The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, April 7, 1758, Page 2

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Phillips, with 15 private Men, as an advance Guard, fome of whom went on Scates before him, Enfiga Rofs, with a Party, flanked us on our Left, under the Weft Shore ; the Main Body 1 marched s clofe as poflible to prevent Separation ; in this Manner continued our March ’till within 8 Miles of the French advance Guard ; when Lieut, Phillips fent 2 Man on Scates to defire me to halt ¢ Upon which I ordered my Men to fpuat on the Ice. Lieut. Phillips foon came to me himfelf, leaving his Party to look out, and faid that he imagined he had difcovered a Fire on the Ealt Shore, but was not cer- tain ; upon which I fent him, with Eofign White, to go nearer and make a difcretional Difcovery there: of, and to return as foon as they had effedted the fame :—In about an Hour they returned, and faid they were perfuaded that a Party of the Enemy were encamped there. I called in the advanced Guard, "= and put in to the Weft Shore, and there hid our Packs and Sleighs in a Thicket, leaving three Men with them ; and marchéd the Remainder to attack the Enemy’s Encampment, if there : But when I came near the Place, there were no Fires to be feen,which made as conclude that it was {fome bleak Patches of Snow,, or Pieces of Rotten-Waod, (which in the Night refemble Fire at a Diflance) whereupon we returned (0 our Packs, and there lay the Remainder of the Night without any Fire.—13th, In the Morn- ing I held a Confultation with my Officers how- to proceed, who were of Opinion, Tha®it was beft to put on our Snow Shoes and go by Land, left we fhould be difcovered, if we went farther on the Ice. We began our March about 7 0’Clock ;continued on theWelt fide of the Lake, keeping back of theMoun- tains that over-look the French advance Guaids; I halted my Party at Eleven o’Clock, two Miles Welt from the advance Guards, to refrefh themfelves, and tarried there until three o’Clock, that the Day- Scouts from the Forts might-be returning home, before I went nearer, thinking to lay an Ambuf(h to fome of their Roads in the Night,and meet with them in the Morning without being difcovered ; then marched in two Divifions, Capt. Bulkley at the Head of one, and myfelf at the Head of the other ; Enfigns White and Wait brought up the Rear ; the other Officers were fixed in each Divifion amongft the Men : In this Manner we marched on one Mile and an Half,when our advanced Parties difcovered the Enemy, and im- mediately {ent one back to inform me thereof: I fent the Mefienger back again to fee if they could afcer- tain the Number of the Enemy, or near it ; then or- 2 dered my People tothrow off their Packs, and pre- o, —_ Courfe they then fteered. pare for the Enemy ; which they immediately did— Some of the advance Party by this Time came and acquainted me, that they believed their Number was One Hundred, and were going on our Left, and would come within Fifteen Rods of my Party, by the I ordered Enfign M‘Do- nald to theCommand of the advanced Guards; which, = @) =} t1 as we faced to the Left, made a Flanking Part to our Right : We gave the Enemy the firft Fire, upon which they retreated ; my Party parfued them, and fcalped about Forty Indians in about one Quarter of an Hour. We imagining the Enemy had been beat, . Enfign M‘Donald with his advanced Party ftrove to bug o jo aun head them that none might efcape,but we foon found that the Party we had engaged, were only the ad- vance Guards of the Enemy ; their Main Body com- ing up ingreat Numbers and joining them,occafioned my Peoples retreating to their own Ground, where they ftood and fought with the greateft Intrepidity and Bravery imaginable ; infomuch, that in a very {fiiort Time, the Enemy were forced to retreat a fe- cond Time : But being reinforced, recovered their Ground ; and a Party of them having gof round vpon our Rear,were in Poileffion of both our Flanks, as well as the Front : but upon encouraging myMen, they fooh beat off both the Flanking parties,& caufed them to retreat to their Main Body, with confidera- ble Lofs. When we had fought them in this Manner about three Quarters of an Hour, Lieut. Phillips in- formed me that about zoo Indians were going up the Hill on eur Right to take poffeffion of the rifing Ground upon our Backs,as he fuppofed ; whereupon I ordered him, with 18 Men, to take pofleflion of the rifing Ground before the Enemy, and try to beat them back : Accordingly he went ; but I being fuf- picios that the Enemy would go round on ourLeft, and take poffeflion of the othet part of the Hill, I fent Lieuat. Crafton, with 15 Men, to take pofleffion of the rifing Ground there, and foon after defired Capt. Pringle