The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 17, 1758, Page 2

ks = e - Enemy. - NEW-Y O R K, Moday March 6. Saturday laft came to Toawn Capt. Willock, Command:y of His Majefly's Ship the Squirrel, of 20 Guns, which arrived at Sandy Hook the Thurlday before, in fix Weeks and three Days from Portfmouth, «wirh Publick Dif- patches. ¥From the LONDON GAZETTE, Decemb. 30. B E R L IN, (Capital of Pruffia) Dec. 30. An Authentick Relation of theMarch of the Prujfian Corps, Jince the Battle of Weiffenfels, out of Saxany, into Sile- Jiay till aftcr the Battle of Liffa,which the King gain- ed on the 5th of December, 1757, over the Grand Auf- trian Army, commanded by Prince Charles of Lorrain, and Marfbal Count Daun. FTER our Troops had purfued the Army of the Empire as far as Erfurth, and that of the French to Querfurth, it was refolved to march to the Relief of Schweidnitz, which was befieged by General Nadafti. The King fet out from Leipzig on the 12th of Novem- ber, with 19 Battalions and 28 Squadrons. Whlit this Corps was marching towards Lufatia, Marfhal Keith got into Bohemia through the Dcfile of Pafberg. He took, at Leutmeritz, a confiderable Magazine which the Enemy had there ; fet. Fire to the Bridge over the Elbe, and marched on towards Prague. We continued our March with great Diligence. Upon our coming to Groflen Hayn, we received the difagrecable News of the Surrender of Schweidnitz. General Marfchall was eafily drove out of Lufatia ; and the Corps which the King commanded, got, on the z4th, to Naumburg, upon the Queifs. We heard there, that on the z2d, there had been an A&ion between Marfhal Daun and the Prince of Bevern, which, it was faid, had ended to our Advantage ; but, the next Day, it wasknown,that Bevern's Army had been forced in its Intrenchments, and had retired to the other fide of the Oder ; and, foon ~ after, that the Town of Breflau had furrendered. We made forced Marches, and, on the 28th, got to Parch- witz pear the Oder, where our Van guard furprized a Detachment of 1100 Auftrians, 50 of which were kil- led, and 150 made prifoners. The Prince of Bevern’s Army had croffed the Oder at Glogau, and joined us the z2d of December. On the 3d the Troops refted, having been greatly fatigued with the toilfomeMarches they had made. On the fourth we marched to Neu.- marck, where we made 600 Prifoners, moft of them Pandours or Huffars. We heard that Prince Charles had left Breflau with his Army, and that he had advan- ced beyond Liffa, that his right Wing was covered by the Village of Niepern, and his Left by that of Golau, with the Rivulet of Schweidnitz, in his Rear. The Army marched on the 5th, very early in the Morning : Our Van Guard met the Enemy’s near the Village of Born, confilting of two Regiments of Huffars, and the Saxon Dragoons ; attacked them, drove them back to their own Camp, and took fix Officers and about 500 Men prifoners. As{oon as our Army had got to the high Grounds, it was refolved to attack the Left of the We extended ourfelves to the Right as far as the Rivulet of Schweidnitz. The Attack began in a Wood, where the Enemy had pofted fome Infantry, and which however we foon forced. The Enemy, who found themfelves turned, were obliged to change their Pofition. They had loft the Poft that covered them, which put them under the Neceflity of taking precipitately the firft Pofts that came in theirWay, in order to prevent our raking their whole Army from oneWing to the other. They pofted fome Brigades of Foot on an Eminence that lay behind the Wood, which was attacked by our Right, and carried, after an obftinate Refiftance. The Enemy formed a new Line, near the Village of Leuten, where they de- fended themlelves with great Bravery, but where we forced them. Then the Cavalry of our Right charged that of the Enemy, and beat them, but were checked by the Enemy’s Canncn firing upon them withCartridge Shot. Our Cavalry, however, recovered themfelves prefently, fell upon the Enemy’s Infantry, and made great Number of Prifoners. During all thefe different Attacks,the Right of the Auftrian Cavalry and Infantry came up ; our Left of Cavalry charged that of the Enemy, and broke them ; after which the Regiment of Bareut took the Auftrian Infantry, which was pofted on an Eminence, in the Rear, atthe fame Time that the Left of our Infantry attacked them in Front. The Whole of this Corps of the Enemy was entirely broke, and the King purfued them as far as Lifla. The Action began at one 'Clock in the Afternoon, and ended at Four. If Day light had lafted another Hour, their Defeat would ftill have been greater. : On the 6th we purfued the Imperialifts as far as Breflaa, The 7th we invefted theTown, and all the neceffary Difpofitions have been made to befiege it. The fame Day Geoeral Ziethen was detached with a large Body of Cavalry and Infantry in Purfuit of the Enemy. He {foon after toock above 300 Waggors of their Baggage