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enquiry after them.
From Rhode-lfland we are informed the rebels have followed
the example of .some of the other provinces, by confifcating
Loyalists estates, and lately advertised for sale, those of the
late Governour Hutchilon, Charles Ward Apthorp, Esq; and
John Watson, of Newport.
His 'Majefty's frigate the Medea, Janses Duncan, Esq;
Commander, sent in here last Saturday, the Rebel privateer
ffiip Rover, of 16 guns and Bq, men from Salem,—The pri
vateer sloop Kingibridge, from Providence, N, E.—The brig
^Good latent, Captain Trot, from Salem for Santa Croix, with
lumber; and last Wednesday, Captain Duncan was left in
ahace of another privateer (hip of 20 nine-pounders, that tailed
" from Providence in company with the above mentioned sloop.
" His MajeftyA fhib the'Affurance sent in here last Saturday,,
a schooner from Salem, bound to the Well-Indies, with lum
ber; and has taken a privateer brig, of 16 guns, not y^t arrived.
' A large French Blip of 800 tons, is taken and carried into Ha
lifax, by his Nifty's frigate Charleftown; She is a very valua
ble prize, from Old France, and was one of the fleet of 14 fail
that •arrived at Borton some time since, but wag blown from
her anchors at the light-house in a violent gale of wind; the
yas loaded with eloathing, provision, arms, and a great quan
tity of flour. . ,
The packet having brought his Majesty s leave to Vice-Ad
miral Arbuthnot, to return home, his Excellency on Satur
day last embarked, went to Sandy-Hook, and to-morrow 'tis
said will proceed 011 his voyage for England; fitice which the
command of his Majesty's fleet has devolved , upon Thomas
Greaves, Esq; Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Extraß ofa letter from Staten [/kind, June 26.
“ I,aft night a detachment of the garrison, of about 36 men,
including two, ferteants, under the command of Lieutenant
frutchinfon, and Enfen Barton, ift battalion New-Jersey Vo
ianteers, with about 34 Refugees and militia, under tl\e com
mand of Captains Durham a:id Robins, landed at fiembl}^
Foie, near the mouth of Raway river, and surrounded Tairil s
tavern, in order to take three rebel light hors, whose buhnefs
vias to patrole down, to the found, ana to give notice of any
Woons coming from Staten-Bland, but unluckily these fellows
were gone to Wfflfield, The troops then proceeded to one Cap
tfn Amas Morse's, who was furprized, and taken out of bed
-with four o(he{ rebels, after this tiiey took between 30 and 40
head of cattle, amongrt which are fix good oxen, and about
80 sheep, which were drove to Trembly's Point. The rebels
colleaed to the amount of about 40 harraffing the rear as ufaal.
Lieutenant Hutchinson formed an ambufeade unperceived by
the rebels, which had its desired effect; 15 rebels past hallow
ing damn the Refugees, cut them down ; up the troops arose
from the place where they were secreted, the rebels observing
this flood aghast, threw down their arms, , others flood with
arrrs ip their hand; on this occahon ten wgre made prilpper§ ;
fc^ timi after this, about 20 rebels colled Rear the Point,
@n whom a charge was made, and some b^k^n prisoners; the
troops and the Refugees then embarked with the grea+eft re
gularity a,d good order, with ad their cattle and iheep, and
came fafe to States-If(and ; not one of the troops received the
least injury, one of the Refugees received a spent ball on his
thigh, whbhhad no other effe& than leaving its mark, The
troops and Refugees behaved with the greatest bravery on this
occahon.; twenty rebels are made prisoners, two of whom are
woupded, some were killed, its not doubted but several weie
WouhQed, as several were heard to scream and hollow ; the
• names of the prifopers are as follows:— —Capt. Amos Morse,
Tfaac Marth, John Eyerit, Hambleton Roberts, George Mit
fhel Deeds, Tiaac Haynes, William Brant, Richard Lee, Ja-
Qob Brookfield Gerfham. Brookfield, Jeremiah Bird, liaac
Drakes Asher Coddington, David Thopp, JQg Tucker, Da
±id Hetfield,' fofeph Hynes, William Oliver, fen. Ebenezer
Wiliams, and Willian; Oliver, junJ'-^-The ^bovp Capt.
Morse is the notorious villain racirtipned in a late h,nd bill,
giving an. account of the death aqd. Offerings of that qnfortu
yiate vi&im, Mr. Thomas Long, who died by the band of
fobel cruelty, ta \v^h WC beg leave to, refer our readers.
