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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE * AIX-LA-CHAPELLE , September 20 . THE different corps of the French army on the Maeze , strengthened by the reinforcements they had received , made repeated attacks from the 17 th upon the Austrian posts " which guarded the left side of that river , and the right side of the Ourte . The attacks of the 17 th upon the Austrians before Maestricht , towards Vise and Fouron le Comte , did not succeed ;
but that was not the case with those made upon the positions of Generals La Tour and Alvinzy on the Ourte . The enemy were constantly supplied with fresh troops , by which means their superiority , almost entirely destroyed the left wing of the Austrian forces , and all the regiments wh ; ch composed it , particularly that of Beaulieu , suffered exceedingly , and most of the officers were either killed , wounded , or made prisoners ; three companies of the new-raised regiment of the Archduke Charles were cut to piecesj the rest made prisoners ; the regiment of Murray , one battalion of Kinsky , one of the Emperor , two
battalions of the troops of Saltzbourg , the Emperor's regiment of dragoons , and two divisions of . that of the Archduke Leopold , also suffered ; andas the wing was completely routed , , and the retreat was made in disorder , of course ihey lost their artillery . ¦ The Frencn were posted oh the Ourte , in several columns , towards Spa and . Vervieres ; the action was at Theux . The French were several times repulsed with great loss , and obliged to fall back to the rivulet of Embleve : but having found means to pass the Imperial posts , they took it in the rear , and that corps ,
which was not more than 7000 strong , against 30 , 000 French ( and in a manner cut off ) , was almost entirely destroyed or dispersed . Among other advantages of which the enemy availed themselves , they acquired a perfect knowledge of the position of the Austrians by means of a balloon , which they elevated duringthe action , and in the gondola of which were two able officers , who traced the situation and movements of the Austrians , and let down their observations to their colleagues in the French army . One of the consequences of the defeat above-mentioned was , that the
advantageous post of the Chartreuse , near Liege , being absolutely turned and taken in the rear , was obliged to be evacuated . General Clairfait sent thirteen battalions from the center to reinforce the left wing , which was again attacked this day , and the heavy cannonading which we now hear comes from that way . The French generals had orders to carry the Austrian posts , particularly that of the Chartreuse at Liege , cost what it would . To the above we have to add the following from more recent details :
The French entered Aix-la-Chapelle the 21 st ; they , however , experienced a considerable check on the same day at Lautern , where they were attacked by the hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe . The first advices state the loss of the French on that occasion to be 2000 men , but the consequences of it cannot be very essential , as well on account of the difficulty of providing for troops in that country , and the necessity of the retrograde motion of the different corps of allies marching against Treves , in consequence of the above defeat of the Austrians
Advices from Constantinople inform us , that a part of the Ottoman Empire has lately been visited by an earthquake . On the 3 d of July three towns were swallowed up between Angora and Esdrum , in Natolia , formerly known by the name of Asia Minor , situated something more than 200 miles S . E . of Constantinople , viz . Tchogram , which consisted of about 5000 houses ; Amasia , the capital of the government of that name , which was still more extensive and populous , and which is famed as the birth-place of Strabo ; and Enetem vhi-h VOL . III . Pp ' - '
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE * AIX-LA-CHAPELLE , September 20 . THE different corps of the French army on the Maeze , strengthened by the reinforcements they had received , made repeated attacks from the 17 th upon the Austrian posts " which guarded the left side of that river , and the right side of the Ourte . The attacks of the 17 th upon the Austrians before Maestricht , towards Vise and Fouron le Comte , did not succeed ;
but that was not the case with those made upon the positions of Generals La Tour and Alvinzy on the Ourte . The enemy were constantly supplied with fresh troops , by which means their superiority , almost entirely destroyed the left wing of the Austrian forces , and all the regiments wh ; ch composed it , particularly that of Beaulieu , suffered exceedingly , and most of the officers were either killed , wounded , or made prisoners ; three companies of the new-raised regiment of the Archduke Charles were cut to piecesj the rest made prisoners ; the regiment of Murray , one battalion of Kinsky , one of the Emperor , two
battalions of the troops of Saltzbourg , the Emperor's regiment of dragoons , and two divisions of . that of the Archduke Leopold , also suffered ; andas the wing was completely routed , , and the retreat was made in disorder , of course ihey lost their artillery . ¦ The Frencn were posted oh the Ourte , in several columns , towards Spa and . Vervieres ; the action was at Theux . The French were several times repulsed with great loss , and obliged to fall back to the rivulet of Embleve : but having found means to pass the Imperial posts , they took it in the rear , and that corps ,
which was not more than 7000 strong , against 30 , 000 French ( and in a manner cut off ) , was almost entirely destroyed or dispersed . Among other advantages of which the enemy availed themselves , they acquired a perfect knowledge of the position of the Austrians by means of a balloon , which they elevated duringthe action , and in the gondola of which were two able officers , who traced the situation and movements of the Austrians , and let down their observations to their colleagues in the French army . One of the consequences of the defeat above-mentioned was , that the
advantageous post of the Chartreuse , near Liege , being absolutely turned and taken in the rear , was obliged to be evacuated . General Clairfait sent thirteen battalions from the center to reinforce the left wing , which was again attacked this day , and the heavy cannonading which we now hear comes from that way . The French generals had orders to carry the Austrian posts , particularly that of the Chartreuse at Liege , cost what it would . To the above we have to add the following from more recent details :
The French entered Aix-la-Chapelle the 21 st ; they , however , experienced a considerable check on the same day at Lautern , where they were attacked by the hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe . The first advices state the loss of the French on that occasion to be 2000 men , but the consequences of it cannot be very essential , as well on account of the difficulty of providing for troops in that country , and the necessity of the retrograde motion of the different corps of allies marching against Treves , in consequence of the above defeat of the Austrians
Advices from Constantinople inform us , that a part of the Ottoman Empire has lately been visited by an earthquake . On the 3 d of July three towns were swallowed up between Angora and Esdrum , in Natolia , formerly known by the name of Asia Minor , situated something more than 200 miles S . E . of Constantinople , viz . Tchogram , which consisted of about 5000 houses ; Amasia , the capital of the government of that name , which was still more extensive and populous , and which is famed as the birth-place of Strabo ; and Enetem vhi-h VOL . III . Pp ' - '