The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, February 20, 1761, Page 1

THE Laft Sunday arrived it Bofton Capt. Bartlet in 37 Days’ from Briftol, by whom we have the following im- portant ADVICES, via. Rl Account of the Battle of The following is the Pruffion Torgau, on the 3dof Nov. between the King of Pruffia, and the Army of the Empire under Count Daun, . wrote by an Officer of Diftinétion, from the Camp at . Bilgern. HE g;l inRant the XKing brought M. Daun to & bawle by a firatagem. - His msjelty’ firlt canfed the enémy to be harrafied by . a few independent battalions, and fomse = fqusdrons of baffers; Gen Hulfen® ‘with 2 body of 10,000 men turned-a wosd that lay on the left of the Auftrians, and took poRt in that fpot, without being difcovered by the enemy. This General had -pofitive orders to sttempt. nothing more, till he fhould hear oar cannon roar; and the prince of Wir- temberg was then to advance likewife, with his corps towards the enemy’s right wing, and endeavour to get pofleflion of the 1ifing grounds. In the mean while; our light treops continued harrafling the Auftrians, snd the battalions and [quadrons a&ually at blows ; having been fucceflively fupported on both fides, the affsir foon became general.. Bn of our independeént battalions baving-then mafter’d one of the enemy’s batteries,turned the.cannan agsindt them ; and a» foon as GeneralHullen and the Prince of Wirtemberg heard the report of the astillery, they. fell with grest impetuofity, one upon the left, and the other. upon the right of the Auftrisn army,while the King with the relt of the troops attacked in front. y M. Dsun finding himlelf thereby forced to come to a fett bittle, made his gresteft efforts againt our left wing, and fmartly reputfed it ; but Gen. Ziethen haft- ening thither ‘full gallop, with part of the cavalry of the right, when there was not near fo much danger, he found mesns to cut off the communication of the ene- -my’s horfe with their intrenchments, and drove them ‘into & natrow fpot, where they could not a& without great difficulty. - The King no fooner perceived this, than he rede up to his left wing, and having -rallied it, he not only frutrated Gen. Ziethen, but caufed the ‘enemy 10 be aitacked fo vigorouily on every fide, that our infantry having forced their intrenchments, cleered the way for our cavalry, who made a furprifing flaughter, - Tae Auftrians then began to run. We purlued them sill it grew dark-; but by favour of the night they pafled the Elbe on 3 bridges kept ready fer that purpole, and in their paflage they loft 8 great many more men. Their lofs in killed and drowned, may be eltimated at sbout 2000, viz. 4000 flain in the ficld of batde, and the reft oft in the river. We have made about 10,000 prifon- ‘ers;among whom srethe Generals Wallis, Angier, Ried, St, Ignon, and Bathiani, with 300 other officers, Mar- fhal Daun is wounded, #nd feveral other general officers, and Gen. Walder is among the flain. The trophies of our vitory are z1 colours, 18 ftan- ‘dards, and many picces’ of cannon. OQur lofs in the iwhole, reckoning the -‘wounded and mifling along with the killed, may amount to between 4 and gooo men. . Among the dead are Gen. Finckenftein, Lieut. Colonel Schwerin, the count of Ashalt, and Major Zediner. ‘Among the wounded we find the Margrave Charles, and-the Generals Hulfen, Iutterhcim, and Syburg. The Generals Bulow and Aflcburgh are mifling. Leipfic, Dec 16, His Pruffisn Majefty, sfier all his Fatiguey; 3s in perfe& Health, and as foon as Things can ‘Be fettled in this EleQorate, intends to make a Tour o Berlin, where his Subijefls are extremely impatient to fee him. The Royal Paum flion lor Merchants 10 at- tend our Fair in perfe@ Safety, is slready