His Mse?y has been pleased to create William Lewis An
dre, Efq;'(Captain in the 26th regiment, and brother to the
late amiable accomplished, and most fing^rly unfqrtunate
Major Andre) to be a saronfl of Great -Britain,
foh^, jT/xa.' Yesterday his.Majefty's Blip General
Non'f,' — CT Rogers, Ela; commander, arrived her; from
a c^tv^ during wrfch the has taken four prizes, viz. a
%<W kita- of marquelhip, mounting 20 guns, laden wi'Ji wine
and fruit, in p davifiom Cadiz,bound for Befton; apdotcer
U: ^ V e'm, sty& F&^pbQ With , trig from Leaden, I
ORDER of MERIT,
On the following Officers, viz.
Major-General Baron de Knoblauch,
Colonel de Seitz,
Colonel de Bunau,
Colonel de Wefterhagen,,
Colonel de Romrod^
Col,one! de Keudell,. 7
Colonel de Cochenhaufen.,.
Colonel Cochenhaufen is appointed to the command of the
Regiment Prince Hereditaire.„
Lkutenwft-Coionel du Buy, is appointed Quarter-Master-
General.
Maior-GQnerQs. de Lofb.erg and de Bose, to be Lieutenant-
Generals. r
Captain Von Altenbockum, of General Lpfberg, fen, to be
Major of the said Corps,
* On Saturday last about 40 rebels landed at the bottom of
Cowneok, twenty of them marched about four miles to the
home of Daniel Killam, Esq; which they entered, and took off
Major Kiffam of Queen's County Militia, his younger bre^eg
Benjamin Tredwell Kiffam, and, Thomas. Peariri, a refugee,
Mr.' Fitch the commanding officer of the party, behaved with
gr^at civility to Mrs, Kiffam, not differing his*men to go into
the room where he understood Mrs. 1 ownfhend, an old lady,
mother to Justice Kiffam, was in bed; the plunder they car-
Tied off was but trifling; they also took with them one A
lexander Haines, who they found Beeping under a tree near
where they landed. Jufticc Kiffhm and his second ton were
absent from home at that time ; the rebels made particular
VNcpnfequence of the Commander in Chief's report of 'the
expedition under Brigadier-General Arnold to Chefaneak
% in January last, his Excellency has received a letter from
Lord George Germain, one of his Majesty's principal Secre
taries, of State, of which)the following is an extract:
“ I have received the King's commands to lignify to you
<' his Maielty's p^^ire^ that you co acquaint. Brigadier-Gc
-4< neral Arnold, Lieutenant Colonels Dundas and Simcoe,
" and the other officers and; soldiers, under his command, tl^t
& .'theirconduA andbehayiopr are approved ofby his Majeft ."
His Excellency the Con+m&kler in Chief has been pleaded
to appoint Major-Generals Leslie and Campbell to att as Lieu
tenant-Generals till, his Majesty's. pleasure ihad be known.
His Mort Serene Highness the Landgrave of Helle has been
vleafed to confer the Order
Pour la fERTU MILITALRE,
OK
American Intelligence..
N E W-Y O. R K, July 4.
GENERAL ORDERS.
her prize, the cargo of which is eftima^d at eighteen th >ufand
pounds sterling, and a sloop laden with lumber, 'l'iie above
prizes were coining up last evening, but the wind and tide
being against them, they anchored off Guvernqur'^ JQaud.
r Wkhear tfoat the General Mouk, took two other prizes and
sent them to PcnpbfcGt,
N^w-rork, %b W The vefcl taken by the Amphitrite
frigate, Capt Biggs, and sent to Halifax, was a very Urge
flore (hip, of 7 or gp^tons, named the Stanihius ; ibe had a
rnongft a 'great quantity of articles for the French at Rhode-
Island, one 16 ingli mortar,, the, largelt ever known in America.
Mm IVa/liirigtoy, headquarters, we are informed, are at
Joseph Appleby's,, feveo. miles from. Col. Phillip's manor
houfy flijs ljne f extends to Drunx-river.
fitly 17. The following are the particulars of the tranfa&i
ons at Kingßridge on 'th^ gdjn^it, and of th§ lkwn"i,h be
tween 300 Yagers arid 30 horse, under the command of Licute^
nant-Colonel de Prufechenck, and the adypued corps ol tee
Rebel army, of 200 foot and 300 horse,
IN the evening of t^ ^d, Lieigengnt-Cplsnel Emmerich,
marched with icemen, drawn from the regiments pi the line,,
to Phillips's house, 2» the next morning a numbe r of waggons,
under an escort of 290 foot, and jo mounted Yagers, weie
to be sent to the- fame place for some hay. ^' about ten
o'clock the fune evening, intelligence was received of Gene
ral Wafhington'^ haying been at Singling in the afternoon of
the second inst, It was therefore, rdolved to leave the wag
gons within the lipes, and fend the detachment to regal Col.
