The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, November 18, 1757, Page 1

4 Laf 1 “ -t . FRIDAY, Novemser 18, 1757. .Th2 New-Hampthire Friday arrived bere the Smaw Perks, Capt. Whipple, in fix Weeks from Briftol, avho bas brought publick Prints * to the 17th of September, from which wve bave colleéted the following drticles, viz. From the Loxpon GAZETTE. From the Pruffian Head Quarters at Bernftedle, Aug. 21. o N the 15th the Pruffian Army came in Sight of the Auftrian Camp, and within Cannon Shot. So foon as they perceived us, they F firuck their Tents, apd drewup in Order of Battle at the Head of- their ‘Camp. The King formed his Army cver againft them, and immediate- . ly went to reconnoitre the Ground between the Armies ; but as it was then late, he deferred the more exa& Exami- pation of the Ground till mext Day. The two Armies continued all Night under Arms, : . QOan the 16th, at Day- Break, the King retarned to re- eonhneitre the Situation of the Enemy with the utmoft Ex- -altnels. -Hé found them encamped with their Right at the River Neiffe : The reft of their Army extended along ‘a Height to a Mountain covered with Wood, which pro- gefted their Left. Before their Front, at the Foot of the Hill, on which they were drawn up, was a fmall Brook able only in three different Places, and that for four or five Men a breaft. Towards the Left of the Auftrian Army, there was an ing, where three or four Battalions might have march- ed in Front ; but behind it they had placed three Lines of Infantry 3 and, on a Hill which flanked this Opening svithin Mutket Shot, were placed 4000 Foot, with 40 or * g0 Pieces of Cannon ; fo that really this was the ftrong- @it Part of their Camp. A The King, to leave nothing undone that might force the Aafirians to a Battle, fent Gefieral Winterfeldt, with Part of the Army, to the other Side of the Neiffe by the Bridge of Hirfchfeld, to try to take them in Flank - But thatfiing likewife found impoffible, the Proffian Army, feer lying four Days before the Enemy, returned, on the _zothr to their Camp at Bernflazdel : They were followed by fome Hoflars and Pandours, who however had not the Satisfadtion to take one fingle Pack Horfe in the Retreat, The Auftrians fay, they are 130,000 ftrong. Sure, . ‘they might have thewed a little more Manlinefs ; for the - 4 King gave them the faireR Occafion. The Day he re- turned to Bernfledel, after he had retired about 2000 Yards, he drew up the Army in Line of Battle, and re- mained fo opwards of an Hour. But not a Man firred from the Auftrian Camp. Head Quarters at Selfingen, Sept. 1. Yefterday Morn- ing early the Army march’d from Rothenburg to Old. endorfF in three Colums ; that on the Right, compofed of the 3ranfwick and Heffian Troops, under the Command of Lieutenant General Wutgenau ; that on the Left, com- pofed of feven Batalions of Grenadiers and three of the marching Regimeats of the Right Wing, under the Com- mand of ‘GenerabZaftrow ; and the Centre Column, com- fed of the Hanoverian Infantry and Cavalry, was led by his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Cumberland, being yhe neareft at Hand to any Thing that might happea Bau the Enemy gave us no Interruption. This Day the Army’ march’d again inthree Columns to this Place. The Enemy 5 advanced Corps; under the Command of M. de ‘Chabot, \vho took Pofleflion of Rothenburg, after we had quineé it, have this Day fhewed themfelves to .(he “Rear Guard, Out feem tOh intend nothing more than juft itre ov1r March. < ;;iocn,:‘:' (in Holand] Sept. 6. His Pruffian Majefty was to be at Leipzic\‘t with his Army on the 3d l‘nltant, and it is thought will nuarch forward to mieet the Prince of ‘Soubife, and the Army o the Empire, Wwho may maketo- ether about ;o000 Men at moft, haif of which are French. he French have taken Pofletlion of the Town of Bremen. A (Thus far the LondoN GAZETTE. MARSEILLES, (@ large.and firong Cz’.{g\a/ France) Adug. ‘19. The Englith continue to act in'(.hara&er towards us, paying no Regard to neutral Territory. On the 2d inft. the Matter of a Pink from St. John d’Acre, to avoid the purfuit of three Englith Men of War, ran her athore on the Coaft of Sardinia, hoping to fave his Caxgo and Rigging : But one of the Englith Me'n of War anchoring within Gunfhot, kept fuch a fmart Fire, that be was for- «ed to fave himfelf on fhore with his Ship’s Crew, confiit- “ing of 14 Perfons. - This did not avail them-; th; Englifh Janded 150 Soldiers, purfued and took them, ftript them " " naked, plundered their Veflel, avd then fet Fire to her. " Aufirion Head Quarters at Klein-Schanau, in Lujatia, Augaft 23. Colonel Laudon consinues very allive in Sax. ony. Hearing that the Pruffians had a lan:ge Magazine of Grain and Oats &t Rofwein, he went thither, feized the \ Containing the Frefbeft Advices ' ; = " Magazine, fold Past of it