the Austrian Chinse , a post ext .-t-mely well entrenched ; but which was carried by assault , after a very obstinate engagement , in which Generals Bon , Verdier / and the fourth half-brigade as well as the 43 d , particularly distinguished themselves . General Kables himself defended the Chinse , with 500 grenadiers . By the laws of war these 500 men ought to have been put to the sword ; but this barbarous right has always been disclaimed , and never exercised by the French Army . The hostile column , seeing the Chinse taken , precipitated its march , fell
into the middle of the division of General Massena , who , after a slight combat , made the whole prisoners ; thirty pieces of cannon , 400 waggons , carrying the baggage of-ihe enemy , five thousand men , and four Generals , fell into our hands . I am eager 10 apprise vou of this event , because , under the present circumstances , it is indispensable that you should be informed of every thing without delay . I reserve it to aive vou a more detailed account of all these events as soon as I shall have received all ihe reports , and as soon as' every moment shall be less precious . The chain of the Alps which parts France and Switzerland from Italy , separates
the Italian part of Tyro ! from the German part , the Vene ' . iai States from the dominions of the Emperor , and Carmthia from the country of Goritz and Gradisca . The division of Massena had crossed the Italian Alps , and came to occupy the defile of the Norie Alps . Our enemies were so aukward as to enthral all their baggage and part of the Army by the Noric Alps , who were that momenttaken . The engagement of Tarvis was fought above the clouds , on a height which commands Germany . In several parts to which our line extended , the snow lay three feet deep ; and tbe cavalry charging on tbe ice , suffered accidents , tiie result of which was extremely fatal to the enemy ' s cavalry . BUONAPARTE . '
Head Quarters a I Clagenfurt , April I . ' In my last dispatch I gave you an account of the battles of Trevisa and La Chinse . Upon the Sth three divisions of the Army had cleared the passes which lead from the Venetian States into Germany , and encamped at Villache , on the banks of the Drave . ' Upon the gth General Massena put himself in motion with his division . At the distance of a league from Clagenfurt he fell in with the enemy ' s army , and an engagement ensuedin which the Austrians lost two hundred prisoners . The
, same evening we entered Clagenfurt , which is the capital of Higher and Lower Carinthia . Prince Charles , with the wrecks of his army , extremely disheartened , Hies before its . ' Our advanced guard is at this moment between St . Veit and Freesach . The division of General Bemadotte is at Laubach , the capital of Carniola , I have
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Monthly Chronicle.
Head-quarters at Goritz , March 24 . ' We are masters of the celebrated mines of d'Yria . We have there found substance prepared for two millions . We are placing it in the waggons ; and if this operation succeeds without any accident , it will be very useful to our finances . BUONAPARTE . ' Head-quarters , Goritz , March 24 . ' General Guieux , with his division . went on the 2 d to Cividale a Caporetto ; he ' attacked themand took fro
there encountered the enemy . eutreuched at Pufero , , m them two pieces of can ion and too prisoners , and pursued them into the defiles of Caporetto , in the Austrian Chinse , and left the field of battle covered with Austruuis . General Massena , with his division , is at Tarvis . 1 have therefore reason to hope that the two thousand men whom General Guieux has pushed before him . will fall into the hands of the division of Massena . The General of Division Dugua entared Trieste last night . BUONAPARTE . ' Head-quarters at GoritzMarch 25 .
, ' I gave vou an account , by my last courier , that a column of the Army of Prince Char . es was hemmed in between the division of General Massena , who was at Tarvis , and that of General Guieux , who , on arriving at Caporetto , pusheditinto the defiles . General Massena , being arrived at Tarvis , was attacked by adivision of the enemy , which left Clagenfurt , and came to the assistance of the division that was hemmed in . After a conflict extremely obstinate , he put it to theroute , and took a vast number of prisoners , among whom are three Generals . The Emperor ' s cuirassiers , who arrived from the Rhine , have suffered most severely .
Meanwhile Genera ! Guieux drove the column which he had defeated to Pufero , as far as the Austrian Chinse , a post ext .-t-mely well entrenched ; but which was carried by assault , after a very obstinate engagement , in which Generals Bon , Verdier / and the fourth half-brigade as well as the 43 d , particularly distinguished themselves . General Kables himself defended the Chinse , with 500 grenadiers . By the laws of war these 500 men ought to have been put to the sword ; but this barbarous right has always been disclaimed , and never exercised by the French Army . The hostile column , seeing the Chinse taken , precipitated its march , fell
into the middle of the division of General Massena , who , after a slight combat , made the whole prisoners ; thirty pieces of cannon , 400 waggons , carrying the baggage of-ihe enemy , five thousand men , and four Generals , fell into our hands . I am eager 10 apprise vou of this event , because , under the present circumstances , it is indispensable that you should be informed of every thing without delay . I reserve it to aive vou a more detailed account of all these events as soon as I shall have received all ihe reports , and as soon as' every moment shall be less precious . The chain of the Alps which parts France and Switzerland from Italy , separates
the Italian part of Tyro ! from the German part , the Vene ' . iai States from the dominions of the Emperor , and Carmthia from the country of Goritz and Gradisca . The division of Massena had crossed the Italian Alps , and came to occupy the defile of the Norie Alps . Our enemies were so aukward as to enthral all their baggage and part of the Army by the Noric Alps , who were that momenttaken . The engagement of Tarvis was fought above the clouds , on a height which commands Germany . In several parts to which our line extended , the snow lay three feet deep ; and tbe cavalry charging on tbe ice , suffered accidents , tiie result of which was extremely fatal to the enemy ' s cavalry . BUONAPARTE . '
Head Quarters a I Clagenfurt , April I . ' In my last dispatch I gave you an account of the battles of Trevisa and La Chinse . Upon the Sth three divisions of the Army had cleared the passes which lead from the Venetian States into Germany , and encamped at Villache , on the banks of the Drave . ' Upon the gth General Massena put himself in motion with his division . At the distance of a league from Clagenfurt he fell in with the enemy ' s army , and an engagement ensuedin which the Austrians lost two hundred prisoners . The
, same evening we entered Clagenfurt , which is the capital of Higher and Lower Carinthia . Prince Charles , with the wrecks of his army , extremely disheartened , Hies before its . ' Our advanced guard is at this moment between St . Veit and Freesach . The division of General Bemadotte is at Laubach , the capital of Carniola , I have