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Latest Intelligence.
Refpe&ng the operations of
the combined Armies.
DUKEof YORK^ DIVISION.
[After the surrender of Valenciennes,
it appears that the Duke of York, with
tie English and Hanoverian troops, and
a body of the Austrian army, amounting
to upwards of 40 000 troops, marched
from before Valenciennes towards Dun
kirk- We do not find that any occurrence
of moment took place, during the march,
until they arrived at Menin, [a town in
Flanders, 10 miles N. of Lisle, and about
140 from Paris] —There we have the fol
lowing OFFICIAL ACCOUNT]
From the London Gazette, Extraordi
nary, August 22.
WHITEHALL,) T ATE last night
aug. 22. one of his Ma
jetty's messengers arrived with a
dispatch from Col. Sir James Mur
ray. Adj. Gen. to the forces under
the command of his Royal High
ness the Duke of York, to Mr.
Secretary Dendas, of which the
following is a copy :
Sir, ^ Menin, August 19, 1793.
I HAVE the honour to inform you
that the army marched from Tur
coing, upon the morning of the
18th, to a camp near this town.—
The hereditary Prince of Orange
made an attack the fame day upon
r the French posts of Mauvaix, Bla
ton,.and, Lincelles. This was io
some degree advantageous to the
operations of hit Royal Highness,
as it served to cover his march,
and to keep the enemy in a state
of uncertainty in regard to his de-
L si gns.
The former of these attacks mil
carried ; in the latter his Serene
Highness succeeded without much
loft. About one o'clock in the
afternoon, the enemy in their turn
attacked the post of Lincelles, and,
as it afterwards appeared, in great
force. The Prince of Orange, who
§ had made large detachments, from
his camp for these different enter
prizes, requested his Royal High
ness to fend three battalions to the
support of his troops. The three
nearest battalions, which happened
to-be those of the firft, Coldhream,
and the third regiments of guards,
were accordingly ordered to match
under the command of Maj. Gen.
Lake, for ifa purpose. Upon
their arrival at Lincelles, they found
the post in the possession of the en
emy. The Dutch troops having
been forced to abandon ir, had re
created by a road different from
that by which the Britilh had ad
vanced. To have fallen back in
this situation, must have preferred
>(he enemy, evidently fuperiour in
numbers, an opportunity of entire
ly defeating the detachment. Gen.
h Lake embraced a resolution wor
thier of the troops which he com
manded, and which has been at
tended with glory and success, He
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determined upon an immediate at
rack.
The enemy occupied a re3oi&
of uncommon size and ft#g
upon a height adjoining joj
high road, in front of the vifl
of Lincelles. The road itfel
defended by other works ftroogty
palifadoed ; woods and ditches co
vered their flanks. The battalions
were instantly formed, and advanc
ed under a very heavy fire, with
an order and intrepidity for which
no praise can be too high. After
firing three or four rounds, they
rushed on with their bayonets,
flormed the redoubts and drove
the enemy through the village.
At the end of the village the latter
rallied, under the protection of o
ther troops, and kept up for some
time a severe fire. But they were
again defeated, and so entirely put
to the rout, that they have not
since appeared in that quarter. — :
They loft eleven pieces of cannon,
two of which had been before tak
en from the Dutch. There are a
bout 50 prisoners : the number of
killed and wounded , cannot be as
certained with any prec^fion; it i,
calculated at between twoand three
hundred men. By the concurring
testimony of these prisoners, the
enemy had loft 12 battalions upon
the post, and must have been up
wards of 5000 men.
lam sorry to add that fuch-diffi
cukies could not be overcome
,without considerable lofs a The
fail ofc two gallant officers, and the
brave men who have fuffered up
on this occasion, must be a matter
of regret. It can only be imputed
to the ability of Maj. Gen. Lake,
and the extraordinary valour of the
officers and men, that the loss lias
not been still greater, &c.
As loon as the retreat of the
, Dutch troops was known, several
battalions were ordered from camp
,to support the guards. They ar
. rived after the a&ion was at an
,end, but remained to strengthen
the post (which the Dutch had by
this time re-occupied) during the
night. They returned to camp
this morning. The French made
an attack this day upon the Dutch
post at Roubaix, in which they
have been repulsed with confider
-1 able loss.
The works of Lincelles have
, been destroyed, and the post left
;unoccupied, I have the honour to
i be, &c.
J. MURRAY.
I[The three regiments confined
)of 1,122 rank and file. Their to
rtal loss, 1 Lieut. Col. , Lieur. 2
, Serjeants, 35 rank and file killed.
IColonels, (or Captains) 1 Lieut.