to go witha few more Men and affift Crafton, which he did with Licut. Rouch and éight & PorTsmovTH ;: Printed by D. FowL, of whom this Paper may be had for Qie Dollar per Ann: or anEquivalentin inBills of Credit ; Half to be paid at Entranse._‘ ‘Men : But the Enemy pufhed on fo clofe in the Front, that the parties’wefe not more than 2o Yards a part, #td oftentimes intermix'd with each other : The Fire continued very hot for one Hour and a Half, from the Beginning of the Attack ; in which Time I loft Eight Officers, and about 100 Men from the Detachment, killed on the {pot; the Enemy be- ing fo numerous that my party broke, and about 2o of them run up the Hill to Phillips and Crafton, ‘where we ftopt and fired 2 Volley dpon the Indians, who were eagetly purfuing them, feeing that I had not Numbers fufficient to withftand them. Lieut. Phillips was at this Time capitulating with them for himfelf and party onthe other fide of the Hill ; who fpoke to me, and faid he was incircled by 300 In- dians who were within 1& Rods 6f him, and faid if they would give him and his party good Quarters, he would furrender to them ; otherWwife would fight whillt one Man was left to firea Gun. Upon find: ing that Phillips and hfs party was obliged to furren- der, I tho’t it moft prudent to retreat, and bring off as many of my people as 1 poflibly could ; which I immediately did, the Indians purfuing us at the fame Time, and took feveral of them prifoners. I came to Lake Gecrge in the Evening 2bout 8 0'Clock,and found there feveral ‘wouncded Men, 'which I tock with me to the place where we left sHe Sleighs ; from whence I fent an Exprefs to Fort Edward, de- firing Col. Haviland to fend out a party to meet us ; and detached Eight Men to draw the Wounded on Sleighs homeward : I, with the party, tarried there the Remainder of the Night without either Blankets or Fire : In the Morning, I found feveral wounded Men, who came up to us, with feveral others of the party, whom I tock vnder my Caie; and in the Morning proceeded up the Lake, and met with Capt. Starks, at Sloop-Ifland, fix Miles North of Fort William Henry, tarried there that Night, and the 15th in the Evening, we arrived at Fort Edward. The Number of the Enemy with whom we en- gaged, according to the beftComputation I was able to make, amounted at leaft to feven hundred Men, of whom fix hundred were Indians. My Party, Officers included, confifted of one hundred and eigh- ty-three Men ; all of whom, both Officers and Men bebaved with the utmoft Bravery and Coolnefs, and in particular Lieatenant Moors, and Enfign M’Don- ald, (whoin I cannot forbéar mentioning here) altho, mortally wounded, in the Beginning of the altion, yet kept up their Fire, and encouraged the Men as long as they Jived.—Capt. Bulkley, Lieutenants Campbell and Pattinger, and Enfign White were killed in the Beginiing-of the Fight, tho’ it. did not in the leaft damp the Spirits of any of the Party ; Serjeant Toot, Falkinner, William Clark, John Clark, and James Clark fighalized themfelves by their good Behaviour during the whole A&ion,—En- fign Wait, who was in the rear Guard with 12 Men before the Ation commenced, attempted to join the main Body, untill ten of his Men were killed on the Spot, and one wounded, with whom he and the other Man made their Efcape : Lieut. Crafton got off with me in my Party, as alfo did Mr. Creed the Vo- lunteer, both of whom behaved exceeding well. I believe the Number of the Indiaus killed was about one hundred, 4nd the Number wounded about the fame. ' Here follows a Lift of the Killed and Miffing of the Detatchment. Of the 27th Regiment, Capt. Pringle, and Lieut. Rouch, Prifoners ; Enfign Bellifore, and Mr. Kent killed ; Mr, Rightfon, Serj. Humphrey, and one private, miffing ; Mr. Creed efcaped.—Capt. James Rogers's Company, Enfign M’Donald killed. — Capt. Rogers’s Company, Lieut. -Mdor’s, and Sersj. Pannil killed, 36 private killed and mifling ; the Captain, Enfign Wait, 4 Serjeants and 16 Private efcaped.—Capt. Bulkley’s Company ; Capt. Bulk- ley, Licut. Pottinger, and Enfign. White killed, 47 Men killed and mifling.—Capt. Wm, Stark’s Com- pany, Eafign Rofs killed.—Capt. John Stark’s Com- pany ; 2 Serjeants and 14 Men killed and miffing, Lieut. Crafton and 4 Men efcaped.—Capt Shep- pard’s Company ; 2 Serjeants, and 16 private Men, killed and mifling.—Capt. Jonah Brewet’s Compa- ny, Lieat. Campbell killed. N.B. There efcaped ountof Capt. Bulkley's Company 17 Men, and out ofCapt. Sheppard’s eight. The foregoing is as true an Account as | am able te.recolleét. Ifland near Fort Edward, March 17. 