The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 19, 1759, Page 3

. / \ |/ g ¥ f '1[0 { | | Yiflerday a Veffel arrived at Marblehead in 42 Days from Lifbon, awd by ber we have Letters Jxom thence, dated the 25th and 281k of Auguft, giving the follwwing Accounts, viz ““ We have now [ime glorious News come.in from Germany. Prince Ferdinand by a forc'd """March in the Night, furpriz’d Marfbal Contades at Two inthe Morning, and in the Confufin de- feared bis Army of fi much fuperior Number. de- Proying 15,000 of the Fremh. which we can’t * fuppofe te be exaggerated, as the Accsunt comes , from themfelves. This muf} almoft drive them to Defpair, their Attack upon Hanover being the only Profpeét they bad to acquire any Superiority this Campaign, in Compenfation for their other Loffés ~ T this I bave the Pleajure to adjsin the De- firuftion of great Part of the Taulon Squadron by Admiral Bojeawen. This Aftion happened the ¢ 16tb Inflant, on the Coaft of Algarve, in which Monf. La Clue’s Skip, the Ocean of 84 Brafs Cannon and oue other are burnt ; fonr are taken &y our Fiest, and the feventh which was in Com- pany, there is no Account of, fo fupprfed to have ¢fcaped Admiral La Clue is got ajbore at Lagos .« much wounded, where are alfo about 1400 French- men of the Ships that run afbore, and which our People burnt there = Thefe I underfland are every one Capital Skips of the Line, ard came out of the " Streights with § msre and 3 Frigates, which ’tis faid were feparated in a Fog before the Aftion, and are put into Cadiz, or fome Port néar it. V' We conclude our Fleet is gone to look after them, Jo we may bope fill for jome further Succefs. 1t is concluded the Toulin Ships were deflin’'d to aim at joining the Breft Squadron with a View to at tempt their projelted Invafisn upon England. If they attempt to put to Sea, hope Mr. Hawke will give an equal good Account of them, and that the * "« Maritime Power of oar Enemy will be crafp’d. 1 mf beartily congratulate you on theje bappy Events which muft be produfiive of faviurable Confequeyrces to our general Intireft. ' s Al the decounts we bave bitherto of the Ses Engagement are French ones, 1don't queftion but the Particulars on our fiae will differ much, and |« I am not withont my Sufpicions that the Report g}" the French Figet s [eparating in a Fog is fii- tious, and that the Truth may be, that the other Sbips run.away, and abanden’d their Companions ' to almoft certain Defiruition ; one chief Reafon of my Sufpicion is, that there were three Flag Officers in the Fresch Squadron, and all of them among. the [even Ships which were atcack’d (if " Reports are to be depended on ) arid tis not to be imagined that a Divifion could be feparated by an Accident, and not one commanding Officer ammz v $bem- - a little Time will clear up this Afair. Avguflt 28, Some further News of the late Aftion in Germany is come in by the Way of a Corunna Packet, it feems to bave been as decifize " as wecruld wifh it, but the French having been Jurpriz'd was a Mifreprefentation ; on the con- trary Marfbal Contades and Broglic baving joined, " they macde the Attack, and were miff roughly bandled - We hear that the Lofs on the Part o the Allies is inconfiderable. It Jeems there has . been a fecond Altion in Germany, wherein the " Freneh were routed with great Lofs. The Battle alfs betrorxt the Pruffians and the Ruffians | now think may be depended ox, #he latter are faid to * bave loft therein 10,000 Men. . : Capt. Freeman arrived bere laff Saturday in about 7 Weeks from the Texel . He informs, That * e towch’d in at the Orkney's the 25th of duguft, ‘where be faw the Mafler of a Snow frem Hain- burgh bound to New York, who infurm'd bim, that the King of Pruffiz bad gain’d a compleat Vidtory + ower the Ruffians ; the Ruffians being then within ‘18 Miles of Berlin : And that Prince Ferdinand drove she French into the Wefer, whereby more . * were drowned, than be killed in the Afion. ! d )| . We bavegn Account from New York, that juff befare the Poft Jat out, a Veffel arrived there Jrom the Weft Indies, the Mafler of whom faid, that on the 26th of September, in the Lot. 24: ¢ +30. Lon. 70: 10. W. fram London, he jaw 2t Sail of large Ships, mone of which appeared to bim to be lefs than 50 Guns, which be took to be « French Men of War. The Captain furtber fays | they were lying to, and that they burnt three Ve/- eds, which be fuppr[ed to be Prizzs they had taken ; they afterwards fleered S. by E by which be judged they might be bound to Hifpaniola.