The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 26, 1758, Page 4

s o Further, ACCOUNT, of the: Succefs of the Allied: Armies of the Hanoverians and Pruffians, taken -from the Gentleman's Magazine for March 1758. N the 24th of Feb. M. de'St. German, who had quitted Bremen, as has been faid, on the 23d, pafled the night ander arms at Baflum, and on the 25th paffed the Hunte and quarter’d at Wild- fhaufen, which place he quitted on the 26th, at ten . in the morning, and retired to Vecht, or Ucht. ~ On the 27th, upon intelligence that a colonel of foot, whofe force they were ignorant of, had crofled the Hunte, in purfuit of them, they retreated with the utmoft ‘precipitation. to Verde, and from thence the next day to Ofnaburg, near which they mark’d out a ‘pofition to fight their purfuers, in cafe they fhould ar- ‘rive, being unable thro’ fatigue to march any farther. Here they joined the regiment of Champaigne, the regiment of Colonel General’s dragoons, aad two re- giments of horfe. = The remains of the Gardes Lor- rains of 260 men, and the broken companies, which “capitalated'at Hoya, had joined them two days before by the'rout of Quakenbrugge, and were fent to efcort the heavy baggage to Munfter, becaufe there was not fufficient forage there for their fubfiftance. At Hoya were taken the baggape of the Pr. deBeauveay, Comte de Laval, ‘and Duc de Coigny ; and likewife thofe of M. de Lillebourne and of ‘the regiment of Harcourt. M. deLavalette alfo loft many things ; and fome peafants waggons, laden with the effels of M. de St. Germain, fell into the hands of the Hano- verians at Wildfhavlen. This whole corps when joined confifted of 19 battalions, 1 2 fquadrons of dra- goons, and as many horfe, without including the corps under M. de Chabot. It was'{hocking to fee thefe troops on their march ; they had not even a waggon ; the peafants were obliged to carry every thing ; the regiments had only a few mules to carry’ their cantines. = In this manner they arrived at Of- naburg on March 1, worn out with fatigue by forc’d marches,which'the huffars had obliged them to make, who, in all probability, would have harrafled them much more, had they not found fucha quantity of baggage, which ftuck faft in the miry roads. . The black Haflars made- a vait booty, and nothing was Keard but the complaints of the officers of rank,who . faved nothing but the fhirts upon their backs. On their arrival a2 moft calamitous fcarcity of provifions began to be felt. The meat that was fold for five fols per pound rofe to above two florins. f In the mean time, the army under Prince Ferdi- nand continued its march in two divifions, one on the right, and the other on the lcft of the Wefer. That on the right was commanded by Gen. Oberg, the young hereditary Pr. of Brun{wick, and Gen. Schu- Jenburg, of whom the Pr. of Holftein, with the black FHuflars, had one days march ; by which advantage they poflefied themfelves of the greateft ‘part of the lunder. About this time the body ‘of Hanoverian gunters, whom the duke had left on the Aller, joined the advanced guard of Prince Henry of Pruffia,whofe main body was already arrived in the bifhoprick of Hildefheim. All this while the French were every where in motion, but their defigns could not eafily be penetrated. It was however imagined, by their tranfporting their magazines from Caffel to Pader- born, and by their direting the march of their dif- ferent corps towards that quarter, that they intended to form a camp near that city, and there to make a fland. 3 On the 3d of march an aftion happened near Lauenau, betwixt Hamelen and Hildefheim, between 600 Pruffian Dragoons and Huffars, and 600 French horfe and 300 foot, in which the latter were defeated, 300 of whom were killed and 176 taken prifoners ; yet the French {ay, the enemy gained no advantage. On the 5th of March, the allies invefted Minden, where thie enemy had a garrifon of about 4000 men, "The hereditary Prince of Brunfwick having fum- moned the town to furrender, the French comman- dant (of the rank of lieutenant general) returned for anfwer, Thatas he had good flore of all necefiaries, be fhould endéavour, by his defence, to deferve the efteem of a prince equally diftinguithed by his biith end his bravery. Whereupon Gen. Oberg, who commanded on the right of the Wefer, and of whole corps the hereditary prince commanded the van guard, approached the town, in order to begin the fiege, whilft Gen. Sporck advanced towards it with another corps on the left. On the 8th Pr. Ferdinand fixed the head quarters of his army at Hartum, about a mile and a half from Minden ; which city was now invefted all round,and a communication of the blockade formed by a bridge of boats, the French having deftroyed the fine flone bridge. M. de St. Germain’s corps from Ofnaberg, having quitted that town, and made a motion as if to relieve Minden, Pr. Ferdinand croffed the Wefer to give him battle, but they immediately tho’t proper to retire. He afterwards quartered his troops in the adjacent villages of Ofnaberg, where they committed the moft horrible outrages, When they quitted Ofnaburg, they left in their e bgfpkal; 32 dead, - and 64 in extremities. If all the French troops (faysa correfpondent from therice) are in the {ame condition s that body of them which I {aw here, and which I had time to obferve parti- ‘cularly, the Hanoverians cannot fail of demolithing ‘them : there is more mifery .and. difcontent, and a greater want of difcipline among them, than can be ‘conceived. 