1758. ROBERT ROGERS: B-.O. 8. T .0 Ny “April s The Hawke Sloop, and Monckton (a. Schooner fitted out by the Government of Nova Scotia, on board of which Lord Colvil bas put Liest. Cofby and fome additional Men) are ftation’d to Cruize betwixt Halifax and New- England, for the Proteétion of the Trade ; and Lieut. Cofby in the faid Monckton has re taken a Bofton floop, from a {mall fchooner Priva- teer of Louilbourg. And on Saturday laft his Exceilency our Gover- nour ordered to Sea the King George Ship of War, to Convoy the Trade bound to Halifax ; to cleartic Communication betwixt that Port and this, of Ver- min from Louifbourg, and to proceed thence ona ™ Cruize for the Protettion of the' Trade and Fithery of this Province. : A Fifbing Schooner arvivedlaff Saturday at Mar- ‘blebead from the Banks ; a few Days §¥fore, vhey fell in with a Tranfport-Ship from Lowndon bovnd'vo Hali- Sfax : the Captain of which gave the Skipper 1he fol- lowing Account in Writing: p The Richmond, William Price Mafler, fail’d from ™ Spithead the zgth of January 1758, in Comphn: with the Prince- Frederick Man of War, the Junc Frigate, and 19 Sail of Tranfperts; we were fepa- rated lat Wednefday'in a violent Gale of Wind at N. W. and have not feén any of the Fleet fince.-.— Admiral Bofcawen was to fail about'a Week after o from Spithead in the Namure, and to make the Ships in America up, with his Squadron, T'wenty- feven Sail of the “Line.~~Upwards ot Forty $ail of Tranfports fail’d the 23d of January for New.York, to take the Troops from. thence to Halifax, under Convoy of the Devonhire ; and about Twenty Sail of Thips went from Portfmouth to Ireland for ~ Troops.— General Amhurft is to command im Chief ‘at the Siege of Louifbourg. Troops- on board the Richmond, ore Company and half of the 15th Re- giment of Foot, commanded by General Amhurft.— Grenadiers Capt. Arthur Loftus.-— At Sea March 24th 1758. Lat. N. 42. 15, Lon. W. 62. oo. : : William Price. Yefterday Capt. Clark arrived here in 17 Dayt + . - from Halifax : LaftFriday he was chaled by a French ~ _ floop within 30 Leagues Eaft of Cape-Ann ; fhe had a Top-fail, Water fails, and Flying jibb, black fireak, and white Bottom. The Southerland, Capt. Rous, was fail'd on a Cruize before Capt. Clark left Halifax. A e S By all the Accounts received from different Parts of this Province, a noble Spirit prevails ; and it is ex- pected that feveral of our Regiments will foon be compleat. ~ - The Advice of Part of our Fleet and Tranfports having fail’d from England in January la for Ame- rica, is a further proof of the Zeal of the Britith Mi- niftry, for effetually profecuting the War in Ameri- ca; and muft afford fo pleafing a profpeét of Succefs this Year, that it is to be hoped, no one Province up- on the Continent, will be deficient or backward int their part of Duty. By the lateft Advices from Halifax, it is expeSted that the Men of War under Lord Colvil, which wintered at Halifax, are now before Liouifbourg, and join’d by fome other Ships from England. PORTSMOUT H. Laft faturday Capt. Samiel Froff in the fchooner Friendfhip, arrived here in 23 Days from St. Croix; in Lat 23. 52. Long. 65. 5. he was chafed by a fmall fchooner, but his being a prime failer got clear of her. In Lat. 39. 3¢4. Long. 64. 1%. he faw a long Raft of Mafts, Yards, Sails and Rigging ; it being very bad Weather he could not get any part of them. - About four Hours after<he faw three large fhips ftanding about N. N. E, and the aext Day two more ftanding the fame Courfe, but uncertain who they were. Laft Saturday His Excellency the Governor was pleafed to Adjourn the GENERAL AssEmBLY of this Province to the 18th Inftant. HawrTon, dpr#l 615 1758, Lately Imported | Capt. Adams from LONDON; And to be SOLD by onathan Moulton, junr, At his own STORE at HamrroN, By Wholefale and Retale, ‘ Fine Aflortment of ‘Englifh Goods at a_rea” A fonable Price, with fix Months Credit. Like- wife a large Quantity of Braziery Ware to be fold as aforefaid. Said Moxlton will take good Merchan- table Lumber at either of the Noted Landings in thefe Parts, and allow the current Price. If any Perfon inclines to take a large Quantity of faid Goods, they may have longer Credit than aforefaid, and alfo be fupplied with Weft- India Goods, &c. In the Ship N. B. The Goods abowvefaid avill be open’d and . ready for Sale in about ten Days. Two Thoufand Pounds Old Ten. in Rhode-Ifland Bills of Credit, to be difpos’d of : Inquire of the Printer hereof. o ALL Perfons Indebted to, or: " that have any Demands on the Eftate of Mr.' Fofbua Fackfon, late of Portfmouth, in the Province of New-Hampfhire, deceafed, are defired to bring in their Accounts to Nathaniel and Samuel Fack/on, both of Portfmouth aforefaid, Adminiftrator to the Eftate of the faid Deceafed, in order for Settlement. 1 [ Adwertifements omitted this Week, will beinferted next.]” - . Y