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the passage was a re-entering sinuosity nearDietikon , where the boats were to be collected,and kept concealed till every thing should beready for the attack. A simultaneous attemptwas to be made to pass the Linth , between thelakes Zurich and Wallenstadt , and the attentionof the Russians drawn at the confluence of theAar with the Limat, by serious demonstrationswith the boats which were too large to be trans-ported to Dietikon . Thirty-seven boats of dif-ferent sizes, the largest capable of containingabout 45 men, and the smallest 20, were collectedat that place for the passage of the advancedguard. The bridge across tbe Reuss , at Itothens-will, two leagues above Bremgarten , composedof 16 boats, was not removed till the last mo-ment, in order to preserve a communicationacross that river, and to blind the enemy as tothe final intention.* It was taken up the nightpreceding the main enterprize, and transportedfrom Bremgarten to Dietikon , where the equi-

* This bridge had been taken up, and conducted by waterto Windisch, to serve in the attempt that was projected to passthe Limat, near its confluence with the Aar at Vogelsang;but which project, being discovered by the enemy, was notput in execution; and the bridge, reconducted to its formersituation on the Reuss , was re-established there, to mislead theRussians .—French Translator.