'The regiment of Alface, of three bat- talions, confifted of about 600 men ; that of Ufingen of about 140 ; and the others were not more com- pleat. The national troops, however, are in a bet- ter condition ; but all the foreign ones are ruined. The regiments which were in or near Bremen, have loft all their tents and Baggage waggons.« The plate of Mefl. de St. Germain, la Valettee, and St. Chap- man, has fallen into the hands of the black huffars. In fhort, their retreat has been a flight, and entire rout. Stragglers come in here daily, almoft naked, and cruelly treated by the countrymen. Thofewho have fallen in the way of the huflars, have been much better ufed ; the latter having "only difarmed them, defiring them to acquaint their officers, that fucli {oldiers as they did not deferve to be made pri- foners ; which language enrages them.” On the gth the heavy artillery having arrived, the bombardment of Minden began, and the garrifon, after making an unfuccefsful fally in order to procure provifions, offered 't capitulate upon hooourable terms, which was rejelted. On the 14th the city furfendered. By the capitu- lation the garrifon, confilting of eight battalions, a large detachment of infantry de Hamault, and eight fquadrons of horle, in all 3516 men, were to remain prifopers of war. Befides 67 pieces of cannon of different fizes, a confiderable magazine was likewife found in that town, and it is faid, a military cheft, The dake of Branfwick Wolfenbuttle’s own regi- ment was to remain there. The French garrifon at Hamelen then confifted of no more than 3 battalions; bat it was tho’t the enemy were about to evacuate that town as well as Munden, the only places that remained in their poffeffion of the whole eleétorate. Pr. Ferdinand’s head quarters were ftill at Hartum on the 16th inftant ; bat his highnefs wasto move the next day in order to proceed to Hervord, from whence the French were retiring s and his march was afterwards to be direCted towards Lipftade. The Hanoverian troops are in the beft condition imaginable, and now they have been eye- witnefles to the mifery and defolation to which the French have reduced their. native country, they are fo exafperated, that they breathe nothing but revenge againft thofe public robbers. About this time an exprefs arrived from the Hano- verian minifter at the Hague, with an account of a battle fought on the 18th between the two armies,in which that of the French received a total defeat, The allies were commanded by Pr. Ferdinand of Branfwick, in perfon, and the French by the Count de Clermont ; and the place of A&tion is faid to be near Hervord, or Hervorden, to which city the corps commanded by St. Germain from Ofnaburg, as weil as that by the Count de Clermont, {eemed, by their difpofitions, to be directing their march. The inhabitants of the dutchy of Cleves forefee plainly, notwithftanding this defeat, that the French, before they quit the country,will plunder, under pre- tence, that the contributions have not been paid. And what increafes their apprehenfion, is the prohi- bition, which has been renewed, of carrying any thing out of the country ; but that does not prevent the inhabitants from removing their effeéts by ftealth. Several loaded waggons are already come hither. A great many miners are arrived at Wefel and Gueldres ; - they threaten to blow up thofe towns at their depar- ture. Itis uncertain whether thefe mecnaces are thrown out to make the inhabitants redeem the towns, or whether they intend altually to put them in exe- cution. The ‘Roman Catholicks are very uneafy, particularly the convents,where publick prayers have been put up for the houfe of Auttria. ; The fircets in every town in the dutchy of Cleves are crowded with carriages of all forts, loaded with French baggage, which they have already fent fo far ; and it is the fame in the high roads. At Emmerick they have thrown two bridges over the river, and three at Duffeldrop, The number of French taken prifoners within thefe sthree weeks paft, is made to amount to near gooo men. There are letters from Wilthaufen, which fay, that the French intend to intrench themf{elves ftrong- ly at Munden and at Cafiel. 