iflucd, aad though the Demands made upon us by the Pruffian Government are very high, yet tae Revival of Trade, and . of all Manufattures, give new Life and Spirit to ghe Inhabitants. Itis now certain, that the Court of Vienna have reje@ed all the Propofals that bave been made; and infilt on the Reltitution of Silefia, and of full Satisfa&ien for themfelves and their Allies. Pawrts, Dec. 12. An Englith Man of War and a Frigate are loft on the Coaft of Brittany. The Ship was piziced for70 Gans, but enly g were found on bosrd, and niot afingle Man. Icwas laden with Plank. and it hasalicady been faken out, The Frigate, mounted 40 Guas, had 260 Men on board, of whom 115 perifhed, the remain- der are Prifoners of War. Paris, Dec.1g. The King's Frigates the Opalle and Brunc have fentinto Breft 20 Englith Ships, which they have teksn in a 20 Days Cruize ; and 10 more Prizss, sasde in 1.5 Days Time, have alfo been fent into the {ame Port. Motk of the Captires are confiderable. Vienna, Dec. 3, Marthal Daun is arrived here, he imade half his Journey in a Lieter, snd the other in a Coach. The Surgeons fay his Wound, which he re- ceived 1n the Battle at Torgau with the Prufffans, will be healed in three Weeks. Their Imperial Majefty’s have honoured him with & Vifit, " Londen, Yan. 1. It is faid, an Englith Man of War_is . Ship-wreek’d off the Point of Holland, Contaiming the Frefbef} Advices, FRIDAY: February 20. 1761. s SRRy ¥ .o M"Y The GRAND EXPEDITION from Portimouth is countermianded and that Orders were ~fent Yelterday from the War Office for the Troops to difembark and march into Winter-Quarters.— Somc pretend, or rather conjeétare, that this is occafioned by new Propafals of Peace that ste not inadm flible. R b (o] Pee. 13. " Extralt of a_Letter from Bax # There has lately happe rible Whirlwind, which dig ping there-: Two Enplith § Pieces, and many Souls : ing into the Bey weose Srew and a Spanith Man of Wa 4 Guns, was Likewife. loft, with about 300 of her Crew. ' The Esrthquekes in this Country fi!l continuc; we had one the aft Inft. estly in the' Morning, 'but- God be prais’d, it has not done any Damage.” 3 Dec. 18. Our Correfpondent at Plymouth writes, that notwithftanding the Sccret Expeditionis to be laid afile at Prefent, for fome very particular Reafons, they have Orders to finith with the utmoft Diligence all the Ships gow upon the Stocks, and likewife thofe that are almoft ready for Ses; for which Purpofe they work double T'ides, Sundays not excepted. He adds, that the Expedition Fleet will ceruainly -fail very early in the Spring, with an additional Number of Ships from that Port; and thatthe Report there is, ’tis defign’d a- gainft Belleifle. ' From this it appears that Peace (fo much wifhed for)ds notfo near at Hand ss{ome ima- ined. gfi‘T be Amflerdam Gazette tells us, that at & Council of War beld by His Prussian Majestx on the Eve of the Battle éf Torgau, [ a Tows in Germany 7 be fpoke to bis Generals in the foilswing Manner, * 15 GENTLEMEN, ¢ [ bave called you together, not 9 gfk your Advice, bat “ to tell you that To morrew I fball attack M. Daun. “ know be is in a good Pofition, but it'is alfo fuch, that a s Retreat is imprafticable : If 1beat bim, moft of bis drmy muft be taken orperiflr in the Elbe s if we are beat, we muft all die, and 1 the fir}. I am weary of this War; “ and you ought to be Jo too 5 To morrese will decide it.” Some fay, that the Reafon of & Stop being put to the Expedition, is, that the French had got'certain Intelli- gence of its Deftination, which would have renderd the Attempt very hezirdous, on Account of the Prepa- ‘razions they had made fora vigorous Defence. The {rethe® Advices from Saxany (ay, that his Pruf- fisn Majefty made feveral Attempis to come