Part 55

Humbert attacks Lake at Castlebar, and defeats him, taking six pieces of British artillery, 27 Aug.

Battle of Underwalden in Swisserland, between the adherents of the aristocracy of Berne and the French, under Schauenburg; the town of Stantz was burnt to the ground, 9 Sept.

The Irish insurgents defeat a British force at Rathfarnham, 18 Oct.

Desperate action at Kilcock, the British troops suffer from the pike, 28 Oct.

General Mack commences hostilities in Italy against the French, by an attack on five different points of the French lines, in the Roman territory, 22 Nov.

Battle of Porto Fermo, on the Adriatic, the French defeat the Neapolitans and take their cannon and baggage, 28 Nov.

Macdonald defeats the Neapolitans at Civita Castellano, 5 Dec.

Again defeats Mack at Calvi, 8 Dec.

Championnet defeats Mack in a general action, 11 Dec.

Macdonald defeats the Neapolitans under Dumas. The fruit of these battles, was 12,000 prisoners, 99 pieces of cannon, 21 standards, 3000 horses, and all the baggage of the Neapolitan armies.

Egypt conquered by the French.

1799. Battle of el Arish, Bonaparte defeats the Mamalukes, 9 Feb.

Jaffa taken by storm, by generals Lasnes and Bonaparte, 5 March.

Battle of Sadaseer, near Periptnam, first action on the invasion of Mysore, 5 March.

Battle of Luciensteig, Massena forces that place with dreadful slaughter; and thus gains the key of Tyrol and the Grisons, 7 March.

Battle at Loubi, on the river Jordan, near Nazareth; Bonaparte, Murat, and Junot commanded, 8 March.

Kleber defeats the Syrians at Led-Jarra, 10 March.

Battle of Esdrelon, near Mount Tabor, 17 March.

General Desolles scales the Julian Alps, takes the intrenched defiles of Tauffers in the rear, and gains a complete victory over Laudohn, 17 March.

Ostrach, Jourdan with 40,000 men, is attacked by the archduke with 80,000, and is forced to retreat, 21 March.

Samanhout, a new and elegant disposition, infantry squares formed the two flanks, cavalry in a square the centre; the troops to oppose were Mamalukes and horsemen. Davoust commanded the French horse, Friant and Belliard the two squares of infantry, 22 March. Several battles at Biramba, Bardis, Girgé, gained by Desaix in this month.

Stockach, Jourdan attacks Archduke, but is defeated and forced to retreat; Jourdan’s force under 40,000 men, the Archduke’s above 80,000; the battle was principally fought by infantry and was terrible; 10,000 men lay on the field of battle, 25 March.

Scherer and Moreau attack the Austrians between the Garda and Adige, gain a hard earned victory, fought from day break to 11 at night, 26 March.

Scherer and Moreau attack general Kray before Verona, and are defeated, 30 March.

Battle of Magnan, the French are defeated, 5 April.

Battle Malanelly, E. Indies, 5 April.

Lacourbe defeats Bellegarde in the Engadine, 1 May.

Seringapatam taken by storm, Tippoo put to death, partition of Mysore followed, 4 May.