The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 2, 1757, Page 1

Y e Laft Saturday Capt. Gafney arriwved at Bofton in 11 Weeks “' from London, and 7 from Torbay ; from the publick " Neavs-Paper to the 25th of Fune we have extracied the Jollowing Articles, & BIELFIEL D, Fun 14. ! i T gHE Duke of Cumberland is ftill here, tho’ begle ter’d the Pofition of his Camp this Morning,’ B placing it between this Place and Hervord, . Mis’ Royal Highnefs tho’t this Alteration neceflagy, ¥n order to fraftrate the Defigns of the Enemy ; who, not Judging it properto attack upon this fide of the Brackwede, #@fter having recontioitred the Sitnation of curCamp Teve- #al Days, made 3 Motion on their Left, as if they meant 20 go between us and the Wefer. It is impoffible to tell whether Marfhal @ Eftrees will attack us or not : The Wovernents his Army makes {o near us, induces us to ink 5e will attack ; and the Want of Subfiftence muft @it lait oblge him.to retreat or fight. However, we arc prepared to receive him, and the heavy Baggage baving Pleen {ent away, we have now nothing left to incumber w8 in Aétion. We very well gknow that the Enemy’s JArmy is {uperior to us in Number ; but we dare flatter ,ourfelves that we fhall convince them,. if they attack us, hat the Valour of our Troops, the Juftice of our Caufe, And the Defence of our Country, will in a good Meafure, ymake Amends for our Want of Numbers. Hague i KGazerte. From the French Camp at BREDA, (a flrong City of the ZLow Countries) Fune 14. Yefterday Marfhal d’Eftrees, ang the Prince de Soubize, ‘after having reconnoitred the uke of Cumberland’s Army, refolv’d to attack its Left Plank as foon as pofiible, and fixed upon the 18th Inftant for the Exccation of ‘that Defign ; but the Duke of Cum- berland -perceiving that they were preparing to attack him, decamped Yefterday Afterncon. As foon as we were apprifed of the Enemy’s Departare, Marfhal d* Ef- trees fent a confiderable Detachment, under the Com- mand of the Prince de Beaufeau, who marched all Night, and at Day break attacked the Poft which the Enemy bad left at Bielfield to cover their Retreat. The Count . de Chabot, who commanded this Attack, behav’d ex- ' gremely well, and forced the Enemy to give Way, and they abandon’d feveral Baggage Waggons, and had feve- zal of their Men made Prifoners. _ The Prince ce Beau- v {eau did not come up ’till the ‘Adlion was almoft over ; bot he writes from Bielefield that he is advancing upon the Enemy half way towards Herworden, which is the Ronte they bave taken. » “MunstER, (in Germany) Fune 14. The Frenth have come to Blows with the Hanoverians, and the latter have n obliged to retire in Diforder beyond the Wefer. We have not yetan exal Account of this Affair. What ollows is colle@ted from fome Letters dated from the Neighbourhood of the Field of Battle. .« The 13th in:the Evening, Col. Fifcher with his Cogps, and fome Detachments of Grenadiers attacked Bieleficld. At ‘the Begioning he found but little Refift- ence ; but the Pruflians of the left Wing of the Duke of Cumberland’s Army, threw a Reinforcement into it, who made a brave Defence. At break of Day that left Wing, gonfilting of Pruffians, -Heflians, and Brunfwikers, was izcked, defeated, and driven out of Biclefield, after a ¥ vigorous Refiftance. - The Right Wing, confifting of Ha- moverians, run away jaft at thefame Time. Immediately after the A&ion, the French feized upon Bielefield, and went to pitch their Tents on the Spot from whence they bad driven the Ailies. As yet we cannot write any Thing certain about the Lofs on both Sides : We only know, that the French took ten Pieces of Cannon, and fome Ammunitior Waggouns ; and it is faid they bave not loft any Officer of Noi-.; But on the Side of the Vanquifhed, we reckon among the Dead, divers Officers of Rank, particalarly the Generals Einfiedel and Junckheim.” < 'On the 15th, the French made themfelves Mafters of ‘Herford, and plundered that Town, becaufe the Inhabi. " tants had been fo imprudent as to take up Arms in De- fence of fome Troops of the confederate Army that had thrown themfelves into it. It is reckoned that they will . enter the Town of Minder this Day. Thus they are on i the Banks' of the Wefer, within 4 or.5 Days March of the Capital of the Ele€lorate of Hanover.