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! “A TSN B, K. Of8bbet130. o wee +.s | Yefierday arrived Hagriot §moew Packet-Boat, a , Capt, Bopuell, 7w 37 Days fram Falmauth, which M tg: 4bi 224 off Seprember— i dur fafiwr fold 1 eaders there was no. Fppearodee in any of 1he A * Foreign publick Papers bro't at that Titeof a Battle ! “betnseen thy King of Prufhia and the Aativian drmy) i ™ gnder Couwt Datd, as awab Feported divers Hays ; confirm-the fame, and that, inflead of & Battle wvith: ‘ghe Aultrians on the 25th of Awghl, be sffelually.s . _youted the tws Ruffian drmits uwider Brown and Fermer i as will appear underneath.—We can alle - m the Public,that €aitn Daunjwith ax Army of fligndred Thonfan Men by all Accounts facm: by by, from atl Bis Mooensents, #0 tome ta a Engagrment with the Kine of Pruflia; bofe Numbers <uerenot Half that of rhe Aufteians; " and that the Caunt is entirely afting on the Defenfive. From the LONDON GAZETTE Extraordinary. WHITEHALL, Sept. 8. . HE day before Yefterday a Meflonger arrived at the Earl of Holdeinefle's . Office, with letters'from Mr. M itchell, his Majefty’s Minifter ta the KING ol or PRUSSIA, now at ‘the Pruffian Arniy on the frontiers bf Poland, on the 26ih and 28th of Auguft, cosfirming whe account of the vitory .obtaiged by his Prufian Majefty over the Rufliaa R, . army on the 25th paft ; and with the {following ge- ", . meral rélatian of that important evept. ' » ‘ ““On the 22d,the King arrived at Frankfort upan | | the©der, by the Way of Ziebigen, with: the rein- '; ¢ foreement whieh he braught flom Silefia. Ifithe 2 ) 1aft Marches his Majefty was on the fame fide of the |+ wiver as the Ruffians ;. iy did nothing to inter- ceptthis march. ft <in the morning the \ King went with i o Cottngei Chua’s cawp, L #nd was follewed that night by the remainder of his ©arps, fo that the whole'atmy Wwas aflembled at Gor- gas the 22d, at:7 o'Clocigh the morning ; and the . & jun&ion being made, they Mgrched on at ten o’clock atmight. On the 23d, his ' Méjelty caofed a bridge to be'thrown over the Oder at Garavile ; which-was done with fo much difpatch, that the whole army pafled the river the fame day, and his Majelty took \ - up his gaarters at Golaffen. The 24th, the King let ' the army, which was very much fatigued with the Jong and téilfeine marches they made, reft tll one o’clock in the afternoon ; after which he marched to 5 Dirtmitzel, where he encan?ped, and made his dif- A politions for attacking the encmy the next day. The A z5th, the army marched in _four eclumns, three of infantry and one of cavairy, Lievt. Gen. Mantenflel, @t the head of ten battalions,forming the van guard 3 and though they were obliged to crofs the little river { Mitzel, over one fingle bridge,the whole arrived, i §: prefence of the enciny, at 8 o'clock in the morning, ; and immediately formed in order of battle. ! e The action began at nine o’clock near the village « ©f Zorndorf, and lafted till feven o'clock at might N The fire of the Artillery was terrible and uninter- f rapted till towards the end. The Ruflian infantry | made a great refiftance,( far,as to render the action, for fome time, doubtful on eur left ; when their / yight wing, endeavouring to improve its advantage, Lieat, Gen. Seidiinz hated op thither, at'the head ofhis own regiment, of the Gardes du Corps, and .the Gens de arms ; and, after having routed the Raffian cavalry which covered it, he fell upon the infantry, broke them, and recovered the affair. The Ruflians, forced at laft to quit the field of battle, formed themfelves into a fqueare, in order to cover R the