The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 23, 1757, Page 1

A \‘\ '«FRIDAY, SepTEMBER 23, 1757. THE Nums: 51 NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Advices Fareign and Domeflick. Containing the Fre I8 ddododo b dodod do e ool e o dododode o do oo oo o By Capt. Morris, in the Earl of Leicefter Packet, avho ar- riwed late laff Saturday Night fe'nnight in 33 Days from Falmouth, wwe bave the following Advices up to the 2d of Auguft L. O N D Q-N < Tuly i Yefterday the King wentto the Houfe, and made the ollowing moftgracious SPEECH, wiz. My Lords and Gentlemen, ' : a FTER folongand diligent" ap Attendance upon ! »A public Bufinefs, it is Time that I fhould give you fome Recefs. Bat I cannot put an End to the i Seffion, witbout exprefling my? edtire Satisfaciion in the many Proofs I have received of your Zeal and Affe@ion for my Perfoe and Governmenr. apd.of yours unfeigned Concern for my Honour and real Tupport. The Succour and Prefervation of my Dominions in America have been my conftant Care. And next to the fecurity of my Kingdoms, they fhall continue to be my :reat and principal Object. And I have taken fuch Mea. {ures, as, I truft, by the Blefling of God, may effectually difappoint the Defigns of my Enemies in thofe Parts. I have had no other View, but to vindicate the juft Rights of my Crown and fubje&s from the moft injurious Encroachments ; to preferve Tranquility, as far as the Circumitances of Things might admit ; and to prevent our true Friends, and the Liberties of Eufope, from being opprefs’d or endanger'd by any unprovoked and unnatu- ral Conjunétion. : " Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, I thank you for the large fupplies which you have fo chearfully and unanimoufly given me. It affords me great Pleafure, that the frugal Ufe made of the Confidence re- pofed in me the laft Year, bas been an Inducement to you to renew.the fame ; and you may be affured, that it {hall be applied only to the Purpofes for which it was intended. I fhail be particularly attentive to reduce all unneceflary Expences, in order the better to provide for the great and requifite fervice of the War. My Lords and Gentlemen, Pk T have nothing to defire of you, but what is equally effential to your own Intereft, and my fervice. Letit be your conftant Endeavour to promote Harmony and good Agreement amongft my faithful Subjeéts ; that by our Union at Home, we may be the better able to repel and fruftrate Abroad the dangerous Defigns of the Enemies of my Crown. ‘ Bervin,(a frong and noble City of Germany, in the Circle of the Upper Saxony, and Capital of the King of Pryffia’s Dominions, flands on the River Sprew) Fune 25. HE Court has juft received the following Account of an Engagement which happened the 18th near 5 Coilin, and of what has paffed in Bohemia fince. The King marched the 13th from the Camp at Prague with {everal Battalions and Squadrons, and joined the Corps under the Command of Prince Bevern, who quitted his Camp of Neuhoff, and met his Majefty at Kaurzim. After this Junétion the King advanced towards Marhall Daun, who was arrived in the Neighbourhood of Collis, reinforced by all the Auftrian Troops which were in Mor- avia, and a large Train of Artillery from Olmutz. The Enemy’s Army was ranged in Order of Battle in Three Lines, upon a very high Hill, defended by a great Num- ber of Pieces of Artillery ; the Ways up were very narrow which rendered the Approach difficult. The King, not- withftanding the advantageous Situation of the Enemy,at- tacked them about half an Hour after two' in the After- noon. His Majefty’s Army took two Batteries and two Villages defended by Infantry, but could not force the third, by reafon of the terrible Fire frem the Artillery which proteéted it. We twice repuifed the Enemy on the Right ; buc the King not thinking proper to continue the