The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 22, 1758, Page 1

" that of the Enemy by FRIDAY, SePTEMBER 22, 1758. T H.E Containing the Frefbeft Advicos 4 g Laft Monday arrived at Bofton the Norwich Man of War, of 56 Guns, from England, as allo the Capts. Smith and Facobfon ; the latter of which had been out 8. Weeks [rom London, by whom we bawe the Jollowing Advices, viz. MADRID, (the Metropolis of Spain) May 30. E have receiv’d Advice from Galicia, thata French Man of War of 70 Guns is put into Corinna in very bad Condition,baving loft above 300 v, 3 Mea by the Cbld, by Storms, aad by Sicknefs ; that this Ship wis bound to Louifbourg, but conld not continue her Voyage on Account of the great Quantities of Ice fhe met with in her Paf- fage ; that fhe was feparated in a Storm from another 70 Gun Ship which failed from Breft at the fame "T'ime for Louifbourg, and that under thefe Circam- ftances the was obliged to return. The Ship arrived at Coranna is called the Magnifique, and the other the Amphion. : From the Head Quarters of the Imperial Army ar Gewitz, June 3. On the 31ft of lat Month the Pruffians finith’d their firft Paralell againft Olmuiz, and began to fire againit the Town ; they likewife threw off fome Bombs againft it, but at {ach a Dif- taace that they did not reach farther than the Glacis. Ou the ift inftant feveral Parties of Pruffian Huflars appear’d at Willimow, neverthelefs they return’d to their former Station without attempting any Thing. Yefterday our advanced Pofts obferved that the Ene- my fired from three Batteries againft Olmutz. In ‘the Night between the 1ft and 2d a Fire broke out twice in the Place, but was foon extinguifhed. The Artillery of the Befieged is fully anfwerable to that - bficgers. They indeed outdid them Yef- L 2 [Might we perceived the Enemy’s Lines ¢ - b Fire in two Places, which lafted above half 1 5. mr3 during the Continuance of the Fire the 5 eAs & o afed oy Tog G thelr Attack. Al Day = eak the’ Afillary on the Left fired upon the other Side of /he Town with great Force ; but their Fire from t¥e Battery of the Right, which had played all Nighymoft brifkly, abfolutely and wholly ceafed. The Siege of Olmuiz is an Undertaking either of Chéhtation or Neceflity, by which they will not be berefited. Scarcity prevails in their Camp ; De- {ottion lefiens their Troops ; the Taking of Olmutz, finnafing they fhould become Matters of it, will coft - deax, and will not anfwer their Expeltations, is a word, we are perfuaded, that were they to be- ain #gun. they would not enter upon their Expe- dizion into Moravia. e Fromthe Head Quarters of Marfbal Daun at Gewirz “Yyravia, Fune 11. Hitherto the Marfhal has not thought proper to caufe the Pruffians to alter their Situation, who are carrying on the Siege of Olmutz with greatVigour ; but that however, General Mar- fhal, the Governor, had made a Sally in the Night, between the sth and gth of this Month,with {o much Succefs, that he had entirely ruined a Battery of the Befiegers, had nailed up eleven Pieces of Cannon, and carried two others into the Place, and that 8co of the Enemy were killed and taken Prifoners. " Berviw, (fubjef to the King of Pruffia) Fune 13. Yefterday Augaftus William, Princé of Pruffia, eideft of the Hing’s Brothers,died of anApoplexy atOrange- bourg, in the 38th Year of his Age, to the great Regret of thé Royal Family, of the Court, and of all the Subjzéts in general. In 1742 he married the Princels Louifa Amelia, Daughter of the Duke of Brunfwick Wolfenbuttel, by whom he had Iffue two Princes and one Princefs. Letpsick, ( fabjed tothe King of Poland) Fune 1%. The King of Praffia having fent Orders to remove the grcatMagazinc eftablifh’d here to Chemnitz, 2000 Waggons with four Horfes each, have been demand- ¢d to carry it. We have received certain Advice, that a Bady of 5 or 6000 Praffians, which had ad- vanced into the Heart of Franconia, had retired, in order to join Prince Henry, and aflift him to prevent the Auftrians frop: penetrating into Saxony. Prince Ferdinands Head Quarters mear Rhbinberk, Fune 1. As the Allied Army is feparated from Banks, Hedges, hollow Ways, and other Impediments, it could not poflibly come up with it, notwithffanding the cagerDefire of Prince Ferdinand to take Advantage of the Diforders that the Enemy was in. He therefore contented himf{elf with feading Detacliments with their