The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 31, 1760, Page 1

FRIDAY, Olober 31. 1760, THE New-Hampfllire Containing the Frefbeft Advices, N E W-YO R K, Octsber 20. Donday Morning laft arrived bere the Earl of Halifax Packct Boat, Capt. Boulderfom, in fix Weeks from Faimouth, by whom we bave the London Papers to the 23d of Auguft, containing the following important Advigss, viz. KING of Prussia’s Head Quarters at Buntzlay, in - ¢ Silefia, Auguft 8. CF~HE Army quitted Dalwitz the 3d Inflant, and ff ' arrived bere this Day, baving marched Fifty o Leagues in five Days. By this rapid March the : King bas gosinty Silefia_befere Marfbal Count Daun, the that General was at Bautzen the prft Inflant, which fbews that it was not owing to the prudent Marches of the Marfbal that bis Majefly did nat lafp Month pene- rate into this Province, but to Reafons which did not de- pend upon the Enemy. It may be imagined what Difficul- ties we bad to furmount, wober it is confidered that the Army, encumbered with above two thowfand W aggens, paffed the Elbe, the Spree, the Neifs, the Queifs, and the Bobar, at the fame Time the Aufirian drmy was on one Side of us, under General Lafey’s Corps bevind us ; and that of General Beck in Front. However, none of thefe different Corps dared to attack us : and on the other Hand, e jurprifed [everal of the Encmy's little Pofts, and took @ great many Prifoners. We took 100 of General Beck's Corps when we paffed the Neifs at Burkenbruck,and oblig’d that Corps to make a precipitate Retreat towards Braunau. Major General Krskow, who was detack’d this Day with Jame Dragosns and Huffars, i: [ending in Prifoners every Moment, from the Parties of Beck and Loydobn, which are over running the Low Country of Silijia. and raifing beavy Contributions. Though we feem feduloufly to avoid each sther, we Jpall one Day join. Eivher tovanguifl or die is our defire ; and if we muft perifb. it fball be withGlory. Lewis the XV Ith of France bhad anly jome European Troops to combat with, but we are fighting againft a hundred thoufand French, bunared and (ixty thoufand Auftrians, twenty tevo thoufand Imperialifis, near a bundred and 1hirty thoufand Ruffians, and twenty two thou/and Swedes. Prince Henry baving, by Means of a_forced March obliged General Laudobn to raife the Siege of Breflau, is returned againfl the Ruffians, to prevent their penetrating into Silefia. % Hamburgh, Aug. 1. The Garrifon of Glatz which was Yaken by Storm an the 26th( after five Days open Trenches, confifled of 2500 Men, Part of whom, we bear, were maffacred, and the refi made Prifoners of War. Vienna, Aug 2. The Magazine in Glatz, of which our Troops made themfelves Maflers, was immenfe. It con- tained 101 Brafs Cannin, 220 Grenadoés, 11 thoufand Cartouches, a Number of Mortars, and other Ammunition. We loff at the fiege of Glaiz, 4 officers, and 64 pri wate men, and 7 officers and 138 men wounded. Leipfic, July 28. - The whole city of Lauban in Lu- fatia has, by accident, been reduced to afhes ; the ovens which had been erected there by M. Daun in his march towards Silefia, were the caufe of it. Altena, Aug. 1. Among the edifices at Drefden that were burnt by the Pruffians during the ficge, are the China and Salt magazines, the beautiful church of the Holy Crofs, the Mint, the palace of the Chevalier de Saxe, the houfes of Count de Einfiedel and Count d’- HMoyn, Calenberg houfe, Rutowfky houfe, and Beach- ling houle, the Guard houfe, Slaughter houfe, and Count Bruhl’s fine gallery of pi@lares. The Governor’s houfe was much damaged. Amflerdam, dzg. 14. On the 4th in the evening, M. Broglio received advice, that Count de Luface had taken Dransfield, and made 300 men prifoners. The re- mainder of the tronps under the Chevalier de Muy, who rctreated to W,olthagen, after the affair of War- bourg, sre ordered ta'Stadtberg. The Marquis de Caf- tries is already there: with 6000 men. The French found in tife city of Munden (which they carried fword in hand the firft inftant) 12,000 facks of flour, 350,000 rations of oats, 15,000 lb. of gunpowder, bidides 30 waggons load of provifions belonging to the Englifh, much equipage, and many pieces of cannon. ‘They took at the fame time upon the Fulds, 30 boats laden with provifions and ammunition. ‘The garrifon con- filted only of 350 men, who were made prifoners of war. ! Utrecht, Ang. 12 All our letters from Germany give us room to expe& very interefting news from the nine armies that cover thac part of Europe. They write from Stralfand, that the Swedifh army will immediately begin its march againft the King of Prufiia’s dominions. It will confilt of 22,0c0 fighting men. 6000 sre to cover Pomerania, and 165000 sre to {all upon the Pruffians ; the whole of whom in that dutchy, does not amount to 5000. Lower Lufatia, Aug 3. The Auftrian light troops begin to infeft this province again, and have alreacy laid feveral towns under contribution. Some of their parties had even advanced a few days ago within