The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 10, 1762, Page 2

s . A W.¥ O R K, Augih se. [The toliowing ‘Letter; we believe, will_be #ho't: to give the beft gexeral Account of Affairs from the Havannsh,] ; On board tbe Briton, off the Havannah in Cuba, July 28, 1762. TE left Martinico the 6:h of Msy, snd a5~ rived here the 7th of June, end immedi- stely landed our troops and took poflefli- on offeversl Spanith out poits, with very.lisde lofs og-- oppofitiqn from the enemy. A hiftory of whole pro- ceedings fince our being here, I imsgine will not be difegreetble to you ; therefore I'll proceed from our "lending on the 7th of Jane, which was immediately to take -poffeflion, aid maintein ourfelves mafters of oll the ‘height snd sdvantsgeous grounds nesr. the Moor Caftle,snd encamp’d cur troops on different beights all round the town, in order to obferve the ¢neniy’s motions, and to draw their Attention 1o va- - giousguarters : Being thus fitusted, & detachment of our (ioops, togeiher with'a (ufficient number of ma- fines and {silors, begsn to build batteries, inorder to stteck thie Mare, ‘which were in o’féw Days opened, ind then afliked by four of cur men of war; all of which bebaved gailently, except Capt. John Cam pbell of the Siirling Caltle, who never came fo nigh as to fhare in the ‘engagemeént; and- it now ind-fgr ce...... The Cambridge fuffereds maft, but they all got off, finding they had no chance for fuccefs from their. At- * temps. , Sooh after this the Spaniards vfed to fally ot upon ‘us, but- were slways best back with great lofs ; ‘pasticularly & few days ago, when about 1000 of -them miscked’ our batteries, with fuli hopes . of vi€tory, having rote op the front of their hats, Nei- dber 13 take o give Quartirs ;"but the Dons foon got &h e drabbing es fent 300 of thém into the other world;and , wounded as many ; and our loft did not smouat to. above 100 killed and wounded . in this afair : Our batteries ftill continued a very hot fire, and had teduced their Mora to a hesp of Ruin, and slmofk difmonnted &l their guns, We then got' full pofleilion of their glacis, and fent fome -miners into the disch, who dug a mine under their wall, which was [prung two daysago, and immedistely a'ter our people ftorm’d it fword in hind, kill'd 400 of the e- pemy on the {pot, and took 600 priloners, smong which was Don Vellifco, dangeroufly wounded ; he was commandant of the caftle, aod made n-noble de- fesce: Our lofsin this affeir was 11 killed #nd g wounded. ‘We are now mafters of the Grest Moor Caftle, .which the Spsnisrds tho't impoflible; -snd look’d upon it as the ftrongeft place im the world, _.and the pride of their country. In confequence of ghis the whole town (larger and vaftly 'more elegent flwl New-Y ork) together with 12 fhips of thei‘line, or 10.{rigates, and, {everal trading fhips in the har- $our, inuft in a 'very litle time hence, fall into our pofieflion, which mekes this « great Conqueft. The counry round locks ‘very delightiul, and by every {or’'s opinion who has travelled thro’ it, they all egree that iv's capsble of the beflt cultivation, bme has been greatly negleQed by the Spaniards, who uie iy Chiefly'in rtifing mules and - catde. ~ All - the {inali flock round this plece is :already chiefly deftroyed during the fiege.. Our ticops lived very well and elegantly for the firft three weeks, killing and deitroy. ing every thing they could catch ; and the Spaniards on the other hand deftroying sll the {mall ftock thex 3hey counld not ule, in order to prevent our :people from being fowell fupply’d ; that betwixt the two, Timagine, by the time we get inid the town, we fhall ‘have very listle frefh ‘meat to est, excepting thofe -who go & grewt way into the country fhooting their ‘wild cauje.” : I am Your’s, &c. Laft Week John Harwood arrived here from Vie- “giniz, having come Paflenger in a Vefl:l to that “Place {roin the Coalk of Africa ; and fays, that hebe- denged to the Schooner Succefs, Capt.Nathanic] Roads ‘of Rhode [flsnd ; which Veflel wascaft, sfhore on the Couft. He came from thence the firlt of May, ‘and informs us, that the Captsins Congrell, Caitle and “Pavis, from Liverpool, and a Brig beloaging to Whitehaven, were lately taken on the Coaft by a French Frigate, and that heheard a French Privatcer had taken 10 Seil 1o Windward. ' 5 ‘B O S T O N, Skptember 6. By Capt. Wic Auley arrioed at Philedeiphiv, as men- tion'd-in oar dafl, we