Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1794-01-14 00:00:00, page 3

The great and bloody battle which
tiould have crowned all the former vidto
rics of the campaign, and from which we
expe&ed such brilliant fiiccefs, was fought
on the 15th and 16th init. unfortunately
to the disadvantage of the combined ar
mies.
By the Ship Wafbington, Capt.
Sylvejler, arrived at New-
York from Cork, Irijh papers
are received to the /\th Nov.
from -which the following
extracts are taken :
You will have seen what the government
h?8 thought fit to tell the public, in the'
official bulletins. But the fatts you may
be aflured, are such as I have stated.
The loss of our army is 5000 men kil
led and wounded, among whom are 115
officers. The prince of Anhalt-Kauthen,
who commanded the dragoons of Cobourg,
on the left, was struck down by a {hot,
and it is not known whether he fell dead
or alive into the hands of the enemy.
The enemy are defeated : the lines both
at Lauterberg and Weiflembourg, are
.aken by aflault. We have taken three
redoubts, belids coloujs, small arms, &c.
13 pieces of cannon, .with their horses,
.[id 700 prisoners ; witfl streak of day we
ire going to pursue the enemy farther.
It is now certain that the defeat of the
left wing of prince Cobourg's army, com
manded by Tertzi, and Hohenloe, was
the principal cause of the loss of the battle,
which obliged the generals to retreat in
the night, to avoid being precipitated into
the Sambre.—The retreat was effected in
good order, and the army, is now encamp
ed along the other fide of theViver, partly
under cover of the' furtreffes of-Quefnoy,
and Valenciennes.
The regiments of Brechianville, Stein,
Knunitz infantry, ICavanaugh, Cobourg,
Barco, Royal Allamande cavalry, (a
French regiment that came over with Du
mourier) have fuffered the moil. That
of Kavanaugh had 213 men killed, and
180 wounded. The loss of the other re
giments was in the fame proportion.
The French attacked us in all points at
once, with from 70,000 to Bo,oco men,
commanded by General Jourdan; Gen.
Dupont commanded their right. Le
vafleur ar.d Bentahole, the two Represen
tatives of' the people, appeared sword in
hand at the head of their combatants,
whom they animated with loud cries of ex
hortation to advance, and as loudly me
naced, when they seemed to hesitate.
Behind their firft. line, an immense number
of women, without fear or disorder, sup
plied the foldiere with ammunition, diftri
bnted brandy among them, and cairied off
the wounded: such were the means by
which they obtained a victory over our
brave and veteran tioops.
The cor.duA of the Dutch troops in
tins action is strongly talked of. It is very
confidently affirmed, that Byland's dra
goons fled outright, and left one of the
flanks of the main body, which they were
Rationed to cover, quite exposed ; and that
three whole companies went over to the e
nemy.
The Englifli, who came up juil as the
battle was beginning, were not in a condi
tion to display their accustomed valour and
intrepidity. They were exhausted by the
fatigues of a forced march of nine leagues.
Their cavalry were so out of order, that
they were unable to act.
The day before yesterday 400 French
prisoners, and 39 waggon loads of the
wounded arrived here. The night after
came a convoy of 52 waggons, v ith the
wounded of the regiments of Cobourg
and Kaunitz : and yesterday morning 68
vaggons, with the wounded of several o
'ier regiments. Where to lay these un
jrtunate victims of war we know not.—
All the hospitals and all the convents are
already full. Lint, bandages, and atten
dants on thcfick, are advertised for. On
Saturday last the general return of the
Auftrians wounded in the Pays Bis, was
The Prince of Saxe Cobourg writes in
strong terms of the danger to which A itf
trian Flanders is now exposed ; thatwith
out a reinforcement of jo,ooo men at least
He cannot answer for maintaining his pre
- "t position ; that he expects to he attac
BRUSSELS, October 22.
WEISSEMBOURG.
Report from the Head-Quarters,
14th Oft. at 1 o'clock in the,
morning.
On Saturday morning an officer arrived
here with the important intelligence that
Gen. Wurmfer, on the 13th,attacked the
lines of Weiflembourg, with the Aultri
ans and Heflians ; that after an action of
11 hours, the lines were forced, and the
French camp behind them attacked by as
sault ; that the Duke of Brunfwiek hav
ing turned their army attacked them at
the fame time in the rear ; that the car
nage was dreadful, more than 14,000 of
the French and Auftrians having fallen;
that Gen. Wurmfer took poflefiion of
Weiflembourg and Lauterbourg, and pnr
fued the French to the gates of Straftnirg
ked in a few days ; and that the Frcnch
have augmented their army of the north,
to 170,000 men. He complains of the
Dutch, and even of the English. The
inflant that troops arrive here they are-sent
to join the army; as are all the (lores and
ammunition, which arrive in quantities al
most incredible, from Holland.
their baggage and ammunition, with 2900
prisoners were taken from the enemy. The
Auftrians had 3 joo men killed. The
number of wounded is not yet ascertained.