at Drefden, before he refolved to put his Troops into Winter Quar- ters, but found the Enterprize would Be attended with tco much D.fficulty and Dunger. They likewife tell us, That he is now thinking feridufly of Methods to Negociste a Peace this Winter, and n;crfon of Note is to repair for this Purpofe to Verfailles, the King only waiting for &n Anlwer from London, to found the Dilp fition of France. - / The Auvftrian Prifoners in the Flands of the Pruffians amount to 36,000 dMen; end the Prafians who are Pri- foners to the Auitrians, smount to 28,008, An Ex- change of Piifoners is foon cxpelled, - It is certain that our Treops deftined for the Expe- dition are difembarked at Pordmouth, and the Men of “War and Tranfports are ordered inwo that Harbour Itis now faid chat the Parliament will be diflolved in March, and that the Coronation will be deferred till after the General Eleflion is over According to fome privaie *Advices, we may foon seceive fome interefling Nows from Spaio 5 the Mar- quis de la Ealcnada, it (eems, is to open a grand Scene ; but they give us no Particulars. NotwithRanding all Reports to the contrary, we are aflured, that the greateft Harmony fubfifts among all kis Mejefty’s Migifters 59 It'is faid, thay his M:jefty, in Confideration of the War with france, has forbid sll French Wines of any fort to be drank in the Palacé, not even excepting his own Table, *Tis calculated this will bea faving of at leaft 40,0001, per Asnum. The Arrivalof g Noblemen from France, with Pro- pofals for holding s Congrefs, we find, upon the ftrictelt Enquiry, to be a mere Infinuation, calculated perhaps to ferve fome private Parpofes. Dec zo. His Mijefty rides out early every morning for his Hezslth, attended by feveral Gentlemen. Admiral Bofcawen lies ill of a Eever, at his Houfe near Guildford in Surry. ; Five Cémpanies are going to Jemaica. The eldeft Captain is to be Captain Commandant, and Captain ‘Weimys is going over Major of them. Seversl Companies are likewile going to Goree and ‘Senegal. Dec. 31. Letters from Frankfort of the 16th Inft. advife, that it was currently rc[;oncd that'divers Mini- fters of the feveral Powers are foon to meet at Leipfic to fette the Preliminaries for a general Peece. The French Court were fully perfivaded that the Degtination of our Bxpédition was far the Recovery of the 1fland of Minorcs, and are «Clualiy preparing 10 WEEKS ficce thin T AR was fisft publdbied, ijm'p. 229 { e oreign_ and Dumefhiek fend a confiAJc_nbk Reinforcement thither., T¢ is ella reported, that the whole Naval Force of France will fail early in the Spring for Martineco, to prevent, if pofible, the French from being =xpelled out of America. It is faid that if 8 Peace fhould not take Place before Summer, & Fleet of 40 Ships of the Line under fourCom - manders, to form different Squadrons elorgthe Enemy’s Cosfts, will certainly (ail, the utmoft Diligence in the Equipment of which is now sbfaluzely makirg Rl Far 1. We hear that the King of Pruffia has mades Demand of 20,000 Recruits from Saxony, and the City of Leipfic is compelled to Cloth them. ¥ ~Letters from Prague of Dee. 6. mention, that if iz rumoured, that the King of Pruflia hath offered to yield: to the Emprels Qusen Upper Silefia, and the County of Glaiz, provided Lower Silefia, including the City of Breflau be guarantied to him. The Artificers as Portfmouth are very bufy in mak- ing Preparations for the Spring ; at which Timc we fhall have a prodigious Armament ready there. A: Spithead, Admiral Holbourn with 24 Ships of War. They write from Stockholm that the “Government have made fome Overtures for an Accommodatien with the King of Pruffis, 2 : We hear that Twelve Millions has been granted for the Service of the