The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 26, 1759, Page 3

R ‘ ' 0 <Advices from QUEBECK. T be following is the moft particular Account that ave areBbie to give, of the Engagement fought on the Plains of Abraham, on the 13th of Sep- teinber, between the ‘Troops of bis Britannic ~ Maj:fty, under the Command of Major General JAMES WOLFE, and that of the French King, under the Command of Lieutenant Gene- ral Montcalm ; in awbhick the former gain’da compleat Viftory ; bro't by Captain Furlong avbo arrived here Yiflerday in 16 Days from Quebeck, viz. i ENERAL Wolfe finding nothing wotid Y invite the Enemy to give him Battie while he remained at Montmorancy, retired from theace on the 4th Day of September, and re- folved to endeavour to effe@ a landing on the back of theTawn ; to make fure of this, it was , abfolutely neceflary to {urprize them ; he there- fore prevailed on Admiral Sannders to fend up above the Town fome Traniports and a large Number of Boats, all which got fate by, not- withftanding the Esemy’s confiant Fire upon them from all their Batteries which were com pofed of above one Hundred and thirty Pieces of @annon, from fix to forty-two Pounders, the Jatter fired red hot Shot. General Walfe marched his Army fromPoint I evee to the River Eckemain, and embarked theri on boasd the Tranlports.—On the 12th he gave Orders for the Army to be in Readi- pefs to land the next Morning beforeDay-light, under the height of Abraham : Accordingly they landed and imimediately attacked and rout- . e the Enemy, taking Poffeflion of 2 Battery " of four 24 Pounders and ome 13 Inch Mortar, with an inconfiderable Lofs.. We then took Pofleffion on the Plains of Abraham, which Monf. Montcalm (on hearing that we had land - ed, for he did not at a]l czpedt us) hafted with his whole Army to give us Battle : About g 0’ Llock we obferved the Enemy making down towards us in three Columns; at ten they form- ed their Line of Battle, which was at leaft fix deep, having their Flanks cover'd by a thick Wood on each Side, into which they threw a. bove three Thoufand Canadians and a great Number of Indians, and who gauled us much ; . the Regulars then advanced brifkiy up to us and gave s their firft Fire, at about 5o Yards ¢if- tance, which we did not return, as it was Gen. ~ Wolfe’s exprefs Orders not to fire till they came within 20 Yards of us,—they continued firing by Platoons, and advanting in a very regular Manner; till they came clofe up to us, and then the Aétion became g_cn.era',in about 15 Minutes -the Enemy gave W:y on all Sides, when a molt terrible Slaughter eniued ; we purfued thm to the Walls of the Town, regardlels of an excel fiye heavy Fire from their Batteries, and ganed a comapleat Viftory.—At 4 in the Afternoon Mond. Bocanville 2ppeared with coo Foot and "« .2co Horfe on the great Road (that leads from ' Montreal to Quebec) mzking towards a Poft on the Plain, occupied by a Bedy of our Light In- fintry.—Oan immediate Notice of which Briga- dier Gen, Burton with the 35th and 4oth Re- giments marched to the left t receive him, but he no {ooner perceived our Difpofition made to engage him, than he faced to the Right about and made a molt precipitate Retreat.—At ten at Night we furprized the Guard, and took Pofleflion of their Grand Hofpiial, wherein we ' found between twelve and fittcen Hundred Sick { .and Wounded. The Troops laying on their Arrhedll Night; von the 14th in the Morning, we fecured the » Bridge of Boats they had over Charles River, and made ourfelves Mafters of all the Ports that > were or might be of any Confequenc - eading to ' the Town ; and at Night we broke Ground at about 100 Yards diftance from the Walls,where ‘we had every Thing preparing for ereting Bat- teries in order to make a Breach and ftorm, but , was prevented by their beating a Parly, and fending out a Flag of Truce, with Articles of " Capitulation, and in a few Hours after we 100k Pofleflion of the City, where we found 250 Pieces of Cannon, a