We are assured that Landau has offered
terms of capitulation, which the Pruflian
General, who commands the siege, has re
fufed ; and that Stralburg will surrender
on the firft appearance of an army before
The attack which the Carmagnqls com"
menced yesterday upon our town, and
which continued to-day, would certainly
have reduced the place, but for the inun
dation, which though very unpromising at
firft, about five o'clock in the afternoon,
began to succeed so well, that at fix the
whole flat country around the town was
overflowed about two feet high, and we
saw the Carmagnole with a great deal of
difficulty wading through the encircling
flood. As the next tide, which comes in
to-morrow morning about four, will raise
it at least two feet higher, we are pretty
sure that the Sans Culottes will move off
during the night, as quiet as poflible; and
we are in hopes that they will not be able
to save their artillery, which, as far as we
already know, consists of four twelve
pounders, and four howitzers.
This attack was, no doubt a part of an
an extensive plan, concerted by the com
mittee of public fafcty, to fall at one and
the fame time upon our whole chain of
positions from Nieuport to Maubeuge ;
and if pofiible, to strike a grand and de
cisive blow before the end of the present
campaign. As far as it concerns Furnes
and Nieuport, it was executed in the fol
lowing manner:
The Carmagnols advanced yesterday
morniug in two columns against Fumes,
the one from Hondfchote on the cause
way, the other from Dunkirk, along the
canal, which goes from this place to
Fumes; each column consisted of obout
300 men. Our corps polled at Furnes
was about 1 zco men strong, but strange
to tell, had not one single cannon. Four
companies of the Legion de la Cha.rte,
who formed our advanced guard near Bul
lerlkamp, fought with the greatest gal
lantry, and out of eight officers, five were
wounded. The great superiority of the
enemy in number and artillery obliged our
troops about two o'clock to fall back.—
They retreated in good order to Schar
, (hoot. Our garrison was by this retro
gade movement encreafed to about 1000
men, but we had on our ramparts not
one heavy cannon, and our whole artille
confifted of a few fix pounders and field
pieces.
The Sans Culottes made their appear
' ancc before our town yesterday evening,
and began to treft a battery near the Pe
lican, and situated on the right fide of the
canal, about half a mile from Nieuport.
; We fired a few (hot against the battery,
' but without efFeft. This morning at half
part nine o'clock, a French tnimpeter ar
rived with the usual fuir.mons, wherein
the commanding General of the Carmag
nols allowed our Commandant, the Hessian
Colonel Wurmb, a quarter of an hour to
consider on his proposals to surrender.-—
The answer was, that the garrison were
determined to defend themselves to the
last extremity.
At twelve the cannonade began upon
the town, and unfortunately the very firft
(hell thrown into the place, fell into a bay
loft near a diltillery and set it in flames,
which threw all the inhabitants into the
utmost conftcrnation. We returned the
—that 168 pieces of heavy cannon, all
NIEUPORT, October 23
Ability of laving the town by: any other
means, but -that of inundating the sur
rounding country, the neceflity of our
situation forced us to adopt it.
A little after three o'clock the firlt
sluice was opened, but with so little effect,
that, despairing of success, our Command
ant gave orders, that whillt the cannoneers
and a part of the garrison continued firing
upon the enemy, the rcit lhould begin to
file off towards Oftend.
A great part of the garrison had alrea
dy left the town, when, about four o'clock
the opening of the second sluice having
been effc&ed, the inundation aofwered
onr moll sanguine expectation. The troops,
which were on their march to Oftend,
thcu received orders to return, and an of
ficer was fenr to General Ainflie, with the
important i; « s of our unexpe&ed relief;
whiltt from our ramparts we enjoyed to
fee the corifternation and fright us the dif
appointcd Carmagnole banditti,, wading,
to and fro through the encircling
like so many ducks, without knowing on
which fide to turn to effect.their escape.
enemy's fife 2: well as we Could, but, hav
ing no heavy cannon, and feting no pof-
The fnbjoined copy of the summons,
sent us by the Gciu-ral of the Cnrmr.gnols
is taken from the original, and is highly
worthy of the perlon who penned it:
" I summon you to surrender your
selves immediately to the victorious arms
of the Frcnch Republic, before wh ch e
very thing mult yield : and that fix citi
zens repair to my camp ; —in failure of
which, surrounded and attacked as you
are both by sea and land, your town lhall
be laid waste, and I will enter it over the
fmoaking allies of your houfe3, and .the
palpitating remains of your members.
" The 2d day of the Ift decade of the
2d month of the 2d year of the French
Republic, one and indivisible.