Emmerich. Lku*enint-&olonel Pruefchenck, with the fol
lowing officers uadci W& command,, viz. Captaiiy Hentyicks^
Captain de Wangenhalm, Lieutenant Schaefer, Lieutenant de
Deianar, and Lieutenant de Baltholmas, left the camp at day
break, and having left Kinglbridge, would not pass a series of
defiles before he had reconnoitred Fort Independence ; he
therefore ordered his advance-guard under Licur. Schaefer,
and another party of a ferjeant anl ten.men to examine the
fort and its environs: It being yet not quite day, the parties
did not perceive the enemy urawn up in a line of battle till
they were within ten yards ofthem, they received the enemy's
fire, returned it and fell back to a proper djftanec. Lieute
nant-Colonel Pruefcheuck immediately, and with great reso
lution and prei , ce of mind, endeavoured to gain the height in
the rear of the fort, and though he received the enemy's whole
fire, succeeded so far as to take possession of the rtyns of a
house which was formerly fortified by Col. Emmerich ; from
whence he attacked the rebels 111 their advantageous petition,
intending to dislodge them, but observing a battalion with Hy
ing colours in the fort, finding their Superiority of numbers,
being furioufly attacked with the bayonet, and at the Same
time feeing no possibility of gaining any ground to his advan
tage, resolved to fc!l ^ck under the cannon in Charles re
doubt, but the rebels prefling too hard upon him ano his in
fantry Qll account of the ^narrow pahage, regan to lose
ground, and being apprehensive of fuhaining some loss in re
paffing the defiles in such a Situation, to avoid this and prevent
confusion, he ordered his cavalry under Lieutenant Files, to
charge the advancing cnepny. This had the expected effect ;
the rebels flopped, the Yagers formed again qnd recommenced
the attack with double vigour, obliged the rebels to quit the
fort, and drove them from the heights as far ag Deveaux's
house, and took pofleffion of the ground the rebels had quit
ted. At this time Lieutenant-Colonel de Wurah arrived
with the rest of the Yagers across from Kingfhridge, and took
possession of the rising ground between the bridge and Fort
independence, reconnoitred the enemy's new position, exten
ding from Miles Square road over- the heights to Williams's
bridge, with a thick wood in their rear, plainly indicating a
design to conceal their real Strength ; and as repeated intelli
gence was received that 300 French horse covered the enemy's
left at Williams's bridge. Colonel de'Wurmb atled with pre
'caution, and did not think pro f r toriSk another attack; but
Lieutenant-Colonel Emmerich retrying over Spjten Devil,
and being cut off by the rebels pofitior., two hundred men be
ing arrived at this time from the regiments of the ljue and the
Refugees from MovrßTania having joined, it was absolute)
necessary to force the rebels from their ground, to give Colo
nel Emmerich an opportunity of joining by the way of Cort
land's house, still in possession of the rebels. The Yagers n}G
ved forward and tock pofleffion of Copland's bridge the Re
fugees and the advanced parties of the Yagers engaged the
rebel advanced posts and drove them to their main body, who
immediately filed off to the left and retreated towards Wil
liams's bridge ; the passage being now open, Colonel Emme
rich was desired to leave Spiten Devil and to join, which he
did, and informed General de Lolberg that he drew 200 rebels
in his ambufeade of Phillip's house, of which he killed three
and took nine—that the rebel army was moving in two co
lumns (one of which was already seen on Valentine's Hill ad
vancing toward^ Cortland's bridge.) The troops were now
ordered to fall back to their former position, leaving 400 Ya
gers at Fort Independence, and observed all the motions of
General Washington's army, who himfelf reconnoitred Spiten
Devil ; at 3 o'clock ty§ troops moved into their lines and to
thyir encampment.
"The loss of the Yagers is 3 men killed, 1 officer, 1 feijeant,
26 men wounded and 5 miffing.
Account of the Operation of the Army in VityrJa, under the
Command of Lieutenant- General Aqr! Cornwallis ; feup-
lifhed by Authority.
HIS Lordfllip after passing James River at Weftover, mo
ved to Hanover Court-House, and crossed the South Anna,
the Marquis de la Fayette, keeping about 20 miles distance
from him. From this place his Lordship detached Lieutenant
Colonels Tarleton and Simcoe, the former of which book
some Members of the Assembly at Charlotte Ville, and dc
ftroyed there, and On his return, one thousand stand of good
arms, some eloathing, and other floffi, and between 4 and
500 barrels of powder, without oppofyon..
