The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-07-07 00:00:00, page 2

tacked the Prince of Orange's advanced
guard, who repulsed them with great ease.
The fignal'fuccefs which has attended these
"extedfive and complicated operations, has
determined his imperial majesty to begin im
mediately the fi:ge cf Lindrecies ; and there
fore the hereditary prince of Orange* who
will have the direction cf the fcge, has mov
ed this evening with the greatest part of his
camp from Beauvois, and taken a petition so
as to complete the invefture of that fortrefs ;
while his imperial majesty, with the grand
army, covers the operations of the siege on
the fide of Guise, and that under, my imme
diate command does the fame towards Cam
bray. -,
What adds greatly to the general fatisfac
tion upon this occasion is, the inconsidera
ble less which the combined armies have sus
tained, whilst that of the enemy has been
very great. The British in particular,
have been peculiarly fortunate Thehon.
Capt. Carleton, of the Royals, a young of
ficer of promising merit, is the only one we
have to regret, nor has any one officer been
wounded ; of privates we have had 3 killed
and 6 wounded.
The enemy has loft in these various attacks
upwards of 30 pieces of cannon, of which 9
were taken by the column under my com
mand, besides the two which were taken by
lieut. gen. fir Wm. Erikine
I have equal fatisfadion in reporting from
my own observation, and the account [ have
received from fir William Eifkine, the spirit
and good conduct of all the officers and men
under my command but 1 have particular ob
ligations to lieutenant generals fir William
Eifkine and Otto, as well as major general
Abercromby, who commanded the advanced
guard of my column, to col. Devay, major
Lippert, of the Austrian Hussars, and to
lieut. col. count Merfeldt, of the Austrian
ctat major. h, „
I cannot help likewise mentioning the
good conduct and bravery of Lieut. Fage
of the British artillery, who distinguished
himfelf very much by the skill and activity
with which he directed one of the batteries.
This difpatcb will be delivered by my aid
decamp, Capt. Clinton, who! beg leave to
recommend to his majesty, his conduct upon
every occasion having merited my fulleft ap
probation. c
I am, fir, yours
FREDERICK.
Right hon. Henry Dundas, &c.
WARSAW, Capital of Poland, April 22.
THE spirit of Revolution reigns every where.
General Koscuisko has ere&ed the Stand
ard of Liberty and the People. Heis at pres
ent, with his main army near Promnick, in
trenched. On the 4th inst. he had a battle
with the Ruffians, and was, in a small degree,
worsted. Qn the 17th a formal infurredion
broke putin.this city. The arsenal was
formed, and taken, in. which were several
hundred pieces of cannon. Several of the
publick' edifices have been burnt. The in
iurgents have driven the Ruffian troops from
our environs. The King, unable to quell the
infyrre&iqh has fought refuge in a convent.
They have eftablifoed a tribunal, which have
condemned fever.alto the halter, - General
Kofeuifko has published an animated address
to the citizens of Poland ; and events, appear
favourable to the Revolution.
.gh^ir M^jeftiesof Denmark and Sweden
haff entered into spirited Resolutions for
their government, during the present contest
in.. Europe. . .They are jointly to equip 16
ships of the line, and a proportionable num
ber of frigates, for the protedion of their
cqmmerce\=4olin case any of their vessels
are capped,' after four months,application
foßjeftoration; withoutfuccefs, reprisals are
to be made on ;the,«veflils of the capturing
nation. ^
Every day is the herald of new vidories, of
which tte capture of Oneglia was but the
prelude. Five hundred have,been killed.—-
Ormea and Nava are outt, Immerife maga
zines, aplotb manufaaory, provisions, can
non;&c.-have fallen intoour hands. Gezez
zio, near, Qrmda, has furrendered.'
• =tfl.^ TO=mc —. yt°'\
french Flanders.
sr. AMAND, MAY 2.—" General Clair
fayt told me, that the enemy had taken the
advaptagfyQfyG^b,fence at Denain, to attack
and c^rrope .poft of Moycrpn; gid conse
quently Cohrt,ay jtfelf, which was incapable
of defence? That, with regard to ,he affair
of the #9Oi it bad been hisinlention to at
tack the,en£n%i soon as fix battalions of
AuftrjanTnfco^ which had been sent to
him from the Eipperor's army, were arrived ;
but th^ the enemy had been beforehand with
them, and b^gan ihemfelves the attacks.
