The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 27, 1758, Page 1

FRIDAY, OcToBer 27, 1758, T8 E ‘ Haeus, July 23. ° ' ETTERS arrived here Yefterday from Berlin, and from Upper Saxony, which brings Accounts of a Battle between the King of Pruffia and the Auftrians, near - Pardubitz in Bohemia, on the 12th inft, ~ in which his Pruffian Majefty had been vi€orious. ~As thefe Advices do not come dire&ly from the Prul- fian Army, we are impatiently waiting for a Con- fismation of them. ! The laft accounts from his Pruffian majefty’s army, are dated from Leitomifche! in Bohemia, of the 7th, by which it appears, that the attack that ‘had becn made upon the Pruffian convoy near Domfal, ata very bad pafs in the mountains of Moravia ; that the head of the convoy had arrived fafe in his camp ; that the center had been pat in confufion ; that the sear had retired to Troppau ; and that the Pruffians had loft between 7 & 800 men, killed, wounded, and prifoners ; that the want of ammunition had obliged the king of Pruffia to raife the fiege of Olmutz, which be had effsfted with the lofs of 3 mortars and one piece of cannon ; and that he had marched into Bo- hemia, with his whole army, without the lofs ofa man ; that he had taken the Auftrian magazine at . Leitomifchel, and was marching to take that of Ko- ningratz, which wasvery coufiderable, and would enable him to purfue his operatioas with advantage. The Auftrians had made two forced marches to gain Pardubitz before the Pruffians ; and our laft letters from that army were of the joth inft. which renders the probability of an ation anthe 1 zth much greater. Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick was ftill in his eamp of Bedburdyck, cn the 23d inft. and was maf- ter of all the bridges upon the river Erfit. The French were at their old camp of Frauweiler, where it was unceértain whether they could maintain them- felves for. want of fubfiltence. Ratifbon, Fuly 14. Letters from Vienna of the 8th, advife, that the city of Olmutz is almoft demo- lithed, by the bombardment and the cannonading which it has fuftained daring the ficge, and that it will coft an immenfe fum to put it in the fame condi- tion it was in before it “was attacked. T'his enter- prize continued fo long, and abandoned fo fuddenly, ad which was juft upon the point of beng accom- plifhed, occafions aflonithment ip fome, and in others admiration, at the wife forefight of the king of Praf- fia, who might poflibly be atiacked at the fame time by a fally from the garrifon, flacked by the generals Buccow, and St. Ignon, taken in front by the army of count Daun, and in the rear by general Jahnus, Laadon, Z fkowitz, and col. Laniu:. The retreat of this Monarch is looked upon as a mafter picce of military art, having fuftained little or ne lofs, tho’ be had in front aid rear no lefs than four bodies of the enemy. Fuly 17. According to feveral private letters received from Bohemia, dated the 12th inflant, the Van guard of the Pruffian army, commanded by the King in Perfon, arrived the sth at Leutomiflel, and there furprized a body of 2500 Aultrian troops, who, to prevent the enemy’s being benefited by their Magazines there,which were very confiderable, im- mediaiely fet them on fire ; but that notwithftanding the Pruflians had faved the beft part of them. Hague, Fu'y 25. The lalt lewers from Hamburgh, bro't feveral exuadls of jetters from Berlin,dated the 18th inft. which unanimoufly advife, that an exprefs arrived there the day before, with thie agreable news, that the King of Pruffia,after having poffefled himfelf ‘" of the magazines whish the Aultrians had eflablifhed _/ at Leutomiffel and Konigfgratz, had attacked their «t army between the lalt mentioned place and Pardu- bitz, and entirely defeated it. According to thefe Jetters, this aclion was fought the 12th inft, and the viflory was as complete in favour of his Pruffian Ma- . jefty, as that of Liffa. It is added, that the Auflrians being obliged to fly on all fides,had fet fire to eleven villages, in order to cover a preeipitate retreat. Emmevick, Fuly 23. Letters from Neufs of yefter- . day advife, that a bedy of 20,000 French troops Vs having attempted the 1gth to break off the commu- nication between the right and left wing of the army of the allies, met with {o vigorous a refiftance within a league of Rees, that afteran engagement of two _hours, they were obliged to retire with the lofs of above 500 Men. The lofs of the allies was but a trific except general Waggenheim, who died of his New-Hampthire g Containing the Frefbeft Advices wounds. The allies took drom the French 6 pieces