The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 6, 1759, Page 1

I\ ‘ P » Vo [ - FRIDAY, jVULY' 6. 1759: T HE Cbntaining the Frefbeff Advices Caprain Meriwether arrived at Bolten laft Friday in 8 Heeks from Briftol, by awhom ave kave the following . ADVICES, viz. From the Head Quarters of Prince Henry of Pruffia’s A Army at Linay, April 17. HE Auftrians having withdrawn the great- eft Part of the Troops which they had on the Frontiers of Saxony, towards the Confines of Silefia, and into the Empire. Prince Henry formed a Defign of driving thofe remaining into Bohemia, beyond the Eger, and to feize the Magazines asd Stores which were left cpon the Elbe, and other Places that they had occupied. In confequence of this Plan, he entered Bohemia the 15th -4 Infiant; one Column marched towards Peterfwalde, « i K | i\ ! and the other General Hulfen, took its Rout thro’ Pafsberg and Commettan. The advanced Guard of that which marched againft Peterfwalde, found the E- minence behind the Viilage well fortified, by a Re- doubt, before which a large Number of Trees had been placed, guarded by 600 Croats and fome Hunga- rian Foot, = This Paffuge being forced, our advanced Guards afterwards deftroyed the Magazine which was at Auflig, burnt all the Boats upon the Eibe, and rejoin- ed the. Army on the 26th at Welmina, The Meal and Forage which the Auftrians left at Lobofchutz and Leutmeritz, are fallen into our Hands, and we have burnt down the Bridge which they lately built there. Our advanced Guard will be at Budin this Day, where the Enemy have a Quantity of Provifions. Seneral Hulfen, found the Paffage of Pafsberg guarded by a Body of Croats, and the Regiments of Konigfeck and &ndlau. The Horfe, which pafled thro’ Pelfnitz, attacked the Enemy in the Rear, while they were at- tacked in Front by the Foot,who at length drove them rom all their Intrenchments. General Renard, with 51 Officers and zooo Men, were taken Prifoncrs. We tock from the Enemy three Colours, two Standards, - and three Pieces of Cannon. ~General Hulfen's advan- ced Guard will penctrate this Day as far as Saarz, and feine whiv ait us Gwres of ©ruvilons wiicn the Auitn- ans, who are retiring as faft as pofiible to Prague, have abandoned. This Attack of Falsberg coft us only 70 “en killed and wounded. _ Francfort, April v7. The Saxons greatly diftingaifh- ~d themfelves in the A&ion of the 13th, berween the "‘sench and the Allies. On the Side of the Aliies, the greateft Lofs fell upon the Heflians. Yellerday the _, French were employed a good Part of the Day in bury- " ing their Dead. - The Confequence of this AQlion will fhew how far it has been decifive. All that we can fay of js at prefent is,that the Baggage of the French,which or the Evening of the Aftion were fent to Hofheim and Hocheim, two Villages, onc of them about half a ‘League from this Place, advanced Yefterday as far as ' Hochft, where it was to wait for freth Orders. Yefter- day Evening the French made Rejoicings on the Field of Battle. Nine Pieces of Cannon were brought in here which were taken in the Battle of the 13:h, Francfort, April 18. Prince Ferdinand, who at firft retired toWindeenken, has fince made a Motion towards *Golnhaufen, where he poffcfles a very advantageous [ ‘Po. The Lofs of the Allies in the Altion of the L 4 § ¥ § 4 + 13th, is computed to be about 60oo Men kill'd and wounded, and that of the French more than 3000. Berlin, April 17. A {mail Detachment of ourTroops who occapy New Stettin, have received Advice the z1ft ult. that 400 Coffacks had enter’d the Village of Scltenitz, Capt. Hoherdorff march’d againft them with . 120 Provincial Huffars, attack’d, defeated, and purfued them into Poland. We had only one Officer and three Huffars wounded. The Rufiians, refolving to wipe off -~e Dilgrace, return’d again the 7th of this Month with . & much greater Force, not lefs than 3000 Men, moftly Cavalry. The Garrifon of New Stetten, which con- fifted of no more than 150 Provincial Huffars, com: manded by Capt. Hohendorff, and an Independent ‘Company of 300 Men, under the Command of Capt. ., Waflan, did not hcflitate to go and feek the Evemy, wwWhom they found near the Gates of the Town. The Huflars could not with{tand {o great a Superiority, and " therefore fell back behind the Iafantry, who made fo brifk and continaal a Fire of Mufketry, and four Pieces of Cannaon, that they not only repulied the Ruflians at {every Charge, but obliged them to retire in Confufion, after an Engagement of five Hours. The Enemy fled beyond the Froatiers into the Polith Territory, and broke down the Bridge on the River