Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH ON THE RHINE.

We early this morning received Paris Journals to the 22d inst. inclusive. From gen. Jourdan's letter, it appears that the French have been defeated on the right bank of the Rhine by the archduke Charles. It is certainly not to be expected that a French general will give a faithful account of the disasters experienced by his own army; but still there is sufficient in the letter of Jourdan to warrant a conclusion that the defeat which he sustained has been of some magnitude. This indeed is evident from the avowed consequences of the action; Jourdan having been reduced to the necessity of re-crossing the Rhine with precipitation, and Kleber who had rapidly advanced to the banks of the Nahe, having been compelled to fall back to the Sieg.

It should not escape our readers notice, that in a former campaign the Sieg and the Lahn were the places that the Republican army met with a severe check.

The retreat of General Wurmser, and of the Archduke, from Hunsruck, it now appears, were skilful manoeuvres to enable them to attack the French, on the right bank of the Rhine, with more advantage.