Number of Mottars from o to 15 Inches, Field Pieces, Hawitzers Royals, &c. &c. with a largeQuantity of Artillery Stores, S The Day af:er the Engagement the Enemy abandoned Beauport, Jeaving beh:nd them about 80 Pieces of Cannon and 3 Mortars,having firft fet Fireto all their floating Batteries, and biew up their Magazine ot Powder,for fupplying them aud the Troops that were on that :ide. The poor Remains of the French Army (about ten ‘Thoufand Canadians) have retired to Jaques Quartiers, under the Comaand of Monl. Levy, but the Canadians. are deferting in great Nam- hers every Day and coming in to furrender them- felves and taking the Oaths of Allegiance to His Britannic Majelty.—Monf. Vaudruiil, ftole out of the Town dnring the Battle and efcaped — The French in theTown and about us are {tarv- ing for Want of Provifions ; trom which it is realonzble to imagine the whole mott fhortly fursender, even at Difcretion.—We have f{ent op to T'rois Rivierie, for 5 Frigates and 11 fail of Tranfports which arrived here lalt Spring from France, and which the Enemy deferted upon hearing of the furrender of the Town. The Enemy loft in the Engagement, Lieut. Gen. Montcalm, two Brigadier Generals, one Colonel, two Lieut. Colorels, and at leaft 1 500 Officers and Men kill'd and taken Prifoners, a- mongft the former are 58 Cfficers :—On our fide were killed the brave and never to be for- gotten General WOLFE, with g Officers, 4 Serjeants and 44 Privates : Wounaed, Brigadier Gen. Monckton ; Col. Carlton, Quarter Mafter Gen;ral ; Major Barry, Adjutant General ; and 5o other Officers, with 26 Serjeants, and 557 Rank and File.—This Aétion 1s the more glo- rions,as theEnemy were at leaft 12,000 firong, befides soo Horfe ; we were abeut 4500, fome of whom did not engage. ; Brigadier Gen. Murray is appointed Gover-. nor of the Town, and the whoie Army left to garrifon it ;. --Brigadier Gen. Burton commands m the lower Town with the 48th Regiment and Detachments from the feveral others:— Brigadier Towafend is gone home in the Fieet to England, and Brigadier Monckton intends for the Continent, Monf. Montcalm, a« the French Prifoners fay, wasalmoft fure of Succefs, telling his Men Wolfe was a Young Officer, and he would foon chaftife him.—The French Regular Battalions are reduced to 150 Men each, and molt of the Indians have left them. The Walls of Que- bec are 150 Feet thick. Colonel Hale failed in the Medway Man of War Exprefs for England, with the Surrender of Quebec, General Workes's Body was car- ried home in the M:dway. Mon{. Mountcalm wis thot from off ni1s Hotfe, and died foon after. His Remains were interr’d in the City. Capt. Furlong informs, that the Garrifon Jarrendered Priioners of war, and marck’d out of theCity accordiugly,and were immediately embark- ed on board the Traniports ; and that fuch of the French Inbabitants as aneuld ceme in and sake the Qaibs of Allegiance, were permitted to enjoy their Eflatgs. The Northampton Poft Rider informs us,That be Jasw three Gentlemen at Deerfield that came from Crown-Point by the Way of No. Four, awho in- Sformed bim, that General AMHE RS was fafely latded at St. Fobn's, and intrenched. Extraét of a Letter trom Louifbourg. On the 16th of September, Major Scorsr was ont burning the Ccuntry with 1600 Men ; Co- Jonel Burtoh was at Point Levy with zo00 Men ; and on the Ifland of Orleans there were 1560 Men : But notwithitanding this Divifion, on the 13th of September, [let this Day be had ‘in everlafting Rememberance] our brave and immortal General WoLrg, with 5obo Men only, landed as dbove ; when Gen. Mont- calm maiched and oppofed him with 10,000. Thus the Combat began and lafted feveral Hours, wlen the Enemy’s Cavalry, which they attacked us with as well as [nfantry) gave Way, and the former falling back upon the lattei’,. put the whole into Confufion, when they one and all fled, our Veterans making prodigious S'aughrerin the Fiight, and purfued them to their very Sally Ports. 