Baron Stuben, who commanded about 800 twelve month's
men and militia, retired with grc?l pricipßatiou from the Point
of Fork, before Lieutenant Colonel Simcoe, who, after using
every exertion to attack his rear guard, destroyed there and
at the places adjacent, about three thousand three hundred
stand of arms, (then under repair), some salt, harn^, &c.
and about one hundred and fifty barrels of powder.
His Lordfllip then moved by Richmond, apd arrived at Wil
liamfburgh on the 25th of June; having in addition to the
articles already mentioned, destroyed in this expedition in
different places, above^coo hogsheads of tobacco, a great
number of iron guns, ten brass French 24 pounders, and
brought off four brass 13 inch mortars, five brass 8 bach how
itzers, four long brass nine pounders^ fl Franck ;, @nda con
fiderab^e quantity of shot and shells.
On the 26th, as Lieutenant-Colonel Simcoe was returning
with his corps andthe Yagers, from the deftruftion of some
boats and Lores on the Chiekahominy, he was attacked by a
much faperior force of the enemy, who were reputed with
considerable lose, and three off: :ers, and twenty eight privates
taken prisoners,
-His. Lcndlhip having an intention to erofi 'James river,
marched on the fourth instant to a camp near James-town,
and made his arrangements accordingly. On tlw 6th infor
mation was brought him about noon,^of the approach of the
enemy, and about four in the afternoon, a large body attack
ed his out ports ; but cenchnhug that the enemy would 1 o<
bring ^cumW'rfyk @'cr tyQjn!ii s ^ib unkfs they fu^po
fed th rt nothing was left but a rear guard, bis Lordflrip' took
every means to convince them of his weakness, which had the
defined effect, ror about fun ft a body of troops with artinery
began to...%)iri in front of his camp ; he then put the trpops
lender ariw^ and ordc\d the army to advance in two.lines."
The attack was begun by the firft line with great ffrit•
there being bathing but militia opposed to the light infantry'
the action was soon over 0111 the right ; but Lieutenant-Colony.
Dundas's brigade, conlifting of the 4?d, 76th and 80th regi
ments, which formed the left ving, meeting the PeimfylvanQ
line, and detachment of the Marquis de la Fayette's contj.
nentals, with two fix pounders,a 'mart action ensued for some
minutes, when the enemy gave way, and abandoned their
cannon. The cavalry were ready to purine, but the darkneft
of the evening prevented his Lordship making use of them.
His Lordship commends the fpiriled and good behaviour of
the officers and soldiers of the whole army, but the 76th and
Bcth regiments, on whom the brunt of the action fell, had an
.epu^rtunity of diftinguifhiug thcmfelves particularly.
And his LoAlflrip.lh, Lieutenant Colonel Dundas's con
&Rt arid gallantry defeive the highest praise : The force of the
enemy in the field was about two thousand continentals and
railitia, and their loss lie believes between two and three hun
dred, an&that halt an hour more day-light, would probably
have given him the greatest part of the corps.
fitly 21. Lart Tuesday evening a paxby of about ten of Cok
De Lar.ccy's Refugees, under the command of Lieut. Vin
cent, proceeded froin Morriffania to. tt> neighbourhood of
Samuel Crawford's, .within three miles of the, White Plains,
where lx,fAl hr with a? Captain and 30 French Hiiffars, who
chargedrthe little detachment with their swords; this.occafion
cd him to quit the road, and take to a fence, from whence
Lieut. Vinecut fired and Lot the French commander dead;
two offais men also fired, ryd accafioned the whole party to
run.away,, leaving their slain Captain, a gentleman of v ry ele
gan< figure and dress, upon the roa;L A body of French infan,
try immediately advancing britk% occalioned Lieutenant Vin,
cent to fecurc his retreat without any loft.
The Comte de Rochambault's head quarters are at Capt,
Gedney's,; gear . Chatterton.lLE, weft of the Brunx.
%/y 23, rife hear a. great number of the Inhabitants, who
formerly li&:d@. Loag-hfand, but went to Conoedicut about
five yearly ago, accompanied the French troops that lately vi
sited Lloyd's Neel, in expectation of being reinstated on their
Plantations^ by, the powerful abidance of a French fleet of 24
fail of the lin^ W& io,oGp rnen, who they were told were
then at Sandy-Iloo^, and only waited the reduction of Long-
Island,. to facilitate their landing ; but the precipitate retreat
nfjhe French has raised their indignation to such a degree,;,
bhat they heartily with them all again in Old France, and curse
the day of their arrival among them in ^his once happy coun
try
Friday merging last, his M&fiy^s sloop of war the Hornet,
Francis ',nft!,,,Efq; centumder, arrived here from England
in eight weeks ; having left the Downs the 24th of May.
