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Mav 17.
The allies defeated by the French near Roubaix, inwhich the Duke ot York narrowly escaped beingtaken, May IS.
The island of Corsica taken by the English underLord Iiood, May 22.
The island of Marlinico taken by Sir Charles Greyand Sir John Jervis, May 2d.
Great sea-fight between the English and Frenchfleets, June 1, in which Lord Howe totally de-tected the latter, taking six sail of the line, andsinking live. It is remarkable, that the Frenchlaid no small claim to laurels on this day ; andthe more so, as a large and immense fleet of theirmerchantmen from America, on the safe arrivalof which they rested their hopes of the future pro-secution of the war, got safely into Brest, while. the two fleets were engaged in this tremendous
action.
About this time many fall daily in Paris lamentablesacrifices to the tyranny of the monster Robe-, spierre.
Great battle of Fleurus in the province of Namur, inwhich the confederates were defeated with the lossof 15,000 men, June 2(5.
A general revolution lakes place at Geneva, July 18.
A dreadful fire near Ratcliffe Cross, London, bywhich about 600 houses w'ere consumed ; the losssupposed to amount to a million sterling, July 20.
Antwerp taken by the French.
Robespierre, after a most terrible reign of about fiveyears, and a great number of his adherents, guil-lotined at Paris, July 28.
The republican army of the Western Pyrennees withan army of only (5000 men, defeated 15,000■Spaniards, Aug. 1.
General Pichegru demanded from the new adminis-tration of the French Republic an army of 200,000men, with which he pledged himself to compterHolland: 190,000 were granted, Aug. 2.
St. Sebastian, in Spain, taken by the French, Aug. 4,who found in it 180 pieces of cannon.
The sanguinary system of Robespierre entirely abro-gated, Aug. 5.
The French entered Treves, Aug. 9.
The town of Calvi, in Corsica, surrenders to the Eng-lish after a siege of 51 days, Aug. 10.
Sluys capitulated to the French, Aug. 26.
Valenciennes surrendered, containing S000 armedmen, who were set at liberty, after having takenan oath not to bear arms against the French Re-public. Eleven hundred emigrants delivered up227 pieces of cannon, 800,0001b. of powder, &c.&c. Aug. 29.
Cond£ surrenders to the National Convention, Aug.30. In the garrison w ere found 161 pieces of can-non, 6000 muskets, 300,00olb. of powder, 100,000balls, bombs, and shells, and 1,500,000 car-tridges.
A dreadful and tremendous explosion of a powder-magazine at Crenelle, near Paris, which killed60 persons, and wounded about the same num-ber, ibid.
The Duke of York, overpowered by numbers, obli-ged to cross the Meuse, and retreat to Thiel,Sept. 10.
General Clairfait defeated by the French with theloss of near 10,000 men, Oct. 3.
An extraordinary and important change took place inFrance at this period : that power w hich was theprimum mobile, or first grand spring of the Revo-lution, the Jacobin Society, was solemnly orderedto be suppressed and annihilated by the Conven-VOL. i.— no. 49,
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tion ; and wltat was more extraordinary, this wassubmitted to without the least convulsion, any-more than a feeble resistance, Oct. 18.
Battle of Druten between the English and French, inwhich the former, under the command of theDuke of York, were defeated, Oct. 20.
The states of Friesland acknowledge the French Re-public, Oct. 25.
Nimeguen taken by the French, after an immenseloss of men on the part of the allies, Nov. 7.
Warsaw taken by the Russians, and the liberty of thePoles crushed, Nov. 8. The engagement thatpreceded the surrender of this city was extremelybloody : of 26,000 men only 2000 escaped ; 14,000were killed and 10,000 made prisoners by theRussians.
The French obtain a very important victory over theSpaniards, after an engagement of two days. TheFrench general Dugommier was killed, Nov. 17.
Very important victory of the French over the Spani-ards in Catalonia, Nov. 20.
Carrier, governor of Nanlz, executed by order ofthe National Convention, for his great crueltiestowards the citizens while in his official capacity,Nov. 28. '
The seventy-one deputies, proscribed and imprisonedby Robespierre, -released by an unanimous orderof the National Convention ; among these wasThomas Paine, Dec. 7.
Utrecht taken by the French, Dec. 12, after a very-obstinate action, in which the British guards anilHessians suffered very severely, -5799 1795 Great battle of Ileussen, J an. 11, between the allies
and French, in which the latter obtained a com-plete victory. Of four thousand Austrians thatcame into the field not more than seven or eighthundred escaped. Upon this victory of theFrench, the English began their retrograde march;and awful to relate, disease (the horrid conco-mitant of war) is said to be more fatal to theBritish army than the sword.
The French, with an immense .army, enter Amster-dam amt the adjacent cities, Jan. 18, and are re-ceived by the inhabitants with the greatest tokensof friendship and applause.
The Stadtholdcr, with his whole family, land in Eng-land, and arrive in safety in Colchester, Jan. 20.
On account of the Zuyder Zee being entirely frozenover, (a circumstance unknown for a century past,)the French march with the greatest facility intoevery one of the United Provinces, and take pos-session of the Dutch fleet in the harbour of Am-sterdam, January.
Hie following bst of French conquests from the be-ginning ot the war to the conquest of Holland isgiven us by J. Talma, in his Chronological Ac-count and brief History of the Events of theFrench Revolution: “ The ten provinces ofBrabant, Antwerp, Mechlin, Limburg, Luxem-bourg, Namur, Ilainhault, Artois, Cambresis, andFlanders, forming the Austrian Netherlands, andformerly subject to the emperor of Germany.r Fhe Seven United Provinces of Holland, \ iz. Zea-land, Friesland, Groningen, Overvssel, Gelder-land, and Utrecht, forming the Dutch nation, andformerly subject to the Stadtholdcr. The Princi-pality of Liege, with the cities of Liege and Spa,formerly subject to the Prince Bishop, as sove-reign of that country. The Bishopric of Spires,with its chief city, formerly subject to its sovereignbishop. The Bishopric of Worms, formerly sub-ject to its sovereign bishop. The Duchy ofDeux Pouts, formerly subject to the elector Pa-latine, All the electorate of Treves, on the9 -L south