A&ion any longer, withdrew with his Army towards the Elbe, retreating in perfe& good Order. His Majefly, in order to keep his Forces together in Bohemia has raifed " the Blockade of Prague. DRrEsSDEN, (in Germany) Fune 24. By the Advices ar- tived here this Day, we are inform’d, with Certainty, of the AQion which happened in Bohemia the 18th ; and, that after a vigaroas Sally by the Garrifon of Prague, Marfhal Keith decamped from before that Place on the “2oth, where Te Deam was fung on the z2d. We hear that the Army of Marfhal Daun is approaching towards " Saxony. Extra of a Letter from Prague, June 21. % At lingth, (thank Heaven for all Things) we are deli- vered from the Pruffians, but heartily wifb that Prince Charles’s Army bad newer taken fbelter avithin our Walls, On a moderate Cumputation, near balf the City is defiroyed, and Abundance of Lives bawe been loft, as well 8 Jeantingfs of Prowifions, as by the Bombardment. It is but a_Fortnight [fince the Garrifon, wanting to get rid of ufele[s Mouths, turn- edjout above 12,000 of the Inbabitants ; but the Pru/fians drove them back into the City: And bad not Marihal Daun, gained a Vittory, by the King of Pruffia’s firlt being deceivved by falfe Deelligence, artfully throwun in bis Way, " and afterwards by Wis rebying too much on the Bravery of . bis Troops, this Plife mufl have furrendered by this Time. Brusszis,(a [oYye and nible City of the Low Countries,) Fune z7. Majogde ]fonnoia, amberlain to Priace Charles of Lorrain, having left Prague the z1ft Inftant, arrived here Yefterday at Noon, with Advice of a fignal Vi&tory gained the 18th by her ImperialMajefly’sTroops, commanded by Marfhal Daun, over thofe of the Enemy, commanded by the King of Pruffiain Perfon ; and this Morning a Courier arrived from Vienna, preceeded by 12 Poftillions, with a further Account, The Battle was fought at Chotzemitz, in the Circle of Kaurtzim ; it be- gan at two 0’Clock in the Afternoon, and lafted ’till eight at Night. The Enemy retarned feven Times to the Charge,but were always repulfed with the greateftValcur. Both Oflicers and privateMen ¥ehaved with unparrallelied Bravery, and our / riillery pgifermed Wonders. The Enemy left 10,000 kill'd and wounded upon the Ficld of Battle. We took a great Number of Prifoners, among whom are the Generals Drefkow 2nd Pannowitz, and we bhave likewife taken a great Part of theirArtillery, ftandards and other Trophies. Marfhal Daun, to whom we owe the greateft Commendations, received two {light Wounds, and had a Horfe wounded under him. Generals Serbel- loni and Lobkowitz are likewife {lightly wounded, and our Lofs amounts to between 4 and 5000 Men. General Vettes, who brought this News to Vienna, left the Army three Hours after the Engagement; and the Account he gives by Word of Moath, is, that it was a defperate one on the fide of the Enemy ; that after the firing ‘on both fides had been over for a confiderable Time, the King of Pruflia fell upon the Angle of the Right Wing of our Ar- my, with ali the Cavalry that he could get together, obli- ging them to climb up a high Hill for that Purpofe, bat that they were tumbled down from the Top to the Bottom- by our Grevadiers. Prince Maarice de Deffau is faid to be kilied. Of%ll the Circumftances, one of the moft me morable is, that the Rout of the Enemy’s Army was fo great, that Part of it fled towards Collin, and the reft to- wards Bohmifchbrod, thus making two feperate Bodies. The King of Pruffia muft haveleftall his Baggage at Kaurt- zim, and that "twas fuppofed that General Beck was gone thatWay to endeavour to carry it off. In order to render this ViQory more compleat, Prince Charles of Lorrain attacked the zoth Inft. a body of 18 or 20,000 Pruffians, who were emcamped upon the Weiflenberg, under the Command of General Keith, forced all the Lines and En- trenchments of the