The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 19, 1758, Page 2

Kovrussere, Jan. 5. The King has fent orders “hither, charging all the inhabitants of the kingdom of Pruffia that fuffered damage from the invafion of the Roflian troops, to deliver to the officers of juftice in the places where they dwell an exaét note of the Jofles they have fultained, it being his Majefty’s in- tention that the fame be made good to them at his own charge. : Parts, Feb, 17. Befidesthe grand Army of the Count de Clermont, and the 30,000 Men which are to march to Bohemia, we fhall have three Camps difperfed in Flanders, Normandy and Britany. We are alfo aflured that the French and Swifs Guards will go to relieve the Regiments which are in Garri- fon at Oftend and Neuport. Feb. 24, 1t being fufpeéted that the Englith have fome frqu‘f)efign againft our Coafts, a Refolution has been taken to fend fome Detachments to them ; and it is affured a Camp will be formed in the Begin- ning of the Spring in the Neighbourhood of Dun- kirk. BresT, Feb. 14. The Sguadron commanded by M. de la Villeleon, has fet fail with.a favourable Wind. .The Palmer of 74 Gans, has failed with the ‘Algrette and Veftale Frigates, of 30 Guns each, to efcort to a certain Latitude, five Merchant Ships laden with Provifions, for Louifbourg, and then to fail to Martinico. VienNa, (the Capital of the Queen of Hungary's Dominions in Germany ) Feb. 11. We have now near * 80,000 Men in Bohemia and Moravia, and by the Middle of next Month, the Number will be increafed to above 2 100,000 ; fo that we fhall certainly have Forces 'fufficient, provided they are well direCted ; which we have Reafon to hope for, as the Faults for Time paft may afford Leflons for thofe to come. Warsaw, (in Poland) Feb. 12. By the laft Let- ters from Brandenbourg Pruffia, we learn that the Ruihan Army was in full March towards theViftula, ~and that the City ‘of Konigfberg had been taxed at 50,000 Crowns, HamBourcH, Feb. 24. On the zoth Inftant, a Body of Hanoverians under the Command of Gene- ral Wangenheim, made themf{elves Mafters of the important Poft of Rothemburg, after cannonading it feven Hours, Garrifon of 150 Men, were made Prifoners of War. AmsTERDAM, March 2. A body of Pruflians have fummoned Schwerin, the Duke of Mecklenburg’s capital to furrender ; but the.Governor bas made anfwer, that he had orders to defend it to the laft extremity. . Leresick, (in Germany ) Feb. 24. We are in the moft cruel fitvation. Our Magifirates have been compelled to take an oath of allegiance to the Pruf- fians, who, to compel them to this, pointed cannon againft the town houfe. The fame oath has been required of the States of Saxony, but they have de- clared that they will die faoner than forget their al- legiance to their Sovereign. Several of them have abfconded. The feat of Count Lofar, Hereditary Marfhal and Prefident of the States, and that of M. de Ponikau, the Saxon Minifter at the Diet, have been' treated in the fame manner as thofe of Count Bruhl were lately. OsnasuRrcH, (in Germany) Feb. 17. There are near 10,000 French Troops at Goflar, and there is a Body of Pruffians {carce inferior in Number, in the Neighbourhood of that Town. The, Latter have cut off the Communication of the former with Wol- fenbuttle, and are ablolute Mafters of the Caufeway that leads to Leipfick, fo that it is fcarce pofiible for the French to fend an Army to Bohemia as they pro- pofed. LuneBure, Feb. 20. Prince Henry of Pruflia be- ing arrived at Halberitadt, Prince Ferdinand has be- gun his March to join him, in order to a¢t in Con- jun&tion. Smart fkirmifhes are very frequent, and the black Huflars begin to make Incurfions to the principal Pofts of the French. Thefe Huffars carry every Thing capable of infpiring Terror. Their Ubgiform is black, interfperfed with Death Heads of White, : PeTERSBOURG, Fan. 20. On the repeated Solli- citations of the French, Auftrian, and Saxon Mini- fters, the Emprefs has given Orders for marching a Body of 30,000 Men to Silefia, under the Command of General Brown, a Native of Scotland, who is daily expeled here to receive his Infiru&ions. _BeRrLIN, (fubjedt to the King of Pruffia) Fan. 28. . His Majefty propofes to have four great Armies in the Field this Spring ; one-in Silefia, another in Pruf- fia, a third in Pomerania ; and the fourth in Weft- phalia. _The fmalleft will be 40, and the largeft 80,000 ftrong. CorogN, Fan. 30. It is reported that two €rowned Heads will have an Interview here in the Spring ; that the French will reinforce their Troops with go,0oco Men, which will juft ballance their Lofs in this Campaign. They lay great Wagers at Paris that a Peace will be made by the firft of April, which is only & Preof that they are heartily tired of War., VR o i M. de la Mothe, with the French " Hawmsuren, Fan. 24. There is a very fingular anecdote related here. Itis faid, that at the defeat of Rofbach, a French grenadier feeing his comrades flying on all fides, but, however, not being difpofed to follow their example, placed himfelf behind a tree;and there defended himfelf like a lion, againft _feverallof the enemy’s foldiers, who endeavoured to furrourd him; that in the mean time the King of Pruflia happened to pafs by that place, and addrefling himfelf to this brave fellow, faid to him, * Grenadier, ¢ furrender ; do you thick yourfelf invincible ' To which he replied, ¢ Yes, Sire, if you were my com- mander.” His Majelly was fo pleafed with the gre- nadier’s reply, that he gave orders to leave him at libeity. 