" Let the example of Furnesbe a warn
ing to you not to rely on those who call
themselves your defenders; and who ca
lumniate us, becjufe we beat them.
Th.e enemy this night surprised one of
our redoubts under favor of the treachery
of some Marfeillois, who deserted to them,
and gave them the watch-word. The
corporal of the poll having advanced in or
der to receive the rallying word, was kil
led ; and the guard, who were alleep, have
been mr.ffacred. Some companies of Mar
feillois charged their fulils, which tendec
only to cncreafe the disorder and butch cry
by firing on the guard of our battery fron
some mills, which they took for the ene
my;
From the camp under Oilioules, Oft. 8,
The intrepid ChafTcurs of Burgundy
immediately advanced, on an afiurance
being given them that the poll was retaken.
They were aflailedby a ihowerof mufque
try, which they answered with courage ;
but were obliged to yield to numbers, after
leaving 16 killed and wounded upon the
spot. In the number of the latter is the
brave Malathie, a Captain, who, urged by
his courage, has been taken prisoner.-—
Several of our Marfeillois fled to St. Na
aire.
This defeat is principally to be attribut
ed to the cowardly grenadiers of Mont
Blanc, who fled firft.
The enemy .feeing that it would be dan
gerous to remain much longer matters of
the redoubt, which they had surprised,
spiked our cannon and mortars, the moun
tings of which they burnt, and retired.
An officer has this moment palled here,
charged with dlfpatc'nes to the Prince de
Cobourg, containing an account of the
surrender of Landau. He faid,that when
he set out, Strafburg was entering into a
capitulation. We are a (lured that the
French have retiredto theeuvirons of Col
mar.
The Flanders mail arrived this morning,
and has done away all the reports that had
been circulated of Oftend feeing in the
hands of French. '
LONDON, October 30.
Parliament is further prorogued to the
loth of December next.
(Signed) " The General commanding
the advanced guard of the
F i ench troop 3 before Nieu-
To the Inhabitants of Nieuport,
ANDERNACH, Oa. 19,
Bruflels Gazette, Oft. 30.
(This is October 23.)
TOULON.
port.*'
(hould be also delivered up. The tvooit
of this courier adds, that in this qi.artcr
the armies were proceeding frofti victory
to victory, and they expe&ed to be in im
mediate poflliSon of -all Alfaee : The ar -
mies were divided into four bodies', ur.dcr
four different Generals, to make th? attack
on Fort Lours, and every other important
fortrefs, at one and the fame time.
f Mr. Mason, one of the king'* meAcn
gers is am red with dispatches frcm the
Earl of Yarmouth, which cor.tair.slhc in*-
rcYidered to the tombtoed tmiei, ai&l thslt
deputits fVdm tlic nttuiicipslitT at St
burgh were then at Head quarters Uipii
lating the conditions on which that jh.ee
The news from the interior of Frp.rce
is of a more unpleasant nature. The R«- \ -
alifts-*in La Vendee have been again rout
ed, and Chollet, and another place in the
vicinity, taken by the Republicans.
Mr. Drafting, the meffeoger, arrived a£
so this morning, with dispatches from i re
Duke of York, by which we learn \\r.-X
the invasion of Flanders by the French :s
happily and seasonably checked. His Roy
al Highness made a rapid march to the ie
lief of the potts, and has encamped near
Tournay. Bodies of tro6ps arc also cA
their march from the Piinccof Cobor. :,
whose head-quarters arj now at Bavav.
We may therefore with '•or.fidence nfl 're
our readeis, that Austrian Flander, isf.
Mr. Mason came from the Head Quar
ters of his Royal Highness the Duke of
York, which he left on Saturday. Thcfe
were then at Tournay. The Head Quar
ters of tlie Prince of SaxeCobouvg at Ba-
No general a&ion had then taken place.
There had been fume (kirmiftiing between
the advanced partiesof the two armi< s. It
was fnppofed to be the intention of ii'.i
Royal Highness to march to the relief of
Oftend and Nieuport.
The French were Hill before Nieuport
on Sunday, and the place had been cn fire
in several places ; but there was no doubt
Entertained of its being able to hold out
till a reinforcement could be mad-' to the
garrison,
There is a letter 111 town from Nev-
York, which Cays that, by a late arrival t
that place, intelligence is received, that
Toulon is retaken, and a number of s
01 the line capturcd by the French—tlvt
the Duke of York and h:s army are takeii
prisoners, &c. aid that great coinuhosi
prevails iu England, &c.
Capt. Culver in a flbop belonging to
this p.i:t, is arrived at Reedy Island, in a
(hort passage f.-om Havre de Grace, with
dispatches for Government.
The coniideration of the important
business before the committee of the v. hole
house yellcrday, was relumed this dy.—
Mr. Madison replied to ivlr.W. Smith , —
his fpeeeh continued till the time of ad-
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