Enemy, ronted them and obliged them to take Flight with the greatelt Precipitation, and with the Lofs of zooo killed, feveral Cannon and a great Num- ber of Pontoons. Her Majefty’s Troops upon both thefe Occafions performed prodigies of Wonder. ~ Hacug, (in Holland) Fuly 1. According to Accounts received laft Night diretly from Bohemia, theAcdvantaye the Auftrians had gained aver the Pruffians in the lalt Adion is nothing near fo confiderable as was reprefented at fisft, and his Prufian Majefty {eemed refolved to main- tain his Ground in Bohemia. The Aultrians now own, that the Pruflians colleéled thenifelves in good Order, at a very fmall Diflance from the Field of Battle, in fight of M. Daun’s Army, and afterwards retired in perfect good Order, the latter not being in a Condition to make any Ufe of the Advantage they had gained. _ The King of Pruffia having left the Prince of Bevern at Nimbourg, to which place the Army had retreated af- ter the A&ion, fet out direély for the Camp before Prague; where he arrived the fame Night, and immediately made the neceflary Difpofitions for raifing the Siege : His heavy Attillery was drawn off the 1gth of June at Night ; and the Prince of Pruffia marched at the fame Time with his Corps, which encamped on the Side of the Zifca Berg, to Nimbourg, Marfhai Keith marched off on the 2oth at Night ; and Prince Charles of Lorrain was ignorant of the Whole, till he faw Marfhal Keith moving off, when he fallied out to attack his Rear, which hé could never break ; and they now do not pretend to have killed zoo of the Pruflians, nor to have taken one Piece of Cannon. As to the Cannon taken at the Battle, they reduce it to one 24 Pounder, one fixteen, and a few Field pieces. ~ By our laft Advices from the Frontiers, the French do not feem difpofed to pafs the Wefer. They are fending a Body of Troops behind them to Faft-Frifeland. . Haguej Fuly 5. According to our laft Advices from Bohemia, the King of Pruffia has maintained his Poft at Brandeis and Nimboarg on the Elbe. S 88 Our laft Accounts from the Wefer are of the 3oth of June, at which Time thé Duke of Cumberland had made fome Alteration in his Difpofition, by reinforceing the Corps undér Lieat. Gen. Sporken towards Hamelen : The Navigation. of that River fvas ftill free from_ that Place down to Minden, and the Duke’s Army well | pro- vided, and in perfect Order. The French had not then _pafled the Wefer. AMSTERDAM,( a beautiful City, equal to mofl in Chriften- dom, the Metropolis of all the Law Countries in N. Holland) Fuly z5. By Letters from Marfhal d’Etree’s Army we learn, that this General has given Notice, That he will hang up all Peafants that fhall be taken in Arms againft his Troops. ., : 4 There are three Billets of the King of Pruflia, deferve to be preferved.. They do him Honour., ‘The firft he wrote to Field Marfhal Sciyverin after the Battle which of Lowofitz, in thefe Words : e i o i\ B podrde bbb ddede b ddotoded b o do o oo do B do oo dosdo ol o e B ¢ The Auftriansare more full of Wilesthan heretofore; and take my. Word for it, that under fuch a General a5 they- have at prefent, it will cot an infinite Number of Men to beat them, unlefs we bring a great many Can- non againft them. it The fecond was wrote by that Prince itimediately after 1is Defeat on the 18th of June. ¢ I have no Reafon to complaim, fays his Majefty, of ¢ the Bravery of my Troops, or the Experince of my Of-, ¢ ficers, I alone was in Fault, and I hope to repair it, In the third, which was wrote from the Camp at Leit- meritz, he fays, ¢ I am aflembling my Forces, acd wait ¢ for the Enemy : but to judge from their Difpofitions, L d them.” we hear, that the heavy Baggages of oar Army were or- dered to retire four Leagues, and that the King of Pruf- fia had recevied a Reinforcement drawn from zll the Gar rifons, fo that we expect an Aétion