Col. 4 Captains, 1 Lt. 1 Ens. 6
Serjeants, 131 rank and file wound
ed. —Captured 2 nine, and 7 fix
pounders, with waggons, ammuni
tion, &c.]-
1 [From this time to the 4'h Sep
have received a regular journal
rof the events in this army, which
contains scarce any thing worth re
publishing. The following is,
however important]
England.
London, sept. 9. flaft date.] We
are happy in being able to lay be
fore the publick, a crotinuation of
the detail of the operations carried
on before Dunkirk, from which our
readers will fee ? that so late as the
morning of the 4th, the army un
der the command of his Royal
Highness, instead of meeting with
any serious disaster, as some late
rumours seemed to indicate, was
still before the place, and carrying
on with vigour the measures nec
essary for reducing ir.
When out dispatches left the ar
my, it was encamped at a village
about three miles from Dunkirk,
after setting fire to every thing
combustible in the posts which
they had previously taken posses
sion of close by the town, & which
they had left for a more conven
ient position.
In a few days Dunkirk will be
attacked on all sides at once with
the utmost vivacity. The land ar
my, it would appear, will make
two principal attacks, while the
squadron, which has already arriv
ed before that place, will form a
third no less powerful. We areaf
fured that the merchants of that
city have already made representa
tions to the commandant, begging
that he would not fuffer Dunkirk
to be destroyed for no purpose, as
was Valenciennes. These repre
fentarions were so badly received,
that the Governour threatened to
hangup the firft man who should
dare to (peak of a capitulation.—
The garrison of Durkirk is partly
composed of the troops who last
winter attempted the; conquest of
Holland.<
Camp before Dunkirk, Sept. 3,
An officer of the navy reached the
camp this morning, in 24 hours
from the Downs, charged with dis
patches for his Royal Highness the
Duke of York. By these the Duke
was informed, that two fifty gun
ships, knd some frigates and bomb
ketches were under orders to pro
ceed immediately for Dunkirk, to
co-operate with the land forces in
the reduction, of the place. ,We
anxiously look for their arrival, as
an event which cannot fail to Lei
litate our operations against the en
emy, by dividing their attention,
and their forces, for the defence of
both the sea and the land fide.
Our artillery, during the whole
of this day, have been very busily
employed in removing guns from
November 4, 1793.]
the park to the lines. Facines and
Gabiora are making as faft as pos
sible, and at last things begin to
wear the appearance of a siege.
A NOTHER°STC)RY.
_ .— ^ MIND THIS !^
By the Boston MERCURY, of-
Oa. 25th, we learn, That the cap
taiqofa vessel from London, on
the gi of Oft. spoke a vessel from
Falmouth, out 26 days, miking it
the 14th of Sept, that the failed,
the captain of which informed —
That when he left Falmouth, it
was reported that the SIEGE of
Dunkirk was rrifed ; and that the
inhabitants of that city had put to
the (word every English resident
in it.— Whether this be true, time
will soon develope.
[More of Dunkirk in theJecond page.]
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LONDON, Auc.=io.—An account
was yesterday received, that the
Royafifts in La Vendee, after a
(hort engagement, had taken pof-"
session of Les Sables, a small town
and sea port in that department.—
This, if they arc able to maintain
themfelvei in it, will open a com
munication with the Britilh fleet
when it appears ne^ on the coast,
if Lord Howe's inftrudioDs allow
ed him to hold any Commumcoiuu
with them.
A declaration of war, by the Em
peror agrinft the republick of Ve
nice, is immediately expeded.
A letter from Paris states that
the Queen has undergone three dif
ferent examinations, with an intre
,pidity, a presence of mind, and a
I precifion in her answers, which
I ftrok with amazement and com,
pletely difeomfited her judges.
Unable to find her guilty in any
; refpeft whatever, they have order
-led her to remove from the Con
ciergerie to a more decent place of
confinement, and her cause is tak
.en from the Revolutionary Tribu
nal, and referred to the committee
of publick welfare. We hear that
a considerable party is endeavour->
iog to save her life, while another
of no less confluence, to use her
as an instrument to check,the prog
ress of the Austrians.
Two couriers are said to have
been lent by the National Conven
tion to the Prince of Cobourg, with
a view of commencing a negotia
tion concerning the Queen.
By these couriers it is asserted,
that the National Convention had
written word to the Prince of Co
bourg, that if he should advance
farther on, the territory of the Re
publick, the Queen should fuffer
immediate death. The Prince is
laid to have returned in answer,
that he commanded arviaorious ar
my, enraged by the excesses com
mitted by the revolution^ and
[See the last page.]