7 Hawmpurcn, Feb. 17, Ttis confidently afferted that the King of Denmark has refolved to fend an Army of 25,000 Men into Ho?in. L O N D N. Feb. 4. Welearn from Ratifbon, that the News is confirmed of the Pruflians having furprized the important Poft of Jablunka, and had actually raifed Contributions in Hongary. It is alfo faid, that Ge- neral. Marfhal, having made a long forced March, "to attack a Body of Pruffians in Moravia, was him- felf very dangeroufly wounded, and his Forces to- tally routed. It is eftimated that not lefs than 12,000 Regulars, befides thofe already in America, will be fent over againft the Summer Campaign ; and that, on Sur- render of Louifbourg, the taking of which feems not doubted, the Ifland of Cape.Breton will be put into the Hauods of the New Englanders, with an Allow- .ance from theGovernment of a certain Sum annually for a ftipulated Number of Troops by Way ot Gar- rifon for it. - Feb. 7. The Count de Broglio, the French Mi- nifter at Warfaw, has fent a Courier extraordinary to Paris, with Advice that the King of Poland had, at a private Conference, fignified to him an Inten- tion to make his Peace with the King of Pruffia. Thefe Difpatches occafioned the holding of a grand Council ; at the breakipg up of which, an Expre(s was fent to Warfaw, with Inftru&ions to the Ambaf- fador to affure his Polith Majefty, that the French Court would, next Campaign, make fuch Efforts, as would deliver Saxony out of the Hands of the Pruf- fians ; and that the Plan concerted between the allied Courts fhould be fent to his Majefty. Feb 12. It isreported that Mr. F—x has gene- ‘roully given up the Perquifites of his Office,amouxt- ing to the Sum of §ooo1. for remitting the_100,c00l. lately granted by Parliament toward the prefent fup- port of the Hanoverian Army. Feb. 23. The Bruffels Gazette aflures us, that the Emprefs Queen’s army will be more confiderable this year than it was laft campaign; the kingdom of Hungary will bring into the field, at its own charge, between 30 and 40,000 men, and furnifh them with horfes, arms, &c. Befides thefe troops, the Emprels will get 40,000 men from Croatia, 20,000 from Ser- via, and 10,000 from Bofniaand the countries along the Saave: all which are to be under the command of Field Marfhal Nadafti — But the Brufiels Gazet- teer has forgot to tell us, whether the Grand Seignor has given his Sovereign leave to raife rccroits in his territories. From Mentz they give us the following ftory. Five priefts at Weiflesaur, a town half a league di- ftant from Mentz, having obtained a licenfe to make a colletion in the country, for ranfoming Chriftians in Turkith flavery, exercifed their zeal very quietly and fuccefsfully feveral days: but as.the behaviour of thofe Miflionaries became fufpicious, they were ftriétly watched, and at length it was difcovered they were raifing men for certain potentates, and occafi- oned no {mall defertion among the troops of Mentz. Accordingly, thefe five priefts were taken up, bat two of them fince made their efcape : the others were committed to prifon at Mentz, and are hanged e're now. . Monday were exported for NMew England 30,000 Ib. of gunpowder, with a quantity of lead, fhot, and fire-arms. : Eztra® of a Letter from Gibralter, Dec. 15. The Garrifon avas newer in better order than it is now : awe have batteries by land & fea for abosve 200 guns more than there were about three years ago. There are eight good regiments here, and tawo companies of the Royal [rain of Artillery, who are all awell and in top Jpirits. We hawve a fine market of all forts of frefb meat and other provifions, awhich we are regularly fup- plied with from Barbary. Admiralty Qffice, Feb. 14. His Majefty’s thips the Torbay and Chichefter, have taken and brought into Portfmouth a French privateer of 26 guns, four of them zo pounders, and the reft 14 pounders, toge- ther with an Englifh prize the had taken in her cruize, homeward bound from Philadelphia. The privateer is called the Roftan. : March 4. They writefrom the Hague that the King of Pruffia had fent to England a plan ofopera- tion for the EleQarate of Hanover, which had been much approved of, ¥ - Letters from France fay, that according to the lat difpatches they had received from the