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' In these different combats we took about 5000 prisoners , 57 of whom are officers ; killed 4000 , and as many wounded ; took four stands of colours and iS pieces of cannon , many caissons , several barges laden with pontoons , and a great quantity of scaling ladders , which the Austrian army had procured with the design of taking Verona by assault . We had seven Generals wounded , and two of them severely ; viz . Lasne , Vignolle , Verdier , Gardanne , Bon , Roberts , and Verne . The Aids-rie-cauips of the Commander in ChiefMuiron and Elliotand the AdjutantGeneral Varde
, , - - ling , were killed . ALEXANDER BERTIIIER . ' The following is an extract from the Commander in Chief ' s letter , describing the battle of Areola : 'Never was a field of battle so much disputed as that of . Arcola ; I have scarcely any more Generals ; their devotedness and courage are without example . The General of Brigade , Lasne , came to the field of battle before he was cured of the wound which he received at Governolo . He was wounded twice early in the battleat three in the afternoon
; , he was stretched upon his bed , and suffering ; when he learned that I was myself at the head of the column , he threw himself from his bed , mounted on horseback , and came to find iner Being obliged to remain on horseback , he received , at the head of the bridge of Areola , a blow which laid him senseless . — -I assure you , that all this was necessarv to our conquering ; the enemy were numerous , and exasperated , with the Generais at their head , of whom we killed several . General Berthier's scennd letterdated Nov . 28 statesthat immediatelafter
, , , y the battle of Areola , the Commander in Chief attacked the column commanded by General Daviriovich , and repulsed it from position to position . His rearguard was cut off on the height : -, of Rivoii ,. of which the French remained masters . 1 , 100 were made prisoners , among whom is Colonel Count Lherbach , beside four pieces of cannon and six caissons taken .
PARIS , sov . 28 , 1796 . A letter is received from General Moreati , stating that on the 22 cl inst . the garrison of Kehl made a vigorous sortie to reconnoitre the line of circttnivallation of the enemy . The whole line of the enemy was forced , without a shot being fired : the enemy abandoned all their artillery , which was instantly spiked . We made from six to seven hundred prisoners , amongst whom are twenty officers , including a Colonel and a Major . Such was the result of this saily . This battle was one of the most violent of the war , and must have occasioned
a considerable loss to the enemy . They cannot deny that the advantage was entirely ours . General Deiaix had his horse killed under him , and was slight ! ' / wounded . General Lacombe had his horse wounded in two places . I ' iris , Nov . 30 . We are given to understand < hat the future progress of the negociation will not be made so public as the previous steps have been . It is said that Lord Malmesbury intimated to M . Delacroix , ' That he had assurance of being authorised to propose specific terms of concession ; but that his Britannic Majesty did not think that the object of the
negociation was likely to be promoted by the habit of publishing the official communications on both sides , and thereby exciting the passsions of the public on the topics in discussion before they were maturely weighed .. It was his desire therefore , to suggest the prudence of abstaining from this practice , so \ vi \ e in diplomacy , and to recommend that the specific terms of concession on both sides should be concealed until the propositions hnd undergone , at least , a fair and uninfluenced discussion . ' " - - ¦ .. Th * Answer of the Directory to the foregoing suggestion is stated to have
; bee .-i to the following effect : 'That they had chosen the course of public discussion , that all the world might be made , parties to the negociation , and judge between the two governments ; but if it was the desire and taste of the English Court to prefer a close deliberation , titer could have no objection . '
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Foreign Intelligence.
' In these different combats we took about 5000 prisoners , 57 of whom are officers ; killed 4000 , and as many wounded ; took four stands of colours and iS pieces of cannon , many caissons , several barges laden with pontoons , and a great quantity of scaling ladders , which the Austrian army had procured with the design of taking Verona by assault . We had seven Generals wounded , and two of them severely ; viz . Lasne , Vignolle , Verdier , Gardanne , Bon , Roberts , and Verne . The Aids-rie-cauips of the Commander in ChiefMuiron and Elliotand the AdjutantGeneral Varde
, , - - ling , were killed . ALEXANDER BERTIIIER . ' The following is an extract from the Commander in Chief ' s letter , describing the battle of Areola : 'Never was a field of battle so much disputed as that of . Arcola ; I have scarcely any more Generals ; their devotedness and courage are without example . The General of Brigade , Lasne , came to the field of battle before he was cured of the wound which he received at Governolo . He was wounded twice early in the battleat three in the afternoon
; , he was stretched upon his bed , and suffering ; when he learned that I was myself at the head of the column , he threw himself from his bed , mounted on horseback , and came to find iner Being obliged to remain on horseback , he received , at the head of the bridge of Areola , a blow which laid him senseless . — -I assure you , that all this was necessarv to our conquering ; the enemy were numerous , and exasperated , with the Generais at their head , of whom we killed several . General Berthier's scennd letterdated Nov . 28 statesthat immediatelafter
, , , y the battle of Areola , the Commander in Chief attacked the column commanded by General Daviriovich , and repulsed it from position to position . His rearguard was cut off on the height : -, of Rivoii ,. of which the French remained masters . 1 , 100 were made prisoners , among whom is Colonel Count Lherbach , beside four pieces of cannon and six caissons taken .
PARIS , sov . 28 , 1796 . A letter is received from General Moreati , stating that on the 22 cl inst . the garrison of Kehl made a vigorous sortie to reconnoitre the line of circttnivallation of the enemy . The whole line of the enemy was forced , without a shot being fired : the enemy abandoned all their artillery , which was instantly spiked . We made from six to seven hundred prisoners , amongst whom are twenty officers , including a Colonel and a Major . Such was the result of this saily . This battle was one of the most violent of the war , and must have occasioned
a considerable loss to the enemy . They cannot deny that the advantage was entirely ours . General Deiaix had his horse killed under him , and was slight ! ' / wounded . General Lacombe had his horse wounded in two places . I ' iris , Nov . 30 . We are given to understand < hat the future progress of the negociation will not be made so public as the previous steps have been . It is said that Lord Malmesbury intimated to M . Delacroix , ' That he had assurance of being authorised to propose specific terms of concession ; but that his Britannic Majesty did not think that the object of the
negociation was likely to be promoted by the habit of publishing the official communications on both sides , and thereby exciting the passsions of the public on the topics in discussion before they were maturely weighed .. It was his desire therefore , to suggest the prudence of abstaining from this practice , so \ vi \ e in diplomacy , and to recommend that the specific terms of concession on both sides should be concealed until the propositions hnd undergone , at least , a fair and uninfluenced discussion . ' " - - ¦ .. Th * Answer of the Directory to the foregoing suggestion is stated to have
; bee .-i to the following effect : 'That they had chosen the course of public discussion , that all the world might be made , parties to the negociation , and judge between the two governments ; but if it was the desire and taste of the English Court to prefer a close deliberation , titer could have no objection . '