The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, February 1, 1760, Page 1

g FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I. 1760. J . ‘{A THE . s . Containing the Frefheft Aduvices % | From the Lonpon GazeTTE. g4 '\ Macpeeurc, O&. g. X HE whole Ruflizn Army having repafled the Oder, the communication with the King’s army is®again opened 5 and, in confequence thercof, the following ac- "‘\\ counts, dated the s5th inftant, have juft f been received from his MazjeRty’s head \ Quarters at Zoerbau. At thetime that the Ruflian army NN, A MY had quitted the camp at Guben, Marfhal Daun ordered a freth reinforcement of 5 regiments of horfe, and fome battalions to Spremberg, in order to join the Ruflians at Chriftisnftadt. As there feemed to bz no farther doubt but that the combined army was upon its march to undertske the fiege of Glogau. the King thought pro- per to get before them, The march of his army was p made with fo much expedition, that they arrived the . 2aft Inftant at Sagan, and 224 at NeuRadt, whillt the enemy, who had a much fhoster way to go, could reach no farther the fame day than Freyftadt. Thhe 23d the enemy’s army dire€ted its march towards the Odler, which feemed to denote an intention of pafling along the banks of the river, and advancing to Beuthen. The King caufed the Heights of Nenker(dorff and Baunav, behind Beathen, to be occupied : both armies remain- ed all night under arms. The enemy’s made -divers contrary motions, by which we judged that their inten- tion was, either to attack us, or that their motions pro- ceeded from their plan being difconcerted. In effe we were poflefled of part of the camp which they themfelves intended to have occupied ; and the next day their Generals came to reconnoitre our pofition. Whether the good countenance we fhewed impofed upon them, or whether they had other reafons they however retreated, and about noon they were feen to itch their tents. The following days were employed in making bridges over the Oder, at Carolath, and their T'roops began to goover the 28th. Uponthe firft ad- * vice the King had of it, he went out atthe head of fome of his troops, in order {o harrafs the enemy’s rear guard, but his Majefty could not reach the bridge fooner than an hour afier they all bad paflcd it ; and we made only a few prifoners. The army then marched, the 2d Init. to Glogau, and the King crofled the Oder with a con- fiderable corpfe to obferve the enemy. 'T'he head quar- ters were fixed at Zcebau, near Glogau, where ihey ftill continued on the 5th. The Ruffians incampzd at firft ac Billaba, as did General Laudohn at Shutlau ; but they have juft now purfued their march as far as Schli chingtheim ; fothat their defizn upon Glogau feems to have been dropt. Vienna, Of. 3. Recruits are raifing every where to complete the troops of the Emprefs Queen. Ne- verthelefs a peace this winteris much talked of, and more withed for. ; Drefden, (in Saxony) O&. 7. 'The Aemies of Mar- fhal Daun and Prince Henry of Pruffia are encamped within four Leagues of each other, 'The Governor of Leipfick, the Garrifon of which Place has been augment- ed to eleven Battalions, has declared to the Maugiltrates, that agreeable to his Orders, he would defend the City to the laft Extremity, in cale it fhould be sttacked by the Kings Enemy’s ; and that he fhould even fet Fire to the Suburbs in cafe of Neceflicy: Leipfick, (in Germany) O&. 8. The Day before Yefterdsy we were upon the Point of a Battle, which muft decide the Fate of Saxony. Our Gates were fhut and the Prufians fortified themfelves in the Caltle of Pleiffenburg. In the Afternoon the Gates were opened ! to a large Body of Infantry, and our Suburbs were oc- cupy’d by greaz Numbers of Cavalry. The Impoerial and Royzl Army, which has been joined by the Gene- rals Haddick and Brentano, was oo she 5ith Inftint on the left Shore of the Elbe, beiween Strehlen and OF chaiz, towards which Place the Left of Prince Henry's ' Army bears, and the two Armics are but half a League afunder. Nhe Pruffians have been reinforced by 10,000 Men, befides the Bedy of Troops commanded by Ge- neral Finck. Prince Henry is very advantageoufly poft- ed, but his Retreat is cut cff. Franckfort, (in Germany) O&. 11. The Armic: up. on the Lahne continue pretty nearly in the fame Situa- tion, and nothing material has paffcd between them, excepta few Skitmifhes, in which the Light Troops of 4 the Allies have always the Advantage. It is at length ’ determined, that the Troops of Wirtemberg, confilting of near 15,000 Men, are to reinforcs the French Army; \ And that they are to encamp and a& feparately,, under li,fl the command of the Duke their Mafter. { , . Marfebouarg, O&. 