Bayoncts fix'd to drive the French out of two Villages, till he tould execute a Plan which was allotted for the next Day, in order to attack their Camp in Form. Farfrom waiting to fee the Event, the Count de Clermont retreated towards Moeuvrs and Urdimgen. Prigce Ferdinand finding the advantagrousPoft of Rhinberk abandoned, immediately took Pofleflion of it, while {everal Detachments were {snt in Purfuit of the Ene- my's Army. His Highnefs sfarched forward Yef- terday towards Wachtend gnck, and the French have likewife advanced tawards tnat Polt. From the Head Quarters of Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick at Kempen, June 16. On the 14th we quitted Ciofter Camp, and marched towards Aide kerk, which thwarted the March of the Enemy,who feemed to have a Defign to draw near Wachtendonk. This occafioned them to change their Meafures, and Yellerday they marched to Crevelt to the Number of 10 or 12000 Men. Ifitis witha View of en- gaging us, they will not be difappointed ; for we are this Day advancing towards them. . "Paris, (the Metropolis of France) June 1z. The Court has received Advice from America, that the Marquis de Montcalm has taken a Fort belonging to the Englith upon the Lake Sacrement, and carried off 1500 Oxen and Sheep, befides a great Quantity ‘of Ammunition, and a confiderable Sum of Money. [Fine Neaws for the French to pleafe themlelves awith, as they hawve done for a long Time in laughing at us for attempting to take Gape Breton ; and even a Frenchmar of Nute qurites from England to bis Correfpondent in France, the following Paragraph, viz. ** All bere are “ in high Expeflation from Mr. BoseaweN, awhba is ¢ gone 1o attack Louifbourg. But we hope when they ¢ come in Sight of the Place, they will think better of ¢ ¢, aud attack with thePrecaution of B— and M—— ¢ 1 reckon they will get there about the Equinox, and ¢ then the Wind avill do their Bufinefs. One would ¢ imagine their laf? Efcape waonld make them chafe ano- ther Seafon, &¢c.” We fancy as jJoon as they bear the News of the Lofs of this Fewellyit aill prove phy- fical to them, and that they will think the true Old- Englifh Spirit now begins to be roufed, and that they avill be fewerely drubbed fir their long Infolence.) A Diforder very much prevails here,which carries off a great many Peopie. LONDON. Fune 13. Private letters from Senegal adviie, that Capt. Marth found in the harbour 16 veffels, moft of them richly laden : that the fquadron was in perfet health, and were preparing to go againft the ifland of Coree,the chief fettlement the French have in Africa, next to Senegal, from which it is diftant only 30 leagues, and 4 leagues from Cape Verd. In this ifland are the principal magazines and ftore-houfes belonging to the French., And here the negroes are confired till they can be fhipped for the Weft-Indies. When Capt. Marfh took Fort St. Lewis, there were two prifoners ina dungeon who the French defired might be fent prifoners to France. One of them, obferving an Englifh officer near the place of his confinement, called to him, and fignified that he had fomething cf importance to communicate. An ofti- cer went to him foon after, to whom he related, that he had contralted to ferve as chief gunner at St. "Lewis for two yeats : that inftead of two years, he had been detzined feven ; and that having dropt {fome expreflions of refentment of this ufuage, that together with his being a proteftant, had occafioned him to be ikirown into the ‘dungeon where he then lay : that if he lived to go home ir chains toFrance, the mildeft punithment infli¢ted on him would be to be fent to the gallies : that he knew well the proper landing places and fortifications at Goree, and would engage to put the Englifh in pofieflion of the place at the rifque of his own life. The private men of the companies of marives at Senegal have refufed 30 ). each for their fhare of the fpoil. The French garrifon at Senegal had little or no gunpowder ; and another lacky incident was the lofs of a French fhip not far from that place, which was going thither with ftores. A thoufand negroes were ready to have received asms if that fhip had arrived fafe. *Tis faid the taking of this place is owingto a war- thy merchant, who firft gave the hiat for the expe- dition. The two Frenchmen who pedfied for Deferters;and i ‘ NuMB. 103 GAZETTE Foreign and Domeflick. offered their Service at