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HEttorr, janV 17. 12 oc^k. The
^ Rotterdam putt is this moment arrived, hav
ing beed detained by the ice. I have jt:ft time
to write this letter, which will go by a trans
port to Harwich. All things here are in the
greatest confufion: fltips taking in stores ;
waggons arriving from all parts with sick and
(lores ; cannons roaring on all fid, ; the
English here every moment expeaing so be
massacred by the Dutch ; alljhe English sol
diery have orders to wear th-hfwords ; the
French prifoneft openly rejoicing ; the froft
more intense than ever ; in Ihort, I think it
will be a miracle if we escape. God knows
whether you will ever hear from me again :
I (hall, however, stay till the last moment.
This place is a complete chaos at this mo
mentous period ; the leading men are total
ly at a loss what plans to follow ; rumor foc
ceeds rumor ; one hour Rotterdam is in the
hands of the # French ; the next Gorinchem is
burnt/and Dart taken ; every waggon that
arrives we think the French are at its heels;
the next reportperhaps contradies the whole
—Thus much, however, is certain, that the
French have nothing to impede their prog
ress either to Rotterdam or Amsterdam ; ev
enthe elements fight for them ; the froft for
some days past, has been more intense than
ever § and wc are much afraid all the vessels
here will be froze into the harbour. If so,
we must all fall into the hands of the French
without remedy ; nothing can save us now
but a brisk easterly wind, to drive the ice to
the opposite shore.
HBIDLEBBRG, DEC. 26.
CAPHVLOTION of Fort du Rhine.
The Fort du Rhine, near Manheim, shall
be given up to the besieging army on the 25th
December, at mid day, with the artillery,
ammunition, and other articles, which (hall
be found in it at the time of its surrender.—
These conditions being complied with, the
town of Manheim fhalLnot be bombarded,
as hostilities are not carried on beyond the
right bank of the Rhine. No interruption
shall be given in demolishing the Fortof Man
heim. The least insult offered on this fub
jeft shall be considered as an infraction of this
treaty, & resented by bombarding the town.
Concluded in the Fort of Manheim, this
24th day of December, 1794.
Signed on the part of his Imperial Majef
ty°
Gen. SECHENDORFF, Col. GOMETZ.
DE DEROY, Comman. at Manheim.
On the part of the French Republic,
, e „ HENDELER, General.
This capitulation was ratified by the Rep
resentatives of the French people, and the
Generals of the army of the North before
Manheim, the gNivofagd year of the French
Republic.'
Signed, J. FERRAND,
MERLIN DE THIONVILLE,
General MICHAUD and VOCHOT.
French Official Account.
NATIONAL CONVENTION, Dec. 3 .
The Representative of the people with the
army of the North, [Belgardej to his Col
leagues of the Committee of Public Safety.
Bois le Dec, Dec. 29,' 1794.
" The elements seemed resolved to set lim
its to the conquests of the army of the North.
Our brave defenders feeing their enemies en
trenched behind the Waal and the Meuse,
lamented their inactivity ; they were indig.
nant at nature's opposing insurmountable
barriers to their courage. But at length, in
accord with their willies, nature herfelf re
moved the obflacles that flopped their vodo
rious career. The ice with which she has co
vered the rivers, saved us the trouble of con
ftructihg bridges, for which we could not
, collect fufficient materials. On the night of
the 26th, our columns moved."
[We cut this letter Jbort, to give General Piche
gru's detail.]
Letter from the Commander in Chief of the
Army of the North, to the Representatives
of the People, Bellegarde.
Head Quarters, at Besle- Duc, Dec. 29.
^n^tives, the Committee of
Public Safety, gave die e^ions to prosecute the
campaign by taking Grave, the IJle of Bommel,
and the completion of the blockade of Breda, 1
have now to announce, that by the fyfr&fyt
good fortune, the whole has been accomplifad in
, one so. We are indebted to the rigour ofthc /ea
fonforf atflying the meant of clearing the barriers,
behind vuoich the enemy were intrenched, by freez
ing the rivers Waal and Meuje, for a confderable
extent, over which it would have been impossible
for as to cotfrufl bridges, for want of boats.—■
We fez,debt moment at which the ice was fuffi-^
etatly ftreng to allow us to pass without danger
to the troops ; and on the morning of the 27th,
notwithfanding the exetfae cold, our arm, at
tacked the enemy for an extent of about twelve
Ifagues, freer Nimeguen, to beyond the river Ne
br, and were, as usual, victorious in every quar
sr.