12. Prince Henry has detached \veral regiments to Leipfick. Count de Bulow enter- 4 ged that city the 6th inftant with 2 body of Infantry and % uflars, and the next day three more battalions arrived “there ; fo that the Burghers who had befo:¢ fix or eight \ men quartered upon each of them, are now obliged ro | emteraint twenty, ‘This reinforcement was fent upen i g f ew-Hampfhire & fuppofizion that a confiderable body of Auftrians would march towards Leipfick. Itis reported that General Haddick has defired leave to refign his commard. : _ Bertin, Of. 12. According to fome sdvices the ng is no longer acting in perfon againft the Ruflians, but is actually in Saxony. Franckfort, Oc2. 8. 1t is faid that the troops of Wartemburg will fer out the 2oth inftant to join the French army ; and a report prevails, that the Pelatine and Bavarian troops will foon do the fame; but thisis not quite o certain. Some people pretend that the Pa- latine troops will occupy Mentz at the requeft of the Ele&or, not as troops inthe pay of France, but as troops of the Empire, to prevent the French from tak- ing pofleflion of that place. A change of fyflem is fpee- dily expeéted at fome courts. Hansver, O&. 14. General Imhoff waits for his re- inforcements to march ftrait to M. d’ Armentieres. Mean while he endeavours to maintain, by {mall fkir- mifhes and Coups de main, the alcendency which our troops feem to have gained over the troops of France, Whiilt he was advancing by Applehufen to Dulmen, he fent forward to Dorften a large body of light troops, fupported by fome infantry and horfe, the whole under the command of Adjutant-General Below. This officer marched with fuch fpecd and {fecrecy, -that his whole corps arrived within fight of Dorften at noon. To ren- der the furprize more complete, he himfelf left the main body, attended only by fix huffurs. According ly, the guard at the head of the bridge were cutin pieces, 2nd thofe who ran to their affiftance were re- pulfed. Meun while the alarm fpread : the French had timeto fhut the gate ; and the time which the Heffian and Scheiter’s grenadiers required to force it, gave the eremy time to evacuate the town. They fled acrofs ficlds with a fmall part of their arms and baggage ; but they were not ali equally lucky, 2 Captains, -3 Lieuts: and 80 private men, were made prifoners: Next day, a Licut. Col. who had fecreted himfelf in the place, and defpaired of elcaping, voluntarily furrendered him'elf. L O N D O N, O&ober 11. The follsewing is the Account which the French court bas publifped of M. De laClue's Engagement with Admi- ral Boftawen. : 53 N the 16th of Augut, at fix in the evening, M. de la Clue’s fquadren made the ftrait of Gib- raliar. At eleven it was off that place, and the next morning, at two o’clock, it had paffed the firaight. It was in two divifions ; one of feven fhips of the line, led by M. de la Clue, and the other of five fhips and three frigates, under the command of M de Caftillon. ‘The wind was high, and the night very dark. M. de la Clue had ordered his divifion to maks all the fail they could on his making a fignal by firing two guns ; andM. de Caftiilon’s fquadren to remain in the rear. This order was obeyed ; but it proved the ruin of the firlt divifion ; fur, unhappily, it fteered to the South weft, inftead of fteering to the North-weft, to go ftrait for Cadiz, whither M. de Caftillon went, and to which place the whole {quadron was to have gone. “ The Englifh, being informed by their frigates of their psfling the ftraits, got under fail as faft as pofliole, and followed M. de la Clue’s civifion with 14 fhips of the line, and three frigates. ~ Asill Juck would again have it, this divifion was detained by calms between Cape St. Mary and Faro. The Englifh, more fortunate than we, had wind enough to come up with it on the 17th at noon. M. de la Clue, reduced to the neccflity of making head againft the enemy’s whole fquadron with his feven fhips, took his re¢folutien like a brave man. e made his divifion form one line ; the En- glith formed two lines, in order to put each of De la- Clu¢’s fhips between two fires. « THE engagement began about haif an hour after twelve at noon, and did not end till'a quarter paft feven; It vzas terrible. The French maintained it with a bravery truly admirable, M. de la Clue had (as we have {aid) only {even fhips : and cven all the feven did not ergage; for two were not attacked, and re- mained zllthe while in their fation, that they might not break the line. But; to make up for this, each of the o:her five had fometimes two, - fometimes 3 or 4 of the enemy’s fhips to deal with at once. There were even 7 Englifh fhips on the Ocean, M de¢ 1aClue’s fhip, at one time, and fhe obliged themall to fheer off. At the fecond broad fide which fhe fired againlt the Namur, on board of which was Admiral’ Bolcawen’s flag, the Namur was difmafted and difabled, znd the Admiral obliged to go on board another fhip of cighty guns. The Centaur, commanded by M. deSabranGram- mont, fought fix hours againft four of the enemy; at laft, after lofing all ner mafts, and being feveral times boarded, fhe was furrounded, and forced to fliike. She had only a%out zoo