for Half Price, and diftribated the reft to the Wives of the Saxon Soldtets. The Pruffians begin to be in Want of Bread. They have ordered all the Villagés round them to furnith them therewith,on Pain of being laid wafte with Fire and Tword. Auguft 27. We hear that the Pruflians at Torgau are under fuch Apprehenfions ofa Vifit from the French, that they have ordered the Magiftrates to farnith 400 Wag- gons to remove their Magazines of Meal. p Brest, (in Frame) Augyf 29 The Entreprenant and Dragon, with two large St Malo Privateers, are failed on a fecret Expedition. The Camberland is-failed for Lou. ifbourg, and wiil foon be followed by the Apollo. VAENNA, ((the Metrapolis of all Germany) dxg. 31. On the 22d a Conclufum was, en the Requifition of the Fifcal of the Empire, carried to the Aalick Council of the Em- pire, and hath fince been approved of by the Emperor ; in Virtae of which the King of Pruffia, Ele&or of Bran- denbourg, is to be put under the Ban of the Empire, and deprived of all his Fiefs, Rights, Privileges, and Expefta- tives, for violently invading the Eleétorate of Saxony, and forcibly entering other States of the Empire, unlefs he thew Caufe to the contrary within two Months. Havwovewr, ( Capital of the King of Great Britain's Germain Dominions ) A#g. 29. In Calenbarg are laid very heavy Contributions, and the Peafants are obliged to deli- ver two thirds of the Produce of the Harveft to theFrench Troops: BerLIN, {(a firong and noble City of Germany, fubjelt to the King of Pruffia) Sept. 3. The King not being able to bring theAuftrians to a battle, and {eeing Saxony threat- ened with an invafion in different places, returned the 2gth ult. to Drefden, with' a corps of about 22,000 men. _His Majefty has left the bulk of his army in Lofatia under the command of the Duke of Bevern and Marfhal Keith ; and detached at the fame time for Silefia a body of troops under General Grumbkou. An exprefs from Lufatia, a few days ago, brought a let- ter from the King to Count Finckenftein, whereby that minifter was charged ta declare ‘to the inhabitants of this capital, that they need ot be-in-any paix, or thiok of re- tiring with their effe@s ; as his Majelty found himfelf on one fide able to prevent the Auftrians fetting foot on his territories ; and, on the other, had reafon to be affured that the French troops thought of nothing lefs than pene- trating thither. This notification has produced here a marvellous effet, and thofe amongft our citizens who were plunged in the deepelt confternation at the approach of the French troops, begin to be perfeitly eafy. Drespen, (@ City of Germany) Augufft 30. The King of Pruflia having received feveral couriers from the Duke of Cumberland, and being apprifed that the French troops and thofe of the Empire were arrived upon the Frontiers of Saxony, his Majefty thought his preience neceflary in this EleZtorate. He has remitted the command of his ar- my in Lufatia to the Prince of Bevern, and is come hither with 16 battalions and 40 fquadrons. His Majefty was employed all yefterday in the afternooon in giving orders for the fecarity of this city, and makiag the seceflary dif- pofitions for pitching his camp in an advantageous fitnation : and the fame cares have this day employed the King’s at- tention and vigi'ance, We reckon that by the arrival of the 16 battalions and 40 fquadrons which he has brought from Lufatia, joined to the corps of the Prince of Anhalt- Deffau, the garrifon of Drefden, and the troops that are recovered of their wounds and fit to ferve, his Pruffian Majcfty will have near 35,000 men to form an army for the defence of this 4ileftorate. He has left in Lufatia fufficient forces to make head againft the Auftrians, who feem difpofed to rifk the fate of a battle in thofe quarters. There has been a duel between the Coungs de Lucheii and Lafci, both general officers in the Auftrian army ; wherein the former loft his life ; and the other is retired, into the Polith territories. CAssEL, ((a fair and neat Town of the LoweCountries; fub- Jject to. the French, and taken by them in 1677 ) Aug. 30. A great Difturbance happened on funday laft at the clofe of the fervice in the Lutheran Church : fome loofe difor- derly Fellows having infulted the Guards, which have been pofted, during Divine fervice,at the Door of the Churches, ever fince the Arrival of the French Troops in this City, the People in the Interim coming out of Church, took Part againit the Guards, who were accufed of infulting the Proteftants coming to attend the fervice ; a Circumftance which heated the Multitudeé fo mnch, that the Centinals narrowly efcaped being murdered ; by the Interpofition, however, of the ‘French Officers, the Mob was difperfed, and the foldiers taken into Cuftody as the'Aggrefors. The Brench General has neverthelefs given the Town’s People to underftand fince, that the Centinals were'in no wife w "~ T+ Nuwms. 