Kuddo,-to efcape from the Purfuers. Our Lols amounts to no more than nine kill'd and 34 wounded, which we fhould deem a Trifle, had we not loft the brave Capt. Waflau, who * is much regretted. Itis not doubted but the Ruflians Hampfhire mult have loft a great many more, as the Cannon made much Havock dmong them ; but we can give no ex a&l Account of their Kili'd and Wounded, as they car ried oft%the Field, and fili'd 30 Wagpors with them. In their Retreat they pillagzd the Villages of Kuddo and Elfeno, though the latter is fituated in Poland. Paris, April 10. Company failed on the 24th of laft Month from Port L’Orient. It is compofec of the Duc de Chartres, Le St. Luc, Le Mafliac, Le Compaignie des Indes, Le Boulogoe and Boatin. Al thefe Veflels are richly laden, and wili be able to dziend themlclves, if they meet with the Enemy. Hague, April 24. By the la&t Letters from Caflel, dated the 20th Inftant, we fearn, that Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick is returned with his Army to the Country of Fulde. : I 0 - NE: D Oy N, Arsgy 28 They write from Peterfburg, that the Miniftry hav- ing given the firongeft Aflurances to. General Fermor, that he fhould be perfetly weil fupplied with every Thing requifite for carrying on theMilitary Operations of the Campaign, are embarking immenfe Quantities of Provifions, Ammunition, and Stores, notwithftanding the Report, that the Pruflians havea Sqhadron at Sea, cruizing to intercept them. They write from Rome; that the Affairs of Portu- gal, and the Attacks made from every Quarter upon the Jefaits, the atheiftical Books publithed in France, and the Rumour of Cardinal Archinto’s being poifon’d in a firange Manner, and from very extraordinary Mo- tives, affect the Pope to fuch a Degree, that many People apprehend he will break his Heart, without making a Promotion, tho’ there are now vpwards of twenty Flats vacant. If we may depend upon a private Letter from Co- logne, the Affairs of the Queen of Hungary go very untowardly 3 Prince Henry of Prufia being at the Gates of Prague,having defiroyed the Magazines, taken {everal Pieces of Cannon, Standards, Colours, Pantoors, peitdes fome I'houfands of Men Prifoners, who were in full March for Marthal Daun’s Army. Atthefame Time the Prince of Deux Poris, with the mighty Ar- my of the Empire,is retiring before General Knoblace ; and the Bifhop of Wartfbourg, for fear of the worft, is fled to Ratfbon. J According to a private Letter from Francfort, dated the 19th Inflant, the iate Affair of Bergen, for thatis the true Military Phrafe, and not Battle, does pro- digious Credit to Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick as an Officer. The Point was to -force the French Pofs, which after two Attacks was found to be impRdicable with the fmall Number of Csnnon they had ; upon this his Highnefs withdrew, with’all the Caution and Oftentation of a foldiery Retreat ; but it was only be- hind 3 hollow Way, while he waited fomewhat more than two Hours for the coming up of his Cannon. All the French General Officers were deceived, and pro- pofed the Duke de Broglio to march out and follow the Enemy ; but the Duke perfified in his own Opinion, changed the Battalions in the Village, direted fome Works to be thrown up to cover the Pofts of the Sax- ons, and repaired all his Batteries. When the Prince found the French would. not follow bim, he drew his Forces irom behind the Covert Way, and having form- ed in two Lines in Sight of the Enemy, advanced with hic Artillery and made three defperate Attacks, and did not retire till the Fall of the Night, General Dign, who commanded the Saxcns, and who is mortally wounded, faved, by the Intrepidity of his Troops, the French Army from being ruined. Ve hear from Conflantinople, that the Sifters of the Grand Signior had caunfed to be made, and privately coaveyed to the Seraglio, before the Sultanefs’s Deli- very, a Cradle of mafly Gold, weighing about 421b, ard eoriched with Diamonds and other precious Stones. It is faid an Exprefs is arrived from the Pruflian Ar- my cn the Frontiers of Bohemia. By different Accounts received, there is not the lealt Reafon to hope-that the Prince of Ifenburgh is living, ail agreeing that his Body was found upon the Place of Action, and buried the Day alter, The militia of the County of Surry will be all cloath- ed and mufter’d in the different Divifiens next Month. Several large Men of War are order’d to Spithead from Deptford, Woolwich, and Chatham, to join the Expedition Fleet to be commanded by Lord Howe, We hear that Benjamin Barons, Efq; who married a Sifter