of cannon, 4 ftandards or colours, and feveral officers. The fame day the confederate army marched for- ward, and now encamps at Redburdyk. Edinburg, Auguff §. Lalt Night Mr. Whitefield arrived here. ; Extral of a private Letter from the Head Quarters at Konigfgratz, July 24. S 1have a Quarter of an Hour Leilure, and a Jure Conweyance, 1 avill give you a Succiné Ac- count of our Proceedings, upoht the (ruth of whbith you may in every Particular depend :— On our removing Sfrom Zavittaw, the Army continutd ifs March to Leu- tomiflel 5 and after a Days Repele arrived at Hoben- mant ; and hawing pafi a Defile on the vzth wwe again encamped. The Ejcorte of our drtillery and Baggage Waggons, awhich ever preceeded us on the Marck, dif- covered the Enemy ar Holitz, awbere they had takenPoft in a Chapel, and bad throton up fome Works about the Towvn, in which they bad 1100 Horje, and jome Regi- ments of Doot.—We immediately made Difpofitions for attacking ihe Place, but the Afion was fearce begun before Gemeral Field Marfbal Kiith arrived, and di refted the Encmy’s Infantry to be attacked, the Aufirians quitting all Sorts of Defence, endeavoured to Save themfelves in the adjacent Wood, by avhich many of them efcaped.—T bis rendered the djfair lefs blaody than it would hawe been ; but as it avas, the Enemy received Some Lofs, exclufive of 6 Ofiicers and 360 Nien, xwho avere made Prifoners.—— While the Ficld Gineral Marphal was thus employed. his Majefly in Perfon marched from Leutomiffel, and arrived on the 1 11h, be- Sfore Konigigratz ; there he forced General Buccow avith 7000 Men, who avas not only flrongly fortifiidon the Side of the Elbe, but had aljo threwn up Retrench- ments all round the Town, and bad mads all poffible Preparations for its Defence. As the Bridge over the River avas broken doavn, it caufed jome Delay before any Part of our Cavalry could pafs. W bhen this was down, and while the Dilpefetions awere making for a general Attack, General Buccow thodght proper to abandon all bis Retrenchments, and retire. - We are at prefent Mafiers of the Place,and everyl bing the Auflri- ans bad in it. Our own Train of heavy Artillery is here, with all our Stores of every Kind ; the Sick and Wounded are jafely arrived, and the Retreat from Ol mutz will be a Wonder 4o Pofterity — You will excufe me from forming any Conjeélures ; 1 fpall only Jay, that We look upon the Campaign as juit begun ; and you may expet many importantEvents before it is ended. LSO NG IO aNG Fuly 29. They write frem Prince Ferdinand’s Head Quarters, not far from Nuifs, that on the 19th inft. there was a very fmart rencounter, between a great body of French, and par of the allied Forces, under the command of the Lereditary Prince of Brunfwick ; in which, the troops on both fides be- haved as well as it was poflible ; but in the iffae, the French had the worft, lofing 6 pieces of cannen, four flandards, and a great many officers taken prifoners. This did not happen without confiderabie lofs on the part of the allies, and General Waggerheim, to the great regret of the whole army, 1s faid to be mortaily wounded. Accerding to the frefheft advices from Silefia, the Ruffians are affembling their feveral corps on the frootiers of Poland, making in the whole, an army of 40,000 men. To oppofe thefe, Prince Henry has detached General Driefen, with 17,060 men, who will quickly join 18,000 men from the King's forees under the command of Marfhal Keith, while Count Dohna is employed in exccuting a defign of great importance, as to-which we have no diftinét accounts. An officer who pafled thro' Duifbourg on the 21t inftant, with ten poftilions before him for the camp of Prince Ferdinand of Branfwick, reported, that-he left his Pruffian Majeity in pofieflion of a compieat Vi€tory over the Combined Imperial Armies, who had loft abundance of men, many pieccs of cannon, all their magazines, and moft of their baggage. DBe- fides this they had deftroyed the country to prevent the purfuit of the Pruffians infuch a manner, that it wili be impofiible for them to fubfift themfelves there this fammer, without ereting frefh magazines, and bringing their provifions from other places. Extraé of a Letter from a Gentleman at the Hague 10 bis Friendin London, dated laft Tuelday Ewening. 1 am now in theHoufe of the Praflan Eavoy,who - NumBp. 