---- [ if this Aec- ‘count from New York fbouid prove true, it may surm out to be the Brefl Fleet, which perbaps bas . e ot AR given Adniral Hawke the fl.p, and the French amufing us with an Invafion in Great Britain, ewas ouly aSham ;- - their real Deflination, when join'd 5) M. Bompar's Squadron, might be fome- where to America, or toe Englifp Weft India 1flands, to either of which Places they migit prove very trozble/ome. ) Thur/day next is appointed to be obferved as a Day of public Thank/giving throughsut this Pro- vince, ow Account of the remorkable Succefs of bis Majefly’s Arms this Year in America, more par- ticularly in the Redultion of Luebec, the Capital of Canada. By the Coarier from Albany we learn, That the Stores, {Tc. were putting on board the Veflels in Lake Champlain, and that 4000 troops in th: Redoes and Boats under Conuvoy of the Brig and arm’d Sliop were to embark and procecd forward as lafl thurfday :— That be met Capt. Schomberg at Sh ffield laft tuefday, and smagin'd bhe got to Albany that Night :— that the wflern Indians aere continually coming in and Jecking for Peace; and alfo brought in great Luantities of Furs, {5, Extra&l of a Latter from a Provincial Officer, dated at Fort-Frederick, at the River St. Joha’s in. Nova Scoua, September 16th. —“The 5th of this Month, Col. Arbuthnot, with a Command of g commiffioned Officers (2 of which belonged tc Col. Hoar’s) and $2 Mea Under Ofiicers and Privates, fet oat for a Place about 160 Miles from- this Fort.—The third D1y after we were out,I wasordered to advance with a Party of 20 Men, with the Enfign of our Company, (Capt. Parker)wken we were got at fome Diftance from the main Body, a Number of theEnemy fired upon us ; and,after aFire of about a Quarter of an Hour, the Body came up and drove the Enemy back : We took fome of theirPacks ; but none of the Enemy.— OurEnfign was killed, and 4 more of ourMen, in the Attion —I received a Wound in my Back, but no where elfe, tho’ 2 Balls touch’d me.—5i1x Men were wounded, all belonging to Capt. Parker’s Company, except one.—We brought off our Dead and Wounded and return- ed to Fort Krederick the 11th Inftant. The Wounded are all Jke to recover, excepting LeonardCummings of Litchfield,who we judge to be near his Lnd-—Kendal of Danftable is woinded : William Shelding of Reading, a Corporal, kilied: The relt of the Dead and Wounded belong’d to Col.- Clap’s Regiment, except ane from Newbury. ——Qur Officers and voldiers are healthy, and 2 goodAgrccnfiem ftill continues among us.”’— Hamburgh, Augufl 3. Several copies of the following letters are handed about here. It is written by generalSoltkceff,commander in chief of the Ruflian army, to Mr. de Soltikoff, envoy extraordoiary the z4th of laft month. ‘Yefter- of day about three a’clock in the afternoon we gained a complete viCtory over the enemy,who atttacked uas,with great fury five different times. We have taken a great many prifoners from them and feveral Trophies, As time prefles, I can only fay at prefent, that on our fide we loft lieut. general Demicou, who was flain in the field ; and that the cnemy lofs muft have been very confiderable. 1 fhall fend a more ample detail of this affair by the firt courier. _* P.S. After the baitie a prodigibus number of Pruflian deferters came ever to ourarmy. Hanover,Aug. 5. 