" The right wing, extending from Nimeguen,
to Fort St. Andre, luas employed in watching the
inovcments&fm enemy, while the centre made
themjelves masers of the IJle of Bommel, a,id of
Langfraat, and the left forced the lines of Breda ;
, the pdfoge of the Muse, before the so of Bommer
was iffAid, inthm columns, under the command
of Gen. Dander, and cititan Sedifer, Brigadier
General; citizens Craft and Mercier, comman
ders of the battalions of the brigade of Lombards.
The firft received a flight dvound.
" The difpofttions noere so well made & execut
ed, that notwitbranding the formidable intrench
merits with which the enemy bad fortified the ditch^
es and villages, the troops puffed the Meuse, tooL
P'ffF'^of the different batteries of Bommel, all
of Fort St. Andre, with that rapidity and courage
of which the army has afforded Juch numerous
proofs; and without having along with them a
frgle piece of cannon, they tookfixty from the ene
my, Several borfes, a quantity of baggage, and a
bout 600 prijoners. The number of prisoners
would have been much more considerable, if the
troops; who were to make the attack on Fort St.
Andre, bad been able to come up at the hour ap
pointed. The enemy effiaed their retreat from the
Fort, leaving, however, behind them, all their
artillery.
" General Often, who was mtrufied with the
attack of Langftraat, completely succeeded, altbo'
be had with him only two battalions, thefrfl and
Jecond of the 76th half brigade, and the fifth of the
Chaffeurs infantry. They carried the forts and
entrenchments of Dervereu, Kapil and Wafpick,
with incredible ardour ; to^ 30 pieces e, cannup,
a fr^eif, of ammunition, baggage, and feme prij
oners. This attack was more brilliant, as it was
entirely executed upon the ice of the-inundations.
" General Bonneau, who, at the fame time, at
tacked the lines of Breda, was equally fuccejsful.
He took from the enemy 18 pieces of artillery, a
pair of colours, and the military cbeft of a regi
ment, with about 200 borfes.
" General Demaire, who formed the attack of
the left, was ordered to take the lines in the rear,
by direAing bis operations again# the poss of Ou
denbofk and Sevenbergben, of which be obtained
rffifan- lit to °k about 600 prisoners, two piec
es of cannon, a pair of colours, a quantity of bag
gage, and about 100 borfes. We have gained
in all, by the operations of this fortunate day, a
bout I to pieces of artillery, \6oo prisoners, 2 pair
of colours, and 300 borfes.
" This vißory was followed by the taking of
Grave, which on the fame day, capitulated to
General Salm, who allowed the garrijon to march
out with the honors of war, but upon condition
that tbey fauld afterwards be carried into France,
as prisoners. It is remarkable, notwitbflanding
the terrible fire kept up for nearly a month on our
troops, who formed the blockade and the bombard
ment, we bad only 15 men killed and wounded.
" We found in the difrias of Bommel and
Langftraat, a considerable quantity of forage, of
which we bad began to be in want. We are
now completely makers of the course of the Meuse,
the navigation of which is indispensable to Jupply
ing our army with previfans, on account of the
impossibility of procuring provfons by land car
riage.
" After bestowing a merited eulogium upon alb,
the troops, I must render particular justice to all
the Generals who commanded. They all contrib
uted to the success of the day by their talents and
courage. Gen. Moreau and Sauviac bad a Jhare
in forming the difoofitions of the plan of attack ;
the latter forgot in the beat of aaion, as be has
forgotten during the whole of the campaign, that
be bad loft the use of one of bis legs ; be ordered
bimfelf to be conduAed to the IJle of Bommel, and
feconcied the ardour and courage of bis companions
in arms. Health and Fraternity !
" PICHEGRU."
BLOODY!!