Yesterday evening Lieutenant Obadiah Meeker, and 14 pri
vates, of the New-Jciicy rebel Militia, were sent to town,
from Staten-bland ; they 'Were taken the night before by a
party of Refugees between Newark anti Elizabeth-town, un
der the command of Capt. Hetfield.•
Philadelphia, July 25. Tile Congress have appointed Tho
mas Hutchings, Esq; formerly a Captain and Engineer in th#
British army, to be Geographer to the United-States,
Extract of a letter from Major-General Greene, dated Camp,
at Little-River, near Ninety-Six, sane 20, 1781.
IN my letter of the ninth, 1 informed your Excellency
that the enemy had received a considerable reinforcement; at.
Charleftown, and that 1 was apprehensive-they would march
out and interrupt our operations. On the 11th I got intellb
gence that they were advancing; 1 immediately detached
the cavalry with orders to General Sumpter to collect all the
force he could and keep in their front, and by everi means
in hi opower retard their march. The enemy parted him at
Congaree before.h^ got his troops in motion; afterwards he
found it impr^ti&ible to gain their front. It was my inten
tion to have fought them before they arrived at Ninety-fix,
could I have collected a force fufficient for the purpose.
Vfe had pushed on our approaches very near to the ene
my's wor^S; our third parallel was formed round their abattis,,
amine and two approaches were within a few feet of their
ditch. These approaches were directed auainft the Star fort,
which stands upon the left of the town, as we approached it
from the Saluda. On the right our approaches were very
near the enemy's redoubt: this was a strong stockade fort
witk< two block houses in it. These two works flank the town
which is picketted in with strong pickets, a ditch round the
whole and a bank railed near the height of a common parapet.,
Besides these fortifications, were fcveral little slushes in dif
ferent parts of, the town, and all the works communicated
with each other by covered ways. We had raised fcveral bat
teries for cani^n, one upwards of twenty feet high, within,
one hundred and forty yards of the Star fort, to command the
works, and a rife battery also within thirty yards to prevent
the enemy from annoying our workmen. Forthe last ten days,
not a man could ihew his head but he was immediately Ihot
down, and the tiring was almost incessant day and night, hi
this Rage of the approaches, I found the enemy so near us,
that it would be importable to reduce the place without ha
zarding a storm. This from the peculiar strength of the place'
could only be warranted by thy success of a partial attempt to
make a lodgement on one of the curtains of the otar redoubt,
and a vigorous pufh^to carry the right hand work. The dis
position was accordingly formed, and the attack made ; Lieu-.
tenant-Colonel Lee, with his legion infantry, and Captain
Kirkword's light-infantry, made the attack on the right; and
lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, with the firft Maryland and firft
Virginia regiments, was to have formed the Star redoubt,
which is their principal work, and hands upon the left: The
parapet of this work is near twelve feet high, and raised with
find bags near three.feet more. lieutenant Duval, of the Ma
ryland line, apd lieutenant Selden, of the Virginia line, led
on the forlorn hope, followed by a party with hooks to pull
down the sand bags, the better to enable them to make the
lodgements A furies cannonade preluded the attack. On
the right the enemy were driven out of their work, and our
people took poffeffiQp of it; on the left never was greater bra
very exhibited than by the parties led on by Duval and Selden;
but they were not so 'ft^ceGfuL They entered the enemy's
ditch and made every exertion to get do^n the sand bags,
which, from the depth of the ditch, height of the parapet,
and under a galling fire, was rendered difficult. Finding the
enemy defended their workswith great obrtinacy, and feeing
but little profpea of fooceeding without heavy loss, I ordered
the attack to be puffed no further.
The behaviour of thy troops on this occasion deserves the
highest commendation ; both the officers that entered the ditch
were wounded, and the greater part^of their in< ^ were either
killed or wounded, I have only to lament that such brave men
Tell in an upfucctflul attempt.'
Captain Armft'ong, of the firft Maryland regiment, was,
khied, and CiQ. Farfm, who commanded the regitnent, was.
wounded gt the head of the tr aCo s. In both attacks we
had upwards of 40 num killed and wounded; the lof > was
principally afthe Star fort and in the enemy's ditch, the other
parties being ailuclercowr. The a'tack was continued three
quarts M*4 hm a:g. ,;s tyc ep; my was greatly exposed to