1bis Morning a Bear aas Fi!l'd at the Jouth Part of this Lown, that weigh'd 17 Score and 7 Pounds, Extra& of a Letter from Cadiz, dated Au- gult 29, 1759. - “ On the 10th Current at 4 in the Morning, died FERNANDO the Vitk, late King of Spain : Iis beliewed Carlos the 111d avill make no Delay in coming to the Kingdom from Naples, avhere be leavves bis Son in Poffiffion of that Croavn—=Sewvin Ships of the Line, under the Command of Adamiral Pearo Stuart, failed the 17th Inflant from Car- thagina for Naples, 4o bring the King ; and this Day Jailed hence for faid Place, Aémiral Nawvarro, avith 13 Ships of the Line.— Admiral Bofcawen and Broderick, wha avere awatching the Fremch Squadron_at ‘[oulon all this Summer, being in- formed they avere difarmed and laid up, awbich ap- peared to them to be really fr, being- all unrigged, &c. as not daring to wenture out~: Said Admirals quitted the Blockade and arrived at Gibraliar the 3d Current, with 1§ Sail of the Line and 10 Frigates ; but on the 16th in the Ewening, the Wind firong Eafl, Jaid Toulon Squadron unex- pedtadly appeared off Ceuta, on avhich Bofcawen got ready with increcible Expedition, and about 10 that Night [ailedout of the Gulph in order to aait, or go in quefl of the French «wbo gt through the Gulph abour 12 the Jame Night ; but being Separated by the Violence of the Gale, 5 of the Line ard 3 Frigates arrived bere the next Morn- ing about 10 0’Clock ; the other 7 all of the Line, avas luckily met by Bofcawen betaween 12 and 1 o' Clock the fame Day, about 8 Leagues off Cape St. Mary's ;5 for fome Time "twas a running Fight, but at lafl the Fronch form’d a Line, and fought Sinartly for about 4 Hours, fome fay until about 8 0'Clock at Night, avhen they endiavoured to get off (during which Time one of their Ships avas taken) and under favour of the Night four got into Lagos ; but Admiral Bofcawen in the Morn- ing cut out and carried off two of them, and fet Fire to the other tawo ; but the other tawo efcaped inthe Night.—Qur Ships reciived wery little da- mage, and lsf} Eut feais People 5 the French a good many, their ddmiral, Monf.de la Clue, bad one Leg broke, the other auounded ; thus their Euterprize is overfet.— Admiral Bofcaven with 6 Ships and the tawa Prizes are pone Home, but Admiral Bro- derick cruizes off this Place avith o Ships of the Line and fome Frigates, watching the French that came in bere. They avrite from Gibraltar that three Captains are [ilpended and fent home—not havwing done their Duty in the aforcmentioned A&ion.’ , Latt Thurfday Afternoon between Ifle of Shoals and Boon Ifland, a Schooner lying as a Wreck was feen with the Head of her Fore- maft out of Water, and her Maiamaft carried away ; her Stern fometimes wafh’d above Water, and is fuppofed to be a Banker. Tuelday Night a Young Man, named Pils- bury, had eone of his Legs fhattered, by the Difcharge of a Cannon at New Bofton, of which he died {oon after it was cut off. He has left a Wife and 5 Children. Saturday laft His Excellency our Governor was pleajed to Adjourn the great and General Court or Affembly to the firf Day of November zext. Friday laft arrived at Providence, a Prize Sthooner Burthen 60 Tone, from Monto Chrif- to, laden with Molaffes and Sugar : She was taken from the French bound from the Miffippi to Cape Francois, with Naval Stores, by Capt. Abraham Whipple, Commander of the Priva- teer Schooner Game Cock of faid Providence; who alfo took a French Sloop on the coaft of Hifpaniola, and ordered her to the Mount. The (ame Day as they were Firing their Rejoi- cing Cannon at Providente, one Jobn Brown in attempting to load one of them before it awas Jpung'd, it avent off and tore bis drms all to Pieces. T.0 .88 SOLD 8 Ammi Ruhamah Cutter, At his Shop near the State- Houfe, Port/mouth ; A Frefh Aflortment of Medicines, . alfo SPICES of all Kinds, and Paintess Colours. TO. BE SOLD BY Michael 17 bidden, junr. a DWELLING HOUSE,two Story high, 27 Feet long,and 17 wide, fituated 1n the Noiih Part of this T'own,