The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 26, 1760, Page 1

; - PN ,"'~' FRIDAY, GScptember 26. 1760, THE Containing the Frefbe/t By the Harriot Packet, Capt. Braily, who arrived at New York the vith Inflant in 6 Weeks and~4 Days Jrom Falmouth, we bave the folhwing Advices, viz. From the Bruflels Gazette Extraordinary. NEIDER-ENS, July 1o - RINCE Ferdinand hath long been threstened with having his right outflanked by the Brench army. Ever fince the Count de St. Germain’s march on the 4th from Dortmund to Arenfberg, this hath been the principal objeét of the French body of referve. Prince Ferdinand expetted it, ared fent forward i cofifiderdbte body,which made the principal past of his right wiag, to take pof- feflion of the heights of Corbach. Thefe he Tuftained by his whole srmy, which followed with the utmoft fpeed. Both Prince Ferdinand and the hereditaryPrince werein perfon with this kind of vanguard. Marfhal Broglio fuffered the enemy to take poft in fuch & manner that they could not decline an ation. When he faw shem on the heights, he caufed them to be attacked by three brigades of the grand army, and two of the army - of the Count de St. Germain, all commanded by M.de Waldner. The enemy were routed and diflodged,after an obftinate engegement. Three thoufand were flain on the fpot, and 800 wounded or taken prifoners. A whole fquadron of the Englith horfe, fo much bosfted of, is taken. Twenty pieces of cannon, of different bores, with three obufiers, are the principal trophies. 'The Marquis du Chatele, colonel of the regiment of Navarre, is gone to carry to Verfailles the news of this happy prelude to the progrefs of his Majefty’s arms. ‘The attion happened in the sfternaon of the 1oth of July. Itis commonly tho't the general engagement will be in the neighbourhood of Caflel. ¢ " Fournal of theFrench army from the 3d to the 10th of Fuly. On the 3d the Marthal ordered M. de Clozen to take poft at Franckenburg with the battalion of grenadiers and chafleurs of the brigade of Royal Swedifb,and thofe of the regiments of Horrion and Vierzet, Baotremeniés dragoons, and the Dauphiny volunteers. The 4th, the Marfhal received sdvice that M, Luck- ner was gone to Wildunghen, and that a body of forces under Gén. Imhoff was encamped near Nieder Urff Prince Ferdinand had already raifed a redoubt betore Treyla on the Holtzmul. The '4th, in the morning, the Marfhal went to reconnoitre the pofition of the enemy, and difcovered upon the heights of Higerfheyda a confiderable number of pioneers, and perceived the traces of three redoubts on the top of the heights before gheir camp, on the left fide of Schwalme. On the 6th, in the morning, the Marfhal ordered M. de Vair to go as pear as poflible to the enemy,to recon- poitre the pofition of the troops they had eftablifhed on this fide of the river. M. Vair accordingly marched with his volunteers and fome pieces of cannon, above Veirece, drove back the enemy’s outpofts, killed thirty of their men, and retired, after accomplifthing their bufi- nefs, without any lofs, and without being followed. At feven in the morning, M. de Poyanne fent notice, that he had heard a great noife of cannon towards Franckenberg. The Marfhal did not doubt but M. de Clozen had been sttacked. At ten in the morning M. de Poyanne wrote that M. de Clozen - had decamped from Franckenberg cn the approach of Luckner, whofe force was much fuperior. The forces under Luckner, which attacked M. de Clozen, confifted of the whole of his awn regiment, three battalions of grenadiers, two fquadrons of Englifh horfe,and 8 companies of chaffeurs, horfe and foot. We loft in this action, a ca:p ain of grenadiers, a Lieut. of the regiment of Vierzet, sand another officer of the royal Swedifh,who were all three - killed, with 14 or 15 private men. The enemy muft have loft more. Berlin, July 8. Ttisreported that the king of Pruffis, in_his march from Saxony to Silefia, has taken or dif- perfed feveral large detschments of Auftrians ; and that General Laudohn, asfoon &s he heard of his approach, haftily quitied the camp between Freyberg and Schweid.- nitz, and fell back to the frontiers of Bohemis. On the other hand, we learn that our troops in Pomerania have forced the Ruffians to abandon all that province ; and that if the orders given by Prince Henry hed been pro perly obferved, a good part of the énemy’s forces under General Tottleben, would have been taken. Magdebourg, Fuly 8. Prince Henry was flill en- camped on the 3oth ult. at Lendfberg. It is faid he will fogn be reinforced by a body of 12,000 men detached from the army of the allies, and that Prince Ferdinand will keep on the defenfive. Vienna, Jane 20. Two pieces of news received a few days sg0, gave great Pleafure to the court: The fieft was, that the King of Pruflia was greatly chagrined at the lofs