remaining part of their baggage, and paffed the "', . pightin that pefition. The King alfo remained that ‘9 night apon the fieid of battle, with his whole army, .and tock the neceflary meafures to imprave his ad- ‘vantage. : 4 The 26th, his Majefty advanced agzin towardsthe . “* _ enemy, and the cannonading was genewed ; but it ‘did not Jaft long, for the enemy were forced to con- tinus their retreat, abandoning their artillery ; and a reat number of coluurs, ftandards, &c. The King did not give them time to recover, but caufed them to be harrafled on all fides during the whole day ; 1 L and the flaoghter was very great. For however de- ‘% "' firous his Majefly was ti prevent the effufion of {0 much bjoad, thecrael’’ of all forts committed by h the enemy, end th of 2ll the villages round sabout, Jvhich s s menauad { edyth w,{ L ~ : el on fire, had !'r’r"tat- * Y pamiberof prifoniers -have been taken ; amorglt That ¢ the death of General Brown is a grea: Fhe s&vg‘f o ticolars. [ ! Jkeins LTS { WIS "NUh‘.i‘ng GAZETTE:.- Forezgn afldflam/}fi | i ¥ 54 ¥ . 23 MAREE 4 r: A TO BE SOLD - . 5 wham are {feveral General: Offigers, namely, Geoa- {ofs to the Ruflians. Ttawas Be who made the dif yals e Sbli{ka"dfi",vé_cwummchefl'fimm}'el, Thast pu&}on of the battle. And, emhaaien, Chivers, &c. Gengrdl Brown, thejecond . bat, ¢ The bruken remains ‘f the Ruffiars are in command, having refufed guarier, was killed by {camplring along the Warte tawards Poland. They the Prufian dragoonss and the Ane of his Highnefs bhaweas po bridges to pals that viver, and ‘our people - . Prince Charles of Sazony. is nat known. . Accord- are fill in parfeft of them. Many waggons of the ing to the enemy’s OWR iconfedion, feveral others « enemy's baggage are left in (he marfhes. of their' Geoerals are killeds 1+ * -~ Baest, (France) Aug. 21, Wehave juft received « The King, 'being . unwilliag to reguire more orders from court to fitout in all halle, feven fhips from his jnfontry withegt givieg them fome el Of the line 2nd four frigates. This {quadion is hadd. ik fi gucempienthe 965y Y uthe evening, und deftin’d for pur gzpcrican iflands. . A ordered his Gavatry and hudars deontinue 1o purfae MADRID, [Spam) Aug 29, Mavia Blitel of For-"/ and hariafs the enemy 5 and on the 27th his Ma- tugal,our anguft Queen, died at the palace of Aran- fty marched as far as Tamfel. juez the day before yefterday at four in the morning, & < Gentral Fermer is in the moft eritical fitvation, aged 46 years, 8 months, and 23 days. beivg in want of provifions and ammuonitien, and Hawmpurcn, Sepe. 8. According to our laft ad- ‘pbliged ‘to retreat befare our victorious army, the vices received here concerning the Ruffian army,, wan puard whereof commanded by Prince Maurice after the battleof the 25th of Augeft, they retired d’Anhalt Deflaun, gives him no manoer of reft ; {0 between Camin and Wretz, and pofted themfeives that it is impoffible to {ay how he will accomplith very advantagcoufly ‘on fome rifing gtounds, where his retreat, ‘ their General gat together 3 great cumber of firag ¢ Theflavghter of the enemy hae been very greats glers. The,3 1t 'they removed from that camp, di- and, if they had got fullied their bravery by hortid reling their march by Blumenberg, and went te én- exccffes, oM, with the greater pleafure, have camp between Meflin and Lancfbreg. The Pruflian - done th*, which is due th the firmnefs and army haviog decamped from Tamfel the 1t of cir infantry. - September, proceeded to Blomenberg ; aad on the fanve day Genesal Malachciyfky at the head of a large body 6f light troops, over took the reas-guard