of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Hardy, is ap- pointed Colleéior of the Cuftoms for the Port of Bofton in New England, in the Room of Sir Harry Frankland, kis Majefty’s Conful at Lifbon. ‘I'he Squadron of the Eaft India Nums. 144. GAZETTE Forezgn and Domeflick. Letters from Berlin fay, that the Pruffian Troops in Silefia are difpofed in fuch a Manner, as effeQualiy to hinder theAuitrians from peuetrating into that Province; and that the King continued quiet till he fhould receives Accounts of Prince Ferdinand’s Expedition, on which he much depended. According to fome Letters from Betlin, there was but a Day’s March and a half between the King of Pruffia’s Army and that of Maithal Daun. The Caftle of Ulriceftein, fituate in the Landoravarc of Darmftadt, abeut fonr Leszves from Gieflen, fu- rendered the 8th Inftant to the Baron de Bulow, Prince Ferdinand’s Adjatant General, after a Cannonade of three Hours, and the Garrifon engaged not to ferve for a Year againft his Britannic Majefty or Allies. The French Squadron, which was going to the Ifland of Corfica with warlike Stores and Money, for the Ufe of the French Troops there, are, and have been clofe block’d up in Bafque Road by fome of oor Men of War. Several additional Hands are ordered to work on the Royal George at Portfmouth, which is fitting out for the Reception of Lord Anfon, who will fpeedily hoitt his Flag on board her. And Orders are alfo given for expediting the New Bricannia, which is building at Pori{mouth, aad is to carry 110 Guns. PHILADELPHIA,Jure zr. By our laft Advices of the 4th Inftant, from Pitts- burg, we have thePieafure of afluring our Readers, that the Garrifon there was well, and under ne apprehen- fions of an Attack from the Enemy : That what jittle Mifchief has happened on the Communication, was done by the Tawaws only ; and that the Delaware In- dians are firmly attached to the Englith Intereft. N E W.Y OR K, June 23. From Above we are affured, That a Flag of Truce came in the Week before laft to Fort Edward from Carillon, fomething relating to the Exchange of Prifo- ners : That Mon/. Bovconville wase a2 thas Placs - Thae not more than 14 fail of ftore and provifion fhips only, out of 32, were arrived at Quebec ; And that Admiral Durell was attaally as far up St. Lawrence, as Ifle aux Coudre, (abont 6o or 70 miles below Quiebec) And that General Prideaux was got as far towards Ofwego as the Onayda Lake. Yeflerday the Mail for Falmouth clofed at the Poft Office, and this Morning the Halifax Packet Boat,Capi. Bolifon, fail’d with it for England. Yefterday Capt. Carlifle arrived here from Jamaica, in 4 Weeks : The 1gth Inflant, in Lat. 37, he was chafed by a Brig, and on the 22d by a Sicop, boih whichk he imagined were French Privateers. BOSTON, Julyz. By a Veflel arrived here laft Monday in eight Days from Louifbourg, we learn, That a Schooner arrived there before fhe fail’d which was taken by Ad. Dareil within 18 Leagues of Qaebec, as fhe was bound to France with Difpatches, which he hove over. The Captain of her gave Information, that 2 Ships of the Line, z Frigates, and 13 Sail of Tranfports- with Pro- vifions, &c. were all that had arrived there from France this Spring. Laft Wednefday, Capt. Harvey arrived here ina Schooner from Louifbourg, whichPlace he left the 12th of June laft; by whom we learn, That before he fail’d, they had Advice by feveral fmall Veflels that came in with Sea Coal, That they faw Admiral Saua- ders’s Fleet, two Days after the Hard Gales of Wind, on the 7th and 8th ult. 15 Leagues from Louis- bourg, and feven to the Eaftward off the Land ; and had heard of no Damage they had {uftainéd. ¢“ By a Letter from Louifbourg, dated the 11th uit. we have Advice, that General Whitmore had certain Intelligence from Admiral Durell’s Fleer, that twenty three Veflels were gone up St. Lawrence - River, witia Supplys for Quebeck, and that 6 of that Number were Frigates, Wednefday arrived here Capt. Chriftopher Gardner, in a Schooner from St. Martins, in 15 Days, who in- forms, That he was taken by a French FPrivateer the 4th of April laft, and carried into Martineco, where he was detam’d a Prifoner till zoth of May, when by a Cartel for the Exchangef Priloners, he, with a Number of others, was refeas’d ; and put in Maller of this Schooner at St. Kirts'—Several who had been ta- ken and exchanged, came Paflengers in hima; ¢ne of whom left Martineco the firft of this Month :—That from the (aid 4th of ‘April to that Time, no lefs than 49 Veflels belonging to Britifh Subj{ls had beea izken by the French Privateers and carried/ into that 1Maid, having