That W§ trppp^beh&ved wi& much courage
arid refolption ; from 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, when the attack began, until 4 o'clock
iA4|i,4^@R# ^H@^ fe°n*f the
Important Intelligence.
REVOLUTION IN POLAND.
APRIL 14.
STATU ^UO OF THE TROOPS.
But a few days ago, Baron Hoch
fletter, the Prufibn Minister, made
the following verbal Declaration of
the Directory of the Circle of the Up
per Rhine :
Ift, The army of the Field Mar
shal Moellendorf will not continue its
retreat, but remain where it is now
Rationed, for the protection of the
German Empire.
2d. The suspended retreat of the
Prussian troops will only be eventual,
and' fh^l not t^ke place till all hopes
vanish of enabling the King by grant
ing a fobfidy either on the part % of
the Empire, or on that of the fix An
terior Circles, to let his Army ad fur
ther for his pro^aion.
gd. The Convocation of the fix
fold Convention of the Circles, may
still take place and occupy itfelf with
the deliberations re/peßing the means
to keep Ache King's army to prore&
the Empire.
4tb. No time is to be loft in effect
ing this purpose because, if his Majes
ty shall be once more induced to let
his troops retreat, no way for further
representations will be left.
s^h. There is farther to be added
to the royal declaration relative to the
Contingent, that his Majesty experts,
that his just demand of 1,800,000
rix dollars, on account of the siege of
Mentz, will be Satisfied.
France.
PARIS, may i. 'Guillotined on the
28th April, ci devant Count d'Efting,
formerly Admiral, and Lieut, General
of the Marine ; and a perform particu
larly eminent during the, American
Revolution and much refpeaed by
Americans in general-and Litour &
Pin Governet, and ex-Marquis, for
merly Lieut. Geo. of.the Army, and
Minister at war, with 30 other pet
fons of less celebrity.•
The noted Santerre ta been arrest
ed, and after a fecretinterrogatory^
committed to orison. 4
In the Laflern Pyrenees, we were
viaotious. All Spapith Cerdagne is
in the power of the Republick.
Faroes, Courtray, and Menin, ale
pofftffed by our armies , and the en
emy apprehend an attack on Ofteod.
French Netherlands.
VALENCIENNES, MAY 1. Landry
[capitulated yesterday, and it to be
taken possession of this day by the
fityfog. army under the command of
the Prince of Orange.
The surrender of this little fortrefs
order ..as given to retreat, from the intricacy
of the country—they fell into a confufion,
from which it was even impossible to rally
them. , \%
" I have hot 0 yet received the returns of
the lols upon this occasion ; but I fear it is
pretty considerable. sr
" The brave garrison of Menin, under the
command ofMajer General Hammerftcin,
after sustaining the attack for four days, find
ing no probability of fuccour, gallantly de
termined to force their way through the en
emy, whreff they eftded, without any great
loss, though continually harraffed in their
march.•
• His been detected, the purpose of
which was, it is reported, to burn the
King's Palace, and the three castles of
the city, and to force and pillage the
pubiick Banks. . Three hundred of
the confpiratofs have been already ar
retted. The Jacobins and Refugees
from France are said to be the authors
of this conspiracy.
This garrison consisted of four battalions
of his Majesty's Hanoverian troops, and four
companies of the Loyal Emigrants. They
retired to Inglemunfter.
FREDERICK.
Italy.
NAPLES, April 12.
,1 CONSPIRACY
French with confide rable toss under the-wally
ofiLifle.x : .;b : p^u! .
!.t¥efrday an officer 'arrived at the Admi
ralty Office, with an account of tire Majetiy's
[frigate the Adamant, haViiig captured three
French privateers; modnrin^ 12 gang each ^
;w*iarfhe has camed'&ife! irith Stilly pffie
; above privateers b#te : "dWetoticfr ritifchief
amongroor Whipping? having taken "feverat
: fail of English coaftingVetfels-fince January
loft CT' ! T -^'^er* 7,*, ?+•.„ ^i # r^'oi-t
I The present gaites ; zt &W? which-keep%
Lbrd Hewin pouffeAbwatt fo4Wffi&
which failed from - Virginia; on the feewntfof
last month, they nwfriorbe verftiefi Wie
European coast and wilt^lrfel, re^a FWffiW
urile.'s his Lordship fliouklbe abletd faflirt 'if
to dhy!/'
- A daring conspiracy was discovered among
the French pFifoneft pri^tindAy. mofnihgin
the prison ship in fr?lifer near Chatham-—
They were near ^boln number andhad-aTtfa:
ed ftetofelves'Wilh ffi fy6ft,c%s;?4^
itoes of the beertaikY,tod had refolveddp^
;on killing the boatswain and liis crew; ifehen
the, catrie td fafteh tfi^fti ihtheir Foom'o;^
seize the bars, &C. Happily therr dbfigns
were overheard by an Engl^hman whd uh
derftood a little F^hkfr,tind they were prop
erly fecuted before they toffi be ' put in exe
-Icutlofr'
^The brave Portlh General Kofeuifko, geit
coil bf the P^tiot^ fbug&riHfgreHfcpirf
We are in constant expedition of
the fate of Flanders being decided by
a general engagement.
