The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 17, 1760, Page 1

—, ';‘"RIDA%, sz’oifier 17. 176Q. Nevtr—Hampfhirg: W Containing the Frefbe/t Advices, 1 { - : 5 By Capt. Coes, who arrived at Bofion laft Week from Lifbon, we bave the follswing Advices, Viz. From the Lonpon GazeTTE. “From Prince Ferdinand's bead quarters at Saxenbaufen, Fuly 18. DVICES having been received by Piince Ferdinand, that a body of the cnemy, confiing of fome battalions. and light troops, were advanced on the left of our : army towards Ziegenhaym, his Serene ‘Highnet® detached the Hereditary Prince on the 13th inftantWith fix battalions, two of Hanoverian and four of Hefh Elliote’s regiment, {which was jult arnived) Luckns:% rs, and two brigades of chafleurs,.to op- pofe that corps.” On ‘the 16th the Hereditary Prince engaged them near the village of Erxdorff. The sétion was very warm for fome time, but in the end the enemy was entirely defeated. Two battalions of Royal Baviere, three of Anhalt, together with the commander in chief Major General Glaubitz, and the rince of Anhalt Cothen, were made prifoners of war. gix pieces of their cannon were taken, and all their arms, baggage, &c., Elliot’s regiment fignalized themfelves greatly upon this occafion. The mainarmy of theFiench under Marfhal Broglio ftill remains encamped upon the heights of Corbach. ¢ : ADVICES relating to the King of Pruffia’s Army ard Count Daun's, collefled from Accounts publifoed by Authority. H E beginning of July the Prufian Army quit- ted Silefis, and advanced to Saxony, on the 13th encamped et Grenau near Drefden ; mean while Coutit Daun with his Army quitted his ftrong camp, and marchied to Bautzen, where he encamped : — On the i4th the King of Prnflia invefted the City of Drefden, and fent a fummons the fame day to the governor, General Mapuire, to {urrender the Place, offiring him an honourable capitulation, and liberty for him/clf and garrifon to march out freely, and the city fhould teceive no damage. Which offer was rejeéted, and the governor made anfwer he would defend it to the laft extremity. —Batteries were immedistely ercéted, which the Governor no fooner faw, but he {et Fire to thr Subuibs, end burnt the houles. — The Prufiians having pofieffion of the Suburbs, and their batteries ere&ted, they began playing on tae city the 18th; fume of the bombs fet fiie to the houfes near the ram- parts, but it was the pofitive orders of the King not to &t againft the town, but the ramparts only : However, the fire would not have become genera!, had not one of the towers of the large Church 4 pieces of cannon thercon, which fired at the Pruflian batteries: Some bombs thrown to filence them fet fire to the town : The (all of the ftecple communicated the flames to the houfes, and high Wind rifing, (pread them fo far that a confiderable quarter of the town has been burnt down, about 50 capital houfes, befides the grand church, it is faid, are deftroyed ; and the old town of Dre{den moitly beaten down ; the Caftle, the arfenal, the roman catholic church, and the greateft part of the cicy are f{aved. — Marfhal Daun having left a fufficient garrifon therein, he did not appear to fuccour it till the 19:h, having firengthened his Army by large Detachments from fou- dohn’s and Beck’s corps : He rook his camp beiween villages of Schonfield and Wegith, fiom Drefden ; the Duke de Holltein, with a detached body ta ftreighten the town on the other fide of the river, was ordered by the King to crols the El"e, lelt he fhould be furrounded by the Auftrians : By this means M. Daun had a free communication with Drelden, and encamped at a place called the Barns, an? poured into the city 16 battalions of frefli troops, ani 109 canaon, to replace rhole which had been difmounted by the Piufliins ; he alfo built two bridges of boats oa the Eibe, whereby there being no longer any hope of fucceeding in the fiege, the King refolved on the 21t to ruife it,—(n the night between the 21t and z2d. Murfha!l Daun’s troops that were in the cicy made a fally on thofe who formed the feige : They were foon repulfed, and purfued ro town with the lofs of 1600 men : + The Pruflians made 200 prifoners, among the cficers, Gen. Nugent, and one cannon,— "The Proflian Head quarters wore transferred on the z2d from Grenau to Leubnitz, ftill keeping pofleflien of the fuburbs of Pirne,the great garden, & the firong camp of Plauen.