The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, June 1, 1759, Page 1

» o P ‘ e , - 4 + N & in order to refit. \ FRI.DAY, JUNE 1. 1789: THE New-Hampfhire By Captain Mackel, who arrived at Bofion laft Week in eight Weeks from Londin, we bawe the following Aduvices, viz. P A R IS, (in France) Marchq. 1 HE Marquis de Montmorency Laval, Colonel I of foot, is arrived from the Eaft Indies with the following particulars of the {uccefs of the Kings forces againft the Englifh in that part of the world : The 28th of April 1758, M. de Lally, General of the King's forces, landed at Pondiclierry with twe batealions of his regiment. The fame day he de- tach’d the Count d’Eftaing, with two battalions of the regiment of Lorrain and 300 Indians, to go and in- veft Goudelour ; and in the night he fet out himfelf with a detachment of the royal corps of artillery, four pieces of cannon and two companies of grenadiers of his own regiment, in order to join the Count d’Efta: ing, before the above mentioned place, which capitu- Jated the fourth day of the fiege. M. de Lally im- mediately after caufed Fort St. David to be invefted, and in three days time his troops carried the feveral worlks that defend the approach to it, fword in hand; but the badnefs of the roads retarding the arrival of the artillery, it was the zoth of May before they could open the trenches before the fort, which held out to the 2d of June ; when the garrifon, which confifted of 720 Englith troops, and 1700 Blacks were made prifoners of war. The {ame day that this fort furrendered, M. de Lally {ent a large detach- ment to Divicotty, another fort in the pofleflion of the Englifh, about eleven leagues from that of St. . David, but the enemy had abandoned it before our ¥ troopscame up, and had nailed up the cannon, con- fitting of 8o pieces. At Fort St. David they found 180 pieces of cannon and mortars. M. de Lally sfter providing for the {afety of thefe three places, marched with the reft of the Forces towards Madrafs swhich he likewife propofes to make a conqueft of. . Befides the sbove account publified by order of the (French) court, the following is extralted from the journals of the fquadron of the Count d’Apche, brought by the Sieur Larhantel, who was fent ex- prefs from India on board the Diligence frigate.- — The z7th of Jan, 1758, the {guadron commanded by the Count d’Apche failed from the Iile of France for India. It then confited of one of the Kings thips, 8 of the India company’s, and two frigates, viz. the Zodiaque of 74 guns ; the Comte de Provence, and the Bien Aime, each of ;8 guns; the Vengeur of g ; the Ducd'Orleans, Duc de Bourgogne, St.Louis, the Conde, and the Moras, each of 5o Gunsj the Sylphide of 30, 2nd the Diligence of 26. On the 28th of April this ficet appeared upon the coaflt of Corcmandel, before the Towan of Goudelour and Fort St. David. Tho’they were in wane both of provifions and water, it was refolved to take advantage of the confternation which their arrival occafioned at Goudelour, in order to block up that place by fea, whillt M. de Lally went to Pondicherry, in order to take the troops with him from thence to invelt the place on the land fide, and in confequence of this re- folution, the Comte de Provence man of war,and the Diligente frigate, were detached from the fleet to go with M. de Lally to Pondicherry. The next day being the z7th, the Sylphide frigate, which was upon the lock out, made a fignal of having difcovered a {quadron of nine men of war. The Count d’Apche immediately drew up hisin a line of battle, and after fome preparations on both fides, the engagement be- g an about two in the afternoon, and continued with great vivacity till dark. We expeéted to renew the engagement next day, but the Englith fleet being fomewhat fhattered, tho't proper to retire to Madrafs The Englith fleet which was com- mended by Vice Admiral Pocock, was compofed of the Yarmouth, Elizabeth,Cumberland and Newcaflle, ‘each of 70 guns ; the Weymouth, Tyger, and Salif- bury of 60 ; the Prote&tor of 44 ; and the Queen- borough of 20 guns. On the 3oth of April the French fquadron being off Alemparve, feven leagues from Pondicherry, the Bien Aime man of war baving broke her cable in the wight, was obliged to run afhore, and was loft, but all the crew were faved. The 7th of May the fqua. dren arrived at Pondicherry, and landed the troops, » ammunition and money. The 1t of June the Eng- y [ lith fquadron was difcovered at fome diftance coming back from Madrafs to the relief of Fort St David, the fiege of which was flill carrying on. Upon this the Count d’Apche fet fail with his Fleet,but theEng- Containing the Frefbeff Advices lilh not caring to renew the fight, retreated again to the coaft of Madrafs. However the {quadron of M. d’Apche went the