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My Lord,--My last report, dated Rome, the 11th instant, stated the march of Gen. Count Nugent's corps from Valmontone, in the Roman States, on Firentine, and towards the frontier of the kingdom of Naples: the enemy retiring before him, and only engaging in partial combat occasionally, has since that period been driven beyond the Garigliano, as far back as St. Germano, a distance of thirty miles from his frontier, followed by the advance guard, close to that town.

On the 14th, Marshal Murat having arrived in person at St. Germano, and the enemy being considerably reinforced, he advanced again from St. Germano. and drove back the advance guard of this army; the same evening he attacked the outposts at all points, and surrounded them with great superiority of numbers; notwithstanding which, the gallantry of the troops was such, that every detached guard not only cut its way through the enemy, but brought in a number of prisoners, to the amount of three or four hundred. The attack of the outposts was not followed up, as we had reason to expect, by a serious operation against our position at Ceprano on the Garigliano, in expectation of which the troops remained the greater part of the day in order of battle. Ou the 15th the enemy began again to retire; his movement was then plainly ascertained to be a manœuvre to cover and facilitate the

escape of Marshal Murat to Capua, who arrived at St. Germano, with only three or four officers, and a few dragoons, and left it again in a couple of hours. Towards sunset on the same day, General Nugent resumed the offensive, notwithstanding the disparity of numbers, the enemy having near 10,000 men: crossing the Garigliano on a bridge thrown over it, to replace that burnt by the French General Manheis, when he sacked and burnt the unfortunate town of Ceprano, he pursued his march on the road towards St. Germano, and bivouacked under the little town of Arce, whence this report is dated.

General Manheis has been joined by the Minister at War M'Donald, and it is probable that their combined force will occupy this night a position on the Melfa, a few miles from this camp.

On the line of operations of General Count Nugent, the right occupies Ponte Corvo, Fondi, and Itri, and the left extends as far as Isola and Sora.

I have great satisfaction in informing your Lordship of the loyal disposition of the inhabitants of this part of the country, where the cockade of the legitimate Sovereign is universally worn.

The army will advance again to-morrow, and the details of its progress transmitted to your Lordship as soon as St. Germano is occupied, or a combat accepted.

I have the honour to be &c.
(Signed)

C. CHURCH.
His Excellency Lieut.-Gen.
Lord Stewart, G. C. B.
&c. &c. &c. Vienna.

ARMY

ARMY OF NAPLES.

Head-quarters of General
Count Nugent, San Ger-
mano, May 17, 1815.

My Lord,-My last dispatch, dated from the bivouac of Arce, brought the details of the operations of General Count Nugent's corps up to the date of the 15th instant.

I have now the satisfaction to inform your Lordship, that, since that period, a series of bold and rapid movements, on the part of that General, have been crowned with the most complete success, and the enemy's army opposed to him defeated and totally dispersed.

On the night of the 15th, the advanced guard moved forward from the camp of Arce on the road towards St. Germano, having the enemy in front strongly posted on the banks of the Melfa; during the night, however, he retreated to San Germano, breaking down the bridge across that river. No time was lost in throwing a bridge over the Melfa, and at ten o'clock on the morning of the 16th, it was crossed by the infantry: the cavalry in the mean time having passed it where it was fordable for horses.

On the same day before daylight, General Nugent advanced his whole corps to the Melfa, and having there received a reinforcement of hussars and chasseurs, he marched forward in order of battle to attack the enemy at San Germano, where the united forces of Macdonald, Manheis, and Pignatelli had taken post. A small corps of advance had marched

from Ponte Corvo to turn the enemy's left flank, and which had already got behind his position, and the armed inhabitants of the village of Piedmonte, with a few soldiers, possessed themselves of the strong position of the Convent of Monte Casino, upon the mountain which protects the right flank of San Germano: the army at the same time advanced upon the high road, preceded by the whole of the Tuscan cavalry, and some squadrons of hussars. On the approach of the troops, the enemy declined the combat, and hastily abandoned his position, leaving behind him many prisoners and deserters, and fell back to the village of Mignano, nine miles distant from this place; San Ger mano was in consequence immediately occupied by the allied troops.

The taking of San Germano was but the prelude to a movement which terminated gloriously for this army, in the total annihilation of the enemy's corps opposed to it.

In the position of Mignano, where his whole force was again united, he was attacked at midnight by the advanced guard commanded by Baron D'Aspre, with about 7 or 800 men, the darkness of the hour preventing him from ascertaining the strength of the attacking corps, the enemy's troops after a few discharges of musketry were totally routed, saving only his cavalry and artillery. In this attack, singularly successful and highly creditable to Baron D'Aspre and the troops under his orders, above 1,000 prisoners have been made, a quantity of arms, and military equipments taken, and

and the whole of the enemy's infantry dispersed. Deserters, in companies of hundreds, have come in and are hourly joining this camp.

This brilliant affair has concluded the operations of Count Nugent in this quarter, in which he has destroyed the army called the Army of the Interior, with a force originally very inferior to that of the enemy. During the last ten days, the Neapolitan army has lost at least from 6 to 7,000 men; and the whole number of this army (alluding solely to the army opposed to General Nugent) escaped from the general overthrow, cannot amount to more than 700 men. In the course of this General's movements, commencing at Pistoia, he has, at different periods, defeated the enemy's Generals Carascosa, Manheis, Livron, Macdonald, and the two Pignatellis, besides others; and not even the presence of Marshal Murat himself, at San Germano, on the 15th, could prevent the destruction of his army, and consequently the ruin of his authority.

General Count Nugent's headquarters are at Miguano, from whence I have returned and forward this report; and the coJuinn of his right wing, which advanced from Terracina, occupies Mola di Gaeta, the enemy having retired over the Garigliano, and burnt the bridge.

