The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 6, 1758, Page 2

_principal Perfon in the War office. BrusseLs, Yoly 14. We have juft receivedAdvice, that the Prince de Soubife’s Army having entered Hefle, is continuing its March towards Hanover. L. O N DO N Fuly 25. Yefterday the Duke of Marlborough, with tis Grace’s eldeft Son, the Marquifs of Biand- ford, fet out from the Friary, St. James's, as did ihe feveral other Géneral Officers the fame Day, for Germany, ‘The Datch have altually cammiffioned their Men of War, and two of them lately fired at an Englith Privateer as (he was attempting to feize one of their Veflcls going into a French Port. A Dutch Ship, cailed the Goodhope,Cledet, laden with Fire Arms and other valuable Prefents, {fuppofed to be bound to Algiers, is taken by a Spanith Man of War, and carried into Cadiz. Extraftof a Letter from an Qffficer belonging to theLight Horfe, on bourd a Traniport at St. Helens, July3. ® We are arrived here after having made due of the grandeft Bonfires, at, or near, St. Maloes, that ever was feen jn France ; all which was executed in nine Hours, without the leat Moleftation from the Enemy, as if they themfelves would receive {ome Pieafure from fo firiking 3 Flame being ftruck ap among them, or rather, the Water pipes leading to St. Malces being cut off, and a Thareaten of imme- diately fecting Fire tothe Town, if they made any Refiftance, rendered them thus inaftive, being in the greatelt Panic and Confufion. By fome Officers be- longing to the Navy of France we are informed, that the Damacze done by ourTroops to the Dacks, King’s Stores, and Shipping, exclufive of private Property, would require much more than Twelve Millions of Livres to reinftate, exclofive of the Expence of build- ing, and the Time they will take up in being bro’t to their former Condition of Strength, &c. The private Property deftroyed is valued & much more than the Pubhck, which couald not be avoided, the Meréhant Ships having thrown themfelves clofe in with the Docks and Men of War, and under the Cannen of the Fosts.” ‘The following is an exaét Lift of the Shipping burnt at St. Maloesin the late Enterprize. Buarnt at Solidon. 1 Of 30 Guns, never at Sea, Mafts, Yardi, Rig- ging, and every thing compleat for Sca. g Of 30 Guns each, new. 1 Of zo Guns, old, 2 Of 16 Guns each. 1 Sloop of 12 Guns. All thefe had Mafts,Yards, and Rigging, and con- fiderabie Quantities of Stores on board. 1 New 30 Gua Ship,juft laid, the Keel and Tim- -~ber all burn:, Merchant Ships, two of them new. 6 Sioops. Burnt at St. Servant. 1 Of 22 Guns, new, 1 Of 18 Guns, new, 1 Of 56 Guns. 1 Of 36 Guns. 6z Mierchant Ships. \ In the Store Honfes and Tallard, Great Quantities of Pitch, Train Oil, Rofjn, and Deals ; befides cutting the Pipes at Parama, which conveyed the Water into St. Maloes. A Bayonue Privateer of 18 Guns, and 142 Men, is takey. Part of a Letter from Zell, Tuly 3. By all Report it appears that the French Officers were not able to make their Men ftand at the Bactle of Crevelt. OurTroops fought like Men of Honcur. After the Battle was over, Prince Ferdinand went to the Head of every Regiment, and thanked them for their good Behaviour. The young Prince of Brunf- wick had two f{orfes killed under him. VYou can’t imagine with what Alacrity the Country People en- . Jift 1n our Service ; they ¢o to fight the French with as chearful Countenances as #f tliey were going toa Wedding. Ttis faid that a certain foreign mi"*ter has made interceflion in behalf of Dr. H—y ; bat has met with ho encouragement to renew his initances. At Paris they fay, that the late difafters tha: have befallen their army are not to be wondered at, fee- ing the ftate nourifhes Vipersin its own bofom ; Perfons who carry on a fecret correfpondence with the enemy.—The Count de Clermont has ftop’d a packet, which clearly proves the perfidy of a On the 12th in the morning they fent to his lodgings, atthe Hoteldes Invalides, to takehimup ; but he was not to be found.