The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 29, 1758, Page 1

THE New-Hampfhire Co;ztaini'ngv the Fre/befl Aduvices g The 15th Inflm arrived at New York the Earl of 4 Packet, Capt. Rand, in 46 Days from Fal- snoutly, and brings the followirg Intelligence.. CLEVES, Fune 28 E have received fome Particulars that may be depended on in Regard to the late Batle. Before Prince Fes- dinand gave the Oxder for attacking, = he lifted up his Eyes to Heaven for mear a Minute, and then drawinF his Swerd faid, 4 Brethren, you have a good Caule, put your Trufk in Providence, you fee God is with us, the Wind is changed, and is now on our Side.” On the Field of Battle there were found two uniforms with the Enfigns of the Order of the Holy Ghoft, nine Pieces of Cannon, ‘eight 4 Pounders, feven Standards, two pair of Kettle Drums, and 22 Officers of diftin&ion, have been taken in the Purfuit. When Prince Fer- dinand went the next Day to view the Ficld of Bat- tle, and the. principal Officers made him their Com- pliments upon the Vilory, he faid, with Tears in . his Eyes, “ Gentlemen, I befeech you, fay nothing more of that Kind 3 leok upon thofe bioody Car- cafes that deform the Field : This is the Tenth that in the Coutfe of my Life I have feen, and I fincerely pray God it may be the laft.” 3 Hacve, (in Holland) Fuly18. We have no di- re&t News from the King of Pruffia’s Army in Mo- ravia ; but from all other Quarters it feems agreed, ghat the firt Accounts of the Advantage gained by the Auftrizf were greatly exaggarated, and that in Reality, they had gained little or no Advantageover the Profians. 'The raifing the Siege of Olmutz con- tinugs to be believed ; and the King of Pruffia is faid 1o have affembled his whole Army at Littag, with- outany Lofs. A large Co?s of Pruffiaps are ad- vagcing out of Silefia towards the Ruffians on one Side, whilit Couat Dohna,with his-Army, is march- W on the other, | myESELS, (fll’jdfic theHoufe of dufiriay Fuly 13, ‘A Courier arrived from Vienna, who made his entry here this Day, preceded by 18 Poftilions blowing their Horns, and amidft an innumerable Crowd of Feople intoxicated with the pureft Joy, has-brought us ulterior Letters from Vienna, dated the 3d Inft. the Contents of which put the lait Seal'of Authen- ticity to the important News announced in our for- mer Papers . They are even reQtified in {ome Parti- culars, and contain in Subftance what follows. The Advices arrived this Day are not of lefs Tunportance than thofe of Yefterday, «s they fhow us how Fie'd Marfhal Dauan, by a March almoft incre-: dible, found Meaps to bring on his whole Army, without Halting, from Klenowitz and the Cannon of Olmutz - That notwithftanding this Movement the Enemy continued battering the Town great Part of the Night between the Firft and fecond Inft. But towards break of Day, the Fire abating, the Com- mandant, - Baron Marfhal, immediately perceiving that they were raifing the Siege, and retreating with Precipitation towards Littau ; upon which he in- ftantly ordsred a General Sally of the Garrifon, the chiefEnd of which was to deftroy theEnemy'sWorks. «¢ Farther Particulars of this grand Event are ex- &ed to morrow by a Field Officer,who will make his Entry here preceded by 24 Poftilions s this firft Account faying vothing more, than that Difpofitions were made to ftrengthen and harrafs the Eacmy on every Side in their Retreat. It is alfo {aid this Day that Maj. Baron Voit, preceded by eight Poflilions and feveral Poft Mafters, brought us precife Infor- mations of the ‘Attack of the Convoy coming from Proppau for theEnemy’s Camp ander Olmutz, which has been partly taken and deftroyed, tho' it was co.- vered by a Carps of 12,000 Men. During its Deltruftion, we made General Pyts kammer, 420ficers and above 1600 Men Prifoners ; exd we took 13 Pieces of Cannon, above 2000 Wag- gons laden with Stores, and between 3 and 4000 Horfes for remounting the Cavalry, with a great Quantity of Arms. The Pruofian Deferters come over to us by 2 and 300 ata Time. On that Side where General Laudon attacked the Convoy, the Enemy left abdve 2000 killed and wounded on the Spot ; and the Attack made by General Zifkowitz coft them g or Goo Men ; whilt on our Side, the Lofs at bothAttacks does not exceed 6 or 700 Men, moft of whorm belonged to General Laudon’s Corps, who