4 fecond courier was avriv’d awbich left Menden on the 4th at night, at awbich time the prifoners amounted to 6000. There wvere in Minden, avben it firrenderid, 25,00 regb/ar troops,about 300 light troop,sand upwards of 2000 wounded. General sporken swrites, that the quan tity of bageage, provifions, and ewarlike Sores, Jound in that town, was alimoft incredible : avhat renders the lofs of the French more confiderable, i the death of the Prince de Conde and of the Cuunt de 8t. Germain, awho awere buried at Minden avith allthe Homours of war. Among the priforers t})ty reckon 3 Lieutenant Generals, 4 Moajor-Generals, (marechaux de Camp) § Colunels, andmany other Officers of different Rank. ; A French Officer awvbole name is not mentioned, being cut off from the army in the evening of 4he 24, croffed the Weler in the nigbl awith a body {y' y‘%,‘é._‘"__..anuz.« X o B e B> o ¥ > 12 or 13,000 men, awithout baving Jul fillance for one day ; and that they were impuatient to kninw what would become of this body, wibhife junction, with the reff of the French army, Prince Ferd:- nand was endeavouring to prevent. . 1 be lofs fuflain’d by the French in thelate AS: - ons, is by the beff accounts,as follows, v:.x. 4oco tents, 484 powwder waggons, 235 ammunition dit . 28,000 rix dullars in the military chif}, 190 pieces of cannan, 21 flandards, 17 pair of coiours, 11 kit = tie drums, 6080 prifomers, including 13 gemerals, of awhich three are Princes of the blood, 35 field officers, 245 captains, lieutenants, ard enfigns, 23T Jubaltern, 122 drums, and 840 killed. In all, 16,458. BT e LONDON, . Augufi 16. A public Cenfure has been pafl- ed on the Conduct of a General Officer com- manding abroad, unheard(as we are aflured) in his own Defence. . He has refigned that Com- mand ; ard his Return to his Country will focn be the Confequence . Let him be heard, and the Impartiality of the BritifhNation will judge from Falts of the Jultice or Severity of thia Cenfure. Bl News is jult arrived that Commodare Boys got Time enough off of Dunkirk to prevent Mon{. Thurot from getting ocut ; and that he was inSight of him,but by the Sands prevented from getting at him. Kenfington, Auguft 10. HisMajefty inCouncil was thisDay pleafed to approve of Jams Ham:/- ton, Efg; to be Deputy or Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Pennfylvania, upon the Ap- pointment of 7homas andRichard Penn,Efquires, Proprietors of that Province. E:xtrat of aLetter from anOtficer inCommodore Boy's Fleet, off Dunkirk, dated Augufl 10 at 7 in the Evening. | . * TheMarfhal Belleifle and four other frigates are got out this afternoon in the road. We have the mortification to lie and look at them, but cannot come near them for the fands ; their names, and number of guns as follow, viz. the Marfhal Belleifle 46 guns, the Begon 40, the Blonde 36, the Terpfichore 28, and the Am-, aranthe of 18 Guns. We are affured that according to the account whichCapt. Ligonier has brought to hisMajefty, the lofs of the French in the battle on the 1t inft. coufifts of s000 killed, 3000 drowned, €000 made prifoners, 3000 waggons, 150 iron cannon, 5o brafs cannon, 1500 ftands of arms and all (heirbaggage. The lofs of the Ruflians in the late battle, by their own account-amounts to 1500 flain, and 3000 wounded. Provivce of NEw-HAMPSHIRE, PorTsmouTn, Ofcher 17h. 1759. The Members of the General Affembly of faid Province are de- fired to give their Attendance on Monday the 2gth Inftant at Porz/~ mouth afcrefaid. o By Order of the SPEAKER. ANDREwW CLARKSON, CI™* TO BE LETT, - By Jonathan Moulton, junr. OUR cotmodious FARMS in Hampton on reafonable Terms (either to the Halves or on Hire) the Year enfuing, or feveral Years to come. One of the Farmes has about 150 Acres, the fecond roo, the third 9o, the fourth abodt g5 Acres, being in feveral pieces, belong - ing to the Home Place. One of the Farms has agood Grift Mill and part of a Saw-Mill be - longing to it ——Any Perfon that inclines to take them, t%2 fooner the better— as it will be an Advintage to have the Stocks ‘put on the Farms. this Fall. ) Thofe Perfons poffefs'd of Bencfit Tickets in the County of York Loz~ tery, N X. abo purchas'd them of the Printer bereof, may by bim be paid off. | @ 2 . , ~ & = o 5 B;] a Gentleman from Boflon laft Night, ave bave a Confirmation of Aimral Boscawen’s taking 4 French Men of War, &3 burning 2, as mentioned absve. b X o/ | W 4 b by 3 R