—A feal was immediately put upon all his papers and effects, and a centinel placed at his door.—They hope to make great difcoveries by his papers : but they are not alittle uneafy to find, he had friends that could give him timely notice to make his efcape. Fely 25. According to private letters from Pe- terfburgh, the court feems to be more and more em- barraffed by the Turkith minilter, who having been very inquifitive as to the real motives of the confe- deracy againft the King of Pruffia, and receiving on- Iy general anfvjers, remarked that the fame fpirit of policy which d ftated ulling down that Prince, and the feizing ihe kin of Pruffia might nataral - ly lead the confederates to turn their arms againft the ‘Porte, whenever they thould find themleives firong enouph to undertake fuch an enterprize. P We heéar that his Majefty - has a flight cold and a “defloxion in his eyes, which prevented his going to thé Houfe of Peers lat Tuefday. _ . ‘ Extralt of 4 *French Officer’s Letter from 8t. Maloes, Fune 15. 1 am forry, Sir, I have defer’d fo long writing to you, but the little Joke the Englifh have here fported themfelves and us with, has made me fo bufy, that I had not a Moment to fpare. We little expe@t- ed that the Defign of their prodigious Ar- mament was to burn between 15 and 20 old, crazy Ship bottoms, and that 15,000 Men entrenched up to the Teeth, in an inexpugnable Poft, and who had made all the Preparations of a Siege, fhould fuffer themfelves to be driven away by 7 or oo Men. They re-embarked within thefe 3 Days, but their Fleet is ftill in the Bay of Cancalle. We know not yet whether it waits for 2 Wind to attempt fome other Expedition on the Coafts of the Ocean, or for Orders from England. I hope that either one or the other will foon arrive, that we may fee ourfelves rid of them. The French publith the moft improba- ble Lyes to cover their Lofs at St. Maloes, and fhewn thereby how much it affe@ts them. But it is real Truth, that their Re- giments upon the Coaft are in a very bad Condition, fo ill fed, and fo indifferently paid, that they {requently defert at the ut- moft Hazard of their Lives, which is fuf- ficient Proof rhat the Adminiftration of Affairs in that Kingdom is in the greateft Diforder. Admiral Saunders has brought home near a thoufand French Prifoners. Letters have been intercepted, giving Notice from the Minifters in France, to the Inhabitants of the French Sugariflands, that for the Future, their Trade will be carried on in neutral Bottoms, that the French Seamen may be employed againft the Englifh, in their thips of War and Privateers: By a Private letter from Paris we are in- formed, that the diftrefles of the French Merchants and Traders in general were exceeding grear, on account of the loffes of their fhips and effects taken by theEnglith; which bascaufed a great difcontent among them.— And ye*, their beloved Louis regards them not. WILLIAMSBUYRG, Scptember 8 We are advifed from Halifax, that la Week a Party of Rangers being out en'the Frontiers, under the Command of Captain Robert Wade, meeting with Tracks of fome Indians, purfued them, and came up with five, four of whom they killed and {calped ; the fifth, throwing himfelf into the River(efcaped : By feveral Marks, thev are kiown to be Shawnele, and kad two white Scalps with them. AnNaroLts, fin Maryland)) Scptember 14. ‘We hear from tlieWeltward, That theTroops un- der the Command of his I'xcellency Brigadier Gene- ral Forbes continu: very healthy and-are iin high Spirits :* That upwards of 4000 of them are at the advanced Poft on he Loylhanning, and that fome are employed in opening a Road from that Piace to Fort Duquefne : That on the 6th Inftant the Geae- ral arvived at Fort Londoun; in his Way to Ray’s- Town, being in much better Health than he had enjoyed for fome.Time pait, tho’ not yer perfeily recovered : Thatarcording to the Report of fome Officers, w10 had been out, and had lain fome Time in Sight of Fort Duquefne, the Enemy have not made any additional Out works, but that there is Reafon 'to think they ‘are building