Rotterdam, Jan. 13. The Foreign
Ministers at the Hague, as well as the
Court, are preparing for their depart
ure.-—-The affair which took place
between the allies and the French on
Friday last at Heuiden, was probably
one of the most bloody and obstinate
engagements that has happened since
the commencement of the prefect
campaign. Os 4000 Austrians who,
came into rhe field, not more than 7
or 800, it is said, escaped. On that
day the French attacked the allies at
three several points at the fame time:
At Heufden only, they were fuccefi
ful ; the decided victory, however,
which they gained at that place, was
the signal of retreat to the British ar
my. Immediately after the vi&ory
had declared for the French, the Eo
glifh began their retrograde march.
: London, Jan. 15. The enemy hav
ing crossed the Waal, an attack was
directed to be made on a division of
their army which had taken post at
Gueldermaleeo, being about midway
between the Waal and the Rhine,—
This accordingly took place on the
Sth, and the contest was most obsti
nate. So much so indeed, at firft, on
the patt of the French, that they had
at one time actually taken part of the
flying artillery, attached to our caval
ry; these however, wete very gal
lantly letakea by the 42^ [Hi^h/ar©
CT, and the 7th light dragoons. The
Allies were at length fuccefdu\ and
the enemy, after having fuffocd se
verely, were at the conclusion of the
action, compelled to retreat to the
banks of the Waal, under the guns of
Bommel.
This partial repulse however of the
French, on the- Bth, was but of little
avail, and only attended, as has ever
been the case in similar inflances, to
give to their subsequent efforts added
energy. In faft, the incursion which
they made from Bommel, feemi to
have been but a feint to conceal their
more serious designs in another quar
ter. On the 10th, having crossed the
Waal, near Nimeguen, with a force
said to consist of nearly 70,000 men,
they atracfed the Austrians in their
different pffit, on that fide of the riv
er, with such impetuosity and fucceti,
as totally to defeat them, and drive
them across the Rhine, to Arnheim,
which the French were bombarding
when the accounts came away.
Jan. 17. The greatest part of the
Bririfh forces are endeavoring to re
treat into Germany, which we most
sincerely with that they may reach;
we are lorry however to be obliged to
fay, that many of the best informed
people, on military fubje&s, entertain
great fears for their fafety.
Jan. 19. The generous behaviour,
of the French, when the Germans e
vacuated the Rhine Fort, beforeMan
heim, is highly spoken of.' Accord
ing to agreement, whatever property
was left on the spot on the 25th at
noon was to belong to them ; but in
stead of converting this agreement to
their own advantage, they assisted the
Germans in packing their equipage,
and got it away before the time,
JAN. 23. fuft as the Dutch Royal Family
were embarking, they bad advice that the Zuyder
Zee was entirely frozen over, and consequently that
tbe jbips of war in the harbour of Amsterdam mufi
fall into the hands of the enemy, who were then
within a league of that city, the principal inhab
itants of which Were gone out to greet the arrival
of General Picbegru. Tbe five fail of the line at
anchor in the Texel, it was hoped, would be bro't
off. The freezing over of the Zuyder Zee, an e
vent which has not happened for more than 100
years, will enable the French to march from Am
sterdam to every other province with the greatest
facility. Such is the melancholy intelligence which
accompanied the Royal Fugitives to England.
The Burgomajlers of AmJlerdam have aflured
General Picbegru that the Dutch navy shall be
preferred for the service of France. The French
on their part, promise that private property shall
be held f acred.—The Specie, family plate,jewels
„ and principal archieves, of the House of Orange,
arejafely arrived in England.—The Britijb ar
my is to purjue its route to Embden with allfpeed,
and there embark for England.
Jan. 26. All the clothes and ftorei
for the army were left at Helvoet. —
The hospital in that neighborhood &
some others, consisting of upwards of
700 British sick & wounded soldiers,
were allo left to the enemy.
Rotterdam was summoned on the
,18th, when it demanded articles of
capitulation, which were all agreed to
except one, requiring permission for
the allies to remove their ftotes and
effeds..
Feb. 2. The proclamations in Sat
urday's gazette (how, that we are now
joing the blessed profpea of starving
the French nation ! Our own poor
are in danger of feeling the bitter es
seas of famine!
