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. vhere they ttot immense booty . The talents and bravery of General Kel _ krman are ^ too well known to require here an useless eulogiuin . 1 ap Minted on the field of battle Bru , Chef d'Escadron , to he Chef de brigade of-L 19 th regt . of horse chasseurs , as he seconded General Kellerman 1111 the Vilest manner by his bravery and devotion . I request , Citizens Directors , , ' that you . will confirm this nomination , Citizen Humba . -t , who commanded , that regiment , having died at Rome on the day of our departure . Lahur . Chef de Brigade , commanded the 15 th lig ht troops , prevented the second . ' column from penetrating by Rigniano , at which they wished to arrive , ; by . lost
pursuing the whole route to Rome . The enemy on this point tnirty horses . The third column was driven back by the . Polish General ; Kmazewits , at the moment when they were advancing by Fabnca to Santa Maria di Falari . That brave officer , at the head of his own legion , the Roman lep-ion , the second and third battalions of the thirtieth of the line , two squadrons ofthe sixteenth vestment of dragoons , a company ot the , 19 th-, horse chasseurs , and three pieces of artillery , by the rapidity ot his attack ,, caissonsand 50 prisonerstwo
took from the enemy . 8 p ieces of cannon , 15 , , ofwhom were superiorofficers . Nig ht put an end to the combat , and . it appears that the Neapolitans left a greatmany dead on the neld of battle . The . Roman legion , who were engaged for the first time , conducted themselves with p-reat bravery . The result of this day is twenty-three pieces of . cannon ,-all of " French calibre , forty-five caissons , eig ht or nine hundred , horses or mulesstandardsand colours , the military chest , fiity-two officers , 2 , 000
, , prisoners , baggage , & c . , ... , , , , ' , , The loss on our side is confined to thirty men . kihed , and double that number wounded . All the corps who were engaged yesterday did wonden . ' _ - ; . This letter was succeeded by another , three days afterwards , m the following
terms : ' The enemy's columns having been beaten , on the 6 th of December , at Otricoli , retired to the heig hts of Calvi , where they entrenched themselves . I was informed on the 8 th , that General Mack had passed the Tiber , in : person , over a bridee of boats , with a body of ft 0111 8 to 10 , 006 men , at-the hei g hts of Civita Castellana , aiid that he had taken a position , at CantaUipo , in order to reinforce the corps of Calvi , and to attempt again to cut ofr our communications , by marching against Otricoli and Term , by the way of orders to General Macdonald to
Aspraand Collisepoli . I immediately gave march the brigade of General Mathieu towards Calvi by the way of Otricoli , and that ofthe Polish General Kniazswitz towards the same point , by the way of M .-i-rliano , whilst Eemoine marched from Rieti against Calvi by the wayof Contillano , and took possession in his route of Civita Ducale , a Neapolitan country , and threatened Acjuila . This movement was executed in the best possible manner . In the nig ht between the Sth and 9 th , ail the columns set out on their march , amidst a horrible storm , and through . the most terrible roads . The troops of Macdonald arrived on the 9 th , at
daybreak , before Calvi : they attacked the enemy on the heights , and after a hot engagement , tlie nth eiemi-brigade of the line , having ascended a very steep mountain , threw the enemy into the city , whither they were followed , and surrounded . They were summoned to surrender ; in answer to which they made some ridiculous propositions . Macdonald replied by sending them his ultimatum , which was couched in the following terms- , the coLmn shall beprisoners at Sscreiiwior be put to ike sword . They surrendered immediately .