a little diftance of Beslin, but fome detachments of huflurs be- ing fentsgainft them, they madg the beft of their way back to the main army. o Paris, A2g. 8. We learn from Vienta,. that the Wiriemberg trcops 4re to 4@ #gainft the dominions of Saxe-Gutha ; end the troops under General ‘Liézinfky sgainft the durchy of Brunfwick. . Lipflads, dug. 12. Prince Ferdinand, by a piece of mapsgement, which may be juftly called a mafter ftroke, retook Caflel the 1oth inftant. The particulars relative thereics we not yet known. ., 3 § : : L-O.N P 9 'N. Aazuff v6. Alend frort on board his Majefty’s thip Succef:, of zo guns, dated Quiberon Bay, June 16, fays, « We left England the gth of May laft, and failgd to the coaft of Spain, where we continued cruizing till the 3oth; at which time we fell in with his Majefty’s thip the Coventry, of 28 guns, Captain Bruflem, who informed us, that they had received intelligence of two French frigates cruizing in thofe feas. We immediately failed in queft of them, and in three days were fatisfied of the truth of the information. We chafed them thirty- fix hours, and on coming mnear them, they lay to, to receive us ; but the Coventry getting up firt, one of them engaged her. The action was fo very warm, that in a very little time we could not fee either of the veflels for fire and fmoke (for we could only be fpetators of the engagement) being too far aftern, that we could be of no affiftznce to the Coventry. Suddenly the fire ceafed, which terrified us greatly, for we imagined both vellels went to the bottom, but our fears foon vanifhed by the Coventry appearing ; but the French vefiel, with the whole crew, funk, not a man being faved. The other French frigate, feeing what bappened, immedi- ately bore down on the poor Coventry,before fhe could fo much as fplice her rigging; but the Coventry met . her half way, and gave her fuch a dofe, as took away the Frenchman’s top mafts, together with her main- chains, and killed ten of their men. The French in return poured a broadfide into the Coventry,which took away her main top gallant maft, yard and colours, and then (for we could hear them) gave three huzza’s. This, however, did not difmay us ;*for we knew what men there were in the Coventry, moft of them being Dublin bloods. The Coventry immediately rehoifted her colours, with a bloody flag at the top gallant maft head (to fhew that fhe would neither give nor take quar- ter) and gave the French another broadfide, which car- ried away her bowfprit and gib boom, and killed a great many of her men. All this while we durft not come along fide, her metal being too heavy for us. The Coventry then gave her another broadfide, on which fhe inftantly ftruck, and we boarded her ; but fhe was fo greatly difabled, that we could fcarcely keep her above water. We fent her to England ; fhe is ealled the L.a Mouche. The Ceventry is gone to Corke to repair her rigging ; fhe had 15 men killed and 14 wounded : the La Mouche loft 116 men. A more gallant eQion has not been done this war.’ The foreign Gazettes would make us believe, that the march of 12,000 men into Normandy covers fome very important defign ; whereas in truth it is only his Mot Chriftian Mojefty’s military and final anfwer to the repeated legal remonftrances of his parliament at Rouen, According to fome advices from Saxony by this mail, the Pruffian and Auftrian armies were enly three Englith miles afunder, and it was expcled they mult {oon come to fome sétion. ‘ Auguff 14. A letter from Germany fays, that in. the affair of the 31ft, the Marquis of Granby having loft his'hat, broke the French Lines three Times bare- headed. A difagreable report was (pread yefterday, that an order of council is fent to all the feaports, and alfo to Admiral Bofcawen,and all cruifing fhips, not to let the Ambufcsde man of war, Capt. Baflet, (who is expefled from the Mediterranean) to come near them, but to fink hér, the having an epidemical diftemper on board. A privateer in the Mediterranean is in the like circum- ftances. 7 Aug. 15, Admiral Rodney, who was lately forced by a ftorm to Spithead, had juft before, while he was lying oft Havre de Grace, to watch the mouth of the tiver Seine, driven five flat bottom’d boats, loaded with cannon and fhot, afhore, and deftroyed them, with the fort at Port Baffin ; at the fame time ten others, with great d:fficulty, efcaped into the river Orne, leading to Caen. They are remarkable fine veflels, upwards of a hundred feet long, and capable to contain from 3 to 500 men for a night’s run. This fuccefs has had the de: fired cffc&, the enemy having unloaded 100 others that were ready to [ail, and fent them all up again into Roen; each veflel carries two 18 pounders, and as they were fcuttled when run afhore, the Admiral’s people could not get them off, efpecially- as the enemy’s troops ap- pear’d very numerous, and were entrenched fo as to flank the Janding. Aug. 16. By & Gendeman now in town, who arriv- IGAZETTE INUMB. 