59, Foreign and Domeflick. blame, and has mildly exhorted them, in any future Cafe of the like Kind, not to make fuch an unadvifed Attempt to do themf(elves Juftice, for, being always ready to protect them from Infult, he cannot put up with any Infalt offer’d to fach as are appointed to be their immediace Protectors. Verpen, [iz Germany] Aug. 31. Marfhall de Riche- lieu is advancing with all his Army along the Aller, his Intention being to oblige the Duke of Cumberland to re- tire quite from thefe Parts. His Royal Highnefs, who, after quitting the Right of the Aller, went to the Wumme, made a Motion the 2z8th with his Right to prevent the French from dffperfing themfelves all over the Daftrick of Bremen. The Zgth all the heavy Baggage belonging to his Army was {ent to Stade, and his Royal Highnefs is making the neceffary Difpofitions for a good Defence in Cafe the French fhould attack him. The ltter are heur~ ly reinforced on both Sides of the Aller, and their light Troops appear already on the Left of the Wumme, where they meet with frequent Skirmithes with the Ha- noverian Hunters. The Preparations forthe Siege of Magdebourg are countermanded. Marfhal de Richeliex propofes to clofe the Campaign with an Engagement with the Duke of Cumberland, and then take op Winter- Quarters for his Troops in all the Towns of the Electo- rate of Hanover and its Dependengies, fo as to fecure to himfelf the Poffeflions of the Right of the Wefer as¥ar ‘as the Elbe. : Hanover, Sept. 2. The French are meditatieg fome important Enterprize to {ecare their Winter Quarters, and indemnify them for their long and painful March, and what they fuffered by the exceflive Heats: Such of the French Generals as were in this Town, and thofe who came with the lat Body of Forces, which itis faida< mount to 30,000 Men, are gone to join the Grand Army, and concert with Mar{hal Richeliea Meafures for execu- ting without Delay the Projeéts with which the Campaign is to be clothed. Their great View is to come up with the Duke of Cumberland’s Arty, and bring him to a de- cifivé AQion: But there is Reafon to ziink that this Prince, who knows the Danger of coming to an Engage-} saent with an. Army greatly {uperior to his own, wilk carefully avoid a Bale. ‘ - Paris,[in France]dug.29. Our Fleets are all ready, and only wait for Orders from Court to fail. After cheir Juné&tion we thall have nothing to fear from thofe of Great- Britain. : We are curious to know the Event of the Englith fe< cret Expedition. It is faid our Court intends to undertake one which will cut them out more Work than they will know how to manage. e Leresick, (a City of Germany, Jubjelt to the King of Poland) Sept. 3. The Commandant of this city, as foon as he was informed of the approach of the Freach troops, doubled all the guards, and fignified to the inhabitants that they muft remain quiet in their houfes, and not concern themfelves about the meafures which may be judged neceffary for the publick fafety. TR Hanovsr, Sept. 2. *Tis currently reported here, that the French put up the Arms of Sweden at Verden as foon. as they were mafters of that place ; which occafions much {peculation. The letter which M. de Luce, Intendant of their army, wrote to the States of the Dutchy of Lunebourg, is not lefs remarkable : the following is a-copy of it. “ Gentlemen, I have the honour to addrefs you with the fubjoining orders for the delivery of forage and pro-| vifion for the fubfiftance of the French army during the approaching winter, and I pray you to take the neceflary meafures in conformity thereto. I have nothing more at heart than to fpare as much as poffible all the country con- quered from his Majefty the King of Great-Britain ; bat as my employ abfolutely requires me to be careful of fub< fitance for the army, which, in a country conquered and abundantly provided with all things, cannot and muft not: want any thing, you will be pleafed to take care on your parts to fulfil punQually the demands which 1 find myfelf obliged to make. You cannot be ignorant, I think, of the importance of the poft with which I am invefted, or gfi the fatal confequences which may refult from your negli< gence or refufal. I fhall be greatly mortified to fee my- fclf abliged to have recourfe to the rigorous means of a military execution, to procure the provifions which your country is well able to furnifh. I therefore'hope you will | do it amicably. For the prefent I demand no money.oE you ; but I think it proper to forewarn you, that during the winter the troops muft have fome indulgences, for which they will ftand in need of confiderable fums. So you are to take your meafures accordingly. - I have the honour to be, with all poffible confidcult;on, gentlemen, your affe@ionate ervant, E LUCl‘..'j ; : Preparation |