bave the fotlswoing additional Articles from she Favannsh, viz. % T hat our People did not firé &« Gun on the Eae- mmy, from their entring Moare Caftle ta the Time of Capt M’ Agiey’s fuiling ; but he wis informed from "good. Autharity, that it was determined to meke a .generdl Attack, on the 10th’in@tent, by Land avd Ses: ‘4ot whigh purpofe Battesics were eredling, and eight . -Suil of the Line had-Orders to. enter . the Hurbour, .writh others to cqver them, snd thet hg, onthe ioth, ‘being within Heering of the Guns, aétuslly heard ‘she Piring begin ‘about nine 0'Clock in-the Morning, .and continued sl Day s That the firk Divifioy of the New York Traeps ayrived at the Havanunab; the Nighs before they formed the Cuftle ; but in going ¢hro' the Bahama Straits, the Enterprize Man of War, and five of theT'ranfports were loft, but sll theTroops ‘snd Ships Crews faved : That the fecond - Divifion, from the {ime Plaes,. sorived fome Diys. 4 the - Stotming of the Cuftle, five of the Trenports. being taken, with abour oo Soldisrs én -bosrd, by fome French Men of War, and ¢arried to Cape Francole: That there was the greatet Harmony betwixt cur lsnd snd fea Forces, the Adfiral having done evary Thing in his Power to forward the Seivice, and the Seamen: were of the uimoft Ule in fecuring the Bat- teriés, &c.and tho the Duty were exceeding hmd, K“ it was underteken with the gresteft Chearfulnels y 2l concerned, cnd executed in the moft (péedy Mlnnfr imaginable : That the Fleet bad mede feve- ral Prizes, among which were, thiee Frigates, and s ~~ Stoop 6f “War : That on the Landing of our Army the Inbabiisnts .of two of the Villages, left their Houles and Effcfls, and had not returned to 'them, tho’ the General had forbid any Plunder to be made: for Namber of Days, snd iflued . Proclamations,, encoursgirg them to come back: Thai our Army and Navy wers in high Spirits, hoping foon to be Masfters of the wliole Place. And on the other Hand, the Speniards were as obflinaie end brave ss they had been thro’ the Siege, snd refolved to keep the Place, or lofe it Inch by Inch.”™ " oy _The Spanifh Force st the Commencemet of the Siege, was 12 Ships of the Liue, g Frigates, 2 new Ships on tbe Stock, 4000 Regulsr Troops, and with Marines, Sailore, Negroes, all together, were fuppo- fed to be shout 18 or 20,000 Mea.” “ ' - The Bricith Forces were 23 or 24 .Ships -of the Line, 16 Frigates sndBombs, 12,000 regularTroops, which with Marines and Sailois, &c: were {uppoied to be about z ; or, 24,000 braveMen. CurTroops have hitherto fuffered but ‘very little; in Proportion to thole of the Enemy, in A&ion, but the Fatigue, to: gether with the Climate, hes;occelioned: a confiders- ble Sickne(s among them, tho’ very few but what recover in g few Days, or perhdps & Week. : Tuelday laft Major Geéneral BAsTIDE atrived here f‘v’on; Halitsx ; ind-on . Sstardsy; fet out- for' New- ork. : 4 " 'Gn Tueldsy 1alt was ‘ordsined at the O'd Souih ‘Chiurch 'in'this Town, the Rev Mr: Fefep Bovemes, 29 & Mifllonsry to propegete Chriftina Kaowleoge o mongthe Tribe of Indians called The Six Nations ; There wes & very genercus Conwribution:; and sbe _nexf:g Day he fet out from “‘heace” on that laudable efign, 0 L Hip. 1 NMGE 23Egial N0 . Thutfdsy Noon came to Town s Gentlemsn from Newbury, who came ina Flag of Truce from M. Tourday, Commender af the French Forces by Sca and Lgnd'st St. John's: She hvd“'1g Dsys “Piflige, has on hoard 62 Men; - Wemen* and Childién, 28 whereof Heads of Families, all-Inbabitants of 8t. ohn’s, and bound to this Port.,....We gre informed, “That the French Ships had sll their Bails® hent, were weoded and Uwatered, and being - weakly': manped, they béd " ftrengthened themiclves by eblifting be- sween 4 & 500 of the Itith, who were conflantly exercifing :he Cannon end {msll srms on board : 'hie Ships it Wwas judged -would fail within a Fort- pight's. A Gérrifou to be left bereiof 4 or too Exench Regolars, under the Commsad of sn Officer who has been wiih the French in America all the War, ; s M. Tourney f{iys the Inhabitants figned.a Paper, -wherein they engsge not totake up Arms aguint the French, during the War : but this is tho’t to be & Pallscy......Veilel from Masdsira, one from Barbados, and Branfcomb from New York all arrived” at”St. Jobn's after theFrench were inPofleflion of the Place. "The Commiodore gave the'Maiter of the Barbados Slocp, » Schaoner taken in the Harbour, belonging