of the important poft of Landfhat, in which was found a confiderable magazine © The other, that a g _. N eW-Hampfhire Advices, party detached from Genersl EafcPs corps had (akea an officer fent by the King of Prufia to Prince Heary with important difpatches. Field Marfhal Soltikoff has refumed the commandyof the Ruffisn army, which is sdvancing to Silefia. The Empre(s, his miftrels, has made him an additional - al- lowance of zoco Rubles [450 ). Rerling] per month for his table.. . . Head Quarters of M. Daxn.at Ubigaw, Fune 29, It 1s thought that Gen. Laudobn, feconded by Gen. Beck, will go to Prince Henry, pot 0 fight him, but to in- clofe him betweea the two #APErial armies, and leave ‘him no other retreat but into Brandenburg, whither M. Daun probably propofes to drive the army commanded by the King. General Laudohn’s Camp at Schweartzwa'le, June 26. As foon s we are joined by M. de Beck, and the rein- forcement expeted from Marfhal Daun, our army will confift of 60,000 men. L O N -D: O . N June 30. By letters received. laft Saturday from Gibraltar, dated the 1ft of June, there isadvice that the communication with Spain, is .entirely fhut up 5 on what account is not mentioned : They add that' the Governor had thereupon ordered all the Spanisrds that were there to depart on a fhort notice: According to letters from Spain, by the way of Leghorn, war will foon break 2ut in Italy, and 3 fhips of the line, and 13 frigates, with 8ooo Spanith troops on board, sre going to fsil for Naples. - Part of a leiter ftom Hambarg, Tune 24. ¢ We have certain advice, that the King of Denmark hath been atked by England, as weil as France, toin- terpofe his good offices, in concert with the .King of Spain and the State General, to accelerate the reftors- tion of a general peece: but the laft letters from Co- penhagen affure us, that the King . hath excufed himfelf from meddling in it, and profefles to adhere friltly to his neutrality ; but that peverthelefs, if the King of Pruflia fhould receive fuch a fevere blow, that he could fcarce fand underit, the troops in Holftein, which al- ready amount to 26,000 men, will be augmented to 30,000, and march to the afiftance of that Prince, whom' his Danifh Majefty would pot willingly fes entirely crufh’d by his powerful enemies. Faly 7. There are many Furs brought bome ss prefents from Canada, and particularly a fable muff and tippet, which it is faid coft, in that country, fifty guiness. T'here is likewife a carious carpet of exquifite workman- thip, and of variety of colours, compoied of dyed grafs, manufa&ured by the Nuns of Quebec, which is to be prefented to his Majefty. Extrafi of a letter from Potrtfmouth, Fuly 3. » > ¥ HIS morning, between twelve and one o’ clock, a fire broke eut in the rope houfe belonging to his Majefty’s dock yard at Portfmouth, which, notwithfanding all poflible afliftance from the people of the yard, the officers and men belonging to his Majefty’s fhips in the harbour and st Spithead, the mariners at quarters, and- the folaiers from the town and barracks, who all exerted themfelves with remarka- ble zeal, could not be got under till paft two in the afternoon, having confumed the faid rope-houfe, with fpining houfe, and one of the ftore houfes, wherein- was contained 1050 tons of hemp, 500 tans of cordage, 1500 barrels of tar, and about 700 fails were entirely con- fumed by the faid fire. —The damage, according to moderate calculation, ’tis {aid, amounts to" about one hundred thoufand pounds. The fire is now extinguifh- ed fo far, 83 not to be in a4 blaze ; but ’tis imagined. it may be a week before the fame is entircly put out. Six or feven men loft their lives, fome being burnt to death, and others killed by catks falling on them, befides a number wounded. The fice began inthe Hatchellers Loft, and was {o inftantaneous, that the flame wasdif- covered as foon &s the fmoak through 'the tiling. The night had been exceflively tempeftuous, with great flathes of lightning ( attended with heavy rain ) one of which, at eleven o’clock,had almoft blinded the watch- man at his poft ; and another, about ten minutes before the flame sppeared,had paffed him like a ball of fire,ina line of diretion towards the place where it broke out. It providendally happencd that there was very little wind, and what there was being to the eaftward, which blows over the harbour : had it blowing hard, and the contrary way, it muft inevitably have burnt the whole or major part of the houfes; &c. in the dock. which would have communicated to the Common, and, might have totally deftroyed that alfo.” : The fire began by a flath of lightning, which fell upon the hemp ftorehofe, and (0 commuicated to fome adjcent buildings, containing cordage, &c. The damage is computed at about nin€ty thoufand pounds. The utmoft precaution was taken to prevent