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Monthly Chronicle.
Head-quarters , at Bilschofhein , April 22 , ' I lake advantage of the conveyance of the Adjutant-General Le Clerc , of the Army of Italy , in order to give you a succinct account of our operations since the " 20 th inst . The report of our situation on the Rhine , which I communicated to you while at Paris , led me to hope that I should succeed in passing that river ; The position of the Army of Italy , and the necessity of forcing bur enemies to make peace , required it , and these motives inspired the army with double
courage . A thousand obstacles prevented us from beginning til ! six in the morning . The false attacks had been heard for several hours , so ( hat we were not indebted for our success to a surprise ! of the enemy , but to our courage . Generals Duhesm , Vandatne , Davout , and Jerdis ; Adjutant-Generals Leinont and Endelef , commanded the attacks made by the 31 st , ioo . dlh , and 17 th demi-brigades , a battalion of the 76 th , two of the 109 th , and two ' of the 16 th light infantry . These troops landed in turn on the right bank , disembarking 1500 men ; these ought to have been 3000 , bat of sixty boats that we were to have had , only twenty-five
were able w reach vs . —The enemy made unheard of attempts to destroy us while on the Rhine . After the most obstinate engagement , our bridges being fixed , and the reserved corps having passed the Rhine , we began to act offensively . By yesterday noon the enemy v /; re completely routed . We dr . ' veand dispersed them to Gegenbach , in the valley of Profzig , two leagues from Offenburg . Kehl has hern retaken , and we now find ourselves more advantageously situated than before the siege of that place . —The result of this victory are seres stands of coloursmore ih .-n twenty pieces of cannonah ( he baggagethe
mili-, , , tary chest , and the papers of the General StafFofthe Army ; 3 or 4000 prisoners , one of whom is-a General Officer , and several of them Staff Officers , and of a superior rank . The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded is enormous . Generals Dnhesm and Desaix were wounded in sustaining the . first efforts of the enemy , after the passage ; Genera ) Jordis and Adjutant-General Dumont have been slightly wounded . The troops per f ormed prodigies of valour . A squadron
of ( he gth regiment of hussars , ( he 17 th and 4 th dragoons , the 2 d of cavalry , the companies of fight infantry , commanded by Captain ' s Fort and Gias , who in suc c ession disembarked in the train of the infantry , deserve the highest praise . It is impossible to give you at this moment more circumstantial details of this the boldest , most dangerous operation that I ever vet witnessed ; X shall send them by the first courier . 1 shall then be able more particularly to inform you of the names of the corps and of the soldiers who ' have distinguished themselves , 1 ' cannot speak with too much praise of the conduct of General Vandamo ; he
commanded at first the advanced guard at the disembarkation , and the division , after the wound received by Genera ! Duhesm . The latter General also performed prodigies of valour . The labour of reconnoitring was performed under the direction of General Boisguard , of the Engineer corps . Poitevin , Commander of the Corps of Engineers , directed his army to the main attack . It is useless to raemion to you Generals Regnier and Desaix ; their proofs of talent and of courage are well known to all the Republic . The wound of the latter deprives the army , for some time , of a very valuable officer . This day , General Devout , at
the head of a very strong body , is marching to gain the Valley of Kintzig , and the Adjutant General Rudeler towards the k ' embis . We have taken a position above Lacheren , after an engagement of the advanced posts , where the enemy opposed only a feeble resistance . The wounds of several of the General Officers rendering- a greater degree of exertion necessary on the part of others , I could not write lo you sooner . You shall receive interesting accounts of ( he different engagements which we have fought . Four Austrian Genera ! Officers have been woundedone of whom is deadand one a prisonerThis is an unequivocal
, , . proof of the slaughter which the enemy has been unwilling to suffer for the sake of preventing our establishing ourselves on She right bank of Hie river . MOREAU . P . S . A Courier , tvhich 1 this moment receive from Genera ! Buonaparte , announces the signing of the Preliminaries of Peace with the Emperor .
H , ail-quarters , Strasburg , 7 Floreal , ( April 26 . ) ' Adjutant-General Sole is the Bearer of the Treaty concluded with the Emperor : it renders useless alt military dispositions . I gave you but a very short
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Monthly Chronicle.