daily. ; Berlin, Fuly 16, The Journal of the campaign in Bo- hemia is pubiifhed here, in which the army is faid to have loft in the batide of the 18th of June, about 7 or 8ooo men and fome pieces of cannon, which could not be brought off, the carriages being broken, a great number, of horfes kiiled, the exceflive heat of the weather, and the eminen- ces they had to go over. Marfhal Keith had 200 men, killed, and 400 wounded, and loft two picces. of cannon, four pounders. : VIENNA, (@ very large, vich ond flately City, the Metros polis of Germany, one of the fro geft inChrifiendom, fubjeét te theEmp. ) June 29 A circusutanual Relation of that bloody affair is publifhed here, whereby it appears, that the Praf- fians have loft 20,000 men at leaft ; 6000 of their dead were buried in the field of battle, and we have 7000 Prifoners { wounded included ) among®t whom are Lieut. General Trefkow, Major General Penncwitz, and 120 other Officers of inferior Rank. We have taken 22 Flags, 435 Pieces ofCannon, a Number of Carriages for Aruilery, and feveral Ammanition Waggons. Upwards of 3000 Deferters came into the Army immediately after ¢ - tle, and very confiderable Numbers tock orher & ous ; Never was the Management of Artillery better execnte: than ours in this A&ion. By a Lift annexed to this B - lation, our Lofs ftands thus : ¢ Killed. Infantry, 795 Belonging to Artillery 24 Cavalry. 163 Sale Yoo i iy v3th Inftant, Wounded, Total g82 Horfes. — 414 L G N : . “une, 14. In France Confufion rather increafes than diminithes. The Clergy lofe no Opportunity of infylting the CivilGovernment. = The Parliament fuftain their Au- thority, by fuffering in Defence of the Laws. The Court by temporizing irritates both Parties, and can depend on neither. The Farmers General have offered the King five Millions Sterling, by Way of Loau, which fheyws the Financss have abforbed all the Cafh that ought to circa< late in Trade. g S It is faid that Advice is received that the Plague unhap- 4441 748 N. “pily broke out in Batavia, and has aimoft depopulated that fine Settlement of. the Datch ; not above 200 Perfois being left alive. One of our India Company’s fhips is reported to have touched there, and Ioft all their Hands but three. . ANTIGU A, Adugup i3. iy On Thurfday Night laft arrived here (to the great Re= lief of the whole 1{land) the Snow Moggy,Captain Allifon, from Philadelphia, loaded with Bread and Floar. About five 0’Clock on Wednefday Morning he faw a large yhip / in full Chace of him, when he immediately crowded all the {ail pofiible ; but fome Hours after obferving| two Sloops coming from the foathward, and imagining there was much more Danger to be apprehended “from them than from the Ship, he lay to for her : fhe very fortii- nately proved to be the Briftol Man of War of 50 Guns, ~commanded by Capt. Leflie ; who took the Snow under his Convoy, and faw her fafe into St. John’s Road on Thurfday Evening. Captain Leflie never once attempt- ed to chace the Privateers for fear of lofing theSnow, well knowing of what ineftinrable Valae her Cargo was in this prefent {carcity of Provifions.” ¢ Auguft 6. "We heat his Majefty’s Ship the Blandford, has fent two French Privateers into Barbados : Yelterday there was 2 Privateer Schooner fent into Englith Harbour, by Capt. Leflie, Commander of the Briftol Man of War, of 50 Guns : Op Wednefday a Barbados Privateer, Capt. Clifford, broaght in here a French Privateer Sloep ; ‘and this Morning came in a Dutch {loop, loaded with Cor- dage and Ammahition, taken by ‘the Privateer Tartar, Capt. M*Lean, of this Ifland ; all ber Hands are French's “The Privateer was left in chafe of another Veflel. Charlefiawon, Soaph-Cardlina, July 23. On Tuefday came Advice from Geoigia, that the Ge~ neral Aflembly of that Province had adjourned the Thurd- 'day before for 10 Days, after paffing 4a aét for “r}kmér ¢ ke \