The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-08-18 00:00:00, page 2

tod tbal be bad cemptofy defraud them, and \
obliged them to retreat in great confufan over the\
river, which be intended to „, with hiearup to
da, ix,urfeitoftbem^ ff \'}}f
^The enemy has loft near fifty >iem of itj
ahdab&u^ 5000 men, 3000 of whom a^lfy...
ere. The loj, of the Austrians has been very in
confierable, as th, in b manherjurprized them.
- Accounts were likewise reuived to day,-that
tbipnet ty ,/e dn inroad into the Duchy ts
Luxembourg, wtb an army ts 40,000 men, and
to tafon poffiffim of Arbx,<wbicb has obliged
S, J^Q^u (^ forward with
%„ Wider bifcommand, and bad taken the
te of Bouillon b, storm) to retire, and to fall
back on Marche, in order to cover Namur, lane,
, %„ - (fed). FREDERICK.
Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c. &c.
Gen. Jourddin' j letter to the Convention whrcb
regions bit intention; to engage the enemy, it dat
ed May 21.—{For which, and fondry French
accounts relative to this affair, fee the Mlr
rour N@. 93— How, the story alters !]1
{Over Gen. Pichegru's Army.
& CAMP NEAR TOURNAY, MAY 23.
The combined armies were yeflerday morning
attacked b, the whole force that the enemy could
bring against them : The edict commenced at fa
in the morahg, and fiuifad about half an hour
pas nine at nigbt. This bar been by far the
fewereft aßion tbat has as yet taken face ; but it
give's me much pleajure to add, the enemy were
repulftd with a veryferions leys. They commenc
ed their attack as ujual, and a toy beat, fire
from their artillery ; forced our posts at Pick,
Tens,leave, &c. and drove the Adrians and
Hanoverians with an immense loft, back upon
Tournay. They were indeed at one time in the vil
lage of Froinnes, about half a league distant, and
, Were ver, plainly perceived from the ramparts of
the town The time they were in the village a
bowe fpekeu of, they kept a, the beavieft fire of
mufquetr, ever remembered. But our batteries on
the Scheldt, and light artillery, on the Cbavffie,
keeping ufa very heavy fire on them, they found it
impossible to advance ; but did they maintained
tbetr ground with much obflinacy, tawitbjiand
ing the Very /evere tots they itfered, until about 5
o'clock, when they retreated to Ramegnies, where
they made a determined fland; their object being to
keep open wcommunication with tbe Scbeldh Oar
Auftrsan and Hanoverian artillery at this tense
were advancing on the Cbaufo, having affine
plain for the cavalry, (Hanoverian and Dutch)
who covered them. On the approach to the vil
' lagt °J ' 'monies, the enemy kept up a heavyfire
with grape and mufauetry, which obliged them to
retreat injome c&tfon^, Sufferternate,for us, at
this period Gen. Fox arrived with the remains of
bis brigade of infantry of the line. Seeing the con
fufcntbat was taking place, be infantl, formed
tbem witbin 300 yards of the Village, and under
cover of tbefre of bis only twofold pieces remain
ing, advances and took it by form. The Car
magnoles retreated in the utmost confafion, both
from tbe village,'andfrom a po# where they bad
eftablifeed tbemfelves on the bhnki of the Scheldt.
Their loss here is hardly credible, and ours was al
so ltvere,fo much so, that this brigade is not now
above two thirds tbefrengtb of a tingle regiment.
After takingibis village, the enemy were purjued
(having, now begun to retreat in all directions) to
.tbe'left towards Tenipleuve, and along the Cbauf
fite towards Peek ; which pur/uit was continued
as.til sane time after dark, when tbe troops were
ordered to ref on their arms. Our loffon ibis oc
cafanl have not as yet been able to learn. Tbe
enemy's is computed at 6000 — that of tbe Austri
ans at ioeo-.be Hanoverians about 300, and
tbe Britifb about 150 ; but, it is to be observed,
that only tbe brigade of the line of tb? latter were
engaged with two field pieces, which ks more than
half their ten*in killed and wounded. 1
As a left!mon, of tbe gallantry Jbewn by our
troops in the aßson of the 22d, tbe Duke of York
Mat da, iffaed the following
GENERAL ORDERS—ma y 23.
« His Royal Hgbnejstbe commander in chief, de
fas to exprejs bis mofl particular thanks to Major
Gen. Fox, to tbe 146, 37th, and 'fad regiments,
and tbe detachment of oftilhry,for that great dif
pla, of intrepidity andgood conduß, which rftas
the greateJi honour upon tbemfetott, at tbe fame
time that it was fa highly infararatal in deciding
the important vidor, of tbe tzd. His Royal High,
nefs much laments tbe loss they sustained, but fat,
ters bimjelf they feel it in feme meajure compensated
by the credit th, bavegained.".