to this Town ; with her be proceeded 10 Halifax. ‘Extrali of ‘& Lé¥ter from Hlilsx, dated Auguoft' z8, ¢ " Number of Tran{ports srriv'd here Yefter : A day from: New York, which have on bosrd 200 Troopt, they are tocarry 500 Regu Jars of cur Garrifen, and500 a?govincids, and the Gariifon of Louifbourg; bein t 500 more, in #ll about 1900, to reiske St JAMA's ; the Expediiion .to be commanded by Col. Amberfl, and will depart from hence in two Days. ....Lord Colvill is:at Newfoundland with four Men of War, of 70, 50, 40 and zo Guns, and the Maflachuletts Province. Ship Capt. Hilloweil.s..,In all Probability they will be join'd foon by t9me: Ships; from Home: Lxtrast of a Letter from Newport, Rbode Ifland, Sept. 3. 1762, ¢ APTAIN" Wright, Exprefs from ' Hailifax, : C ftop: bere Iait Eveéning, so put his Pilot on Shore 5 he left-that Plsge. lsftSaturday, and informs, Thet, Lord Colvjll was joip'd by fire Sail of the TAne from BEngland, and thathe had fent an Exprefs %6 Col. Amberfito hiftén hig TrooPs,’ which were sccordingly embarking io Order tg Sail on Sunday Morning. .s. .o We bope {oon 19, bave the Rleefuce of hearing that the French Gentry ere going Paflengers #o Brglend‘in fome of our Ships.” '’ - Wednefdey next the Great and General Court or sAff:mbly. of this, Provisce is 1g meee here.. i " Saturday laft ;a_Boy, nemed, Djdgr_xifcn, ghout 7 Yesrs old; fell‘imorthe Dock néar, Wheeler's Foint, and was drowned, 77T LT Y ' : B < “Important PORESMOUTHUN, in New-Hamp/bire, September i LR : ESTERDAY atrived: at Nev/vhurv *«.Captain ' Fames' Hulfon, ‘who “leit : Liverpool the 4th ot July, and put into the Ifle of ‘Man, Wind "bojffia"ffo,'u} Days, in which Time Advice came of the follozndg fgreath anLc‘lr Importanr News; as extraCted from the London i by faid\l‘z’(d[ohf;i Waee G:fz.c_t? ¥ cgpx_ed L0 SE James s, Fume 38, . o **&"&N@*HIS Afternoon ,Lie%xt'énang"- Col. g T % Boyd, Aid de’ Camp 1o ;irin'ce RN Ferdinand arrived "here, being difpatched by His Serene High- nefs to the KING, with the following Ac- count of a Battle gained by His. Majefty’s Forces over the French Army commanded by Marfhal D. Etrees,and Soubeize,the 24th of June.——[Here was inferted the particulars of the Action, but the Captain. had not Time so Copy e T, """ 700 ' The French Army being furrounded: by the Englifh, caufed them to Retreat—We have taken bétween' two dnd three Thoul- / and Prifoners, féveral Standards andColours. —Our Jofs but fmall, about 2 of 300~— The' French' Army cdafifted of 100 Bat- talions—Ours ‘but 60— Arother Aiccount fays, ‘the whole Lofs of thie Frénch, killed' and' taken is'Five THotfand.— W “Capt. Hutfon alfo .informs, That while he was at the Ifle bf Man, Advice .came both from England and .lIreland, That Admiral Szanders fell ‘in with Ten Spanifh. - M of War of the Lifie, took Eight,funk One, and’ the other, efcaped in the Straits of Gibraltar Semeics 7 ! : o “PORTSESMOUYTH, Sept. 9., - Yefterday Two0"Clock Afternoon came to Town-an Bxprefs from Bifton, who fet, out from. thence about 11 o'Clock the Nighe before, and has brooght the greatt and Important News of the furrender of the - Havannah, &. [Which the Spaniards thought impoffible, and look’d upon-as the frongef Place in-the World, and 1hé" Pride of their Country) as extracted from three onginal Letters, and are as follows ; ¢ . ‘ Dear Sir, Boflon, Seps. 7. OTHING cosld give me more plea- N fure.than to let you and the reft of my Friends be partakers with us of the GREAT AND IMPORTANT NEWS, we this Afternoon have received of the CONQUEST OF THE HAVAN- NAH, and Succefs of Prince FERDI- NAND; both of which you have here tran- fcribed from three original Letters— We have likewife heard of 3 Grand Affair done by Admiral Saunders which we would willingly believe ; but this Account.doubt- lefs_ you have reccived ’ere we did, as it came by a Veffel from the lfle of Man into Newbury. We have difcharged fome Can- non here this Afternoon on this Account, but am apt to think no Bonfires or Hlumi« nations will be this Evening it being too ' fudden,though ftrongly Requefted by fome, Doubtlefs that will not be this Day or two, as fome: Preparations are Requifite——All . the particulars of the Conqueft of the HA- VANNAH that we can learn,.are verbally - brought. by a Paffenger from New-York in the Pacquet Boat to Rhiode Ifland, be- Jonging to Mefl’rs Rickards and Blagg ; for the Boat was put off, but the Captain / s News, ~ v P