and Provificns, fome Cannon, and a prodigious Num- ber of Prifoners. He is ftill at their Heels. ~ TheAuf- trians are marching towards Grofbourgh, without it’s being yet pofiible to know whether they are taking the Road to Schweidnitz or to Moravia. We have taken in this Battle zg1Officers, amongft whom are the Lieut- enani Generals Odonel and Neflitz, the Colonel Count Brown and others, of which a Lift will be given as foon as Time permits. The Number of Prifoners takenin the Battle, and in the Purfuit, amounts to Twenty-one Thoufand five Hundred Men. We have befides tak . en 116 Pieces of Cannon, §1 Colours and Standards, and 4000 Waggons of Ammunition and Baggage. We reckon on our Side 500 killed, and 2300 wound- ed. We have not loft any General except Major Ge- nera! Krokow, of the Dragoons, who was wounded and taken when our Cavalry were firft repulfed. The Of- ficers and even the Common Soldiers have behaved to Admiration in this Battle. L:O N D QN Dec. 10. Lord George Sackville, we learn, is im- medvately ordered to North-America, we fuppofe not without a Reinforcement to the Forces already there ; and that he is to embark on board the Fleetat Portf- mouth. Port/mouth, Dec. 7. Remains, at Spithead, Admiral Bofcawen, with upwards of fifty fhips and floops of war, moft of whom we hear are waiting for Orders to pro- ceed to N. America, under the Command of the Ad- mirals Bofcawen a nd Sir Charles Hardy. To the KING of PRUSSILA, on bis late Succe/s. O ! thou undaunted Prince ! whom millions own Auguft on Wifdom’s, as on Pruffia’s throne ; By France and Auftria’s fons the gen’ral dread ; In winter campaign‘s nurs’d, in battles bred ; Whole juft revenge the combin’d league difarms ; The world’s great Chief, in councils and in arms ! Rais’d to defend thy darling country’s caufe ! Dire& her fenate, and proteét her laws. Pleas’d we behold the valiant fons advance To check the tow’ring infolence of France, Whofe hoftile troops in mad confufion draw, To keep the hero of the world in awe ; Thro’ guiltlefs nations force their lawlefs way Condemn’d to crown the triumphs of the day ; The day for which Parnaffian laurels grew, ¢ And Greece beheld her olives bloom for you.” Aw’d by thy prefence, trembling legions fied, And combin’d faltions hung their drooping head ; Wing’d with thy glory, thund’ring cannons roar, And the fword jocund plung'd in reeking gore ; Serene in battle, prudent, valiant, wile, Here all thy glories, all thy virtues rife ; Thy fteady temper, not by numhers aw’d, Detefts intrigues, rebellion, guilt, and fraud. O’er Leipfic’s walls, truth, jultice, forced thy way, To fave thy country from the favage prey : | o True fortitude, unknown to half mankind, Rous'd up the gen’rous ardour of thy mind. The Hero foon in great exploits prefides, Which juftice warrants, and which wifdom guides ; Prompt to attack, to refcue, and defend, He proves his country’s Guardian, Father, Friend ; Grafps the keen dagger, bravely ftrikes the blow, Fraught with due vengeance on his guilty foe. To grace his triumphs, Drefden met her fate ; In vain flie with'd her {cheme of longer date, In vain fhe wifh'd fhe had not liv'd to fee Her honour funk in vile obfcurity. Viforious wreaths the Sifter Arts have twin'd, And wait to crown thy conflancy of mivd : Fair Truth already, in the rolls of fame, Has under Cato, Scipio, mark’d thy name ; Approves thy enterprize, applauds thy birth, Proclaims thy reign the nobleft reign on earth : See here ! fhe cries, the man in {uff’rings great, Who bravely ftruggles in the ftorms of fate ; Born to oppofe the Pope’s malignant clan, He'll do whatever Prince or Hero can ; Retrieve that martial fame by Britons loft, And prove that faith which gracelefs Chriftians boaft. O ! maoke his caufe, ye Powers above ! your care § Let Guilt fhrink back, and Innocence appear, R g 0 e 7] S«-G‘- °§ = 3’8 €TSS o0 [ = a £ E 3 S > Ba.5987 - [+ & Qg S [+ e 2 =) F3 < & (3] - , the Men were furrounded by near three paniards, who wounded three of Collins’s Fortune’s Men were marched into the Countr this fent afthore {everal Times for his Me and brought Purpofe, fave the three wounded Men and Boat, which a Place on Porto Rico; to water, Hands in taking the others Prifoners : the Spaniards let come off : [+ — S & 7] = 5 & « o 24 . g 2 e._. w & < 8 S ey = 3 = 5 s.32 .~ £ 55 g2 & s, of this Port, the 14th of December lalt put into whence they got away to-Moata Chrifti, ter deck which continued above water ; but they muft hundred § The Privateer Sloop Wheel of Fortune, Capt. Col- with four men in her, who got upon a part of her quar- had not a boat belonging to this city, have inevitably perifhed with cold i hjs officers by, took them all off when almoft them fafe into harbour. the like crime at Albany ; and at the fame Time be dletown, overfet and funk a little below Prince’s bay, ’ PHILADELPHTIA, Mach 2. 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