valry, they would have been
destroyed. So great was this panic, that cannon, tents, baggage,
military chest, all were left to the French. Could you credit--but, it
is true--that this loss has been sustained with the death of only forty
men! The French lost many men by the cavalry; and, having got the good
things, did not run after an army three times their number. Some ran
thirty miles, to Pesara. The peasantry took up arms, even the women, to
defend their country. However, the runaways are not only collected, but
advanced to Arcoti; which they took from the French, cutting open the
gates with hatchets. It is said, they have got a good general; Cetto, a
Neapolitan prince; and, I hope, will be ashamed of their former conduct.
General Micheux is bringing a prisoner to Naples. This failure has
thrown Mack backward. It is the intention of that general to surround
Civita Castellana. Chevalier Saxe advanced th Viterbi; General Metch to
Fermi; and Mack, with the main body, finding his communication not open
with Fermi, retreated towards Castellana. In his route, he was attacked
from an entrenchment of the enemy, which it was necessary to carry.
Finding his troops backward, he dismounted, and attempted to rally them:
but they left their general, and basely fled. The natural consequence
was, he was sorely wounded; but saved by some gallant cavalry, and
carried off by the bravery of a coachman: and is safe, poor fellow, at
Rome; and, hopes are entertained of his recovery. The fugitives are fled
to Rome, fancying the French at their heels; who never moved from their
entrenchment, which was carried by another party of troops, under
General Dumas. It is reported, that the king has stripped the Prince di
Tarante, Duc di Tranoulle, of his uniform, and disgraced him. He
commanded under Saxe; and fled, among the first, to Rome. It is for the
traitorous and cowardly conduct of these scoundrels, that the great
queen is miserable, knowing not whom to trust. The French minister, and
his legation, went off by sea yesterday."

On the 14th, the King of Naples returned home; and notice was
immediately given, by Lord Nelson, through the medium of Sir William
Hamilton, with as much secrecy as circumstances would admit, that three
English transports, then in the Bay of Naples, had directions to receive
on board such valuable effects as could be stowed in them, from British
merchants, and other residents, and that the whole squadron would be
ready