next day, being the 3d of June, to Fort St. David,which not being reiieved by tne Eng- lifh fquadron, was obliged to capitulate. From the oth to the 17th of June, that M. d’Apche came back with his fleet to Pondicherry, he kept cruifing off the Ifland of Ceylan, before Negapatan and Karical, during which time he tock an Edglith brigantine cal- led the Experiment, Capt. Whiteway, and fent her to Pondicherry,where the whole {22t returned the 18th, and fiaid till the z7th of July, Which time was taken up in refitting, and taking ina frefh {apply of pro- vifions. But the Englith {quadroa appearing again, the Count d’Apche again fet fail with the fame num- ber of thips as before, except the Bien- Aime, which was loft,and the Sylphide frigate which wis difarmed. The two {quadrons were within fight and watching each other five or fix days ; but at length onthe 3d of Auguft, about one o'clock in the afterroon, they engaged again with great fury, and continued {o to do for above two hours without any decifive advan- tage. The Englith fquadron fuffered greatly in this fecond engagement, and the Count d’'Apche would have had all the advantage of it, had it not been for fome accidents which happened on board his own fhip and the Comte de Provence, the fails and rigging of which were fet on fire by the unfair practices of the Englith. The fame thing happened to the Zodiaque, with this additional calamity, that the fire had like to have communicated to the powder room. After thefe accidents the fquadron was obliged to retreat, the Zodiaque bringing up the rear, and the next day caft anchor eff Pondicherry,where the Englifh did not attempt to attack them any more. ‘The fhips being now refitted in Auguft, the Count d’Apche failed from Pondicherry the 3d of September, and arrived the 13th of November 2t the Ifle of France, where he found his Majefty’s thips le Minotauze, I'Illufire, aud I"Acuf. ; According to the lift of the killed and wounded in the two engagements, there were 70 killed, and 190 wounded on board the Zodiaque only, of 74 guns ; and the lofs of the whole fquadron amounted.to 251 killed, and 602 wounded. Paris, March 5. The conqueft of Fort St. David is locked npon a: a prelude to that of Madrafs. Our troops muft have found great riches in Fort St. David, the Englith merchants having, its faid, lodged a goed part of their effc@s there, thinking that the fafeft afylum for them upon the coaft of Coromandel. It is confident'y faid that the(French)King is refol- ved to allow hisProteftant fubjeéts to bave aDeputy or Reprefentative always near his perfon, to inform him of their jult complaints ; in confequence of which,and as a proof of their attachment to his Majefty, the whole body are to furnifth to him o millions livres. It is alfo faid, that a lift hath been taken of the Pro- teftant officers in the army, and that a new order of Knighthood will foon be inftituted, into which they may be admitted. We are fitting out at Rochfort one man of war of 74 guns, one of 70, two of 64, one of 50, and thtee frigates of 30 guns each. : Troops, Provifions, and Stores of all Kinds, are immediately to be embarked at Bourdeaux, for North- America. i Vienwa, ( the capital city of the circle of Aufiria, and of the German Empire ) Feb. 28. The Pruffians are already in motion in all parts. Their grand army, it’sfaid, isaflembling between Breflau and Schweid- nitz; another corps of 40,000 men is_formed in the neighbourhood of Néifs, under General Fouquet; and it’s juft now reported that the enemy have made themfelves mafters of Troppau. We impute the caule of thefe motions to the conduét of a large party of our light troops, who, before the expiration of the fufpenfion of arms agreed upon between the two ar- mies till the end of this month, had carried off feme hundreds of recruits from the hofpital at Budiffin ; at which the KING or Prussia being enraged, im- mediately fent orders to his Generals to recommence hoftilities, without any regard to the armiftice. It is yet uncertain on what fide their principal efforts will be made ; but as it’s very likely they defiga to fall upon our quarters in Moravia, ten regiments are ordered that way ; and fome others to the confines of Silefia, to fupport General de Ville. We are affur- ed that Marfhal Daun has at length obtained his requeft, and will fet out in a few days with a charte- blanche. The King of Pruflia arrived at Neifs the OCAZET TS Foreign and Domeflick. Nums. 139. . Slaop 1 Lambert, of his M. jifly’s th the Cabriolet, a Precch Privateer ,whichde tock off [Tavre diGrace, 19th, and °tis faid he has demolithed the Capuchins'3 =8 convent to eftablith a battery there, and ordered the ;6--‘, = city to be unpav’d, and the Konigfbarg motntains to© & Ty be fortified. &F Peterfburgh, Fan. 30. Within thefe few day< the S &3 Ambafiador of the Emprefs Queen has received feve S « g 1al couriers from his court, with difpatches that feem ™. 