1068. GAZETTE. Foreign and Domeflick. e ey e e received two Exprefles this Afternoon, one of which comes from Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick’s Army, and the other diretly from Berlin, with an Account ‘of a compleat Viflory gained by the King of Prufiia over Maifhal Daun, who is made Priforer. You may affure all your Friends thae uiis is true. The Autftrians rallied twice, but in vain ; they could not “#ftand before the Pruffians.” Other Letters from Helland make mention of this agreeable News, and add,that the Lofs of theAuftri ans, itcluding Prifoness,smoubt 9 abcut 15,000 Men ; and that the Number of Villages they fet fire to, in order to retard the Purfuit of the Pruffians, wias no lefs than eleven. There are fome Letters by this Dutch Mail,which fay, that in the Battle of the 12th Inflant,there were no more than 30,000 Auftrians and Irregulars, who were foon beaten : and that Marfhal Daun coming up afterwards, and reinforcing himfelf with thofe . defeated Troops, 2 fecond Batide happened on the 14th, in which the Auftrians were totaily overthrown, & loft moft of theirCannon,Ammunition, Baggage,&c. TheRuffians have retreated three Days March ; bat whether for fear of the Pruffians, or that the Turks are likely to fall on them, does not yet appear. Augujl 3. Commodore Howe’s Squadron has got about 100 Matrofles and Bambardiers on board : It is faid they are defigned to befiege fome Place,from the war ke Materials taken out €f them, confifting of battering Cannon, &z. : Sunday by the violence of the wind a great deal of damage was done to the fhipping and {mall craft on the river Thames. : It is very certaip, notwithftanding the Accounts given by the Auftrians, that the King of Pruflia hath not had one Engagement only, but feveral, with the Auftrian Troops in Bohemia, in every one of which thefe were worfted. The Expre(s.which brought an Account of thofe Advantages, at the fame Time bro’t other Difpatches from Prince Ferdinand, came to the Hanoverian Camp with 12 Poft-Boys before bim blowing Horns. It is generally agreed that the Prince Sobieze hath had an Engagement with the Heflians under Count I{embourg,in which he boughtthe Vittory very dear. The Heflians confifted, it is faid, of 10,000 Militia (who difcovered not only as much Intrepidity but as much Koowledge of Dilcipline as any Regulars) 6000 regular Troops and zoc Hunters. Thefe lalt were all cut in Pieces having refafed to give or take Quarter. - The Heflians retreated from che Field of Battle in good Order. It is much to be feared that by thisTime Soubize is in Poffcflion of the City of Hanover. According to our laftAdvices from Pomerania,the Swedith Army is in avery bad Condition : Provifion and Forage are extremely fcarce ; and Defertion pre- vails fo much, that molt of the Regiments are not half full : This makes the Anti Prufian Party at Stockholm the more uneafy, that they know it to be impoffible to raife Men, uniefs they raife them by Force : and to this Extremity they dare not proceed for fear of an Infurre@ion of the People, who mur- mur greatly againft theGovernment for unneceflarily involving the Nation in the prefent War. ~ Laft Friday Commodore Pye was appointed, by his Majefty in Council, Rear Admiral of the Blue. Yetterday Admiral Saunders took Leave of his Majefty, being foon to fail with a Squadron. Extrait of a Letter from Port/mouth, dug. 1. « On Monday Morning between ten and eleven the Commodore made a Signatfor weighing. Upon which the Topfails of the whole Fleet were let locfe and hauled home ; and in an Hour’s Time they were all under fail. “ They got o St. Helen's about twelve a’Clock, where they anchored uotil four,when they got under fail with the Wind at Weft, and at eight at Night had all made out a good Offing. ¢ OnTuefday Morning they weréall out of Sipht. “*This Morning the Wind is at N. W, . “QOne of the Tranfports reccived {fo much Da. mage in a Gale of Wind on Sunday, that fhe was obliged to repair: The Seldiers were taken out of her, and put on board other Tranfports. ‘¢ At Spithead, Admiral Eolbourne, with five Ships of War.” : The allied army hath,we hear,retired toRuremond where Princs Ferdinand hath fixed his head-quartess, & @ ~ ™ n . . A A ‘A AL i . o 0 oA, > T = - e @ = 2 3 i & - o R S n 23 \ (Sce the next & the 23d of July, and took Capt, She procecded , ménn’d with 550 Men,and drove on Shore, at Cape Mount, a Ship of 200Tons, Bourdeaux, ard commiffion’d for a Privateer, of Providence, on the 23d of June, and foon after down the Coaft to Annamaboz, where fhe Monficur Montvit, took Capt.Earle which imimediately wentto Pieges. mountedswith 60 Guns chas'd by fome Merchants commanded by s I . gave us the following Ae- ount 5t. Florentine, defign’d for That the C but pu ton, who came in her, a Man of War, ot Wan: R ¢ Port, from the count: B o (Rhode Ifland) O&ober 17. , Came inio thi . laft arday NEWPORT “iCn Sat