, Five thousand prisoners , among whom are the Marshal . de Mert , Brigadier DonCarello , twenty superior officers , and 100 subalterns , 5000-good muskets , 300 horses , fifteen standards , eig ht of which were . blown tip by -an explosion of some powder , near a gum d-house , and eight p ieces of cannon , " ' ere the fruits of this attack . I shall say nothing of the bravery of our troops ;
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. vhere they ttot immense booty . The talents and bravery of General Kel _ krman are ^ too well known to require here an useless eulogiuin . 1 ap Minted on the field of battle Bru , Chef d'Escadron , to he Chef de brigade of-L 19 th regt . of horse chasseurs , as he seconded General Kellerman 1111 the Vilest manner by his bravery and devotion . I request , Citizens Directors , , ' that you . will confirm this nomination , Citizen Humba . -t , who commanded , that regiment , having died at Rome on the day of our departure . Lahur . Chef de Brigade , commanded the 15 th lig ht troops , prevented the second . ' column from penetrating by Rigniano , at which they wished to arrive , ; by . lost
pursuing the whole route to Rome . The enemy on this point tnirty horses . The third column was driven back by the . Polish General ; Kmazewits , at the moment when they were advancing by Fabnca to Santa Maria di Falari . That brave officer , at the head of his own legion , the Roman lep-ion , the second and third battalions of the thirtieth of the line , two squadrons ofthe sixteenth vestment of dragoons , a company ot the , 19 th-, horse chasseurs , and three pieces of artillery , by the rapidity ot his attack ,, caissonsand 50 prisonerstwo
took from the enemy . 8 p ieces of cannon , 15 , , ofwhom were superiorofficers . Nig ht put an end to the combat , and . it appears that the Neapolitans left a greatmany dead on the neld of battle . The . Roman legion , who were engaged for the first time , conducted themselves with p-reat bravery . The result of this day is twenty-three pieces of . cannon ,-all of " French calibre , forty-five caissons , eig ht or nine hundred , horses or mulesstandardsand colours , the military chest , fiity-two officers , 2 , 000
, , prisoners , baggage , & c . , ... , , , , ' , , The loss on our side is confined to thirty men . kihed , and double that number wounded . All the corps who were engaged yesterday did wonden . ' _ - ; . This letter was succeeded by another , three days afterwards , m the following
terms : ' The enemy's columns having been beaten , on the 6 th of December , at Otricoli , retired to the heig hts of Calvi , where they entrenched themselves . I was informed on the 8 th , that General Mack had passed the Tiber , in : person , over a bridee of boats , with a body of ft 0111 8 to 10 , 006 men , at-the hei g hts of Civita Castellana , aiid that he had taken a position , at CantaUipo , in order to reinforce the corps of Calvi , and to attempt again to cut ofr our communications , by marching against Otricoli and Term , by the way of orders to General Macdonald to
Aspraand Collisepoli . I immediately gave march the brigade of General Mathieu towards Calvi by the way of Otricoli , and that ofthe Polish General Kniazswitz towards the same point , by the way of M .-i-rliano , whilst Eemoine marched from Rieti against Calvi by the wayof Contillano , and took possession in his route of Civita Ducale , a Neapolitan country , and threatened Acjuila . This movement was executed in the best possible manner . In the nig ht between the Sth and 9 th , ail the columns set out on their march , amidst a horrible storm , and through . the most terrible roads . The troops of Macdonald arrived on the 9 th , at
daybreak , before Calvi : they attacked the enemy on the heights , and after a hot engagement , tlie nth eiemi-brigade of the line , having ascended a very steep mountain , threw the enemy into the city , whither they were followed , and surrounded . They were summoned to surrender ; in answer to which they made some ridiculous propositions . Macdonald replied by sending them his ultimatum , which was couched in the following terms- , the coLmn shall beprisoners at Sscreiiwior be put to ike sword . They surrendered immediately .
, Five thousand prisoners , among whom are the Marshal . de Mert , Brigadier DonCarello , twenty superior officers , and 100 subalterns , 5000-good muskets , 300 horses , fifteen standards , eig ht of which were . blown tip by -an explosion of some powder , near a gum d-house , and eight p ieces of cannon , " ' ere the fruits of this attack . I shall say nothing of the bravery of our troops ;