———Am/lerdam - Gazette. " " Extra@l of a Letter from Paderborn, June i12. % The Hanowerians ewho avere in the Neighbourbood of Bielefelt, decamped on “the 13th at three in the Afternoon. The Prince de Soubife, at the Head of the Royal Grenediers, Jell upon their Rear, feized the Town of Biclefelt, took ten pieces of Cannon, and alarge Magazine, to awhich the Hano - werians bad Jet Fire, but avhich was entirely confumed. . Six Hundyed Hanoverians awere killed, and 80 made Prifoners. Dbe French lofi 72 Men, including tawo Officers. Col, Fifcher vt already laid the Eledtorate of Homover for 15 Leagues Ny und bins under Cout: ! i Extra&t of a Letter (rom Cologn, June 16. f' From the French Head Quarters at Rheda we have . & received the following Advices, dated the 14th at Naoon. ' *¢ Captain EeuMlette bas juft now bro’t Marfbal d'E fErees the agreeable New\, that at one this Morning, the Count de Chabai atiack'd tid Rear of the Enemy in theie Retreat from » - ' FRIDAY, Serrovest 2, 1757 ) NBW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, THE Bielfield, which Towwn be forced Sword in Hand, after a vi- gorous Refiffance. The Corps of Volunteers performed Prodi- gies of Valour having all the Grenadiers to make bead againfi, :#*[be Dragoons and Foot are rich avith the Booty.. 1 hey have “gut fine Hollands, and Englifb Watches in Abundance. Our Peaple were happy emvugh to extinguify ke "Fire wbich the '\ Enemy bad fet to their Magazines.of Forage. We had one Officer kill'd, s wounded, and 16 common Men, and feveral Horfes kill'd. The Lofs of the Enimy amounts to 1§ Officers killed, Pruffians and Hanoverians ; and 40 awounded : 200 Soldiers killed, 1 50 wounded,and upwards of 300 Defertars, woft of them Pruffians. Whes Cupr. Feuilletre came away, avhich was at 6 in the Morning the Prince de Beauvean was come up with 15 Companies of Grenadiers, 15 Piguets, ard 100 Horfe, to continue their Purjuit. Count Turpin, and Col. Fifcher avere not idle.”” Marfhal Keith’s Camp before Prague, May 26. Our Corps, under the Command of Marjbal Keith, the Prince of Pruffia, Prince Fevdinand, the Prince of Anbalt DefJau, and the bereditary Prince of Heffe Da)mfant, invefis avbat is called the little part of Prague, fituate on this Side the Moldau. Our Right Wing extends to St. Lawrence Hill, awhichin fome Mealure commands the White Hill, Our Left Wing= faces the large Plain, which runs along the Moldau towards Ratfchin. The Enemy occupy firong Ram- parts in this Plain oppofite to Belvedere and the Park. Some of their Regiments of Foot are encamped inTents upon the principal Rampart. The Army commanded by the King in Perfon, on the other Jfide of the Moldau, wery clofely invefis the reft of Prague. If ave wwould take by Attack this Place avhich is defended by a awhole Army, we muft lofe a multitude of brave Men whom the King loves, and avhofe Lives be defires ta fpare. A for- mal Siege, or the reducing it by Famine, would be too tedious. To force it to a /fpeedy Surrender there remains only Bombard.- ment, which as we advance becomes more and more terrible. We bawe ereited four Batteries of Mortars which threw in 288 Bymbs every 24 Hours. The oppofite fide of the Town is beated with red hot Bullets. "We learn from the Defer- ters, who make their Efcape to us in Crowds, that the Gar- vifon is in Want of Butcher's Meat and Forage, andill pro- wided swith Cannon and Stores. Thiy bave no 24 pounders, and but wery few 12 pounders,” Their beavy Cannon was carried to-the Fortrefles in Moraypia, L he Ramparts of Prague Jwarm with Soldiers,and 12000 Horle are difperjedin the Squares and Streets ; but theForage draws to an End. We bawve burnt Strockbof and all theGar- dens and Country Houfes in