217 Weeks fince this [ apsr : v N was intt pubitheds . Foreign and Domeflick, ed a few days 1go from the allied army, we are inform- ed, that the French have for {ome time paft been oblig- ed to place centinels round their camp, to prevent the great defertion in their army, and that on the moft mo- derate computation, their forces are already diminifhed various ways near 20,000. We hear a regiment of foot, and feveral independant companies, will foon fail for Quebec. Since the affair of Elliot’s regiment, a great number of taylors have lifted in the faid corps, to fupply the places of thofe that were killed : and on Mondey no lefs than nine entered from one houfe of call. Letters from Hanover of the rft inftant advife; that the raifing of men for Prince Ferdinand’s armyis con- tinued with the utmoft diligence, the people in general having the defence of their country greatly at heart.— At the fame time they inform us, that the French ad- vance forward into Germany with the greateft relultance imaginable, well knowing that country to be their church yard. There is advice, that the French fquadron which engaged Admiral Pocock in the Eaft Indies, is fafely ar- rived at the Cape of Good Hope ; where they received a frefh fupply of provifions and flores from the Datch. Capt. Partridge, who {0 bravely beat off the French privateers (as laely mentioned) has had an elegant fil- ver cup preflented to him by the infurers, merchants, and owners of the fhip he defended, as a token of their grateful remembrance of his uncommon intrepidity. The events of war in Germany this year, are certainly awful to confideration. Every thing feems to be at ftzke among the belligerant powers, and matters feem prefling towards a finai decifion. If, by the blefling of providence, the proteftant allies fhould be able to obtain any fignal sdvantage over their enemies, peace, with her attendant bleflings, may be reftored to this quarter of the globe. But on the contrary, if they are unfuc- cefsful, the horrors and milchiefs of war muft continue to rage on. By letters from Gibraltar we have an account, that Adm. Saunders had received advice of the failing of 4 fhips of the line, 2 frigates, and 7 tranfports, from Tou- lon ; upon receiving the intclligence he immediately difpatched feveral men of war into the gut of Gibralar, in order to intercept them. The Savage floop of war has taken a lugfail French privateer off the Land’s end. On the 4th inftant was taken in Mount’s bay, nesr the Land’s end, the Ann floop, Edm. Pitton mafter, by the Miniere privateer of Dunkirk. Ii’s computed that upwards of 70 veflcls have been taken this fummer near the Land’s end. A thip arrived yefterday from Gibraltar brings ad- vice, that the plague rages very much in the Levant. Thurfdey latt Major-General Stanwix arrived from America, and yefterday waited upon his Majefly at Kenfington, snd was moft graciov{ly received. Auguft 19. A letter from on bosrd one of his Ma- jefty’s fhips cruifing off the Ifle of Oleron, July 18, fays, % We have certain advice, that all the flat-bottom boats in France are fitting out.” " Advices from Marfhal Broglio’s head quarters at Oberiuftingen, dated the sth inftant, at five in the evening, run thus: We have as yet got no juft account of what pafled nearWarbourg on the z1ft. The moives for concesling the particulars of thac unfortu- rate event may be eafily-guefled. All we know is, that the brigades of Bourbonnis, 1a Couronne, Rochfort, and Plants, have fuffered confiderably, and that Filcher's people are almoft cut off Bourbonnois had 55 oflicers killed or wounded ; la Couronne 71, and Rochtort 62. The regiment of Rouergue was an equal fufferer.’ A letter from an Hanoverian officer of diftinétion, who was in the late alion on the 31ft, fays, ¢ Yefterday was a glorious day. Our troops, particularly the Eng- lifh cavalry and the Hanoverian grenadiers, performed prodigies of valour. The enemy were totally routed. We took 22 pieces of cannon,and made 2800 prifoners. The French left 2400 dead in the field, and upwards of 3000 wounded.” Weloft no General or Colonel ; and our killed and wounded fcarce exceeds 300. Letters from Hamburg of the 12th inft. advife, that they had an account,thet the Hereditary Prince of Bruni- wick had pafled the Weler at Holizmunden, to give battle (o Prince Xaverius of Saxony, who, with a flying party, has over run the flat country on the froniers et Hanover, and taken feveial open places that could not make any refiftance. 15 It thould feem that the havock lately made of Elliot’s light hoife muft have been much greater than has been rcprcfén'cd tous; as, it is faid, they are become inca- pable, till recruited, of continuing in the fcene of alion with the army. : The French upon meeting with refiftance from the tronps in Caflel, immediately fired red hot halls into it, which [fet fire to feveral houles ; upon which Pr. Fer- divand fent them orders to furrender the city, rather than hsve it deftroyed by fuchinhuman proceeding Aug. 22.