LONDON, MAY 28.
Letters fare,Be army givevaridus details oftbe
late deaerate adieu. Picbegru commanded in ty
fon, He advanced tn great force *fyr as Turin,
af mall village, not a league from Troty, on tbe
road to Court ray. Tbe fofition was ver, favour
able to tbe French, tab their win, and rear fr
t ing covered by a wood, ,0 that they could not be
filler attacked by cavalry. Picbegru'sfrmtt'
was likewye in a great degreeJbeltered by tbe wood
—About fafet the French were driven from.tbe
field ts battle, and pursued tofame difiance. Night
alone ^tanedco tbe,urfait. ..) ; ^
MAY 29. It was yeflerd, reported, me tbe
authority of tbe ma,or of a foreign veffil arrived
from India, that the fatlcwat rs BraQn had
Qfalha into tbe bauds of the French. ; 1 ^'^
f:riletter (tfwbicb the follows
" was this!, received by Mr*. Dundee,from vice
admiral Lord Hoodi dated Fiaory, off Basia,
April 25, 1,„. " Baftiafill beldsm^tW
tobatwritt baste bad a iff, powerful ^a. Al
I JT^b "wbo '<*" ^ ofthe town, reports the CT
-1 ray trbave I, a great number if men, andtb,t
tafc,WtCTa^&&ty»^'ter 300. , Our
^^usfai; M.fy 2^ AratfeKfer bays,
brought an account, that Gen. Baron de Beaulieu,
having marched/*to the Dutch, of Bouillon on the
18th inst. defeated acoafiderdble body of French,
who covered that Canton, and having killed 1 20®
-•-taken between z and 300 prijoners,fix pieces ts
cannon, and federal coffins, be tools poffffionwf
the town of Bouillon, andjemmoned the citadel to
fyrttkr, wbifb raa^efufed. The inhabitants
Jty/Wtg fired uppn the Aufriaus, tbe town was
frte up to be pillaged.
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Domestic Articles.
!BALTIMORE, JULY 2§.
A Letter, of a late date, from St Domin
go, to a gentleman in this town, fays,
" The negroes, amounting to 2000, are con
ftantly harassing the English troops at Port
au-Prince. The English marched out against
them, but were totally defeated, and loft eight
field pieces;"
JULY 26. Yeftetday arrived in this
pore Capt. Dot, of thepivateer Saos
Culotte de Marfeifai of ten guns, in
igdayt from St Bartholomew, whet
he had certain intehigecce tha; the
French forces at Point-a-Petre; were
(efficiently refpeaable to repel the
attacks of Admiral Jervis. Captain
Dot informs, that a high price can be
obtained for all forts of provifioot at
Point-1- Petre, where large quantities
of Weftindia produce and cash are
colle&ed, and that at the hurricane
month! will force the Ecgiilh to with
draw with their fleet to Fort Royal,
American vtffeli may enter that port
with fafety. : I'^
On his passage, Capt. Dot fell in
with a Spanish fleet of 17 fail, from
LaGduyru, bound to Cadiz, acd made
the following prizes: The Po^cre,
Noftra, Sigoora, del Remedios, Capt
fan Pedro Ferres ) and the brig Be
goyna, Capt. Don Lewis Cbntxo §
loaded with cocoa and indigo. More
of the fleet would have fhlr& the
fame fate had not the want of hands
rendered the manning impradicable.
*'J WEWYORK, AUGUST 6
IMPORTANT NEWS
from the Weftindies.
On the firft inst. arrived at Wik
mington, Delaware, the brig Isabella
and Ann, Wm. Hampton master,
19 "rys from St, Kirtland St. Eufta
tia—by whom we are informed, that
on the ad of July, the British army
under the command of Gee. Simms,
made a fierce attack on the French'
Republican troops at Points- Petre,
having previously demanded a surren
der of the fort and batreris ; assuring
them, that in case of resistance, they
should receive no quarter, but that
every foul should be put to the bayo
net. The brave Sans Culottes, re
gard left of British threats, returned
for answer— that the, wiffied to meet
them—that their motto impressed on
their hearts and their colours was
Conquer or Die—that their standard
would be relir.qaithed but with their
lives; therefore, would not accept
of, nor give quarter. Whereupon a
council was called, which determined,
that ail the volunteers from the dif
ferent colonies, and even the officers
and seamen from the fleet should be
collefted, to participate io the expect
ed glory of the &, ; and that every
man should unferew the flint from his
mufct, and depend entirely on the
bayonet, /n the mean time the
French were not idle ; they hid funk
a mine that extended under the only
piffage by which theeuemy couldap.
