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soufli side of the Rhine, with the chief cityof the electorate, and the city of Coblenlz.All the electorate of Cologne, on the southside of the Rhine, with its chief city. All theelectorate of Mentz, on the south side of theRhine. All the dominions of the elector palatine,on the south of the Rhine, with Manheim thechief city. The Duchy of Juliers, with its chiefcity, Aix-Ia-Chapelle, formerly subject to theelector palatine. The Duchy of Cleves, with thecities of Cleves and YVc-sel, formerly subject tothe king of Prussia. In the south, the Duchy ofSavoy, with its chief city Chamberrv, formerlysubject to the king of Sardinia. Tfte city andComtat of Nice, formerly subject to the same.The principality of Monaco, formerly subject toits sovereign prince. From Spain, the greatest partof their'rich provinces of Biscay and Catalonia,withtheirimportant garrisons, cities, and founderies.To which must be added the whole Dutch navy,with the immense stores of Holland, the depot ofEurope. The whole of these countries are cal-culated to contain a population of about thirteenmillions.”
Sir Edward Pellew took 15 sail, and burnt seven, outof a French fleet of 35 sail of transports, March 8.
The French fleet defeated, and two ships of wartaken, by Admiral Ilotham, March 14.
A peace concluded between Prussia and France,April 5.
The revolutionary tribunal was, by a decree of theConvention, abolished in France, May 31.
A dreadful fire at Copenhagen which destroyed1363 houses, June 5.
Admiral Cornwallis took eight transports under con-voy of three French men of war, June 7.
Eleven Dutch East Indiamen taken by the Sceptreman of war and some armed Indiamen, June 19.
Tlie French fleet defeated by Lord Bridport, June25, and three ships of war taken near L’Orient.
The National Convention formally decreed the in-corporation of Belgium with France, Sept. 30.
Battle on the Mayne, .when the French were totallydefeated, Oct. 11.
5800 1796 Battle of Piedmont, in which the Sardinians were
totally defeated by the French, April 14.
Battle of Lodi, in which Bonaparte entirely defeatedthe Austrians, May 11.
French defeated near Wetzlaer, June 4.
The French army under Bonaparte take possession ofMilan, in which they found 5000 muskets, 200,000\ pounds of powder, and 150 pieces of cannonJune 29.
The Austrians defeated by Jourdan, July 6.
The French army under General Jourdan take pos-session of W urtzburg, in which they found 200pieces of cannon, July 26.
The circle of Suabia, in Germany, made peace withthe French Republic, July 27.
Siege of Mantua raised, when the French left behindthem 140 pieces of cannon, 100,000 shells, balls,&c. July 31.
The Austrians were defeated by General Jourdan, ina dreadful battle which lasted 17 hours, Aug. 11.
Battle of Nuremburgh, in which Jourdan was de-feated by the Archduke, Aug. 18.
A treaty of peace w as concluded between the FrencliRepublic and the elector of Baden, Aug. 31.
The Dutch fleet under Admiral Lucas, in SaldanhaBay, Afriea, consisting of five men of war andseveral frigates, surrendered to Sir George KeithElphinstone, Aug. 19,
Moreau defeated near Munich, Sept. 11.
General Moreau, in his retreat through Suabia, find-ing himself closely pressed, and almost surround-
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cd by the victorious Austrians, suddenly facedabout, and f< 11 upon the imperial avmv, com-manded by La Tour, which he entirely defeated,with the loss, on the part of the Austrians, of 5000men and 20 pieces of cannon, (Jet. 1.
War between England and Spain, Oct. 11.
The French repossessed themselves of the island ofCorsica, which had been hastily evacuated by theEnglish viceroy, Sir Gilbert Elliott, Oct. 22.
The Archduke Charles, at the head of the Austriangrand army, attacked the Frencli army of theRhine and Moselle strongly posted on the heightsnear Fribourg, and commanded by General Mo-reau, when, after a desperate contest of threedays, he compelled the French to retreat acrossthe Rhine at Iluninguen, Oct. 23.
A treat) of peace concluded between the French Re-public and the Infant duke of l’arma, N ov - 6.
Catherine II. empress of Russia, died of an apoplexy,in the 67th year of her age, and the 36th of herreign, upon which her son the Great Duke PaulPetrowitz was proclaimed emperor, Nov. 17.
5801 1797 Great battles betw een the Austrians and Bonaparte, in
which the former were defeated, Jan. 19 to 27.
The French invade the Papal territories, Feb. 1.
The Spanish fleet defeated by Sir J. Jarvis, and fourline of battle ships taken, Feb. 14.
The whole of the country between the Sta Fee andPanama destroyed by an earthquake, includingthe cities of Cuzco and Ciuito, with 40,000 inha-bitants, Feb.
Bonaparte defeated the Archduke, April 1.
About this time a general view of the successes of thewar was printed and distributed at Paris among- the two councils. From this statement it appears,that from the 8th of Septembei 1793 to the 19thof February 1797, the trench Republic bad gain-ed 201 victories, including 31 pitched battles;killed 152,600 of their enemies; taken 197,784prisoners; 238 strong places; 319 forts, camps,or redoubts; 7965 pieces of cannon; 186,762guns; 4,318,150 pounds of powder; t’07 stan-dards ; 5486 horses, &c. &c. &c. May 1.
The Austrians defeated on the Upper Rhine, May 7,when the Frencli took Frankfort, Kehl, &c.
The Dutch fleet was defeated by Admiral Duncanon the coast of Holland, where their two admi-rals and fifteen ships of war were taken or de-stroyed, Oct. 11.
5802 1798 Rome reduced by the French into a republic, and
the pope expelled, Feb. 15.
The whole kingdom of I reland was put under mar-tial law, and officially declared to be in a stateof rebellion, March 30.
The French expedition to Egypt, May.
The rebellion breaks out in Ireland on the night ofthe 23d of May, by (lie stoppage and burning ofthe mail-coaches that were proceeding from theIrish metropolis through the different provinces.
Jloslilities begin between the Irish insurgents andtlie king’s troops at Naas, in which 125 werekilled, May 24.
A dreadful earthquake at Sienna, which caused thedeath of a considerable number of persons, May 25.
The Irish rebels defeated at Hacketstown, in thecountv of Carlow, and at Baltinglass, in the coun-ty of Wicklow, with great loss, ibid.^
The lr-ish rebels defeated on the hill of Taragh, about25 miles from Dublin, where 350 of them wereleft dead on the fiekl, May 27.
Four thousand Irish rebels laid down their arms onthe Curragh of Kildare to General Dundas, uponpromise of his Majesty’s pardon, May 28.
A body of Irish rebels defeated by the king’s troopsat Ballvcanew, June
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