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Military Topography of Portugal.

extensive plain, intersected by a small rivulet. This is the fir
ground after leaving Almeida where a considerable body of cav
employed to advantage. The Aveila has a stone bridge over
manded by heights in the rear. Immediately behind the heigh
is another rivulet and bridge.

The town of Santarem stands in an elevated situation
the Tagus, and contains eleven convents; the road from }
distant four and a half leagues, is mostly hilly and sar
rather less, after quitting Santarem, there is an exte
small river and stone bridge over it, in the front; alt!
able, it might in some degree be rendered an obst
attack of the position. In the rear is a plain, on
valry might act for the purpose of covering a
before arriving at Azambuja, a stand may agair
some heights covered with brushwood..

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Louvain-Dumourier begins to evacuate Belgium

Thaperor declares war against France
and bis conquests in Holland.

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Military Topography of Portugal.

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ser of Mayence. Besieged since the 19th June.

ciennes taken by the allies. Besieged since June 10th.

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orm the conscription for the armies.

ctions near Limbach and Altstatt.

The duke of York marches towards Dunkirk.

The Prussian corps under Knobelsdorf separates from the

allies.

24 Dunkirk attacked without success.

g. 29 Toulon surrenders to the British and Spanish fleets under

Hood and Langara.

Sept. 6 The Hanoverian corps, after several actions, defeated af

Honscote.

Sept. 8 The siege of Dunkirk abandoned.

Sept. 11 Quesnoy taken by the Austrians.

Sept. 13 The Dutch defeated near Menin.

Sept. 14 The Austrians driven out of the posts of the Bondenthal.

The Prussians under the duke of Brunswick victorious at
Pirmasens

Sept. 18 The royalists victorious near Angers.

Sept. 20 The British land in Corsica.

Sept. 26 Treaty of alliance between England and Portugal against

France.

Sept. 27 The Prussians take the French camps at St. Imbert, Bliescastel, and Hornbach.

Oct. 9 Lyons taken by the republicans.

Oct. 13 Wurmsar takes the lines of Weissemburg.

Oct. 16 Action near Waltigines-Maubeuge relieved by Jourdan.

Oct. 16 Defeat of the royalists at Chollet.

Oct. 28 Bombardment of Landau, Blockaded since 10th of August.

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MILITARY CHRONOLOGY.

Continued from page 329 of our preceding Number.
Assembling of the Prussian and Austrian azmies near Cob-
lentz and along the Rhine.

The mob storms the Thuilleries-royalty suspended in France>
Prussians and Austrians enter France.

Aug. 19

La Fayette flies from France.

Aug. 22

Longwy surrenders to Prussia,

Aug. 24

Thionville besieged by the prince of Hohenloe.

Sept. 2

Verdun surrenders to the Prussians.

Sept. 10

France declares war against Sardinia.

Sept. 14

Action near Grandpre-Dumourier enters the camp of Sty
Menehoud and joins Kellerman.

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Sept. 24

The Septembriseurs commit horrors in Paris.
Siege of Lisle in vain till the 8th October.

Sept. 30

Prussians commence their retreat out of Champagne-Verdun evacuated, October 14th-Longwy, on the 224.

Sept. 21

Sept. 24

The national convention declares France a republic-begin-
ning of the republican form of reckoning time.
The French occupy Savoya and Nice.

Sept. 30

Oct. 21

Custine advances upon Spires-takes the Austrian magazines.
Mayence surrenders to the French,

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Battle of Jemappe-Dumourier defeats the prince of Saxen
Teschen, and conquers the Netherlands as far as Luxemburg
Action near Limburg, on the Lake.

Nov. 7

Dec. 2
Dec.

The Prussian army crosses the Rhine at Coblentz.
The Prussians and Hessians reconquer Frankfort.

1793 Jan. 21

Jan. 25

Feb. 1

The French attempt in vain to carry the Austrian lines af
Treves and Pellingen by storm.

Conferences of the French generals concerning the introduc-
tion of horse artillery—it is introduced.

Rumford begins experiments on gunpower at Munich,
Louis the sixteenth beheaded.

The conscription for 300,000 recruits passes the convention
France declares war against England and Holland.

Feb. 6 Maestricht bombarded and blockaded till the 3d of March.
Feb. 11 Venlo occupied by the Prussians under the duke of Brunswick

Oels.

Feb. 25 D'Arçon takes Breda.

March 1 Action at Aldenhoven-the Austrians defeat the French, and

at Duren.

March 4 D'Arçon takes Gertruydenberg.

March 3 The Austrians and Russians drive the French over the Meuse, and relieve Maestricht-they occupy Liege and Ruremond, and pass the Meuse.

Mar. 14 Williamstatt in vain besieged by the French,

March 7 France declares war against Spain.

March 8 Konigstein surrenders to the Prussians.

Mar. 19 Civil war breaks out in the Vendée.

Mar. 18 Battle of Neerwinden-Saxe Coburg defeats Dumourier.
Mar. 22 Action at Louvain-Dumourier begins to evacuate Belgium
and bis conquests in Holland.

The emperor declares war against France,

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8793 Mar. 25 The Prussians cross the line at Bacharach, Mar. 27 Action near Wald, Algesheim.

Mar. 29 Custine commences his retreat to Landau.

Mar. 30 Action near Alsheim.

Mar. 31 The Austrians cross the Rhine at Retsch.

April 5 Dumourier goes over to the Austrians.

April 9 Determination of the convention, that three members with
unlimited authority should attend each army.

