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» “ ) 1755, Seph. 3 15 Sir. Anhb i * snd detained as lawful prizes. e e SO = FRIDAY, " Odtsber 3. 1760, New-Hampfllire Comaining the Frefbef) Advices, - [iE NS S roper conditions. 'k have on purpof Bave I reckoned in the lift of fhips of war, either odr own otithole of the enemy; | " the privateers or meichant fhips tsken on every fide, ‘85 theyare ‘pretty near equal in- number, amounting, ; Account Current betmees bis> Sacred Miiefly Guores 11, King of Great Britain, &'¢. 1755 July-9. The French W, Jobifon, for s viets 7’5— . To Admiral Holmes, 28, - « omitted the s&tiow st Bergen, becaule thar is slowedlso’ g Diebter. R g7 , gt‘l\:: ayer Gen. Dieflu near Lfikfitwfl.l ue"of Bruniwick, for taking the cit’y.ibfifinlm.&' SO ;;5”@:’ 2o taking the city of Embden. i b 5 : From e GENTLEMANs MAGAZINE. Have, for my own fatisfallion, dratwn outan accoant curreat berweea our mjoit grasious Sovercign . part in the prefent war to the date hereof ; and perhaps, Siry:it might { treat of peace, that b{ feeing at onc view, the loffes ws have fufkeined, and the sdvantsges we have gaided, duri ’ be & deawn: battle, : deftrayed by ftorms or ‘other perhaps, 4nd Bews XV. King of France and Navarre. that weve folt or and the. Freach ki be of fome ule *aknr miniliers, o havefomewhat of :this kind befese them when they come to ng the courfeof the war, they Al < Poreign and - Domeftick. from {lfe commencement of hottilities on our - of may be better able to flipulae in which neith= fide claimed any advantege ; nor idents, [ have likewife omitred to about 1206 on each fide, and ity impofible ta Tbe Freach King Creditor. g By a defest given M:jor General Brsddotk near Fort da Quefne. i 29, "To Admiral Pocock, fo ‘drubbing M..d’ Ache’ in the Ezft Indies. ‘ 5 s ) £ Aug. 3. Toiditto, for ditto. ; % : l Fune 29. By thie Marfhal duc de Ricblieu, for the conquef May-z. ToCommodore Maifh; fof ‘the.tiking of Senegal. i r + " oftheiflind of Minorcs, ) Fure 8. To Charles Duke of Marlbarough, ‘for burning the (hipping at St. Malo: ' ; : 23, ToPrinct Ferdiriand of Brunfwick, for beating the Prince of Clermont at Crevelt. Aug. 14. By Monficar le Marquis de Montcalm, for reking Fuly 26. To Maj. Gen. Ambherft:and Adm: Bofcawen, for the conqueft of Hle Royale, &¢. ' =% = " Forts Olwego and Qntario. . . Aug. 5. To Gen; Imheff; for beating”M. ‘Cheverc at Meer. $ el e ; . : 15. To Lt Gen. Bligh'and Ld. Howe, fordemolifhing the harbouz of Cherbourgs ! 1757. Jaly 26. By Marfhal &’ Etregs, lor the vi¢tory at Haften- : 27. - "Fo ' Lieut. Col: Bradftreer; for the taking of Fort Frontenac. ; _ beck. Now. 24. To Brigadier'Gen. Forbes, ‘for taking Fort du Quaefae. : Azg. 9. By Monf. le Mirquis de Montcslm, for t:king - Pec z9. To Commiodore Keppel, for taking the Fort and 1fland of Goree. . Port William Henry. : 1759. Feb. 17. To Lieut. Col. D:aper, forfoscing M. Lally to taife'the fiege of Madrafs, .1758. June 2. By Monficur le Compte d’Ache, for taking Fegt May 2. To Major Geti. Barrington, for the congueft of the ifland of Gaudaleupe. + o~ <8t, Dayid’s. 4 “26. 'To ditto, for that of Marigalante, &c. l - Fuly 8. By the repulfe of Msjor Generai Abercrombic at Fulyz4. To Sir Wm. Johnfon, for taking Niagara Fort. : Ticonderoga v ; o : To Misjor General Amherft, for taking Ticonderoga Fort. l b 23. By the Duke de Broglio, for defesting the Prince . Aug 1. 'To diuo, for the conqueft of Crown Point. - " of lfenburg near Caflel. - To Prince Ferdinand, for totally dtfenin;aM. de Contades at Thornhaufen. i { 19. 'To Adnviral-Boftawen, for' drabbing M. de la Clue off Cape Lagas. 1759. Sept. 11, w the Duke d’Aiguillen, for deféating s handful Sept. 13. To Major Gen, Wolfe, for overthrowing the French before Quebec. J g Briifh troops st St. Cas. 17. To Vice Adm. Ssunders andBrig. Monckton and Townfhend, for taking Quebec. l : v : Nov. z0. To Sir Edw. Hawke, for defeating the French fleet under M. Centades. 1760. Aprilz8. By Monfieur Levi; for repulfing the Britifh trocps To Prince Ferdinand, for the reduétion of Muniter. ' ; near Quebec. % Fo Sundvies, for taking, burniag, and deftroying 22 fhips of war 84 to 64 guns. : ; T'o'Sundries, for ditto. 29 ditto. from 50 to 6o guas. _ ‘r760.. 