the Ruffians, kill’d a great némber of them, and ok 3 more pieces of cannon. Thefe advices add, eGeneral Fermer the next day ordered moft of #y baggage of his army to be burnt, in make his retreat with more {peed. A Letter from the Pruflian Army on the Frontiers oland, dated the goth ult. bas this Paragraph : , . y the beft Calenlativas ave can make, the Number of ¢ The further detail of this great event will " 2be Encmy flain, in the late Engagement, and fince, given as foon aé poflible, our time being too mucl amaunts 1o betwveen 22 eund twenty three Thoufand taken up, at this jun&ure, to eater into more par- Men. A prodigious Number © but it is zot to be awan- : ' dered at, when 1 affure you, that the Pruffian cannon is.valned gkas. 647 \ wwere fo wvell fored, and the Ruffians, 2 r ground ing of Pruflia’s avith Jfuch refolution and firmnefs for 7 or 8 hours 0" of ‘the killed and geézher, that whole Lines of them were ftruck down *'at once, and lay on the Ground &s it were in Rows like Grafs that is mowed. GQSSFELDT, (:'n-Gnmn_ny) Aug. 25. The duke of Yhorough whofe ariny bad joined thatof Prince Fer- ] of Brunfavick, had on the zoth of laft month, a SHong conference avith that Prince, relating to the future aperations of the campaign, avhich thole swo generals Courage o © '« We'have already taken their military cheft,con- taining about 900,0%::1!)1)&5 *; 73 pieces of can- non, anda great m of flandards and colours. * We compute our lofs atiibent 600 killed, and not 1109 woanded ; among the firfk are two of his Praflian Majefty’s Aids de Camb.* And we retus thanks to GOD, who bas {o vifibly protected us 0 this important occafien, in prefervivg his Majelty” precious life, for which the whole army have {q often trembled. | P ,{9#, Ina lester fr Army, we have'th wotnded. : " Pruffians. 2 Generals killed. 2 Aids'de Camp. 560 Men, 1082 Men wounded. Ruflians. Gen. Brown killed. '18,01_76 Mean killed. l 7 Gen. Officers taken prifoners. l 1700 Men prifoners. 17 Colours and veloloed to pufp with ‘all pofible vigour. Ghe firft Standards, with objeét of iheir attention is to prevent the juntiion of the 23 Cannon. Prince de Soubife avith the Marquefs de Contades : And The wath in the military cheft amounted to 200, i was with this wie that the army put in march the 666 | flerling ; a great number of waggons, and all Jamie day towards the Dutchy of Murfier. The En- their ammunition taken ; the purfuit lafted three gli/h troops form a feparate corps, but fubordinate to days, and when the exprels came cway the Ruffians Prince Ferdinand, who will difpofe of them in comcert were entirely farrounded, avith the duke their chicf, as occafion requires. *Tis We have the following Particulars from Berlin, thought the Prince of lembourg will join the grand ~ dated Sept. 2, refpe@ing the foregoing, viz. army, as Joon as poffible. That < Moft of the troops which the King carried LONDON, Huguiio from Silefia paficd by Frankfort on the Oderon the Extra of a Letter from Malta to Leghorn, July 8. 28th paft,.in their Way to Lufatia, where they are « [ }is Ifland bas wery lately been in great Ferment, already arrived. Eachof the common men had up- (! mean the French Party of it) for the firfl Inflant, wards of 200 rubles (45 |. fterling) in his pocket, the a» Englifp Man of War (wwhich ave hawve fince found King having diftribated among the troops, to reward abas the Monmouth, Hon. Capt. Herwey) purlued fo their bravery, all the ready money found upon the clojely the famous French Man of War the Roje, of 40 Ruffians, except & certain fum which be. gave totne Guns and 300 Men, that be