5.8 The town of Wefel is, however, full of equipa- ges and baggage, and hofpitals are preparing at Ruremonde : this and the reft of the difpoficions making in all that country, feem to indicate, that they expefted the French would retire that way. According to the laft accounts received at Hano- wer from Prince Henry of Praffia, that prince’s head quarters were at Flachs Stoken, three leagues from Wolfenbuttel. It is, however, much wondered, ————— S————— V——— ——— ————— — why he does not join the prince of Brunfwick’s army as was expefted. " : . Letters from Hamburg fay, that the news of the ~ furrender of Schweidnitz was eéxpefted there every moment, the laft advices from Silefia having gmenti- oned that the place was battered in the brK}:,man- ner from feven different batteries. ! Notwithftanding the London Gazette, from which the news of this month has been chiefly extrated, has made no mention of the march of the Ruflians, . yet, there is great reafon to believe they have already” - poffefled themfelves' of Konigfberg and Elbing, in Dacal Pruffia ; and that they are even advanced as far as Thorn, in their way through Poland into Bo- hemia. How farthe late embafly from the Britifh court to the Czarina may be able to flop their pro- grefs, we do not pretend to foretell ; it is probable, however, that before that embafly can take effedt, they may meet with a more 'effe€tual check from that power againft whom their force is directed. Lingen, (a firong Town of Germany,) March 23, The French and Auftrian Troops, after evacuating Eaft Frizeland, direéted their March along the Left Shore of the Ems, and to conceal their March, they - deftroyed the Bridges of Lhene and Meppen, and funk all the Boats in the River. The firft Divifion of thefe Troops are to pafs To day thro’ this Neigh- bourhood, and 'tis- affured, will march direétly to Wefel, in order to avoid being cut off by a Corps of 10,000 of the Allied Army, which ’tis faid has al- ready feized upon Munfter. : - v CasszL, March 22. The French evacuated this City Yefterday, without committing theleaft Excefs: They carried however four Hoftages away with them for the Payment of the Sums demanded. ErrurTH, Mareh 25. They wtite from Grofler of the zoth Inftant that the Head Quarters of the Allies were at Flacehs-Stockeim, 3 Leagues from Goflar. ‘ Hampurc, March 24. By a Courier arrived + this Morning from the Hanoverian Army we learn, that Count Clermont continued retiring towards Duffeldrop, where the Head Quarters are to be, and that they were reinforcing the Garrifon of Wefel. *Tis faid Prince Soubife will command between 34 and 40,000 French Troops, which are to be al- fembled between Hanan and Afchaffetsbourg. Drespen, March 20. Prince Lubomoriki has entered into the Service of Pruffia, and has engaged to raife in Poland a Regiment of Huflars, 8co of whom are already arrived at Breflau., *Tis like- wife affured that 10,000 Polith Horfes are arrived at the Pruffian Army. Franckrorr, March z7. They writz from Wefel that the French Head Quarters were ex- pedted there the Day before Yefterday, but that the Citadel was wholly uoprovided with heavy Artillery to defend itfelf in cafe of an Attack. Paris, March 24. The King of Spain has made his Moft ‘Chriftian Majefty a Prefent of 20 Men of War and 4 Frigates compleatly fitted out, but they are to be mann’d-with French Officers and Seamen, feveral of whom are already fet out.- *Tis faid his Majefty has in return ordered the Ifland of Minorca to be evacuated, and delivered to the Spa- niards ; but this laft Article wants Configgation.— Bruflels Gazette. From the London Gazetta. Extra& of a Letter from the Hague, dated March 31 ¢ Letters of the 28th Inft. from Prince Ferdi- nand’s Head Quarters at Vrekenhorft in the Coun- ty of Munfter, bring the following Accounts ; that the Enemy had been forced by his Highnefs's March to Safleuberg, to abandon the Town of- Munfter, and were altually retreating, with Expedition, to- wards the Rhine in three Columns ; that the T'roops from Hefle compofed the Left ; that M. de Cler- mont was in the Middle one, whick came from Pa- derborn i and M. de Villemur, in that upon the Right, which came out of Munfter ; and that the Duc de Broglio was the leat advanced of theWhole: That the Prince of Holftein was detached, with 2 large Body of Horfe and Foot, to purfue the Enemy, and to ufe his utmoft Endeavours to break in upon them : That the Country of Hefle was at prefent evacuated : That the Enemy had left at Paderbourn an Hofpital of more than 8oo Men, and lefs confide- rable ones at Lipftadt and Munfter : And that ip all thefe Places had been found Quantities of Provifi- ons and Forage. L. QO N- FH e N, March 13. Wehear an Exprefs is gone over to the Emprefs of Rufffa with an Offer of granting her (provided fhe will withdraw her Forces) a certain yearly Sum, fo long as the War continues : and thag on a Refufal a large Fleet will be forthwith fent to the Baltic. It is faid that Col. Yorke has Authority toac- quaint the King of Pruffia that we are ready to grant him any Sum of Money he requires. It is reported, that the States General have at length refolved to augment their Marine. PorTsmeutn ; Printed by D, Fowis, of whom this Paper may be had for One Dollar per Ann. or an Equivalent in Bills of Credit ; Half to be paid at Entrance, °