We fiod, though it is with extreme
difficulty, bad intelligence forces its
way here, that Gen. Clairfaft was de
feated on W^ednefday, near Mocron.
The French are in possession of Me
nin, and attacking Ypres ; hence the
forced march of the Duke of York.
ris, a cotton flocking manufefture is estab
lished, which how is under the patronage of
the Committee of Publick Safety, who fur
nifh the army with flockings from this manu
factory, to a very considerable amount. The
three accomplished Miss O'Keefes, Miss He
lena, Maria Williams, and a number of our
beautiful country women, are become Cotton
ipionetfto it in the full enjoyment of their
IpT v.tll ~ ~,.,^
The French, by the last accounts,
which indeed are rhofe of yesterday,
had advanced within two leagues of
Ghent. Many of the inhabitants have
come here with their most valuable ef
fefhi—On the report of rhe approach
of the Carmagnoles, some of the low
er order in Ghent shewed an inclina
tion to rife and take up arms, when
the Hessians were drawn out and fir
ed upon them. A few were killed,
and the rest were reduced to submit.
pired when this paper went to press. Ttwas
rumoured however that they were of an c a- 4
grabble nature , that an engagement had
taken' place In Weft-Flinders between his
Royal Higiinefs and the French, ibvefch
the Allies had been viaoriotis, and driven the
happened ;<k<ft fi«eor 6 cays soon
er than the Austrian officers had com
puted ; whether this arose from trea
chery, or any secret negotiation, or
the dreadful eftds of the cannonade
upon the place, is not yet known.—
When we consider the narrow limits
of the town, we may believe that <he
latter muff have been tremendous be
yond example. Since the batteries
have been established, mote than four
thousand foots and shells have been
thrown in within the hour. Such pro
gress has late invention made in this
defirudive Science.
from the Weftindies and the Mediterranean;
that Guadaloupe and Corsica have both far
rendered to the British arms.^
^Yefterday at noon the Hon. Captain J.
Murray, of the Weazel sloop of war of 12
guns, arrived at the Admiralty Office from a
cruize off the coast of France. He mentions
that the-French Grand Fleet, confining 'of
26 men of war, wit h # frigates, &c. in propor
tion, had failed from Dreft water on Tuefd^y'
nightfafte-Their destination is foppofed' to'
be to the westward; for the protection ofilieff
homeward bound 4tiercll4h Imen.''''''"
Me. Wiffin, the Messenger, arrived' fhi^
morning at the Secretary of State's Office,
with tiifpatches from his Royal Highnefs'the
DukeofYork. The COtitents had not trans-
England.
Lon don, may 12. We flop the press to
state, that accounts are said to be just arrived
In the Convent of the Carmelites, at Pa-
Austrian Netherlands.
BRUSSELS, MAY 2.
pittsbourch, juNß'y. —The brigade
infpeftors in this country, received orders'
on the 30th ult. tor drafting rood men, in
order to aflift in the efta blrfhment of forti
fications at Prefqu'ifle, and on Monday
morning last, an express arrived from Phill-'
delphia countermanding the orders fora
draft, and ordered the troops rrifed by the
State for the purpose of gurrifohiog the for
tifications to be erected at Prefqu'ifle, not to
proceed further- than Le Bceuf, where there
is already two block houses built And garri-'
foned by a small party of State troops, for
fear cfgivmg rffmee to ^ur giodfriends thf &'x
. Nations. ul :;r~ ?
Accounts from Fort Wafhingteh, as late
ias the sth ult. inform us, tb^t an efcotrbe
• tween that p|be& hhd-ffi^^^
, been attacked the day before by fire Indians,
and eight men werckilled. n +
•Our army were still at ^Grenville.
