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FOREIGN, INTELLIGENCE.
[Received by the arrival at Marblehead.]
, ' Os Poland.
WARSAW, [Capital of Poland] dec. 20.
EVERY thing is now quiet here. New
ordinances in the name of the magis
trates, who aft under the diredion of the
Ruffian Commandants, appear every day.—
A requisition has been published, addressed
to the ladies, recommending to them to fur
nifti fcarfs and bandages for the use of the
wounded in Paraga. Provisions begin to be
somewhat more plentiful, but the want of
money is extreme.
The King is now permitted to have the
perfidency of the Council ; before, he only
received an account of the business tranfaft
ed there. It is laid he has lent a Courier to
Peterlburgh, with the request that he may
be allowed to keep his regiment of guards.
Ufftcounts from Petei flburgh fay, that Prince
iGeorge Galitzin is arrived there with a let
ter from the King of Poland.lt is reported
the unfortunate Sovereign solicits a place of
retreat in the territories of the Emprels.
General Kofciulko, according to letters
from Moscow, was carried through that city
in the night, to avoid the curiosity of the
multitude. It is said he is arrived and con
fined at Peterfburgh.;
I let -—' —
Germany. ''
VIENNA, DEC. 27.
There is every appearance that the cam
paign in the ensuing spring will be carried on
by our Court with the utmost vigour. An
ordinance has been published for a new loan
for the war, of the fame kind with that of the
^ear 1794. Yet notwithstanding all these
preparations, we still cherish force hopes of
peace. -—- —
FRANKFORT, JAN. fr
The bombardment of Manheim, during
the ffiort time it continued, was dreadful.
The French, in sixteen hours, threw 3000
bombs into the town, & about 5000 bombs,
mgranades, &c. into the fort of the Rhine and
t the Fleches Os the Imperial and Palatine
troops, however, only ten men were killed,
and 37 wounded ; and of the town's-people,
4 killed and 19 wounded. Thirty fix houses
are almost demolished, and the palace of
Prince J^xamilian^of Deux Ponts, has fuf
fagrfff^bly. The eUefrfoil eßbis
Zince is wounded, but not dangerously, by
jl%he fplinter©'^ (hell. In the fort of the
Rhine and the fleches, were about isocan
, non, but the most of these were brought a
' way in time. The surrender of the tort,
* though a lots to the German Empire, was
abfolutelv necessary to the preservation of the
town of Manheim, which by the fire of the
French, had it continued a week, must have
™"been reduced to a heap of alhcs, and the fort
and outworks must at last have been fur
xendered.'
'
THE LOWER RHINE, DEC, 20.
At Antwerp the French have converted a
\Church of the Cannelites into a Temple of
t^eafon ; 2nd at. its confecratio& burnt, the
Billows and instruments of torture. The
' i&onks have been driven from the Convent,
'forhiving concealed a silver image of the
Marv, and feme golden Saints.
I£ French, almost every where, still en
the open field. They have used so
. ^fo :cover ^^ ^^
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and turn our reverence -commanding System
of Government into the Chaos tfConffr—
'Th then that the friends of Justice, Order,
Liberty and Good Goveinurenr, mount^o
ry in a&ing like Kral Republicans-'tis
then the Friends of THE PEOPLE should
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[volume 111.
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JAN, 16. " The policy of European
Courts has found a tomb in Holland. The
Waal and the Rhine, are to the enemy thei
modern pillars of Hercules." Such was the'
emphatic language of our last gazette. The
French, far superior to the grand confedera-;
cy, have already left these rivers a great way
in their rear, and the fate of Holland is de
termined. 'The ambitious maxim, Divide ct(
impera, was attended with less calamitous;
consequences. Holland, the vidim of inter- I
nal diffentions, is about to be obliterated
from the catalogue of European powers, &,
ere long, it will be said, " