The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-08-12 00:00:00, page 2

At Neukirchen—The French amount
ing to 2000—Prince Hohenlohe at
tacked them with a large Force—the
French retreated, and were pursued by
the Cavalry, to Spieffen. Loss of the
French 19 —Austrians, one Hussar, and
two Horses, killed.
At Weifaau,— The Imperialists made
themselves Masters of a Redoubt ; no toss
on either Side mentioned.,
Near Mauhege—A Sortie of the French
Garrison of Maubege—who succeeded in
taking several Posts, and driving the Aus
trian Chaffeurs therefrom. The French
returned in good Order. ; No |ofs men
tioned. Several other petty Skirmishes
between the Horse of the contending Par
ties. Some few Prisoners taken.
[^ Relation of&fe Skirmilbesjill <wbole
CJuans of the European Papers.)
Camp, of Famars.
(The'Capture of this Camp by the
combined Armies, is varipufly and con
tradiaoril, related in the European Pa
pers, The ^tafterdam Account of May
MANHEIM, May 25.—His Prussian
Majesty was yesterday at Frankfort.
Prince de Hohenlohe, Master of Artil
lery, reached the Grand Army in the
Netherlands on the nth instant ; and
the Army which has hitherto been under
his command, has been wholly difoanded.
A part of it is stationed near Mentz, an
other in the Netherlands, and a third has
its H^ad Quarters at Arlon, in the diftrids
of Luxemburg and Treves.
The formal Siege of Mentz will com
mence in abouh ten days hence. The
Batteries of the Allies are already so near
it, as to be able to reach it with 12 pound
ers. The Besiegers are daily reinforced ;
and the Anfpachers, Palatines, and oth
er Troops of the Circle, are just arrived.
TOURNAY, May 29. -The Day be
fore Yesterday, the Dutch made them,
selves, for a second Time, Masters of the
Town of Tourcoin. An Attempt had been
made to set Fire to this P^ce, but ineffec
tually. The Ringleaders, Inhabitants,
of this Treachery, have been discovered
on a ftrift Search, and apprehended.—
Accordingly, we were Yesterday gratified
with the Sight of two Waggons filled with
the Incendiaries, who passed this Place
on their Way to Maejiricht.
Since the taking of the Camp at Mount-
Anfin, by the Allies, the French no long
er shew themselves, unless in pillaging
Excursions, to which they are Simulated
by their Misery.
* A considerable Town of Austrian Ne
therlands. It was taken by the French the
last Winter ; but has face been evacuated. It
lies 14 Miks S, E. of Lisle, and 135 N. by
E. of Paris,
Germany.
VIENNA, May 20. —In Compliance
with a written Billet from his Imperial
Majesty, all the Battalions now in this
Capital, and belonging to the Corps of
Reserve, will march immediately.
The Cause of this speedy March is at
tributed to the formidable Movements of
the French, who colled their Forces at
StratJbourg, and in Brifgau, and threaten
to invade Anterior Austria.
OSTEND,* May 20.—The English Ar
my constantly receives new Reinforce
ments. Yesterday arrived in this Port,
from London, ten transport Ships, having
on board Troops, Horses, Artillery, camp
Equipage, Forges, &c. This Reinforce
ment will in a few Days, be followed by
another more consequential one, of both
Cavalry, and Infantry.
* A strong Town in Austrian Flanders.
Some Time face taken by the French ; but late
ly evacuated by them—-ten Miles weft of
Bruges, 22 north east of Dunkirk, and 60
north weft of Bruflhls.,
Spain.
CADIZ, ) rp^ERB are now upon
May 7. J the French Frontiers
and in France, an Army, including Mili
tia, of 130,000 Men. To provide for
this Army, Government is much per
plexed, from the Scarcity of Provisions.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
Skirmi/bes.
[As related by the Austrian Generals.]
AuJirian Netherlands.
.Austrian Flanders.
15th, blends it with the Account of the
Battle of the Sth, near Conde ; where
General DAMPiERRE was killed. The
Do,er, (English) Account, of May 26,
on the Credit of the Imperial Ambassa
dor, arrived at Bruffeb, makes the French
loss 1500 Men killed, great Numbers
wounded and Prisoners, and 16 Pieces of
Cannon. None of the Accounts, how
ever, appear to be so much official, as the
following :
'' The combined Armies loft together
about 250 or 300 Men."
The combined Armies, consisting, of
Austrians, British, Hanoverians, Croats,
&c. amounted to 50,000 Men. Before
Valenciennes could be forced, it was neces
sary to storm this Camp ; an Union of the
Forces became necessary ; for the Camp
was strong, both by Nature and Art ; the
Right was on the Scheldt, & was unattack
able ; the left on the Ronell^^ marshy
Rivulet ; the Front on Heigqfetefended
by strong Works, which juraroeen two
Months conftruding ; and Valenciennes
was in the Rear. The Battle must have
been bloody ; and if the Success of the
combined Army has been equal to their
Statement of it, the next Accounts will
be of the Attack of Conde and Valenciennes.
The Attack was made in four Columns
—the left commanded by the Duke of
York, who turned the French right
Wing. He was on Horseback 22 Hours.
The French Camp contained 30,000
Men. The allied loss fell mostly on the
Hanoverians—they were under Arms 24
Hours. The Austrians now possess the
Heights that command Valenciennes.
LONDON, May 27. —Yesterday Even
ing Captain Crawford, Aiddecamp to
his Royal Highness the Duke of York,
arrived at Whitehall, with dispatches from
the Army. Soon after his Arrival, the
following official Bulletin was issued :
"The Enemy were attacked on the
23d, and driven from their Camp at Fa
mars ; two or 300 Prisoners taken, and 8
or 10 Pieces of Cannon. No British Of
ficer killed or wounded ; under twenty
noncommissioned Officers and Privates
killed and wounded.
" Three Hanoverian Officers killed,
and four wounded.
" Whitehall, MAY 26.
" Captain Crawford brought Dis
patches from Sir J. Murray, dated the
14th.
Siege of Valenciennes.*
Camp, near Valenciennes, June 2, 1793°
We can approach within 300 Yards of
the Town—The French are busy in re
pairing the Works, &c.— On the Side of
St. Sauveur, I believe the principal Aft
tack will be made, as the Ground is fa
vourable On the left is a Height, which
in a great Measure commands the Horn
work, which is likewise commanded and
infiladed from the east Side of Mount
Anfin.
We break Ground to Night, and I
have just seen the firft working Party, un
der the Command of Lord Charles
Fitzroy, march off. —The Duke of
York commands the Siege. Ferraris,
the celebrated Austrian Engineer, con
duds it. Moncrieff will, I hope, have
a good deal to fay, as he has that Bustle
and Activity which is too often wanting
in the Germans. From the Situation of
the Place, which is commanded on every
Side, and from every Appearance, I do
not think it will be a tedious Business.
The Garrison of Valenciennes is fuppof
ed to be about 4 or 5000, and is said to
be very badly supplied with Munition de
Guerre. —They have killed a great Num
ber of Horses, the Carcases of which we
can perceive round the Glacis ; a Proof
they do not abound in Forage.
The Enemy have just begun to fire on
the working Party. They are also can
nonading the Austrians on Mount Arfa,
who are likewise at Work. Us they have
not yet discovered, and I hope will not
until the Men are under cover. 1
June 4. —Since writing my last, I have
examined the Heights of Anfin, and the
Wood on the left of the French, through
which Clairfait attacked them.—
They had fortified themselves so strongly,
and thrown so many Obstacles in the
Way, that on his firft Attack he was beat
backhand, at last, succeeded no farther
than in getting Possession of the Wood.
The Entrenchments on the Hill were a
bandoned by the Enemy on the Morning
of the 24th, after the other Part of the
Army had made their Retreat through
Valenciennes. Had he succeeded at firft, it
appears highly probable that the whole
Army would have been shut up in that
Town ;. and doubtless that was the great
Objed of the Day. At present, they are
reported to be between Bouchian and Cam
bray. [The former nine, the latter four
teen Miles from Valenciennes.)
Cobourg has crossed the Scheldt, and
his Camp, I am told, extends almost to
the firft of these Places. The Hanoveri
ans occupy the Camp of Famars with the
greater Part of their Troops. Clair
fait invests all the other Side of the
Town, each Wing extending to the
Scheldt, and Mount Anfin, nearly in the
Centre. With the Aili stance of Fer
rari's Map, this will give you an Idea
of the Manner in which the Place is in
vested, and Nothing can be more com
plete.
* An ancient strong Town, of the French
Netherlands, in Hainault, with a good Cita
del. The Fortifications are good. It is on the
Scheldt. It is 20 Miles W. S. W. of Mons,
and 120 N. E. by N. of Paris.
LIVERPOOL, May 26.—A woman last
week died in the Bath workhouse, a fad
but not a useless example of the instabili
ty of human possessions, and a striking
instance of the deplorable consequences of
mifcondu&. Some years since, she mar
ried a refpedable Apothecary^here, kept
her carriage, and was visited by all the
polite part of the city ; the became a wid
ow, and was again married, but in her
second widowhood, her extravagance re
duced her to the most extreme wretched
ness, and obliged her to beg a miserable
existence in the streets ; at fength, from
drunkenness and excels of filthinefs, flie
became a publick nuisance, and the
magistrates charitably confined her in the
Workhouse, where flie ended her wretch
ed existence.
When you confider what has been done
before the Season in which a Campaign
generally opens, I do not think you can
accuse them of Delay : At the fame Time
it is evident that the Rapidity of their
Success has put it out of their Power to
reap every possible Advantage from it.
Great Reinforcements of Men, Artillery
and Horses, are on the Road, and Part
of them near at Hand.
June 2. —This Town holds out, and
will do so, while it has Provisions, being
totally unattackable, from the extensive
Inundations, and is besides one of the best
and most regular Fortifications in France.
* A Town in Hainault, 7 Miles N. of
Valenciennes, and 117 N. by E. of Paris.
LONDON, June 10. —There can be no
doubt but some important obje& is in
view from the powerful fleet which Lord
Hood carries into the Mediterranean —
With the Spanish Fleet, and the Troops
which that is to carry, there can be little
doubt of their accomplishing any poipt,
however great and difficult that may be.
The Friendship Letter of Marque, be
longing (o London, has taken and sent
into Scilly, La Marquis, a French ship
bom Gaudaloupe, deeply laden, bound
to Nantz, after a chafe of four hours and
a half.
A refpeaable Jury, impannelled to try
several offenders lately in Ireland, under
a Special Commiffion,and being charged
to return a verdict, became enclosed,
from Saturday until Monday when they
forced the door upon the Bailiff, and hav
ing obtained wines and provisions, yield
ed 10 intemperance and intoxication, in
somuch as to render them incapable of
discharging their duty. The Judges fin
ed them fifty pounds each, and committ
ed thp Jury into the Sheriff's custody,
until the fine should be paid.
From Paris Papers of the 20th ult. we
learn, that Custlne has been solicited
to accept, and has a&ually accepted the
Command of the northern army. He
was to pass through Paris in his Way to
Lisle.
Nortbcarolina.
Halifax,^ T HE Federal Diftria
July 17. J | Court, has heard
Counsel on the Libel of the Britiffi Ves
sel, taken by the Privateer, commanded
by a Captain Hervieux, a French Cit
izen and carried into Wilmington. „It was
plead, by the Libellants, that the was aq
American Intelligence.
Siege of Conde.*
England.
American Vessel, and had cleared as
such: But Capt. Hervieux, producing
his French Commission, made a Counter
plea, when the Court, as was the Decision
in Pennsylvania Diftrid, determined that
the Libel should not be admitted, the
cause not being cognizable in that Court.
Sufficient Proof having been produced
that Gideon Olmstead, an American
Citizen, was on board of the Privateer
when the Cupture was made, the Court
thought proper to take his Recognifance,
with Sureties for his appearance at the
next Circuit Court to anfwtr the Charge.
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, July 27. From Cape
francois, we learn, that since the Conflagra
tion, Order is restored ; a Number of Whites
fill remain peaceably in Town. The massa
cred did not exceed a thousand—and not more
than two thirds of the Town is reduced to Ash
es. Several of the French Exiles are prepar
ing to return.
Newyork.
NEWYORK, July 17.— Yesterday ar->
rived here, Capt. Bovr don, in the Sloop
Resolution, from St. Thomas's, which he
left June 27. He informs, that the Danes
protest their Neutrality ; that while he
lay there, the Danish coastguard Brig
brought in two British Privateers, one for
having taken, manned, and sent in a Da- &
nifh Vessel—they imprisoned the Men of"
the Privateer, and demanded 8 Joes per
Day, and all Damages, during the Ab
sence of the Vessel ; the other for having fr
returned the Fire to their Fort, which
had given Protection to an American Ves
sel.—And further, that the Danes pay
all Kind of Attention and Refpe& to the
American Flag ; witness the Custom-•
house expedited a Vessel after an Ameri
can Vessel, to carry on board the Regis
ter, which flie accidentally left behind.
- It is with fatisfadion we learn, that
the havock and deftru&ion foppofed to
have befallen Capefrancois are not so great
as was reported. > The American publick
are more interested in the fate of St. Do
mingo, than they appear to be aware of.
One half of the foreign trade of the
French part of this island, which is the
richest and most produaive portion, and
Rhodeijiand.
PROVIDENCE, July 27.—8 y a Vessel
from Capefrancois, we are informed, that
a few Days after the Massacre at the Cape
a similar Tragedy was to have been a&ed
at Jeremie, S. W. Part of Hispaniola. 1100
Mulattoes had meditated an attack on the
Town; but were -met by 600 of the white
Inhabitants, when a sharp Conflict ensu
ed, in which the Mulattoes were defeated
and loft 600 of their Number.
The Ottoman Porte has declared its
entire neuturity in the European cnoteft.
A French ship of 18 guns has captured
and sent into Chefapeak bay, a Dutch
ship with a cargo on board worth'
2,000,000 of French livres—lso,oool.
this currency.
There are but few arrivals from Europe,
without passengers, fay, from 20 to 60 on
an average—to escape the clang of war &
enjoy liberty.
The failures that have happened in
England, since the breaking out of the
present war, are estimated to the enor
mous amount of TWENTY MILL
IONS sterling ; a sum exceeding one
halfof the current specie ofthe British
empire ; and all this calamity within the
narrow limits of three months. An event
not to be paralleled in the commercial
hiftory of Europe. The London Gazette
for several days in May contained a lift of
from 20 to 30 Bankrupts. - . A-
Newjerjey.
TRENTON, July 24. —The following
important intelligence is communicated
in a letter from a refpedable merchant in
Baltimore to his friend in Philadelphia,
dated the 16th inftajit :—
" A vessel from Cork in 32 days,
brings an account of the defeat of the
combined armies at Conde, and of an
immense daughter among them.
" The French armies have been so fuc
cefsful, that the people throughout Eng
land and Ireland, are seeking for peace,
and it was the prevailing opinion it would
soon take place, highly in favour and
much to the honour of the French na
tion."
Mafabufetts.
BOSTON, August™,
OF ST. DOMINGO.