the Neighbourbood of the Town. Our Circumflance: of the Battle on the 6th, which regards Prince Henry, awe cannot omit. When the brave Schwerin Sell, this young Hero, making bis Gricf give way to bis Cour- age, faid to thofe who wgre about bim,'*Let’s fhew that we were worthy to ferve with him.” Alighting from bisHor/e, be put himlelf at the Head of bis Brigade, and wa; the firft awho clambered up'a Hill, and took poffefion of that Battery avich bad moft incommoded us. After this, the attacking the Auftrian Camp, fortified by Nature and Art, appeared more pradiicable. . As to the reft, we ought not to rob the Enemy’s Cawalry of the due praife they merited. - Their Infantry be- ‘bawved well. Their Haffars only bawve degenerated ; they can no langer fiand before us. StockHOLM, (a wery large, rich, and populous City, the Metropolis of all Sweden, Jub to the K. of Sweden) May z4. Since we received the News of the Engagement before Prague, it’s affured that the Senate has refolved-to make up the Contingent which His Majefty is to furnith to the Empire 16,000 Men ; of which 12,000 are to be Foot, and 4000 Horfe. Parts, (the Metropolis of France) May 27. We have advice from the Eaft Indies, by way of Conftantinople, that the Nabob of Bengal has dcftroyed all the pofieffions of the Englifh upon the Ganges, to the amount of above 50,000,000 livres, that this prince afterwards went upon the coaft of Coromandel, where be has declared that he will alfo do his utmoft to deftroy all that belongs to the Englith. BervLIN, (a firong and noble City of Germany ) Fune 4. Letters from the Camp before Prague, dated the 3oth ult. advife, that they began the Night before to bombard that City, foon after which it was perceived to be on Firein two Places ; that the befieged at firft returned a very britk Fire from their Artillery, which continued a- bout an Hour, but then ceafed, whereas that of the Be- fiegers continned. ' Lipfladt, Fune7. The Hanoverian Troops are re- ticed from the Bifhoprick of Paderborn, and the Prince de Soubize immediately fent a Detachment of French Troopsto enter it. . DusseLoore, (@ firong City of Germany) Fune 7. The 31th of laft Month, the French made as if they.in- tended to bombard the Town and Caftle of Rittberg, and #n order todifguife their Defign the better, threw io a few Bombs, which fo much alarmed the Hanoverians, that they removed what Provifions and Forage they had to the Camp, and left the Place. It's thought they are mar- ched towards Bielfield, and at this Inftant 'we hear a Fi- 'ring, which we imagine is the "French faluting them at Departare. P D "Thurfday Night 7 or 8000 cfthe French- Army in U d 5 " e x Nuue, 48, ’ - Containing the Frefbeff Advices Foreign and -Dome/iick. , ‘ Y TR R Y F RNy L L LTI TR Y ¥ TR S feveral Detachments, with the Regiments of Saxe Gotha'. and Ligne, all the Swifs Grenadiers,. and the Regiment of Royal Voluntiers made an unexpeéted March by the Favour of the Moon, and tock Poffeflion, without Oppo-_ fition, of allthe rifing Grounds and Defiles between Er- witte, Erringfeldt, and Ruthen, and afterwards occupied’ the Paflage overthe River Alme, near Buren, about three Leagues from the Camp at Paderborn. = The Hanove- rians being advifed of this, abandoned their Camp of Pa- derborn the following Night with Precipitation, and like- wife the Town of that Name, notwithffanding the Rain which fell in great Abundance, We have fince learnt from Deferters, that they have returned to the Camp of Lipfpring, though it is thought they will not wait there for the French, but retire behind the Wefer. Three Regiments of Horfe are advanced to Paderborn ; the Roy- al Voluntiers are already jn Pofleflion of the Gate of the Town,; and all the French Infaatry is ready to march vp- on the firft Notice. The Count de Maillebois is in full Motion on the Side of Munfter, in order to diflodge the Hanoverians from Bielfield, and perhaps they may meet with great Difficulties in pafling the Wefer. BrusseLs, (‘alarge City of the Loww