The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 11, 1759, Page 2

¢ T ranfports, with a Lieut. and Seamen of the avy to attend him ; who proceéded down to Bay St. Paul, which is oppofite this Ifland, the North Side, with Diretionsto deftroy that Parifh, having about 200 Men who had Been attive in diftrefling the Shipping and Boats.--- At 3 0’Cloek in the Morning Capt. Gorham landed, and forced two of their Guards, of 20 Men each, who fired fmartly for fome Time; but in two Hours drove them All from their Covering in the Woods, and clear’d the Village which they burnt, confifting of about 50 fine Houfes and Barns; deftroyed moft of their Cattle: Inthis, one Man was killed and 6 wounded of the De- tachment; but two of the Enemy kill’d, and feveral wounded who were carried off.--- Fromthence the Rangers, &c. proceeded to Mal-Bay, 1o Leagues to the Eaftward on the fame Side, there deftroyed avery pretty Parith, drove off the Inhabirants and Stock without anyLofs.---- After which, they made a Defcent onthe South Shore oppofite Ifle- aux-Coudre, deftroyed Part of the Parifh of St. Anns and St. Roe, where were very handfome Houfes with Farms, and loaded the Veflels with Cattle : One Midthipman and 3 Seamen were wounded in coming with a Meflage from the Veflel on Shore.--- They returned to Ilfle aux Coudre the 15th of Auvguft; and were to join the General by the 20oth, for fome furcher Daty. Extrat of a Letter from a military Officer, dated at King George's Battery atPoint Levee, near Quebeck, Aug. 13,1759. ¥ru¥x AM nowalmoft happy in feeing Englifb * I * Batteries play upon Quebeck, as ours bas MREX done ever fince the 12th of Fuly, and with great Joy let you know we have been [ fuccefs- Jul as fearce to leave a Houfe in the Place that is not battered down, by our Guns ; or burnt to Afbes byour Mortars :---Canadais a rich Country to Appearance, as any in America :--- The Ifland of Orleans is like a Garden, from one End 1o the other : The Houfes of the Inbabitantsare [o nu- merous, that you would think it to be one continy’d Village, for many Leagues above and below Que- beck:---I am moft fure we (ball takethe Piace; if not, all France can’t fave them from Ruin and Deftrultion 5 for we [ball burn their Houfes, de- Stroy their Corn, and eat their Cattle, which are bro’vinto Camp by our Parties, g or 400 at atime, end killed for the Ufe of the Englifb Army.-- My Glafs is fill'd, which I defirn Drinking to the Health and Happine[s of our Friends in Bofton, if the French don’s knock it out of my Hands before I get it tomy Mouth, for they bave beena livele Troubelfome this Morning ; their Bell bas rung for Prayers, which makes me believe it is Sunday, therefore will fend a few MefJengers to their Church from our 32 Pounders, knowing the French Politenefs, that they always chufeto give Way to Strangers, efpecially when they carry the broad Arr----. After the Town is taken, I come to Bofton, have got a fine Irench Horfe, who knows how to run when pufbed, as well as bis late Mafter.”------- Our farther Accounts are, That Shells were conftantly firing from our Basteries at Poin: Le- vee, againfl the City of Quebeck, the Houfes in the lower Town were alnoft reduced to Afbes, and near 30o Houfes in the upper Town demo- lifbed, with the Cathedral, and the Mrgazine there blownup: Few Inhabitants were in the Towns, they having retived to the Camps.--- Ad. Saunders with 14 Sail of Men of War were at the Weft- End of the Ifland of Orleans ; and Ad- miral Durell with fome otbers at Ifle Madame.