fome ‘Place of Defenr-e on the oth¥r Side of the Ohio River: That it is fuppofed the Garrifon of Fort Duquefne confilts of a/oout 300 Men, and that Five or Six Hundred are/ encamped on ti’c out fide of it, . / i . ¢ \ ‘ g z ~ Goveradr marched from Fort Frederick fd =Fort' We are allo informed, that hiszfimflqv“ our, Camberiand lat Tharfday, with upwards bf 200 iy ¥ Voliuntiers from the Mulitia of Frederick County,, . who have engaged to Garrifon Fort Cygmberlsad for a few Pecks, thatthe Virginia Tr®%s which were there, under the Command of Col. Walhington may. | ‘3‘ join the Rear of the Army : That Capt. Bullen, a Catawba Indian, and a fiucere Frié#do the Eoghth,t ¢ 1 1 was lacely killed by a Party of the Enemy us he was crafling Potowmack, a few Miles on this Side Fget 1, Cumberland : And that Yefterday fe'nnightzaee ™ . William Beard, and ancther Man, were purfn LT Four Enemy Indians as they were coming down - from Fort Camberland ; which Incians are foppofed” * to belong to a Parfy of about 3 Handred, that are {aid to have laicly coute down to Fort Duquefne from the Wellern Lakes. i Fort Fredeiick and Fort Cumberland ftands on the North Bavk of Potowmack River, about 5o, Miles diftant from each other, and the firt 1z Milles be- g yond Conacocheague, and our prefent Weftersymoft Settlement:, Fort Loudoun is -abgut 25 Miles North frema Fort Frederick ; Ray's-Town 53 Piles Weft from Fort Loudoun, and 35 Northward \{rom Fort Cumberland. The Diftance from Ray’s Tlown . to the Loylhanning is (aid to be 58 Miles,and thience’ to Fort Duquefne it is computed to be about 34. Lourssourc, Sept. 7. Yefterday 'ar-. rived his Majefty’s Ship Grampus, Capt- Scaife, with Difpatches for the Admiral. He lefc St. Helen’s the firft of Augufty & . the fame Day Lord How,with three Ships of the Line, twenty Frigates, and 10,000 Land Forces, under the Command of the Duke of Marlborough, failed on another Expedition, and made Sail to the Wieft-. . ; ward. Prince Edward is oa board with Lord Howe, and it is faid, will be miade Lord High Admiral of Englacd. - . Olmuiz was very near being reduced| by the King of Pruffia, when Count Daun, who was advanced with the Auftrian Rlor-- ces, furprifed a large Convoy of Military Stores and Provifions for the King's Arndys . which he took and deftroyed, whcreufi(‘m he was obliged to raife the Sicge, and mzide a very clofe and regular Retreat, though hotly purfued by 'the Count with his whé\t‘e’ Army. The Emprefs Queen ‘caufed 1'e Deum to be fung, and all the Courts of' Europe rung with the great Advantage fiae had gained over the Pruflians. Thefe we:re the Accounts contain’d in the public Pia-- pers 3 but juft before the Grampus fail’d, aMeficnger arriv’d from theKing of Profija at the Court of London, acquainting his Majefty, that the King, in his Retreat from Olmutz, having fecretly pofted a Number . of his Troops, with Orders to lie in Ada- v -bufh till the Rear of the Auftrians pafitd - by them, and to fire 3 Guns as a Signgl, and attack them in the Rear : The Strata- gem had che defired t.ffeét ; the Auftrians being attacked in Front and Rear, were ’ immediately put into the utmoft Confufion, and were entirely deftreyed, Count Daun himfelf being either kill’d or taken Prifoner. PHILADELPHIA;Sept.21. A Letter from Eafton of the 12th Inft, * mentions, that fome of the Indians where then come in to the enfuing ‘Treaty to be | held there: That 126 Tufcaroroes, Onei- das and Nanticockes, were at Fort Allen : That the Mohiccons, Delawares, and Mun- feys, were at Wioming : And that above 300 Sepeca’s and Onondagoes where at Diahega, all defigned for the faid Treaty. . Extratt of a Letter fromLouifbourg, Sept. 5. ¢ This Morning an Exprefs arrived- here from England with the following glo- | rious News ; the Papers I have noc feen yet, but thefe Particulars you may believe, the King of Pruffia has rovtec the Auftrian Army, taken Count Daun, and 16,000 Men Prifoners.” iy Extraft of aLéster from Louifbourg, Sept. 6. | | ¢ Yeflterday arrived the Grampus Sioopf T~y ' : ¢is 0