FPrefident d° Ogier,the Englifh would find it very difficult to bring Denmark into their views, notwithffanding the great offers they have made. 5 And from Amfterdam they write th QStares- General are determined to adhere tothe Tyftem they have embraced in fpite of all the efforts’ made by Col. Yorke. By letters from the weft coaft of France we learn, that feven Captains, and many other officers, “and fome thoufands of the coinmon feamen, have died of the diftemper that prevailed in the fleet before it left Louifbourg ; and that the principal inhabitants have quitted the town, and gone at fome diftance into the country. From the London Gaxette Extraordinary. * WiLsuausen, Feb. 23. The Freach have quit: ted Outerfberg, leaving behind them all their Artil- lery and-Ammunition. Verden is in our Poffeflion 3 and we are aflured, that the French are preparing to evacuate Zell. : : Wairenait, March 6. This Morning, at three o'Clock, arrived here, by the Way of Holland, a Courier which brings the following Actount. That after Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick had dif- Jodged the French from Rottenburg, Otterfberg and Verden, and approached with his advanced Guard the City of Bremen, the krench had left it on the 23d of February, and his Serene Highnefs had taken Poffeflion of it with his Troops. The Prince, upon receiving Intelligence that the French - General Comte de Chabot was pofted with a confiderable Detachment at Hoya upon the Wefer, gave Orders to the hereditary Prince of Bronfwick to repair thi- ther with two Batealions of Hanoverians, and two of the Brunfwick Troops, together with a few hund- red Chaffeurs, Huffars and light Trcops, in order to diflodge the French from that Poft. The hereditary Prince accordingly made fo brave an Attack upor’ them there, that, after a vigorous Defence, and the Lofs of a Number of Men, on their Part, he forced them, with Bayonnets fixed, to furrender, and made between fourteen and fifteen hundred Men Prifoners of War. Hereupon the Comte de Chabot threw himfelf, with two other Battalions, into the Caflle, with an intent to fupport himfelf there ; and the hereditary Prince, not having been hitherto able, on Account of the Overflowings of the Rivers, and the Badnefs of the Roads, to receive the Artillery re- quired for forcing the French General there likewife, granted him a Capitulationto go out of the Place with his two Battalions, but upon Condition of lea- ving behind him all their Baggage and Magazines. The Lofs on our Side is inconfiderable, and does r.ot ®nount, uponthe whole, both of the killed and wounded, to an hundred Men, - The Proffian Hoflars of the advanced Guard, ha- ving received Information, that a great Number of FrenchHuffars of Poleretfky’s Regiment was atNord Drebber, determined to drive them from thence ; which refolution they executed fo fuccefsfully, that after the Slaughter of three Officers and fifty Huffars they made the Colonel Proleretfky, (who is dan- geroufly wounded) with two Caprains, two Lieute- nants, and an hundred and thirty Huffars, Prifoners of War, and took befides ten Standards, a pair of ket- tle drums, and three hundred Horfes. The two Generals, the Marquis D’Armentieres, and the Marquis de Raochepine, together with the Garrifon, evacuated the Town of Zell on the 26th of February ; as the Prince de Clermont, and the Duke de Randan, did Hanover on the 28th, obfer- ving good Difcipline, and without the leaft Plunder. We hear likewife, that the French have quitted Brunfwick, Caffel, Gottingen, Hamelen, Neinburg, - &c. the particulars whereof are till expefted. Their Plan at prefent,feems to be to retire towards Mun- fter, Paderborn, and Ofnabrug : But as Prince Fer- dinand follows them clofely with all imaginable Ex- pedition, he will probably furprize fome of their Detachments on their March, before they arrive at the Place of their Deftination. [Thus far the Gazettr ] larch 7. Some Letters from the Laft-Indies fay, that the Great Mogul profefles great Friendfhip for the Englith, and bas promifed tivem all the privileges "they can reafonably defire ; and that if the French fhould offer to difturb them in-their poffeflions, thut he would {end a fufficient Force to affift them. On monday laft the Gentlerien interefted in the Ifland of Jamaica attended the Lords of Trade, in order to fhew the Neceffity of fending another Re- giment to that Ifland, to defend them againft a Foreign Evemy, as well as their own flaves, in Nuomber about 140 or 150,000, the Number of white Men being in no proportion, and thofe chiefly idle debauched Fellows, {uch as could not get bread here, who, for the fake of piunder, are as likely to encourage the Enemy asto fight againft them. We are pleafed to bear that the Lords of the Admi- ralty bawe given firi@ Orders, that all Chaplains of bis Majefly’s Nawy loall perfonally and regularly attend | their L