-- That the Raf: whick was fent dvwn the River the 28th at Night, was very long and piled high with combuftible Stuff, and fent from the Ene- my’s Shore todeftroy the Shippieg ; hut this was towed afbore by our Boats,in the fame Manner their Firefbips were when our Veffels went firft upthe River: To prevent [uch Attempts for the future, it was given out, thai the Prifoners taken afbore, Men, Women and Children were put on board two large Ships, and were put in the firft of the Range, that if any more Rafis came down they will fir/& meet with them. -8 Not with- ftanding the flrong Intrencbuients, and the Dif- ficulty of Accefs to the Enemy, which is the chicf Obfiacle in our Way, ivis not dgubted npon tie * Whale, that if General Amherft with bis Army gets-down to Quebeck in Seafon, the Brivifd Troops will foombe in Pofleflion of Canada; or if onehalf of General IVdife’s Troops could get ever tothe knemy, they would be able (by the Blefling of Heaven) ta drive them from their Jtrong Holds : L; is fuppos'dthe Regulars among them do not amount to 4000, the otker, are Cana- dians chiefly the Peafants, which are about 1 1,- 000 ;5 who were fodiftardly cs rot to purfue our Party that wererepulfedfrom their Intrenchments onthe 31/2.--- Admiral Saunders had offered Ge- neral Wolfe a Number of Men from his Ships : Our Treops might forn get PofJefJion of the City ; but that they wanted to get tothe French Army: However, if this was found impracticable, the whole Country will be deftroyed, and ihe Encmy left withaut Shelter : Our Troops will, it is faid, Sirongly fortify 1fle aux Coudre, and a great Part of our Trseps winver there, that in the Spring thefirft Force which [ball arrive, will certainly be Maflers of that Country : But moft are of Opinion the Enemy wiil fubmit beforeit is Time for the Britifb Troops to come off : An Officer of Dijlincionin the Navy, writes to his Friend here, “Sir, I have totellyou, Quebec is a very ftrong Place ; however we are in bigh Spirits. I have no doubt we [ball get into it by and by.”--- Many other Letters from Officers are expre(fed muchin the fame Terms.------ We learn further, That we bave bad very falfe Notions of the Coun- try of Canada, and the Navigation of the River St. Lawrence ; that it is but necefJary for a Sea- manto go up once, to acquaint himfelf with it: That the Land is fo far from being barren, that all along the Country, as well as on the Iflands, there are fine Fields of Indian-Corn, IWheat, Green- Peas, Paflures of fine Grafs; and the Cattle fat and plenty, many of them taken, and brought to our Army by the Scouting-parties ; there arealfn a great Plenty of Wild Fowle and Pigeons on the Sea-Shore : The IWeather in Fuly was much as it is in New-England in that Montbh, hot, but generally more Rain; and it istho't the Winteris not fotedious as we have beard, the Arrival of the French Frigates and Tranfports focarly, and the Forwardnefs of the Grain plainly evinces the consrary.--- The Villa- ges up the River are compaél, and the Houfes well built.------ ‘ It is faid that moft of the 300 Provincials that went from bence are inlifted in the Ranging Service. General Wolfe bad fent a Manifefto to the Inhabitants of the feveral Villages, to [fibmit themfelves to bis Britannick Majefty's Arms, and they [bould be protelied ; we have not yet obain- eda Copy of the faid Manifefto. The following Officers were wounded at the Attack of the French Intrench- ments near Beauport, within 6 Miles of Quebeck, July 31, 1759. Capt. Hamilton of the 40th Regiment, and Licut. Collingwood of the 45th of Louisburg Grenadisrs. Capt. Loftus of the 15th. LCaptain Ince, Lieuts. Gore and Blakeney of the 35th. Capt.Smelt and Lt. Elpbinfton of the 47th. Capt. Edmondfon, Lieuts. Hawthorn, Percival, and Webbh of the 48th. Caps. Leland of the 581b. Captain Ochterlony, Lieuts. Archibald, Euver, Kennedy, Grandidier and Fobnfon, and Enfign Peyton, of the 2d Battalionof the Royal Au:e- rvicans. Lieut. W¥Villington and Shaw of the 3d Battalion of Royal Americans. Caps. Porter, Sightly. Col. Fraferinthe Thigh. Col. Burton in the [oot. : Capts. Hamilion and Fletcher of Otways, killed. Licut. Ma:bewfon of the 47th Regiment killed. Privates, 55 killed, 300 wounded, moftly flightly. : Capt .. Ochterlony and Enfign Peyton (menti- oned above) were taken Prifoners