3 » to be very fatisfaltory to our miniftry : in confe & -5 quences thereof, our court has affured the faid Am § a o baffador, .that orders would be forthwith fent to our 5'§ a. Generals to open the campaign as foon as poilible, in '8 .2 = which an bundred and tawenty thoufand of cur troops § & & will be employed againft the King of Pruflia and his § =~ allies. The {yflem adopted by the two courts isfo &5 firmly eftablifhed, that Mr. Keith and the two other ——— Minifters of his party are not able to difconcert it. Stockholm, Feb. 9. It was for fome time believed that our ill fuccefs 1n Pomerania might produce fome alteration in the fyftem of this court ; but no fuch thirg yet appears ; on the contrary, orders are gone down to the feveral provinces of the kirgdom, for every diftri€t to furnith as foon as poflible the recruits requifite for compleating the regiments. Itis expe&- without any Thing Money, prorogued them to the 16th ed that our army will take the field early in the fpring, &' % and it is probable that the King of Pruffia will notbe £ & §' able this year to withftand the forces of the houfeof 2% Auftria This is the third year of their prediéling bis l’;g‘ downfall in the Bruffels Gazette, in avbich, wwe bope, = >3 D e | they will fill be found falfe prophets. Peterfburgh, Feb 13. The hopes which we had conceived of the return of peace is entirely vanithed, and every thing now forebodes a campaign wherein much more flaughter is to be made of the human race. Hamburgh, Feb. 20. According to fome advices from Copenhagen, the negociation between England and Denmark has entirely mifcarried, and his Danifh Majefty will not depart from a neutrality. Erfurth, March 5. The greaicft part of the body of Pruflians that lately enter’d this city, arc agaio in motion, in order to advance towards the [rontiers of Hefflia, and there jin the Hanoverian and Heffian troops under the command of the Prince of Yien burgh. General Knoblauch remains here with only two battalions and a few fquadrons of Huffurs, which are judged fufficient to contirue the bleckade of the caftle of Peterfburg, the garrifon of which is much weakened by defertion, many of its men daily {lipping away to the Pruflians,and enliting with them. " Hague, March 6. The News of the Corfilcation of the Dutch Ships at London, and his Britannic Ma y al fanyy But their Gowernor not 'y propofed to raife the liking the Mthods in wwbiyo the tedion of their Weflern Frontiers, for avbich th lowed 1, Bounty per Vi jefty’s perfilting in his Refo!ution to fuffer no neutral ;3 R Ships to trade to the French Colonies, hath caufed a§ S S general Difcontent in this Country, particu'arly at .S Amfterdam. The Merchants of that City have fent § : & hither 2 new Deputation who laft Friday prefented ag 3 petition to the States Genera!, and to the States of ok Holland, praying that their High Mightinefles would & ¥ §° be pleafed to fend a Deputation to the Court of Lon- J = a2 don, to make Remonitrances once more both in re- 2 § gard toThe Confifcation of the Ships detained in Eng- ;’0 o3 land ; and to the Prohibition of trading to the French = : ; Colonies. S 3 o Hague, March 11. On the 28th of lat month Maj. ¥ 5 5 Clogloch furprifed the city of Erfarth. The garrifon 'y = i confifting of fome Auftrian battalions, and fome troops §<5 3 of the Circles, are not to aé againft the King of S = 2 Pruffia or his allies, during the war. ¢ 9 General Dohna’s army is filing off towards Dant- Q‘ T zick, and will be joined by the garrifon of Stetin, S & E\ Amflerdam, March 14. The Admiralty Collegeof 3-8 s this city have juft put five more men of war in com. ————e miffion, viz. 1 of 64 guns, two of 52, one of 44,and ¥ § & one of 24 guns. {E Port/mouth, March z1. The Griffin Frigate ué &8 gone to the Weft-Indies with an Exprefs to Commo. = 2 dore Moore. Admiral Bofcawenis expe&ted here ™ %0 thisnight. His fquadron is ready. Yefterday faijed ¥ 5 for the Mediterranean, the Newark,Capt. Holbourne, § ~ : and Shannon, Capt. Meadows. The Echo, Cap:., Q Leforey, is ordered for America. < 2 Cork, (in Ireland) March 1. This day a veflel arrived from Seville, in 15 days, who brings an ac- count of the King of Spain’s death, and that the 3 ¢ reateft preparation was making for receiving Don E’arlos, and that feveral men of war were fent ta Naples to bring his Majefty to Spain to aflume the ~ Crown of that Kingdom. ' Edinburgh, March 10, tranfports for Embden failed from the road of Leith, under convoy of his Majefty’s fhip the Garlaod, A mbly of the Pri fl/zffll General paffid a Vote on the 616 This day about noon the % Tbe / Jor bis Majefly's Scrvice, to a under Gcmenal Stanw