1760. May 16. To Gen. Murray, for obliging the French <o raile the fiege of Quebce. Aug: 25. To Gen. Amherft, for taking Fort Levis. P < Etrors excepted. i ; 28. To Col. Haviland, for taking the Hle aw'Noix. l 5 : i PeTER PuncruaL. bo T Supr’8. T Gen: Armher®t; foraskivg the ity of Maontreal, and therewith all Canada. 1 fosry i 2 Account of a bloody Engagement between the Englify and Dutch, in the Eaf}-Indies. the engagemant muft have amounted to fome hundreds; Lo RO NaD s N, Fualy 2. A Aicotint ofrbe late Affair bevween-the Englifo and Dutch iwthe Eaff indies, froma Letter brought by the - Holderncffe Indiaman, lately arvived. : [ 14 ’lfihfi sffair we have juft had in this‘past of the . World with our “good friends the Duich, will, no doubt, farprize you. . . .. Burto us who have been Eye-witneffes: of-che encroaching, feififh temiper of this people, it-was ina manner what we expedted, and wiiat we took care to guard againft. . S < '8 The chief fetlement the Ddich have in Bengal, is « very ftrong fortend faltory at Chincery, in the rivér of Bengal : At this plice, but -more fo-at Calcutts, a wery: confideradle trade is carri¢d ga in faltpetre. The Dutch feemed long to have “been 'grafping at an op- portunity to.engrofs this trade to themfelves ; and the prefent opportunity, when .our fhips of wir were off tite ‘coalt, (eented the moft fiveurable. Wnder eolour, therefore, of reinforcing their gariifon, the Governar ot Batavia had formed afcheme of fending thither fach 2 body of troops as would fecure to the Duich ot only the whole trade of faltpetre’ carriéd on taere, butin time might be able entirely toworm out the Eoglith from the trade of Beéngal. s« Happily Calonel Clive (u‘pedtad their defigm . 4 Upon the arrival of the fiift two tranfpyrts, . . . which were fhips of 46 guns, ‘and full of méen, the Colonel fent 'a letter to.the Dutch Commodore, informing him that ke could not allow’ them to land any:forces, or to march them uvp to Chincery, as he had, from good auathority, been acquainted with” their fcheme. In anfwer to this letter, the Datch Commedore wrote to Col. Clive, that he never intended to march any forces ‘t6:Chincerg, and tha: he only begged the liberty! of -ting ‘his' meh athore dovinthe river, to. refrefh themey whith liberty Col. ‘Clive granted him, vpon conditian, that they werenot to offer to arch farcher.. : -« Tn the'niksn time five other Dutchmen’ arrived in the river. The Dutch Commodore thinking himfelf now in‘e fituation to aét as he pleafed, refolved 0 re- taliate the fuppofed injury he had received; in not being permitted to go up the river : He therefore uot. only ordered the land-ferces now anfhore to. muke the beft of their way to Chincery, but he alio fent orders te the fhips under his dommind, to ufe their utm oft endeav- Jurs to [eize every Englifh {hip that fhould appear upon the-siver: - In confequence of thefe orders, feveral fmall veflels belonging ‘to the Company were taken that day, The day following, the Calcutta ( one of our Eaft-Indiamen ) Capt. Wilfon, went down the river, - bound for Eagland : When he dime & breal of.the Dutch Commodore, the Duchman: ‘men {rom the fhot, and each of them took on him, that, if he offered to pafs, they would fink him, As th? were getting ready their gun, and [eemed in earneft, Captain Wilfon thought it moft prudent to return up <o Calcutea, where two of our Indian¥n were lying, the Duke of Dorfet, Capt. For- relter, and the Hardwich, Capt. Ssmpfon. Capt. Wil- fon, upan his errival, informed Col Clive of his being fopt ; whegeupon Col. Clive fent ordess to the three fhips sbovemeniioned immediaizly to get in readinefs, ghd gave them orders to do. theit utmeft endeavour to take, burn-or fink, every Datch thip or fhips they {hou! meet with. ‘The fhips were immediately equipped, their quarters Hned with bags uf falipeterc to fl(r:tgl lh; oar. two sdditional twelve pounders ; Thus fited out, thy. fell down the river, till they came up to the feven Dasgh fhips, who, on their aporoach, drew-up in a line of battle to receive them. [hree of ths Duichmen mounied 36 guns, three 26, a:d one 16. «Oar fhips as they apprazied, following their ex. ample, likewile drew up in-2 Mae. As the Duke of Dorfet was nearelt the