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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 14, 1799
Page
3
Bellicose observations exhort officers to endure sieges and defend frontier fortresses with courage. Mentz and Valenciennes cited as proofs of determined resistance, while nature and rivers stand as potent strategic bulwarks for the Republic. Bernadotte reports captured prisoners and artillery after a St Plomb maneuver, with passes open to Milan and Piedmont.
In the night from the 1st to the 2nd, General Kray reports progress on the principal attack against Mantua. A heavy artillery fire followed as works were completed and parallels extended toward Osteria alta and the Belfiore ravine. The bombardment continued with two deaths recorded for the day, while fortifications gained breadth and new batteries prepared.
An eye witness report from Naples on July 14 details Ruffo and 30 000 Calabrians aided by Corfu marines driving out the French from Naples. The city endured massacres and cruelties as Jacobins were executed or dragged through streets, while English and Ruffian forces tightened siege at St Elmo. Terms offered to Patriots led to a disputed amnesty and embarks for Toulon were halted by Lord Nelson. The siege ended with a costly bombardment, the French expelled, and the King restored though Calabrian violence lingered.
Gen Melas reports progress on fortifications and batteries around a coastal stronghold. Bellegarde demands surrender. defender vows to resist, shelling continues. By morning, more trenches and traverse lines are re established, eight killed and two wounded in 24 hours. Rumors say Macdonald's army retreated toward Genoa, French and English forces clash along the Riviera with shortages and desertions reported among Piedmontese troops.
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