Head-quarters , at Bilschofhein , April 22 , ' I lake advantage of the conveyance of the Adjutant-General Le Clerc , of the Army of Italy , in order to give you a succinct account of our operations since the " 20 th inst . The report of our situation on the Rhine , which I communicated to you while at Paris , led me to hope that I should succeed in passing that river ; The position of the Army of Italy , and the necessity of forcing bur enemies to make peace , required it , and these motives inspired the army with double
courage . A thousand obstacles prevented us from beginning til ! six in the morning . The false attacks had been heard for several hours , so ( hat we were not indebted for our success to a surprise ! of the enemy , but to our courage . Generals Duhesm , Vandatne , Davout , and Jerdis ; Adjutant-Generals Leinont and Endelef , commanded the attacks made by the 31 st , ioo . dlh , and 17 th demi-brigades , a battalion of the 76 th , two of the 109 th , and two ' of the 16 th light infantry . These troops landed in turn on the right bank , disembarking 1500 men ; these ought to have been 3000 , bat of sixty boats that we were to have had , only twenty-five
were able w reach vs . —The enemy made unheard of attempts to destroy us while on the Rhine . After the most obstinate engagement , our bridges being fixed , and the reserved corps having passed the Rhine , we began to act offensively . By yesterday noon the enemy v /; re completely routed . We dr . ' veand dispersed them to Gegenbach , in the valley of Profzig , two leagues from Offenburg . Kehl has hern retaken , and we now find ourselves more advantageously situated than before the siege of that place . —The result of this victory are seres stands of coloursmore ih .-n twenty pieces of cannonah ( he baggagethe
mili-, , , tary chest , and the papers of the General StafFofthe Army ; 3 or 4000 prisoners , one of whom is-a General Officer , and several of them Staff Officers , and of a superior rank . The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded is enormous . Generals Dnhesm and Desaix were wounded in sustaining the . first efforts of the enemy , after the passage ; Genera ) Jordis and Adjutant-General Dumont have been slightly wounded . The troops per f ormed prodigies of valour . A squadron
of ( he gth regiment of hussars , ( he 17 th and 4 th dragoons , the 2 d of cavalry , the companies of fight infantry , commanded by Captain ' s Fort and Gias , who in suc c ession disembarked in the train of the infantry , deserve the highest praise . It is impossible to give you at this moment more circumstantial details of this the boldest , most dangerous operation that I ever vet witnessed ; X shall send them by the first courier . 1 shall then be able more particularly to inform you of the names of the corps and of the soldiers who ' have distinguished themselves , 1 ' cannot speak with too much praise of the conduct of General Vandamo ; he
commanded at first the advanced guard at the disembarkation , and the division , after the wound received by Genera ! Duhesm . The latter General also performed prodigies of valour . The labour of reconnoitring was performed under the direction of General Boisguard , of the Engineer corps . Poitevin , Commander of the Corps of Engineers , directed his army to the main attack . It is useless to raemion to you Generals Regnier and Desaix ; their proofs of talent and of courage are well known to all the Republic . The wound of the latter deprives the army , for some time , of a very valuable officer . This day , General Devout , at
the head of a very strong body , is marching to gain the Valley of Kintzig , and the Adjutant General Rudeler towards the k ' embis . We have taken a position above Lacheren , after an engagement of the advanced posts , where the enemy opposed only a feeble resistance . The wounds of several of the General Officers rendering- a greater degree of exertion necessary on the part of others , I could not write lo you sooner . You shall receive interesting accounts of ( he different engagements which we have fought . Four Austrian Genera ! Officers have been woundedone of whom is deadand one a prisonerThis is an unequivocal
, , . proof of the slaughter which the enemy has been unwilling to suffer for the sake of preventing our establishing ourselves on She right bank of Hie river . MOREAU . P . S . A Courier , tvhich 1 this moment receive from Genera ! Buonaparte , announces the signing of the Preliminaries of Peace with the Emperor .
H , ail-quarters , Strasburg , 7 Floreal , ( April 26 . ) ' Adjutant-General Sole is the Bearer of the Treaty concluded with the Emperor : it renders useless alt military dispositions . I gave you but a very short