charged the Enemy fourteenTimes, and always with the fame Valour and Intrepidity. : FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1758. > This Paper ¢ leats the Second Year finc L. O..N P N Fuly 8, 1tis reported, upon no mean Authority, that a Meflenger who arrived at Kenfington late!y from the King of Pruffia, among other Difpatches, brought with him, for the Approbation and Confent of his Britannick Majefly, tlig Terms on which the Emprefs Queen has propofed to make Peace. And there is now the higheft Probability,that astheFrench, by this laft Stroke will bé rendered i>capable of fend- fng the Succours fipulated t>. the Emprels Queen’s Alisdance ; and a8 the troe Ccafe gfithe Ina&ivity of the Ruffians has been difcoveiod atthe Coust of Vi- enna, that a feparate Peace will tke place before the End of this Summer's Campaign, to the greatJoy of the contending Parties who have been lavifhing the Blood and Treafure of their Country to aforeiga interett. : 4 : Fuly 2. This Morning arrived at Spithead, Ad- miral Ofborne in his Majeity’s Ship St. George,with the Monarch, Capt. John Montague, from the Me- diterranean : They bring an Account, that a French Man 6f War of o Guns,was taken by the St.Albans Man of Wa-, and was laden with Provifions and Stores baund for Louifbourg. The Loire, Capt. Gautier, of 36 Guns and 3006 Men, fromToulon to Quebec, with upwards of 1000 Tons of Provifions, Wine, Flaye, &¢, is taken by the St. Alban Man of War and the Favourite {loop, and carried into Gibraltar, S Fuly z5. A Leter from the Pruffian Camp, dated the Day before the Siege of Olmutz was raifed, has this rematkable Intelligence : * A large Convoy is ¢ now arrived.. This Convoy was feveral Times at- “ tacked by the Auftrians, who.cartied off a few « Waggons, but they paid very dear forthem, haviog « lefta great Nomber of Men killed on the Road.’— And a Letter from Hamburgh fays, ¢ We have re- “ ceived Advice from Berlin, that after an Engage- ¢ ment of 2 Days, the zgtfi}gs,«g soth of laft Month, ¢ the Proffisn Efcorre fepuited the. Asflsians,and cos- - * duéted fafely 3000 Waggons to the Prufian Army ¢ in Moravia.’ PHILADTLPHIA, Sept. 14. On Thurfday laft a French Dutch fchooner arriv- ed here, taken by the Knowles Privateer of this Poit, leden with Sugar and Coffce, and bound to St. Euftatia from Port au-Prince. And on faturday an Englith fnow came up, com- manded, when taken, by one Campbell, mounted 18 Guns, and had above go Hands on board ; ber Cargo Provifions, Dry Goods, &c. and wasdefigned for Port-au-Prince from St. Enftatia. They threw overboard {everal Chefts of Arms, fome of which were fihed up again: fhe is prize to the Spry and Knowles privateers of this place, and the Hawk of New-York. Capt. Richey, in his Paffage from Barbados, off of Bermu.a, met with, and tock a Dutch {now, bound to’Holland from Coracoa, but {aid to have a French pads, and French Property on board - fhe is not yet come up. ’ The Brig Otter, Capt. Rapkin, of this Harbour, and bound ta Londen from North Caroling, was taken by the Duichefs of St. Germain Privateer, about 2o Leagues to the Weftward of Scilly. A Veflel arrived in Virgiaia, was twken by the fame Priveteer, -but ranfomed. N E W.¥ O R K, September 18. A brief Account of the Expedition againft Fort Frow- tenack, in a Lotter from an Officer in tire Neaw York Regiment, to bis Calonel, daied Oyawego Augufl 30, 1758. "YE landed at the Pointof Land that Fort- Frontenac is built on, the 25th Inftant, late in the Evening, about a Mile from the Fort, where we were covered f{rom the ememy’s Cannon by a ri- fing Ground. Next morning we brought our Can- non and Ho'ets within 5oo Yardsof the Fort, and began to play upon them ; we threw. in fome Shells that did the Enemy confiderable Damage, but our Cannon could not make much Imprefiion on their Wall at that Diftance : therefore, it was thought imprudent to {pend our Ammunition aad Time to no Parpofe, and refolvedto makea pearer Approach to the Fort that Night. Colonel Broadftrect (ho't it beft to take Poflcffion of an old Entrenchment made formerly before the Fort, as a Brealt Work, but was then partly demaiifhed ; and a Party being chofen for that Purpofe, they went filently in the Night and got into it, and made another Piece of Nume. 104 | GAZETTE. Foreign and Domeftick. : ¢ its fir & Publicatlon, Entrenchment that ws found neceflary. As foon as the enemy heard them at Work, they fired conftant- ly oo them with their Cannon and Small- Arms, but did not kill us a Man in the whole Aflion: There were five wounded : The Entrenchment being fi- nithed about Sun-rile, we threfv in Shells, and fired upon them our Cannon, and being fo near, every Shell did Execation, which foon filenced the Guns of the Fort, and made them ftrike their Coloars to capitulate. There was alarge Brig they took from, us at Ofwego, and a French built Schoonet, that had fome Fur, Deer Skins, Coarfe Bale Goods, &¢. on board, which fet fail for Niagaraas foon as they {aw the Fort ftrike their Colours, but our Cannoa fiting upon them, killed fome on board, the rcft fled in their Boats athore, and left the Brig and Schooner adrift, which we took Pofleflion of. The Terms on which the Fort furrendered are, that they are to have their Money and Cloathing, and to be Prifouers of War. Golonel Schayler is to be exchanged for the Governor of Fort Frontenack, ard we are to have an Exchange of Prifoners for the Reft, fent us ta Lake George. I cannot tell how many the garrifon confifted of, for Boats full of them fled, when the Colours were ftruck, and the Men on board the Brig and Schooner fled. We found in the Fort about 120 Men ; they had but few Indians, who all ran off. The Fort was a regular Square, built of Stone and Lime ; the Wall about ten i'ect high, with a ftrong Platform of Timber all round ir,covered with Plank, upon which their Cannon were mounted : There was many other Buildings of Stone and Lime with- in the Fort, arnd aboat it ; and it was well flored with every Tbing neceffary : There were about 100 Pieces of Cannon, but many of the largeft not mounted. It wasthe Store where all Provifions and warlike Stores were fent to for the Ule of the other Forts Southward of it. It had in it a vaft Quantity f Provifions, which we burnt in the Fort and every Thing elfe tha: the French left, and we could not bring away. It was well fiored with excellent Small-Arms. We burnt feven Veilels, great and * fmall in the Harbour, and bro'ctwo with us. The Prifoners were ufed with the greateft Humanity, nat the leaft Infult or Abufe was given to the meaneft : They had not only their Cloaths, but what elfe they tho't fit to take with them. I forgot to tell you that before we burnt the Fort, we demolithed and threw down the Wall of it as low as we tho’t need- ful. As {oon as we had put on board what Plunder we took we fet fail the 28th Inftant (the Day after the Fort was taken) and the Brig and Schooner arri- ved here 1at Night ; but Col. Bradftreet and the Battoes are not come, nor can we expe& him, till the Weather is more moderate, for a littie Breeze of Wind raifes great Swells on this Lake. There were bat about 17 French killed and wounded as far as we can learn. Extra® of @ Letter taken out of his Majefly’s Skip Luo, taken by the St. Albans Man of War, dated Marfailles, in France, March 22, 1758. « We muft wait for a Peace ; of which, at prefent there feems to be but little Appearance.—that Peace we {o much defire. We are unlucky every where. The Englith 4re already goneto Canada with a ftrong fquadron 5 France is not in a Condition to fend any Afifance to that Coustry, either ftrong or fpeedy en’ to prevent them making themfelves Mafters of is, or Louifbourg. God alone can preferve itto us; but for moft Part, God favours the Prudent and A&ive.—The Englith have taken two of eur Men of War in the Mediterranean ; Our Army in Weft- phalia has totally abandoned the Electorate of Hano- ver—The French are greatly degenerated, at leaft’ the Want of good Generals make them appear no more to be the fame Men. « May 12, 1758.. Our Affairs fill contioue to grow worfe : As to Germany, we have great Reafon to fear the Hanoverians will force our Army to quit the Field entirely, and will enter France along with them. Pofterity will not believe, that in lefs than eight Months France, from being triumphant, both by Sea and Land, fhould be reduced to the Point of begging Peace, on what Terms her Enemies pleafe to impofe.—The Power of God is plainly to be feen in fach a fudden Revolution. Adieu. We are in good Health, and want nothing but Money, and 'News from you”'— ; (For theReft of New York News (¢ fee the laft Page) =