Enemir, Capt. Wilfon of Calcut- ta, the Commodore, fired a gun, as a fignal for herta begin the engagement, which fhe immediately did, and came to an anchor clofe to the Egemy. Unhappily it fell a desd calm. fo'that the Duke of Dorfer was engaged slone, clofe to the Enemy, a2 confiderable time before either the Hardwisasd>Lalcutta canld pofiibly come up: However they atlaft got vp, and ail three joined in keeping @ continualand very hot fire upon the enenty, which was returned by, the Datch writh gfeat brisknefs, At length, two of the Duich fhips were gbliged to flip their cables aad runaway ; and a crofs fhot having cut the cable of another of the Datcbmen, {he drove afhore, [c thet now there were only four thips to engage with. - A few brosdfiles after, the Dutch Commodore {truck bis: flag to . Capt: Wilfon, upoa wihich the other three followed bis example. In the engagement which lafted juft swo, hours five minutes, aue fhips did not lofs one man ; a circumftance the more remarkable, as the Dake of Dorfet was tore al- moftto pieces, having above 9o fhot in her hull . . .. . Captain Forfefter was swounded.in the knee with a ball, endis reduced {o lows that it is foared hg cannot fgrvive it g hailed him, and « Aftef the Datch, fiips ftrugk, Capt. Willon, had the cuticfity to-go on board them. He. reported;that they were a moft fhocking fight, the decks being covered with déad bodies & every thing befpatterd with blood: and brains. Out of one fhip he faw thirty desdbodics thrownd over bosrd ; from swhich, and from; other Gircumitances, e hid rexfon 1o belicye;thas their Jof: 1a —The crews were all carried up prifoners to Cbl. Clive. « Daring this Engsgement-on the River; the Land- Forces which the Datch had put afhore, were in full March for Chincery, to the Number of about 1100, €ol. Clive having Intelligence of. the March, fent a Corps of 500 Englith to oppofe them, under the Com- mand of Col. Ford. The two Engagements ended much sbout the fame time, and the Englith were vi&tori- ous both by land and. Water. . Col. Ford play'd his Part fo well; that he killed 400 on the Spot, and madg all the reft Priloners, and carried them likewife to Col, Clive. ‘This laft Victory is the more happy for us, as hid it gone ‘otherwice, in all probability, the intereft of the Englifh inBengal wotld have greatly fuffered., for the new-Nabob, whether from fome fecret correfpond- erice with the Enemy, or from the natural treachery of the people, ftood by with a con{derable army to join the viétorious party, which ever fidefhould gat the bstter; thig appeared from his after beheaviour ; for though he ftood by time {peétator of the appareatly unequal com- bat the Englifi {dfained, ‘no fooner did vitlory de- clare in their favour; then he fent to the Commander, and offsred his fervice, and even offered with his army. to reduce Chincery : but Col. Clive thought properto declare accepting his fervices. Anapolis, In Maryland, Augufi 21. Laft faturday &' Melancholy accidenthappened, ata peity horle race nearMagothy river, where Wm Rod- well, and Jonas Dawfon, who before had fome bicker- ings ab >ut their fkill in dancing a jigg, mesting together, Rodavell challenged Dawfon to try then who was the beft man, as he term’d it, by boxing ; a7 odd criterion to try, Goodpels ! and at it they went ; but after a.few blows, Diwfon own’d he bad enough, or thet his en- tsgonift was the beft man. —When their Broughtonian exercilé was over, they wafh’d, fhook hands, and drank as ffiends ;- buya féw mmiputes gfter Daiwfon dropped down dead, and 1s fuppofed to have got his death, trom a blow be received op his lelt fide, The other im- fediately farrendered himfelf wo juftice. By this unbap- py affair,a poor* widow and. § (malk children gre left withbut any: upport, and, by far the beft man of the two foft to the comimunity, 154 " As fome peaple wete riding together & few drys 220 in a thicker in the forelt of Queen Ann’s county,” Dege huntibgs one of their gims, by ~accident went off, and almoft the whale charge of (hot went thra’ the neck of Jaho Scot, aneof the gomp@ny,'md killed him‘infihmly 3 #nd wounled auother, g Two men aad atboy were drowasd lak week ina creck néat Kent lhand, 2] —i Admiral Byng and forcing hum fc Tetrest. "