proach, and appearing in a large body
under cover of their guns the vah
guard of the Britiffi, confiftingfhtefly;
of the &h regt, and aft the'picked;
men, vainly approitbcdthem und#i
Ready charge; but the French ap-<
pairing pahnic flruck made, friot
retreat, by which the &te r&umn
of the ffitifh waffo far decoyed on
the fatal (pot, asty 014, gife,
co de ,orally deftrtye&^qfeg pcefc
pirated into the air, like at many wild
geefe-legt, arms and heads flying
in every, airtftjon ! not a foul of 800
men and 28 officers escaped. The
remainder were drove off the island
to their ^typing, and the French ate
now in complete possession of Grand
Terre. The French women were
under arms during the attack, and
flood their ground with firmnefs.
It is further said, that Gen Simms,
is under arrest on board the Boyne,
for some aledged mifeondua—that
Sir John Jervis and Charles Grey are
likely toloofe ail the credit which they
gained at Martinique—that the busi
ness is almost at a stand in the Wind
ward Iflsnds, and it is foppoted that
if the British do not receive large re
inforcement from Europe, the Fiench
will retake all their peff ffions in the
course of the hurricane leafon—that
Arnold had arrived at Foiot a Petre
but a ffiort time before, and was cap
tured with the rest ; but, mistaking
his person had put Mr. Anthrop
Summerfall, of St. Kitts in irons,
who, it is supposed, cannot survive
the ill treatment, if not already dead
—that Arnold secreted himfeff until
the day of adion, when he made hit
escape on a piank across the river Sal,
to the British, where he is now a vol
lunteer without any command—and
that on tbe >2 h July laft/he Re
source Eng rth legate, had arrived off
EuftatiUb from the windward, and
cor firmed the Duke of Yorkes defeat,
and the account of the naval engage
ment between the French and Eng
bfh fleets.
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Frefo Important Intelligence.
PORTSMOUTH, AVGI2. On Saturday
last arrived here, the flhip Apolte, Qapraih
Jones, from Liverpool, which place he left
the 7th June ; the papers by this arrival are
as late as the sth June.
Captain Jones informs, that he fell in with
Captain Diamond, in a brig belonging to
Salem, with whom he kept company several
days. Capt Diamond informed him, that
he saw the Englifli fleet, (33 in number,) go
ing up St George's Channel, and learned
from a fishing vessel (which had spoke with
the fleet) that in the late adion with die
French, they had loft one 74, funk, out of
which a few df the crew only were saved—
That 13 of their ships were difmafted, which
Capt. Diamond himfelf observed under jury
masts, and so far as he could learn, the dam
age fußained by the French fleet In this ac
tion was not material.
qfbe following paragraphs are wra&ed from pa
pers received by Captain Jones. ^
b 'WHITEHALL, JUNE J.
A DISPATCH, of which the following is
an extra&, dated Tournay, M^ 30, 1794,
was yesterday received from bis Royal High
ness the Duke of York, by the Right Hon.
Henry Dundas, his M jefty's PrincipaLSec
retary of State for the Home Department.
An officer arrived this evening, from Field
Marshal MoHendorf. wih the news that, on
the; fy, he completely tarprifed and far
rounded the French Camp at Kayfers Lau
tern, killed above 1000 men and took 2000
prisoners, betides 18 pieces of cannon, and
rill the camp equipage.
___. ; .
MaYENCE, MAY 26.
Marshal Mdlleodorf, on the 24th inst. for
prized the French in their entrenchments in
the neighbourhood of Kaiterflautern, and
defeated them with great loss. The forceof
the French consisted of about 12,000 men.
They were posted behind the defiles of Otter
bach, Hagelbath, and the Lauter. The
whole of this country was covered with re
doubts and entrenchments ; several dikes
had been cut, and the bridges were every
where defrayed ; while three strong peti
tions were prepared, to facilitate their retreat
in crife of accidents. The loss of the French
tobunts to 1000 killed, more than 2000
prisoners, 18 pieces of cannon, and two how
itzers. After the engagement, Marshal Mol
lendorf cftabliftied his head quarters at Win
weiller, and the Prince of Hohenloe Ingel
finden rook possession of Neuftadt. The ad
vanced crofts of the Prtiffian army extend as
far as Deux Ponti and Charliberg. ^
PLYMOUTH, MAY )h
This morning ri detachment of Lord Howe's •
fleet, under the command of Rear Admiral
l&atagoe, arrived here, consisting of the fol
lowing Ihips :—Hedor, 74 guns, Rear Ad
miral Montague, Captain L. W. Halftead $
'Ganges, 74, Capt. W. Trofcot Alexander,
74, Capt. R-. R.-Bligh; Arrogant, 74, Capt.