men left. out of 700, and M. de Sabran had received 11 gun fhot wounds, Noms. 174. GAZETTE. Foreign and Domeflick. T e R o e ¢ Every one muft acknowledge that the Varquiflaed, kad all the honour of the engagement ; and tast che Englifh guined an advantage without gaining any ho- nour. It wilieafily be believed that if our fquadron had been joined, theirs would have been beat to fome puspofle; fiuce feven, orrather five, weie able to make head alone zgainft them, and even to do them confide- rable damage. M. de la Clue's fate is much to be re- gretted ; tyho had one leg broke, and the calf of the other carried away ; but what praile is fufficient for his intrepidity and prefence of mind during the engage- ment ! notwithitanding his wounds, he did not quit the command one inftant, and gave his ordérs with admi~ rable coolnefs. The [ame bravery was fhewn by all the officers of the fhips which cngaged. ¢ Night havisg put an end to the engzgement, and 2 ° frefh gale fpringing up, four of the fix fhips which M. de la Clue had left, retired under the cannon of Lagos, a feaport town in Portugal ; and - the two others ftood out to fea. M. dela Clue, thinking that he ftill had all his fhips with him, employed the nightin preparing to begin the engagement again ncxt day; but {fesing, at day-break, only 4 of his fhips, he thought no more but of running his own fhip afhore, and faving his pecple. He left only two hundred men on board, whoazlio got on fhore after giving the Englith two broadfides. As the cnemy could not get off the Ocean they fet her on fire, M. de St. Aignan, who commanded the Redoubt- able, likewife quitted her, after fetting fireto her himfelf. As tothe Temeraire and Mod=fte, which were under the cannon of the Portuguele forts, the Englifh carried them o ff without regard to the territory of a neutrel power. Theforts fired on them, to mske them ftand off ; but they confidently returned the fire, and even damaged one of the forts. How the Portuguele will take this proceeding we know not.” - 0N o Ne O#.18. Laft Saturday afiernoon the Admirals Hawke and Hardy arrived in Plymouth Sourd, in his Majefty’s thips the Ramilies and Union, with the Royal George, Foudroyant, Duke, Mars, Dorfetfhire, Effex, Kingfton, Montague, Nottingham, and Temple from the, Bay. His Royal Highnefs went on Shore oirSaturday eve- ning in good health, and went, it is faid, to Saltram, the {at of John Parker, Eg; : O&.19. According to edvices from Magdebourg of the 3d inftant, the Ruffiins capnot form the ficge of Glogau without firft coming to a decifive Aétion ; which they don’t chufe to venture, as fuch another vittory as their laft would totally ruin their army. Private Letters frem Germany by this Dytch Mail, bring advice that the Ruffians were repaffing the Oder, and the King ot Pruffid was clofe at their heels: thac Prince Henry and the Generals Wunich and Finck, with their trocps were all joined : that a batle with Marfhal Count Daun was daily expected 5 apd that the French garrifon at Munfter had made a fally, but were repulfed by the Allies with great lofs. Extraft of a Letter from Franckfort on theMeyn, OF. 8. We hear that Marfhal Davn, who wis encamped the 24th of 1aft moath at Reichenbach, returned the next day to Bautzen, in order to prevent Piince Henry, who intended to go thither by the way of Rotheaburg ; and ., as his Royal Highnefs marched afterwards for S.xory, Marfhal Daun has been obliged to draw near the Elb.” O&. 20. Letters from Saxony, of the 6th inftant, fay, that Count Daun, with kis Army, went through Drefden, and joined the army of the Empirc to cover the weakeft part of that city on the land fide towards Lufstia: that the garrifon there is very numerous, fo that moft part of the hounfe keepeis have 20 or 30 men quartered on them ; and that the communication with thatplace is again cut off. By a'Letter from the King of Pruflia’s camp near Glo- gau in Silefis, we are informed, that a mifunderftand- ing had arifen between the Ruffian and Auftrian Gene- rals on accourit of the delay of the Ruffians in not be- fieging that place, on which accouut the armies had fe- parated, and that the Ruffians were retreating with great cxpedition to repafs the Oder, and retire to Poland ; but as his Profliin Majefty was in full mirch after theny it was expeéted that he would compel themtoa fccor;fl engagement before they had accompl @ ¢d the fame;it is further added that the King of Pruffia’s ermy, by the reinforcements that had joined him, confifted of 70,c00 effetive men. O&. 20. His Majefty has been pleafed to order a Form of Prayer with Thankfgiving, to be nfed in all churches within the biils of mortality, on Sunday ncxt, and as foon as may be after, throughout the 5eft of the Kingdom, for the taking of QUEBEC, Of. 26. 'Tuefday laft his Msjefty was ylealed to appoint the Hon. Msjor General Barrington, Col. of the 8¢th (or King’s) regiment of fooq, iaie Lieut. Gene-, ral Wolie's.