Yesr1761. PHILADELPHTIA, Feb. 5. We have Advice from St. Chriftophers, that'C:ptain M’Pherfon, of the Britannia Privateer of this Port, hxs retaken two Snows; one from London for Antigua, with King’s Stores; the otherfrom Marblehead for Gauda- loupe, loaded with Fifh and Lumber : That he has taken a large Dutch Shipin her Ballaft, from Martinico : That he took & Dutch Brig from a fmall Privateer belonging to 8t. Chriftophers, fufpeéting lome Collufion between the Captains : And that he had informed the Culloden Man of War of & Dutch Ship brought into Sandy Point by the fame Privateer ; which Ship the Culloden cug out, and carried to Bafleterre, NEW YORK, Feb. g : On Menday lafi, died at Princeten, in New Ferfes, the Reverend Mr.SamueL Davies, Prefident of 1he College of New-Jerfey, in the 38th Year of bis dge. ; B O S T O N, Februyary 12 The Auftrian Particulars of the Battle on the 3d of November are too long to be inferted : It sppears thak much Art is made Ule of to colour their Difgrace on that Day ; they own the Lofs of about 10 or 12,000 in killed, wounded and miffing, and prefume to guels the Lofs of the Pruflizns to be double that Number, From many Paragrephs it appears, that the Confequence of this Baule to the Pruffians, is the Recovery of Torgau, Lcipfic, and the greateft Part of Saxony; the Retrest of all the Ruflisns into Poland, and the Delivery of Silefia from the Infults of the Enemy, befides the King of Pruflia’s being able to fend a confilerable Reinforce- ment to Prince Ferdinand : Thele are plain indubitable Proofs that'the Pruffian Monarch was viorious at the Battle of Torgsu ; and what is inferted in the Auftsian Papers to the contrary, is & confiderable Proof that. the preicnt Situation of their Affairs require fuch Difguifings. Cspt. Bartlet {ail’d frem Briftol the gth of January, in company with Capt. Brown bound alfa to this Port, and feveral other Veffels bound to different Parts of the Con:inent, under Convoy of the Milford Erigate. Since our lzft came to Town from Quebeg, end Mon- treal, &c. Cnpt.glohn Malcom of the Sleop Wilnot, and Capt. John Holmes of the Sloop Sally. "1’* H B Advices from His Msjefty’s Dominicns of Canada, are fuch as with Pleafure we cz2p give the Public, viz. That sl the Britith Troops ftationed in the feveral Parts of that Country, together with the En- glith and French Inhabitants, are well and in highSpirits,’ having Supplics of almoft all {orts of Provifions: That great Harmony (ubfifts among the whole. Thofe Inha- bitants who but lstely were underthe Tyrannical Yoke of France, now exult in the Liberty they enjoy -under the Britifh Government: No greater Burden is lsid upon them than they can besr: The Britifh Troops are quartered upon the Inhabitints in Proportion to their Circumitances ; and whatever they have to difpofe of, they are paid for with the ftricteft Honor, which-atisches them greatly to their new Mefters, or rather Fathers 3 Any who are in Want are fupplied with Neceflaries fuitable for them ; Particularly we hear, That on con- fidering the Circumftances of many of the poor Peafunts and others, who fuffered the Lofs of all theirEffeéls, and being under Arms moft of the Summer could not raifc Grainfinecc{lary for their Famiiies, = Contsibution was fet on_Foot-at Quebec, and a large Sum of Money colle@ed by the Officers of the Garrifon, the Englith Merchants, &c. &c. to fupport thofe Pocr during ihe Winter. ; i Provifions it is {aid are bro’c into Montreal end- [old very cheap: Posltry being.in great Plenty, 18 fold ar = duarter of Dollar for. a8 Tuskey, and- Dunghill Fowles 5 for a Piftareen : and Wheat at 3 Piftarecns. per Baflizly Che follswing Vefels wpre preventrd from failing &y Reafsn of foe oo wsaking in tke. River befure they werg,