—Gen. Lafci is encamped between Grol-3edliz and Dohna ; the army of the Empire bebind Maxen, and Marfhal Diun at the Barns, on the other fide of the Elbe :— By the ftuation of thetwo armies, viz. that of the King of Pruffia, and that under Count Daun a battle muft inevitably be, fo that we hourly expett to hear the confequence. - His Pruffian Mijefty was again intremch'd advantageoully, and was watching all proper opportunities of advantsge for an aftion. L8O Ne DO N . Fuly 31. Yefterday morning the ba:talion of guards, confiiling of 936 men, marched out of the tower, all in bigh fpirits for Germany, finging as they wen, the new ballad Awayg ts.the Marguis of Granby, st the end of which they huzza'd, snd began finging again, il they arrived at the- Borough, where the inhabitants treated them with wine, punch, beer, or whatever eife they chele todrick, put moncy inta their pockets, snd recommended to then¥ to give & good eccousnt of the French, which they promiled they would, and went off finging and huvzzaing as before ; this morning they proceeded to Gravefend, from whence they are to em- batk for Germany. ng A fleet, under the commard of. Lord Hi thortly [:il to the enemy’sicoalt. SR Extralt of a letter frows’ »is, Fuly 20s° ¢ Al appesrances of a peace aie entirely vamihed, ard each individual dreads the confcquences of this cam- prign, not but our army in Germany is in much better condition than any we have had du%yg this war, but we, will our finsnces are as low as poffible ; ag# there being no other refource but new levies, which We are abfolutely incapacitated to anfwer ; and what corrgborates this ge- neral opinion, iz, the retwin of M. d’Affry to the Hague, with exprefs orders from the King his mafter, toliften to no arguments from the Englifh ambaflador that fhall terminate in a feparate pesce.” In the a&tion which the Hereditary Prince had with Gen. de Glaubitz, near Em{doiff, on the 16:h, where Elliot’s cavelry behaved fo well, the allies loft but 85 killed, 95 wourded, among which was Col. Freytag, and 6 miffing ; 121 horles killed and 6o weunded. They tock from the enemy all their baggage, ariillery and tents : among the prifoners are the Gen. de Glau- bitz himfelf, and the Prince of Anhalt, two Counts were killed, one of them the natural fon to Emperor Charles V1I.—The trophics are g pair of colours (almoft all of which was owing to the intrepidity of Eiliow’s regi ment, which did wonders) 5 pieces of artillery, and 1 “hawbitzer. The prifoners amount to 177 cficers, and 2482 piivates. Augult 2. Capt. Herwey in ore of the Ships creizing off Quiberon Bay, chafed aVifJel into @ River near that Place and engaged a Battery. drove the Enemy from their Guns, and in the Night landed asd furprized a Guard of 20 Men, threw the Guns into the Sea, brought off four Barks with Ammuniticn and 30 Prijoners-and burnt the Veffel, Sir Robert Rick’s Regiment of Dragoons is going to Germany. Col. Hale's Light Horfe is ta march to Scot land. General Jutius Caefaris 1o take Command of the Troops going to Germany, Geweral Neel being ill. Tewa Regiments of Dragocns are 1o embark on Monday for Germany. Admiral Saunders was cruizing in ihe Med: - terrancan with feven Men of War of the Line and two Frigates. T be Count de S¥. Germain left the French Army on the 23d to return to France. He is fucceeded by the Cheva tier azc Muy. A Reinforcement of feveral Men of War and Troops, will [peedily fail to the Wef Indies, to affiff Commodore Douglafs in reducing Martineco. 9 be Endeavours to accammodate Matters between the Court of Lisbon and the Haly Sce have proved inifeélual. The Pope’s Nuncio being treated ill at Lisbon, bis Holine/s would not permit the Portuguefe Minifier to tarry at his Court. And a Congregation of feven Cardinals being beld at Rome, it was refolved firenuiufly to [upport the Caufe of the Holy See againfl Portugal = The Arms of Portugal were taken dswn from the Palace wherein M 4’ Almada lodged, who is gone to Floreuce. At Lisbon they bave banifbed even the Confeflor to the Grand Inquifitir of that Kingdom ; 49 Jejuits bave been fent from thenceto Genoa. It has been faid that M. Broglic baving been difpleafed with the Condult of [omz of the Officers, had defired Leave to quit his Command Augult 5. An Aecount from Edintung fays, an Exprefs Sfrom the Orkneys brought Advice of three French Priva teers, one of 18, and two of 20 Guns, baving token and ranfom:d fer 4000 Guincas, a Ship bomeward bsund from America. Capt. Lambert of the Prince Ldward, and the Ranger Sloop, put to Sea in qu:ff of them We can affuré our Readers, jaysa London Prins, from the niceft Obfervations, that there is not & Journcyman Taslor in Loxden who bas not growon full fix Inches fince the great Sutcefs of bis Brethren. It is faid, tbat M. Broglis fent a MfJage to Prince Ferdinand, complaining tkat Eliot's Regiment refufed to give Quarter when it was asked 5 and that the Prince re plied, that that Regiment being lately raifed, was anac- quainted with the Law. of Arms, but that they would faon know better ;5 and that ki winld give proper Orders to prevent Juch ' Behavicar for the future. Lhey are as fize Corps in England as ever was knogan. His Majefty, out of kis great Regard ta the Improvement of Knowledge, has granted a Sum of Moncy to the Royal Society to feud proper Perfons to St. Helena and Dencoolen, to obferve the Tranfit of Venus over the Sun tke 6th of Fune next: andthe Lirds of the Adnfiralty have granted a Ship to cipvey two Gentiemnen -whs beveoffered toge.’ We hear that Admiral Holbourneision to have jhe cominand of a fquadron of & Aberica, N” 5 W eEEKks ficce this Pars N MB. "2 gk ” _‘_" 21 .I { way fi i pubuthed. AZETTE s Foreign and Duimeftick. Frim the LONDCN GAZETTE, Zugaff 11. Tranflation of a LETTER frem kis Serene tighnefs Prince FERDINAND of Brunfwick, to His Majefly. - Warbourg, dug. 6. SIR, ¢¢§ Have the honour of acquainting your Majefty with the Defeat of the Referve under the Che- valier de’Muy ; who having paffed the Dymel at Siradbergin, extending his Corps down the Banks of that River, in order to cut me off from Weflphslia, whillt M. de Bioglio was advancing with his main Ae- my tewards my Cawp at Kalle, and Prince X:vier with his Referve on our Left, towards Ca{l:] ; Hereupor [ deiermired to leave Goneral Jidmanfezge with s ody of Troops at Caflel, for the Proteétion of that City, snd to march myfelf with the Army the Night of .the. 30/h, inorder to compals the Dymal between Lubenaw ard Dringelbourg, which was happily executed.—The Hercditary Prince who had piffed the, Dymel on the 2gth to go and reinfoice General Sporcke (who was poited fiice the 28:h between Libenau and Corbuke) reconnoiiring the Pofition of the Chevalier de’Muy, who from the 3oth in the Morning was in Pofleflion of a very advantageous Camp between Warbourgh and Qchfendorft. ¢ It was agreed that the Prince and Mr. Sporcke fhould turn the Enemy’s Left, whilk I advanczd wi 1 the Army vpon their Front; which was done wii «l pofible Succels ; the Enemy being attacked aimoft in the fame Inflant by Mr. Sporcke and the Herediary Prince in Flank and Rear. As the In‘antry of the Ar- my could not march- faft enough, to charge at the {zme Time ; I ordered my Lord Granby to advance with the Cavalry of the Right: The Englith® Artillery got upon a Gallop, end lecanded the attack in a furprizing Manner. All the Troops have dcne well, and parti- cularly the Englith. The French Cavalry, tho’ very numerous, reireated as foon as ours advanced to charge them, excepting only three Sjuad-ons, that kept their Ground, but were foon broke. A Part of the Englifh Cavalry then fell upon the Enemy’s Infantry which fuffered extremely, particularly the Regiment of Lech- man Swifs. I ordered an Astack to ke made upon the Town of Waiburg by the Legion Britannique ; and the Enemy finding themielves thus attacked upon their two Flanks in Front and in Rear, retired with the utmeft Precipitation, and with the Lofs of many Men, a: weil from the fire of our Artillery, &s from the Attacks of the Cavalry. Many were drowned in the Dymad, in attempting to ford it. I cannot exaétly alcereain ir, bat it is luppofed they have left 1500 Men upon the Field of Battle ; and the amount of Prifoners we have made, probably ex- ceeds that Number :—We have taken 10 Pizces of Can- non and fome Colours. The Lofs on our Side is very moderate, and falls chiefly upon the brave Battalion of Maxwell’s Englith Greaadiers, which dii Wonders, Colone! Beckwith, who commanded the Brigade, form- ed of Englith Grenadiers and Scotch Highlanders, dif- tinguifhed himlelt greatly and has been Wounded in the Head. My Lord Granby, with the Englith Cavalry has contributed cxtremely to the Succeéfs of the Day. [ charge Capt. Taucert, his Lordfhip’s Aid de Camp with this Letter, to be delivered to your Msjefty, and to give your Majefty a more particular Account of the A&ion, (ill T can have the Honour of laying at your M5j:ity’s Feet, 2 more exienfive and circumftantial Re- lation.” Ferpinanp Duc. De Brunswick & De LuNENBOURG. B O S T.O N, OZaber 13. A Report was bro’t to Lifbon by the Packet, and continued to prevail, i’hat there had been a general A&icn fince that above mentioned, in which the French Army was entirely defeated ; concerning which, a Gentleman writes as follows, viz. Extra% of a Letter from LIS BON, dated Auguft 234, 1760. Ay Packet is arrived fince my laft, and I fend you A the News Papers hereby, I reler you to the Copy ofa Letter from Prince Ferdinand, which 1 fend you inclos’d for the Particulars of ar advantage gained over the French in Germany.—The Packet brings a Report of a geaeral A&ion having fince happened, in which the French were totally routed ; but vpon com- paring the Circumftances, [ will not vouch forits Vera- city, on the contrary I difbelieve it.— However, as our Men are refolute and in high Spirits, our Hopes are very fanguine of fome confidersblé future Succefles.” Auguft 26. — ¢ The Champion, willbz readyto fail in a few Days, when { will inform you if the latter News from’ Germany be authendck : — We have had further Re- ports, of ic3 but 20,000 Men kill'd, and 30 ooo taken ¢ - e Al . . Prifoners, with 122 Preces of Cannon, Is, inmy Opi- nion, too inuch ai one Blow to be believed.” (Fer @ore News Jee the 1af! Page.)