obliged ber to run a 1here, inhabitants of Cuftrin, to enable them—to rebuiid and afterwards the Captain of ber fet her on fire, leff their houfes. Copt. Herwey fhokdd attempt getting her off, as be had That, * Juft as the battle was beginning, the Zawo Frigates with bim that Jeeined intended for ‘that KING teck a pair of coloars in his hand, aad of. Serwice. ‘The Rofe bipt a fmars Fire on the Englifo fing himfelf to his men, {uid ; My Lads, the Moment Man of War, who came witkin Mufket Shot, and bat- is noww come when ae mufl Fight for osr Couttry, to teved ber as fbe lay o the Rocks. Qur Batteries fred proteéi it from thot Ruin avith wbhich it is threatned. from all Sides 1o o Purpofe, for after two or three It is caly to conceive what an effet fuch a {peech Hoprs burning foe blew up, and defiroyed three or four would have tipon the minds of the foldiers,who burut Maitefe Boats that quere war ber. with defire to revenge the devattation they beheld all Aug. 1g. The French have publifticd Orders for round them. levying piodigiods Confributions on the Inhabitants That ¢ THe day beforé the Lattle, the King kizd of the Laudprave of Fefle ; encouraged by a De- intercepted a courier, difpatched by count Daun, 1o cree lately publiflied by his Imperial Majelty zgainft general Fermer, wherein he told him ¢ that the King . ibe Landgrave, which thredtens pusting kim i ¢ was marching to hini (Fermer} doubtlefs to attacle diately under (he Rav of the Empire, in Cafe be does him ; and defired him to be on His gaard againft not detach him{clf from the King of Pruifia, and all . ¢ this cunning eremy, whom he did net fuficiently his Adherents, ¢ know, and rather than ftand his groand, to retreat Aug. 12, Lettérs to Mr, Secrétary Pitt, dated ¢ till be [Daun] fhouid firike the blow he meditated Cherbourg, Avguft 16 and 17, give an Arconrt, ¢ in Saxony, where he would f{pon be. The day thas our Farces, after having compleatly demoiiibed after the battle,the King {ent bacg ihe courier with a the Bafon. Peers and Harbours of that Dlece, and Jetter written in the fame cypherjas the other, and defiroyed all the Forts, M:gazines, Stores, &c. and for many Miles 2long{the Coaft, were all re- the lealit Oppofition. Twenty- containing| thefe words : ¢ Yl was maych in the thofe \7 ¢ right, Marfhal, to apprizc (3¢ jeral Fermer tob eabarked withou : on highqéard a-zzzin,?,,:.'.,, enemy ; and ok two Lo ‘T’.,.‘"', Gavup, AR pimidon} \ fowelijas yoiulhaen S Logland O a1 o b, fiflfi e nof Roskéfer, ie and talf from esgh wther, X of Riche ] I A]\D, Of '.qu{t fzid 7T om ing in the o Y Fuofeph. Foag zégLOTS o}b s each, laying B . fwo " §a§:0u: a - Port the§Acre tth of Sept. - choll inténded§ ;Ship Capt. Ni td" difpatch for§ m, Mafter, belonging to from Jamaica for Lobdan, belong- but ranfomed; and a Sloop from warclina, fér Barbades, Ebenezer Turrell, this Z2 ithe Kad 3] loap L > ;—Kwfihr : (\;‘,”\"ip rame in the S?OW. and ‘h‘ 21 2y | 8 § el to Salem ; a no rsl South LY % e ie, A Mafts,Yards for Malifax, Juhn apt. Nicholl, Capt. Ogi “itr’s 3 a aloop N fth terprizie, mw gging. efore Capt. Bertrand fell be had tzken the Snow En - “am this PW St. wounded, and tas much difabled in his and Ri B <iiled Men . 4 Nicholl hed rancois, after a fmart Eagagement of 4 Glaflis. in ip Jafon, of 14 fix Pounders and 5o Men, Monf, N "l after, be fell in with and tooic, the Letter of Marque Bertrand, Commander, fiom Quebeck for Cape- 23, tch. 2 - b Do he ere by the Privateer Ship O -YCERX W r was fent in o 1 N Ty . Capt. Nichcll, a French Snow X7 3 T { L vy, oy

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