Countries ) Fune 8: Yefterday a Courier pafled by here, in his Way to Verfail- les, with,an-Account, that the French Army had paffed the Wefer,which makes it believed that there is aConven- - tion of Neutrality for the Eleflorate of Hanover. Urrecar, (a City of the Low Countries, [ubje& to bbe States) Letters from Franconia bring a Confirmation that the City of Prague is fo clofely blocked up that it is- abfolutlely impoffible to throw Succours of any Kind inta that Place. % S A MarseiLLes, (a City of France) May 27. According ; to the laft Advices from Toulor, the Squadron of M. de- la Clue is fitting out with the utmoft Expedition, and it is reckoned will be ready to fail'in lefs than a Fortnight. 1F this Squadron is to confift of all the Ships that are e- qnj%ping there will be 15 or 16 Sail. £ : ‘Neus, Fune 7. We learn by a Courier from M. & Etrees, that the French had attacked all the Hanoverian advanced Pofts, among which was one of great Importance, before which the Freach Cannon had played 48 Hours. Paris, May 31.The King has conferred the Command of the new Array ta be fent intoGermany, on M. d Mire.__ poix. Itwill confit of 40,000 Men, and be afiembled in Alface. The Aquilon Frigate, of 46 Guns, and the Efcarbou- cle Advice Boat, of 16, both followed M. de Ache’s Squa- dron behind Cape Finifter, and brought Word at their Return, that the Fleet 'was in good Condition when they leftit. 1t was compofed of 14 Sail, viz. twoof 74 Guns, one of 64, one of 32, one of 28, two of 24, two of zo, one of 16, and one of 14 Guns. : M. de Ja Moth’s,is of g Shipsof the Line and ‘two Frigates, and has 704 Pieces of Cannon. BrusseLs, Fune 7. All the Regiments that remained in the interior Parts of France, and many of thofe that are in Britanny and Normandy, have received Orders to march dire@ly into Alface, where they are to form an Army of about 40,000 Mem, to be commanded by the Prince de- Soubize, who js to proceed with all Speed, to the Afit- ance of the Emprefs-Queen. ; j RaTisaon, (aCityof Germany) Fune 1.The Plan of Operations committed to the Prince of Aunhault Deflau, feems to be purpofely divulged here, to facilitate it’s Ex- ecution. A grand Stept in this General’s Conduét, ap- pears to be that of intimidating or reducing the imperial States to a Neutrality ; to this End, the Seizare of all the Magazines, provided for any of their Troops is intended 5 and one erected by the Margrave of Brandenburg- Anfpach, is atually in the Poffeffion of the Pruffians. - The Ele&or of Bavaria alfo, with all the free Cities in the Circle, are required to give Security that they will remain pers fe@tly aQive, on Pain of having their Territories laid wafie immediately. This being effefted in the Duchy and Pa- Jatine of Bavaria, this Prince is direCted to make the fame Progrefs thro’ Franconia, and the Palatine of the Rhine, “to oblige the Eletors of Palatine and Mentz, to embrace the fame Party ; to proceed to the Affitance of the Ha-: noverians and Heflians ; and in Cafe of Succefs, to take the Auvftrian Nctherlands, by Way of Indemaification for his Trouble and Expence. Newcafile, May 10. Tuefday Afternoon arrived here, the Rev. Mr. Whitefield, from the South, and has fince preached twice a Day to a crowded Ausdience, and in- tends to preach at Shalwell this Afternoon at Four, and in the Spittle at Eight on Sunday Morning and Four in the Afternoon ; and on Monday fets out for Scotland. Parts, May 31. M. Blins, the famous Jew, who in 1742 demanded but three Days to victual M.‘Mail ebois’s Army,which then marched from the farthefiPart of Wefc- phalia into Bohemia, and executed it within the Time, 19 appointed to provide the Forages, &c. ‘T'he Varmers ge- neral have offered the King one Hundred Millions, for three Years, at Three per Cent, ou’ this Occafion. : KonicseesG,/ June6. Tho' the Refian Troops make more Motions at prefent, ‘than they have done for fome Time pait, they are ftill at the Ditance 22 Leagues fioin Memel, which is the neareft Fortrefs to them, V :