April 10 England forms an army in Flanders of English, Hanoverians,
Dutch, and Hessians."

April 25 Treaty of alliance between England and Saṛdinia against
France.

April 30 The Prussians advance near Worms.

May 3

May 18
May 20

May 30

Introduction of the maximum in France, afterwards decreed
the 16th and 28th October.

Actions at Rhimes, St. Amand, and the wood of Vicogne.
Treaty of alliance between England and Spain against France.
Battle of Famars-Coburg defeats the French and invests
Valenciennes.

Sortie from Mayence upon Marienborn.

May 31 Revolution in Paris-the mountain party triumphs.
The committee of public safety becomes the central point of
the Terrorists.

June 25 Bellegarde taken by the Spaniards.

The village of Costheim taken by a body of Prussians, Hessians, and Saxons.

July 10 Condé surrenders to the allies.

July 19 The Prussians engage the corps of French who attempt to
relieve Mayence.

July 22 Surrender of Mayence. Besieged since the 19th June,
July 27 Valenciennes taken by the allies. Besieged since June 10th.
August Carnot, member of the committee of public safety, begins to
form the conscription for the armies.

Aug. 13 Actions near Limbach and Altstatt.

Aug. 15 The duke of York marches towards Dunkirk.

Aug. 23 The Prussian corps under Knobelsdorf separates from the allies.

Aug. 24 Dunkirk attacked without success.

Aug. 29 Toulon surrenders to the British and Spanish fleets under
Hood and Langara.

Sept. 6 The Hanoverian corps, after several actions, defeated af
Honscote.

Sept. 8 The siege of Dunkirk abandoned.

Sept. 11 Quesnoy taken by the Austrians.

Sept. 13 The Dutch defeated near Menin.

Sept. 14 The Austrians driven out of the posts of the Bondenthal.

The Prussians under the duke of Brunswick victorious at
Pirmasens.

Sept. 18 The royalists victorious near Angers.

Sept. 20 The British land in Corsica.

Sept. 26 Treaty of alliance between England and Portugal against

France.

Sept. 27 The Prussians take the French camps at St. Imbert, Blies castel, and Hornbach.

Oct. 9 Lyons taken by the republicans.

Oct. 13 Wurmsar takes the lines of Weissemburg.

Oct. 16 Action near Waltigines-Maubeuge relieved by Jourdan.

Oct. 16 Defeat of the royalists at Chollet.

Oct. 28 Bombardment of Landau. Blockaded since 10th of August.

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Fort Louis surrenders to the Austrians.

Nov. 22

Nov. 20

Bitch attacked by storm in vain by the Prussians.
Kalkreuth defeats a superior corps of French at Bisingen.
The Prussians retire; the position of Kaisers Lautern occupied.
Cannonade on the heights of Bubenhause.

Nov. 29

Battle of Kaisers Lautern.

Dec. 13

Defeat of the royalists near Mons.

Dec. 19

Toulon retaken by Dugommier.

Dec. 22

The French, after several actions, break through the position
of the Austrians on the Motter.
Defeat of the royalists at Savenay.

Dec. 23
Dec. 27

The Austrians retire out of the position of Weissemburg, and cross the Rhine near Philipsburg--the Prussians aban don their mountain position, and retreat towards Maiats. Monge and Thaillot improve the cannon founderies in France. The Austrians evacuate fort Louis and blow it up. The Prussians: advance in vain through the foremost circles of the empire for the provisional subsistence of the army. April 18 Landrecy invested by the allies after several actions. April 19 Treaty of subsidy at the Hague, between England, Holland, and Prussia.

1794 Jan. 17 Jan. 31

April 26 Action of Cateau-the duke of York and Otto defeat the
French-Chapui taken.

Pichegru enters Flanders.

April 29 Action at Moueron.

April 30 Gallant retreat of the Hanoverians under Hamerstein out of
Menin,

Landrecy surrenders to the allies.

Spaniards defeated near Ceret.

May Action near Courtrai-Clairfait and Walmoden defeated. First passage of the French across the Sambre-repulsed by the hereditary prince of Orange.

May 18

May 20

Actions near Tourwing, Mouseaux, and Boosbelle--the allies defeated-the duke of York nearly taken.

Second passage of the Sambre by the French under Jourdan-
repulsed after an action near Rouvroix by Caunitz and the
prince of Orange.

May 22 Battle of Tournay-Pichegru repulsed by the duke of York.
May 23 Action near Kaisers Lautern,

June 1

June 8

June 9

Third passage of the French over the Sambre-Charleroi bombarded 2d June; retre t 3d June.

Battle off Ushant-lord Howe, with 25 sail, defeats Villaret Joyeuse with 26 sail ; seven taken, and one sunk. Lord Moira landed at Ostend with 15 battalions. Conjunction of the French army of the north with that of the Sambre and Meuse general retreat of the allies. June 12 Fourth passage of the Sambre-fail in storming Charleroi, 15th June-retreat the 16th, being forced by Francis the second in person.

June 13

Action near Hooglede-Clairfait defeated by Pichegru.

June 17 Surrender of Ypres to the French.

June is Fifth passage of the French over the Sambre-they maintain

themselves.

June 23 Action near Thielt-Clairfait repulsed by the French.
June 23 Surrender of Charleroi by the Austrians to Jourdan.

June 26 Battle of Fleurus-Cobourg defeated by Jourdan-first eme
ployment of air balloons for military purposes.
The duke of York encaps at Contig, 69 squadrons, 59 batts.
To be continued in our next.

July 9

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