Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser

CLEVES, September 23.

Actions have taken place almost without interval for seven days successively, that is from the 16th to the 22d instant, between the French and the Austrian armies, all the way from Maestricht to Huy. It appears that the advantages and the losses were nearly balanced on the 15th and 16th. On the 17th a strong cannonade was heard at Maestricht, on the right of the army which lasted from five o'clock in the morning to six in the afternoon. The intention of the French was to cut off the Austrian corps that had crossed the Meuse. They were on the point of carrying two batteries, when the cavalry fell upon them, and put to the sword 1500 men. On the left wing of the Austrian army, the success did not equally correspond with the bravery of the troops. Twelve battalions were surprised on the 20th and their loss is estimated at between three and four thousand men. The French passed the river Ourthe by performing prodigies, not of valour but of fury, so that their loss is said to amount to from ten to twelve thousand men.