Portfmouth to pilot our Ships in to the Harbour of St. Malo’s, and were accepted an{! carried there for that Purpofe, proved to be twa Spies, for as {odn as they came before the Piace,they endeavoured to efcape ; and there Being found upon them an Account of the Strength of our Fleet, the Number of Men, and fome other Pasticulars, they were immediateiy hanged up. ; June 24. An Exprefs which arrived at Kenfing< ton late on Thurfday Night, brings an Accouat that Lord Aunfon; with the Ficet under his Comaiand,, were all weil the 18th inftant off Ufhant; and that Commedore How, with the Ships and Tranfporte, were well in Cancalle Bay the 19th inftant, and had been detained there by contrary Winds. i On Tuefday laft feven Tranfports came toan An- chor in Cowes Road, to take on board Talbot’s Re< giment of Foot, now encamp’d on the Ifle of Wight, tour Companies are to be embark’d for Africa, and the Remainder of the Regiment are to go to Jamaica, . We are aflured, that there has appeared for fome Mornings, between One and T wo ¢’Clock, a Comst in the N. N. E, in the Conftellation of Auriga, low in the Horizon. It js at prefent like a {mall ob- fcure Star, faintly feen through the Light of the Dawn, and fcarce difcernible by the naked Eye. It was firft difcovered on Tuefday, by a Gentleman, who fent an Account of itto Dr. Bradley and Mr, Short. - . In a Letter which relatesthe Succefs of the Expe- dition to Senegal, are the following Particulars :; ¢ The Number of Ships employed in the Expe- ¢ dition were fix ; and the Nuamber of Forces that ¢ Janded were upwards of 60o. In coming afhore, « the Troops met with a Mistortune that might have ¢ proved very fatal ; feveral of the Boats that were « bringing afhore the Tents, Ammunition, &c. over- ¢ fet on the Bar, by which Accident a confiderable ¢ Quantity of Ammunition, fome Pieces of Cannon, ¢« and all the Tents were loft ; fo that the Troops « were obliged to lie on 2 fandy Shore, expofed ta ¢ the fcorching Heats of the Climate, without any « Shelter for eight Days; atthe Ead of which, the « Fort happily furrendered without a Stroke. Had ¢ they held out, our Men, for Want of Covering, « muft have fuffered greatly, if not have entiely a- ¢ bandoned the Enterprize. The Lofs of this Fort « cannot but be fenfibly felt by the French. It is « fituated on an Ifland at the Mouth of the River ¢ Senegal ; and isa Key to their grand Settlement ¢ at Goree. The French carried on here a very ¢ confiderable Trade in Gums, and their Export of « Gold Duft and Bars was reckoned at above a Mil- « lion Sterling yearly. But this is not all ; for whe- « ther the Fort be ever reftored them or not, they « may date from this Time the entire Lofs of their « Slave Trade; for the Englifh have agreed for them « with the People of the Country 4t a confiderable s advanced Prices which not only has hurt the « French in this main Article of their Trade, but has « likewife had the good Effe&t to ingratiate the En- « glith with the Moors of the Country, who feem « very fond of their new Mafters. Their King was « fo defirous of feeing the Men of War, that he {wam ¢ on board, tho’ the Diftance was upw:Ms of an En- s glith Mile. The Officers of the Ship treated him « with great Civility, with which he feemed vaftly « pleafed. At parting he told the Captain he fhould ¢ be exrremely fond of having a Vifit from the King ¢ of England, which he thought he might do, as he « had Ships at his Comrand ; for if he had Ships, ¢ he would certainly go and fee him. The late « chief Engineer of the French, whom they have us'd & extremely ill, has given our Commanders Plans of « all the adjacent Coafls, with the Soundings and ¢ Bearings in the River, and feveral other Draughts, ¢ which cannot but be of great Ufe to them.’ A Defcription of the River Senegal. - The River Senegal empires itlelf into the Altantic Ocean in Lat: 16 Deg. North, The Entrance of it is guarded by feveral Forts, the Principal of ahich is Fort Lewvis, built on an lfland of the fame Name. Ar the Mouth of the Riwer is a Bar ; the beft Seafon for Pafling it is from March to dugufi or September, or ra- ther from April to Tuly, becaule the Tides are thrn higheft. The Englith had formerly Settlem nts here, out of ahich they awere driven by the French, who have engroffed the whole Trade from Cape Blanca to the River Gambiay which is near 500 Miles. The Durch | b . " ! were