The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 17, 1759, Page 2

fian troops, thought praper to retire, after a flight {kirmifh, and were followed in their setreat to Ditterfback, and as far as Konig- fhayn-in-Bohemia ; but night coming on, and there being dangerous defiles to pafs, it was not thought proper to continue the purfuit 5 the lofs on the fide of the Proflians is very in- confiderable ; and that which the Auftrians have fuffered was chiefly owing to the fuperi- ority of the Pruffian artillery during the retreat. LONDON, : June 12. 1tis faid that 20 battalions,and 10 fquadrons of light borfe will be encamped in the Ifle of Wight for the intended expedition, and to be commanded by Lord Ligonier. *Tis expeiled that the Britannia of 110 guns, . will be ready to fail fome time this montb 1o join Lard Anfon’s fleet, and that Commsdore Howe will {oon proce:d on anetber expedition. We bear that five French fbips with Stores and provifions bave been taken in the Mediter- ranean by one of our men of war in their way to Portmabon. : It is faid, that in cafe the French fhould At- tempt to invade any of bis Maiefly’s dominions, a [cheme is projected o defiroy all their fbipping, flat bottomed boats, E5¢c. and cut off their re- treat in fuch a manner that very few of them will get back again to their own country. Letters from Madrid advife, that fome Spa- nilb armed veffels have taken and carried into Carthagena a Swedilb /bip laden with warlike ammunition, which the court of Stockholm was lending as a prelent to the Regency of Algiers. Three Ships of war are ordered to cruize off and about Milford Haven. Two Dutch men of war failed from the Texel laft funday (' nnight, to cruize in the North Seas. Excra@of a Letter from Portfmouth, June 10. “ Friday morning arrived bere from the fleet bis Majefty’s fbip Chatbam, Capt. Lock- bart, wha lefs Sir Edward Hawke the night before going into Torbay, with 25 fbips of the line. The frigates were left to cruize off Breft till the return of the fleet, which was not to be longer than this day. ““ We hear that Admiral Rodney is togo to the Meditereanean with Six [ail of the line. <. At Spithead Admirals Holbourne gnd Rod- ney, with ten fail.”’ There is advice from Bamberg, that the Pruffian General Iizenplitz was killed there by a fall from bis Horfe. On Sunday were brought from Briol, in cuflody of fome of bis Majefly’s me[Jengers, three young Frenchmen, wha were taken up on fufpi- cion of being [pies, as theve were found on them a quantily of papers, containing (as it is faid) plans of all the ports and barbsurs on the coaft of Ireland, and a great many of the barbours in gales, with their refpefiive fitnation, Brength, ¥ Aletter from the Hague of the 41b affures us, that the Duke de Broglio, who commanded in the late altion at Bergen, bad been under a Re- primand by the French court, for exceeding bis commiffion in that engagement, on which occa- Jion the allies bad ratber gained the advantage over bis troops ; ’tis added, that the French un- der Contades, &5c. amounted to near 60,000 men.—YeSierday fome difpatches of Importance were fent to the allied army under the Command of Prince Ferdinand and Lord Sackville. We bear that all our ports are to be fecurely guarded, and ihat tranfports are ordered 1o be ready to take on board an additional number of forces, fhould occafion require. The baggage of hisRoyal Highnefs Prince Edward was ordered to be from Saville Houfe this Day for Plymouth, and his Royal High- nels will foon follow, to go on board in an _expedition that is fitting out from that place. By fome particular advice from the KING of PRUSSIA’s camp near Landfhut,we have an account, that a ftrong detachment of his - the court and che people prodigioufly. army were on their march to intercepta body of Auftrians who were advancing from Mo- ravia to join Count Daun’s army.—Letters fram S:xony advife, that the whole town of Carlebad was reduced to afhesby a rerrible fire'on the 25th paft.— His moft Chriftian ‘Majefty and the Duke of Burgundy have been both very much indifpofed, which alarmed ftis faid that pofitive orders have beeh fent to M. Contades to co operate with the Auftrians, and to endeavour to penetrate into Saxony : and that the Toulon fquadron is direéted to to put to fea, notwithftanding the ftrength of the EnglifhFleetin theMediterranean —The laft Letters from Lifbon fay, that the build- ings of that cityare carried on with great vi- gour and uniformity, and that all the Jefuits that could be found -within ten miles of that place, were taken up and confined.—Yefter- day it was reported, that a thip from Wales for London, loaded with cannon, mortars, guas and thot, defigned for the India compa- ny, who putinto Oftend by ftrefs of weather, is there feized by order of the Emprefs Queen The Difpatch, Duncan, from Africa.is-arrived at Dover, after being taken by a privateer of Bayonne, of 18 guns, who ‘had taken and ranfomed the following fhips, viz. the Kingfton, Ryburn, from Glafgow ; Nancy, Gardner, from Briftol to Halifax Providence, Finch, and Rofary, Butler, both from London to Virginia. : The Grantham, Capt. Fobn Oliver from Ben- gal, but laf} from Fort St. Georg., was taken by swo French Men of War off the Cape of Good Hope. Tbhe French bad fo many people on board, that they bad not roum for the Grantham’s crew, and therefore put great part of them on board a Danifh fhip, which bas landed them at Copenbagen. 