the fpresding ot the deftru&tion to the contiguous buildings and hap pily none of the {liips in ghe dock have {uffcred, The Numb. 208. GAZETTE. Foreign and Domeflick, men of war at Spithesd, and in the harbour, lent their afliftance, by fending men,who were a&tive in fuppreii- ing the flames. One of the watchmen of the dock- ysrd, was ftruck down by the force of the lightning. July 10. By aletter from Berlin we are informed, that two fpies had been difcovered in the army com- manded by his Pruffian Majefty ; and after a ftriét exa- mination, they were immediately hanged on an emi- nence in fight of the enemy’s advanccd pofts. The Sarah, Wally, from North-America, is arrived at Toptham. - The Royal George Indisman, Capt. Beamifh, is ar- rived.at Portimounth- from - Besgal. . General Clive is come home in her, She brings an account of an engagement on the coaft "of Coromandel, wherein the French were entirely routed. M. de Bufly (faid to be the richeft fubjcét in the world) was killed, and General Lally wounded. Col. Brereton, a brave experienced officer, who com- - manded the Englifh troops, is killed. . Colonel Coote took the command of the Englith troops after the death of Col. Brereton. - The French loft all their cannon and baggage ; and what is very extraordinary, we loft only 20°men in this grand affair, Private letters from Hamburg fay, that Pr. Henry and Marfhal Soltikoff arein a manner running & race who fhall get firft to the magazine of Pofen ; for if the Pruflians thould reach it by forced marches, the whole military fyftem will be overturned for this year, and. poflibly without a battle. The srmy under M. Broglio, confifts of 130,0co men ; and that of the allied army under ' Prince Ferdi- nand, of 80,000 as fine troops as ever was feea in Germany. . Estra& of a Letter from Meiffon, Fuly 3. ¢ The King of Pruflialeft his camp at Great Dobritz laft Tuefday night, and marched in three columns for Silefis, in order to preferve that country from falling into the hands of his enemies. They write from Dref- den, that M. Daun was no fooner intormed of the moti- ons of the Pruffians, then he detached a large body of troops to Silefia, in order to fupport Gen. Laudohn ; other sccounts fay, that the Marfhal himf{elf was| s:par- ing to follow the Pruffians with his whole army. We have received a very circumftantial account of the bar- barities committed by the Auftritns at the taking of Landfhut, after the defeat of Gen. Fouguet,” which is too fhocking to relate, however, one circumftance of their inhumanity cannot be omitted, viz. their putting 98 Burghers to the fword, in the moft cruel manner, {oon after they entered the town.”” } Fuly 1g. Letters from Leghorn, dated the 30th of June, mention, that four French men -of war of the line, and three frigates,were failed from Toulon ; it’s ima- gined they are gone to the weft Indies. Fuly 22; An exprefs arrived yelterday from theHague, with an sccount of the particulars of the late ation with the French, whereby it sppears that our lofs a- mounts to 1000 men killed and wounded, and about 18 pieces of cannon. - General Honeywood was prefent at the laft ren: counter with the French; he efcaped unhurt, but his Aid de Camp was dangeroufly wounded in the neck. Yefterday orders were given to the regiment com< manded by the Hon. Col. Bowden, and fix others, to hold themfelves in readinefs on 48 hours motice to em- bark for Germany. A letter from Jerfey, July 15, fays, *“ We are at pre- fent under fome ‘apprehenfions from France, which'I believe are too well founded ; the French have a camp at Carteret, the nearc{t town to us (sbout 18 miles) of about 83000 men, and this morning I faw a fleet of feven fail and & great number of boats ; they appcnuJ flandirg right in, at about five leagues diftance ; this evening the French fleet went into Cartaret.” ~ CourT AT Kensineron, July 11, 1760. Prefent the KING's moff excellent Majefly in Counil, Whereas there was this day read at the board, an exira® of &' Letter from his Majefty’s Envoy at the gourt of Turin, to the Right Hon. William Put, Efg; one of his Msj=fty’s Principal Secretaries of State, dated the 18th of June laft, reprefenting, That he had juft received adyice of a veffel being arrived at ‘Marlcilles from Syria, with the plague on board : That upon opening the hatches, threc Perfons dropt down dead, and feveral others were taken very ill, and that thres other veflels failed in company with the' above men. tioned one from the Levant ; but as they have notbeea heard of for fome time, itis apprehended their crews are all dead. And whercas a quarantine of 40 days is at this time fubfifting upon all fhips and vefle's coming from or through the Mediterranean ; his Majelty in Courcil doth thérefore order, that the faid quarantine be duly and pun&uslly complied with, &c, Gazette, '