Feb. 5. The Portuguese, Ruffian &
Prussian ambaffidors, and the Charge
de Affairs of the Court of Vienna, de
termined not to quit the Hague, and
they were there when the French en
tered the town.
F^b. 7. The king of Sardinia bor
rowed money of the Dutch upon his
jewels, which he deposited in Amfler
dam bank for security, the French
have taken possession of themtoao'
immense vate f ^^
r French Cruisers have ftormedlNat- J
tal, a small fort in the EiftindieL and ;
afjer possessing it four days, released |
it for 20,c00 dofUrs Tarfem. Fert
Marlborough is threatened.
FEWYORK, MARCH 14.
Last Wedbefday arrived here the
brig Eltz?, Cept. No:y, 29 days from
Kingflon, (J^m.) who informs, that
a few days previous to his failing, a
vessel had arrived from the Gold
Coast, and brought accounts of a
French 50 gun ship and two frigates
having arrived there, and destroyed
all the settlements on the coast, burnt
all their flapping, and liberated the
(laves.
BOSTON, APRIL 3.
B, information from St. Übes, (Porte
gal) to Jan 15, ue learn, that it was
currently reported there at that date,
that a Peace was about to take place
between the French and Portuguese.
It is said, that a French flat, confin
ing of 68 fail frigates, corvettes, &c. ;
failed from Brest on the 12th Jan. con
jefiured to be defined for Ferrol, Spain,
and it was reported that the fleet bad ac
tually arrived at the place of defamation
and formed a communication with the
land army. There were 37 Jbips of the
line in the above fleet ; but one, es 1 12
guns, was left in getting under way.
SALEM, MARCH gl.
By an English gentleman, passen
ger in the ship lately arrived at Mar
blehead, from England, we learn that
the Dutch Eaftindia fleet had not ar
rived in England as has been report
ed, and that great fears were enter
tained that they would fall into the
hands of the Grand French fleet,
which he fays had been difmafted io
a gale of wind, and obliged to go in
to port —but had returned, and had
the command of the English Channel
previous to his departure. That pe-1
titions were coming in from all quar-I
ters for a peace with France ; but chat/
the Ministry were determined to pros
ecute the war with vigour, and to re-I
ly entirely on their Navy.
CONCORD, April 10, 1795.
Nothing material by last evening's Mail.■
St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincents, (Weft
indies) are captured by the French. Ca Ira.
[, Badness of travelling prevented our obtain- W
% paper for a whole Jbeet this week. ^I This \
must apologize for omitting sundry communications.
SHMUEL-PHELPS, post,
REMINDS bis cujiomers, that Mirror No.
132 will complete Six months since be began
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be in arrear at that time, (May Ift) to enable him
to fettle with the Printers, which be mufi do,—
Said Phelps intends to continue bis route another fa
moths from the eighth of May next, provided be
"'"'J^' ""' encouragement, and will Jupply gen
tlemen with the Mirror, at the rate of eight foil
lings a year—He shall continue to leave papers for
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^ WANTED TO HIRE,
to,work or the Bridge at Concord,
a number of smart, adive MEN;
To whom GENEROUS WAGES will be given.
APPLY to Major Enoch Gerrifh,
of Bofcawen, Capt. Reuben Kimball,l
of Concord, or Captain David Kimball, of |
Pembroke, Dirtaors for said Bridge.
By Order, [
' ^ P - UL R - L ^^
TOBE SOLD,
^ PUBLIC AUCTION,
On WEDNESDAY, the 15th of April next,
At Gale's Tavern, in Concord,
the following TRACTS of LAND, belong
ing to the estate of William Stark, late of a
Dunbarton, an absentee, deceased, viz.
1450 acres in Bartlett, being a
the remainder of said Starke Location dis- y
posed of, including 200 acres fold to said
Stark by Andrew MacMillan, Esq. ,
300 acres, part of Archibald l
Stark's Location.
300 acres, part of Sara r 1
Stark's Location.
500 acres, part of Joflital
Martin's Location.
All of which will be fokl, purfuat^
to an a& of the General Court, apyo m @g t
James Duncan administrator on said estate,
and empowering him to fell said lands for the
payment of debts due from said estate. ft
Concord, March i 9. 7