1t is faid, that befides the value of 200,000 /. in diamonds on board the above Eaft Indiaman, fbe bad bad effeils of Col.Clive’s - on board valu’d at 50,0004, The report of the Hardwick, Capt. Samp- fon, a homeward bound Eaft India fhip being taken, is f2id to be without foundation. The Grantham Indiaman is faid to be purchafed by the Dutch. We bear the encampment of the forces will be in Somerfetfhire, Devonfhire, Dorfetfbire, Hampybire, Suffex, Kent, and Suffolk. Admiral Hawke is arrived at Torbay, and bas left 12 fbips of the line, befides frigates, to block up the French flzet in Breft 5 but will re- tyrn again as foon as he has taken n frefb water and provifions, and is joined by fome bomb velels and fire lbipg, which are almoff ready to fail. T The tranfports that are to carry the troops and warlike ftores to Guadaloupe, are all arrived in the Downs. Laft Saturday orders were fent to the Tower for a large train of Artiliery to be got ready with all expedition, which, it is faid, are intended for Germany. By a private letter from the fleet commanded by Admiral Hawke, we are informed, that they were cruizing off Ufbant the 27th ult. fo clofe to the fhore, asto fee the boufes. The 24th they faw a French man of war, but fbe was to windward of them, and fo clofe in fhore, that they could not come at ber. They often beard their fignal guns in Bres? barbour, where there are tem men of war, waiting fer 5 more that are coming from Rochefort , but believe cannot get in without firfk fighting them. Never were there fuch Cowards 5 to fee a fleet of but 17 fail of the line cruizing before their principal barbour, and not to fight them, altho’ they can muster 25 fail of the line. ' The Moagnanime, Fame, Monmouth and Southamp- ton are gone' on a private crize, under Com- modore Kepple in the Torbay. The 271h in the morning the Melampe and Rocbefter joined thenm. ; Vienna, May 26. 'Tis teported that . his Pruflian Majefty is gone to Bieflau in Silefia with a confiderabie part of his ar- my, in order to difappoint the defigns of " the Auftrians. > Hague, fune 5.0 Prince Ferdinand”, keeps his former pofition uponthe Lippe - and Roer, and his Serene Highneis's head quarters continued at Recke. Mar- fhal Contades feems ftill to purfue his firft plan of affembling" his army upon - | the frontiers of Hefie. The corps under M. d’Armentieres remains at Wefel and Pufleldorft. Wurtsburg, June 1. A mercilefsenemy,* for an innocent miftake, Reduced Bam- berg to the extremity of diftrefs. The Magiftrates prefented their keysto Prince Henry, who promifed that the town fhould meet with no ill ufage, provided no troops were retained in it. The Pruffian independent companies came to take pofleffion of the gates, before the return of the Magiftrates ; 150 Croats had get into the town during the abfence of the Magiftrates, and not thinking themfelves bound by a reddition which , had not yet come to their knowledge, they fired, and afterwards all retreated, without any lofs. His Royal Highnefs called this accident a breach of the ca- pitulation, and gave up the town to be pillaged.. To this work the foldiers proceeded with as much gravity as if they had been going to affift at divine fervice. ‘The officers and fubalterns had their platoons, and certain' quarters and houfes were affigned them, as the obje&ts of theirvengeance. This fcene happened . i on the 16th. - Notice was given to the officers and foldiers, that for four hours they wereaccountable only to themfelves. This time being expired, the drums call- ed every man backto hiscolours covered with arms and laden with {poil. On the 17th the fame fcene was repeated, but the time was confined to two hours. . BOST ON, Auguft 13. Tle followivg is extraited from two London Prints of the 7th and gth of Fune. The French Court are employed on two Objets, feemingly contradictory,but (fay the Letters from Paris) no Way im- practicable ; one is, the making a DES- CENT IN ENGLAND ; the otherto prevent the Englith from making a Def- cent in France. In order to carry into . Execution the firft of thefe objectsTroops are filing down to the Sea Coaftin great Numbers, where lay the flat bottcm ' Boats, and. 'twas tho't they would em= bark about the 10th or 12th of June.--~ That one of our Cutters returned from the Coaft of France, gave an Account. that at Havre they faw about 100 flat bottom boats, and more a building, and that there were upwards of 5000 Sol- diers to guard them ; the Cutter got furs ther Intelligence,that there were between 4 and 500 more to aflemble from the different Parts of Breft, Dunkik, &c. And that they intend to land thofe from - Havre at Dungenefs ; thofe from Dun- kirk at Yarmouth, or near there, and thofe from Breft at Portland Bill ; the flat bottom Boats are 100 Feet long and - 24 broad, draw 3 Feet of Water and fail with one Maft.-.-That in England all ”~