PHILADELPHIA,JVNE 21,.°
& Weftern Intelligence. ••
EYtraift of it letter frrim a Gentleman at tfttt
bourgh, dated Jtine to, 1794.
'' ON Friday ialfGeri. Wilkins, Mr. Elli^
cot and force ,volunteers, with Captain
Denny and bis* detachment, left thilplace,
for Lebcef's, ffrity which alarming acl:'ourifs
'have been feceifea froiti Yehaffgb, bygone'
; Rinfem; 'a Trader ^^n^'an Iridial. called
; Broken Twig, ty the',Senecas.' The 'ft§te%
; rhent pfth@7tfmW emomtife forwarded to ✓
you By, Geri' .Gifr'd^^Ffe febftmf&£
:Whofeyis/tHaf ffi'e [SW tya'tjons, at &'id- ,
f^ce,f,^ty theptfef In, £
dians agafofttym<T„ar a.tofe'bddy;,'af:f
fifted by them ffi Bfitjih) some in'froffiog|
I ffitelake, and otherstire d^
tegheny, were to f&^orrF&hld^
the fetflerneqW a^erilrfy 'make an,
e^abliffitnerit at PrefqtfeiflL Wfo'ft
is to be given TO these reports,Twill not pfe,
tend to fay, bVfthhTriefer/w^,
with Indiah' a^afrsfleli&fe
moved his goods' arid?4idfy tdtfriiiifi&° W B
water, arid; f^^c^^^%
fo,whofolded&FFort ^a^ffiT \
my-own parfThive no dorib't 'ofife host. t
aitpofitifo 'rififeSeriette/andliiatra 1
raalto coTrimtfta:'&e'?ate mWmfflhtfe 1
,^ F fhiWk^hfflM/e^hews
hfo^,'fro#+i&rabgo—^
ffiunteate With&dt'd^ay."'"' /''"''~;
-a./.; .1: ^^j; at sbitod ^u^u
Exrart, of aletier fVorotheW^
\^stol^ll& fotaft wdfern Wat f
one man, oftheparfh said to be kiifg
CTWrtffiitfltffrM^ ffWl
afforeafoptofyffi&har ite^ |
didthte ttite^ffift&ti ttfsft&a Sot 1
ofiteSirNitfont^-rity;W a&oiln'ts ffofti ,
&'-&& efyimg ffoffl^ 1
far frrirtr&eite~tiblHte, a party of Senecas;
folded to a rf&actimeht of the tfbferi; Pent
toW r fpijffi
™ % 'T%efa4oittff find inconfifency of<s,
rf&s is ta,Wt W Wd^rctote4
proper opfmon?. rt Capfr. t)enM, nf§ &@n&
ed hi^mafciff& is noty'atVe@-
From ihQ^d^Q'^^
Export &the&'fodfa^n,tt
•Gre^ifll/Wakfyfyspf Qty~
o \<mffi&a&%waffle /
^fo^&'Wyr ^ ^rr^ ""r.
char leston, ) Y^Efterday arrived from
may 27. J I a cruise, the French
privateers, L'Ami de Point Peter, Captain
I aloof, and L'Ami de la Liberte, Captain
Ballard. About the 20th inst. ii; fight of the
Havannah, they fell in with a fleetofDutch
merchantmen, under the convoy of a frigate,
from Curacoa and Jamaica (which last place
they went into for convoy) bound to Am
sterdam. In the evening, the privateers en
gaged a large Dutch ship, carrying eight
guns, and twenty two men, in the rear of the
fleet, which they captured, after fighting an
hour and half. She was about 6co tons bur
then, and said to be worth £150,000. Her
crew fought wih great bravery; fiye of them
were killed, and ten wohnded."
The next day about twelve o'clock, the
frigate bore down upon the privateers, and
Captain Talbot Ending it impracticable to
bring off the Dutch ship, as the failed very
slowly, he took out all his men, and aban
doned her. Os the above fleet, they took a
Dutch brig, laden with cotton, coffee, &c.
said to be a. valuable cargo, which arrived
hereon Sunday evening. " '.?-.'\.
During the cruise, Capt. Talbot also cap
tured an English fcbooner, which was ran
somed ; and two-Spaniffi vessels id balhft
which he set at liberty. •*: < "n
alien in America during the I^v?r Gen.
Wafliingto;; contained so IQ, a fritndfbip
for him, that he prefled him ver; much to
remain in that quarter.
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