J. A. Whitihed ; Belona, 74, Capt G. Wil
son ; Theseus, 74, Capt. R. Calder ; Hebe,
36, Capt. A. Hood. ' ^
TbaPalUs frigate arrived.with them/but
is since failed again to the westward.
ThoTe (hips, in company with the Suffolk
of 74 guns, are the fquadrpns that proteded
Ihe outward bound Bast and W ftindia (hips
to a certain latitude. _The Suffolk went on
with them and the others returned,.in order
to joiri' Lord Howe, but not finding him in
the latitude appointed, nAaife fail for this port.
This fauadron retook bine frill of the Cas
tor's convoy, but parted wim them; and it is
feared they may have again fallen into the
enemy'tfjhlfids; as no account of their arriv
al has yet been announced ; and this is the
, most probable, as t after their recapture, it is
reported the above fqna&on few a large fleet
of men of war, whom they were informed by
a cutter was the Brest MS; : :'^
4 h^ _=_.< ^.^'h
',\ ^ : , 'TOkBAY, MAW 31. : -
Arrived the Circe frigate, Captain York:
with dispatches from Admiral Montague's
Squadron, Who had fallen in with aridTetak
en 32 fail of the Dutch convoy, from Lilbow,
which,-with two Dutch frigates, had been
taken by the French ; our squadron Hkewife
took a French 20 gun firip (then their con
voy) but unforturiately'the chief part of the
said (hips have again fallen into tte hands of
the French, who set them on fire.— The
Circe had manned five of them ; and this
morning landed 32 French prisoners ; they
have seen nothing of Lord Howe's fleet'firiCe
their firft parting. The French fleet is di
vided into four squadrons '
°LONho?t,MAY 24.
Yesterday arrived at the Customhouse,
Portsmouth, several Danish gentlemen whe
had been taken in the Expedition packet,
from Lisbon to Falmouth, and carried to
Brest, by the Thames, now a french frigate.
By these gentlemen we have the following
particulars. On th^ 16th inst. 28 fail of the
line, 10 frigates, and fix Smaller vessels failed
from Brest, and that the above fleet was to
be joined by io fail of the line from Roche
fort, and four fail of the line that were cruiz
ing to proted the homeward bound Weftin
diamen into port, making in all 42 fail of the
line, 10 large frigates, and fix other ships of
war. Lady Fitzroy, and sundry other per
sons of diftindion, were taken in the above
packet, and carried prisoners to Brest The
firft mentioned part of the above fleet, was in
a close line off Ufhant, when the gentlemen
passed through them.
A devolution is said to have taken place in
the country of the Grifons, who have revolt
ed from the Swiss ; a body of troops has been
sent against them.
may 30. Information has been received
at Bruges, of the French having invested
Ypres.—The garrison consists of 7000 men,
who, it is said, have only eight day's provi
sion.
Afti, where the French forces in Italy
were when our accounts came away, is an
open town. The fortifications have been de
stroyed. From thence to Turin all is open.
The expectation was an immediate attack on
Turin.
1 Yesterday dispatches were transmitted to
the Admiralty by Rear Admiral Macbride,
which were delivered to him by Lieutenant'
Gunter, Commander of the Pilate cutter,
who arrived at Plymouth on the 25th from
, Gaernfey —They confinn the disagreeable
intelligence, that the Castor frigate of 32
guns, which had under convoy the New
foundland fleet, had been captured with 15
fail of merchantmen, by a squadron of French
men of war, about 70 mites Weft of Scilly.
The convoy and fleet had failed from Cork a .
few days ago, and the vessels taken have been
sent into Brest.
The swarms of French frigates and priva
teers, not only in Europe and America, but
in the Eaftindies, and the many captures late
ly made, have so confounded and alarmed
the. Underwriters, that yesterday Weftindia
ihips could hot be insured under 40 per cent. ,
though some time ago they might'hare been
donut fix and eight per cent.
I'he lafeft letters from the Frontiers of
Gallicia state, that the Revolutionary spirit
spreads daily more and mere among those
Poles who are nowin the service of Russia
and Prussia. They desert in great numbers
to join their countrymen; andno Ruffian or
Prussian commander can place any confi
dence in tbe Poles who serve under them.
may 31. A division of the French army,
that had taken post between Mons and Va
lenciennes, in order to prevent the Prince of ;
Cobourg from joining the Duke of York, fe
believed to have been routed by that Prince.
We have this from good, though not official
authority;
, & ma, be depended upon at a fad, that