England. Breda surrenders to the French. Dumourier bombards Gertruydenberg and Williamstadt with Dutch artillery. The Convention decrees that soldiers have a right to elect their officers. Marat urges this decree, and strikes in the face several of those who oppose it, even in the convention. The Duke of York arrives at the Hague. The Stadtholder declares he will defend the republic to the last. 28. The Archduke Charles, the Prince of Cobourg, and Duke of Wurtemburg, arrive at Duren. The French merchants offer to send fifty privateers to sea. Discourse pronounced in the convention by Anacharsis Cloots, on universal fraternity. Riots in Paris at the houses of the bakers and grocers. Brussels desires, and obtains an union with France. Revolution in Geneva after the French example. The convention encourages addresses from all quarters on the death of the tyrant. Decreed, that the troops of the line shall form but one body with the national guards. All treaties of commerce and alliance, with powers at war, are annulled. The convention requires 300,000 men to compleat (sic) their armies. _March_ 1. Prince Cobourg beats the French near Altenhover. The British troops land at Fort Ecluse. The Austrians retake Aix-la-Chapelle. Proclamation of Dumourier, to stir up the inhabitants of Liege, Belgium, and Holland. 2. Carra denounces the farmers-general. Deputy Rhul moves, that the property of foreign princes be put up to sale. 3. The French raise the siege of Maestricht, and besiege Williamstadt without success. They 4. are beaten at Tongres by the Prussians. Gertruydenberg surrenders to Gen. Dumourier. Zurich, Bern, and other Swiss cantons acknowledge the French republic. Manuel accuses the jacobins (sic) of all the evils since the revolution. Dumourier imposes 120,000 florins upon the city of Antwerp. War declared against Spain. 5. The bloody capture of Liege by the Austrians. Taking of Ruremond. The Prussians gain some advantage near Mayence. Upon the motion of Danton, it is decreed, that a revolutionary-criminal tribunal be established.