I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed)

C. CHURCH.
His Excellency Lieut.-Gen.
Lord Stewart, G. C. B.
&c. &c. &c. Vienna.

ARMY OF NAPLES.

Head-quarters, Bivouac of Cajaniello (near Calvi,) May 18, 1815.

My Lord, I had the honour to transmit to your Lordship a report, dated yesterday, with details of the occupation of St. Germano, and of the defeat of the enemy at Mignano; I have now to report the junction of the whole Austrian force, under the command of General Baron Bianchi, at this camp; Cajaniello being the angle of the junction of the high roads leading from Rome, Aquila, and Pescara to Capua and Naples. The different divisions commanded by the Generals Nugent, Mohr, Neyperg, and D'Eckart, form for the moment but one corps, the advanced guard of which, under General Stahremberg, is at Calvi. The shattered and wretched remains of the enemy's army, which little more than a month ago Marshal Murat published to the world as consisting of 80,000 combatants, is now reduced to a corps perhaps not a mounting to 8,000 effective men, including the detachments of invalids, gendarmerie, civic guards, &c. drawn from Naples and the provinces ; with this force, broken in spirit, the majority of which detest the cause of the usurper, it appears that Marshal Murat will take post in and about Capua, until finally overwhelmed by the superb and victorious army which will now surround him in every direction.

Having but this moment reached the general head-quarters with General Nugent's corps, I cannot

yet

yet state which of the Austrian corps will march on Naples by Caijagga and Caserta, nor which will blockade the enemy's position of Capua, and in the present state of affairs it seems immaterial; the great object being now to save the capital from any rising of the populace, and the consequences that might follow an event so much dreaded by all classes of the inhabitants.

The organization of the Neapolitan volunteers has gone on amazingly well; and it is even probable that a detachment of them may be sent to pass the Volturno at its mouth, and push on to Naples, by the road of Pozzuoli; in that case I believe I shall be entrusted with this operation.

I am very happy to state, that although the whole of the country through which we have passed has risen in arms against the usurper's forces, no act of disorder or excess has been committed by the armed inhabitants, who have on no occasion been allowed to act in independent bodies, under the denomination of Massa; on the contrary, they have been obliged to act according to military discipline, and under the direction of regular officers. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)

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every hour to hear from Lord Burghersh, and I have now the satisfaction to send an extract from his letter, which has just been received, dated Teano, the 21st instant.

"I send this letter in great haste. A Military Convention has been signed, by which the whole of the kingdom of Naples, save a few places, Gaeta, Pescara, and also Ancona, has been surrendered to the allies. Murat has not yet treated, nor is it exactly known where he is, but he has been informed he must go under a guard of honour to Austria. The army goes into Capua to-day; to-morrow we occupy the heights round Naples, and the next day, the 23d, we go into the city.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 7, 1815.

The following copy and extract of dispatches from Lord Burghersh, his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Florence, have been received by Viscount Castlereagh, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs :

Rome, May 16, 1815.

My Lord, I have received a letter from Captain Campbell, of the Tremendous, dated Naples, the 13th inst. in which he states, that in consequence of the arrangements made with me at Florence, and transmitted to your Lordship in a former dispatch, he had proceeded off the Bay of Naples.

He stated, on his arrival there,

to

to the Neapolitan Government, that unless the ships of war were surrendered to him, he would bonbard the town. A French frigate appearing at that moment, Captain Campbell proceeded towards her, and followed her into Gaeta.

He returned on the 11th with his squadron, consisting of his own ship the Tremendous, the Alcmene frigate, and the Partridge sloop of war. By a letter from the Duke de Gallo, he was requested not to proceed against the town; Prince Cariati was sent by Madame Murat, to negociate for the surrender of the ships, and Captain Campbell dictated the following terms, which were agreed to:

1st. The ships of the line in the bay to be given up.

2d. The arsenal of Naples to be delivered over, and Commissioners appointed to take an inventory of its actual state.

3d. The ship of the line on the stocks, with all the materials for its completion, to be also given up and guaranteed.

These captures to be at the joint disposition of the Government of England, and of Ferdinand the Fourth of Naples.

In return, Captain Campbell engaged not to act against the town of Naples.

Captain Campbell was in possession of the two ships of the line when he wrote to me at 8 p. m. on the 13th; they were to proceed the next day to Palermo or Malta.

I beg to congratulate your Lordship on this success; it reflects the highest credit on Capt. Camp

bell, by whose energy and activity it has been obtained. The feeling of the inhabitants of Naples is excellent; a riot in the town against the Government had been feared, but since the arrival of the British squadron, more order had been established.

On the 13th instant, General Bianchi, with the greatest part of his troops, was at Aquila. His advanced guard occupied Solmona, where his head-quarters were to be established the following day.

General Mohr, having pursued the enemy in his retreat by Fermo, &c. after leaving 2,500 men to blockade Pescara, joined General Bianchi, on the 13th, at Popoli.

General Nugent moved yesterday from Ceprano towards St. Germano.

Since the battle of Tolentino, the enemy has retreated without shewing the least disposition to make any resistance; his army has suffered most considerably by desertion. General Bianchi is moving by Solmona, Castel di Sangro, and Isernia; his advanced guard was to be at Castel Sangro on the 14th. General Bianchi states Marshal Murat's army to have been reduced, when it passed Popoli on the 11th, to 12,000 infantry, and 3000 cavalry. General Bianchi will march from Isernia, by Campo Basso, upon Benevento, and thence on Naples.

I have the honour to be, &c.
BURGHERSH,

The Right Honourable the Viscount Castlereagh, K. G. &c.

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