by the Enemy ; the latter obferving two Indians coming to fcalp him, and having a double barreld Gun in bis Hand, he fired it and killed one of them, while the other made a Thruft at bim with a Cutla/b, he turned the Screw of the Gun, difcharzed it, and killed the other : A French Officer came up and took him, Camp at the Saw-Mills, one Mile from Ticonderoga, dug. #4th. 1750. &&&& E bave a very fine Saw Mill bere, & WV & whigh began to sut three Days ago: &&&& At Ticonderoga they are very bufy im 'y vepairing that Forc: At Crown-Point, where the : Genreraland maft of the Army are, they are build- ing a very large Fort.---Capr. Loringis building a Brig at Ticonderoga of 200 Tons that will carry 20 Cannon.--- About 4 Days ags, as two Ofi. cers, Servants of the 55th Regiment, were over on the Ea/t Side of the Lake gathering foms Greens, they were captivated by a Number of Men, chiefly Indians: Capt. Tout, of the Ran- ¢ 8ers, wasthen out with a Scout of 50 Men, de-+~ Jign'd for St. Fobn'’s, and happencd luckily to land where the Enemy had left their Canve. and ambu[b'd in order to catch them upom their Re- turn, which hein fome degree effected; for they fhat one of the Indians that was foremoft dead upon the Spot, as he was leading one of the ’ Prifoners, the man efcap’d and ot up to Caps. Tout 5 'the other the Enemy carried off.----- - Every Thing goes on fo well, that Iam in bopes of feeing Quebeck in our Poff2[fion before we go into Winter- Quarters.------ By a Veffel which arrived here Yefterdayin 7 Days from Louisbourg we have Advice, That as Joon as the Governor there was informed that two or three Fifbermen were taken by a Challoupe off of Canfo, he immediately ordered 10 Shoops to ve armed, and fent in each a Lieutenant and 50 Men, so look into all the Harbours both o that and the Nova Scotia Shore: They did [o, andat” laft in a Place called Pretou, on the Nova Scotig. Side, theyefpied a Schooner and feveral Canoes, » which they ftood in to deftroy.---- The Enemy . were prepared s and had affembled a large Body on the Banks of the Harbour, where they hada Breaft Work thrown up, and [everal Swivel Guns for their Defence:--Our People [food chofe in to the Schooner to board her 5 bus being then quite clofe to the Shore, and overlooked bya Hill that bung over them at about 40 Yards Diftance Sfrom whencethe Enemy fired very finartly upon them, and wounded one of the Lieutenants and upwards of 200f the Men, [ome of them dan- geroufly.--They were obliged to hawl off again; and at alittle Diftance cannonaded the Schooner, Jo that they think [lie is render’d ufelefs. One of vhe Sloops went to Fort Amberft with the wound- ed Men ; the other returned to Louishourg : We hear the Governor there is determined to deftroy this Sett of the Enemy, who have fince taken feveral Ve[Jels 5 for which Purpofe tws or three more fmall VelJels were juft ready to fail from Louisbourg, By Capts. Williams and White who are arrivedat Salem in 20 Days from the Weft - * Indies, we have Advice, That fome of the Antigua Privateers had taken out of the * French Fleet bound from Martineco to St. Euftatia,three or four French Merchantmen, and two Privateers.---One of the Merchant- men, itis faid, had 700 Hogtheads of Sugar- on board. Yefterday the Province Ship of War King George, Capt. Hallowell, returned from a Cruize. " There having been difcouraging Reports lalt Week concerning our Armyand Fleeg now beficging QUEBECK, - ’ris hop’d the foregoing agreable Intelligence will be ac- ceprable to the Publick--- b We hear from Newbury, That a Gentle- man there has a Letter from Louisbourg, dated the 26thor 28th of laft Month, giving an Account that twoVeflels'had juft arriv’d at Louisbourg from the Fleet, and reporcs that General WOLFE was actually in Pof- feflion of the upper City : whichk we bope will prove true : \ PORTSMOUTH, NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Printed by D. fuwle. b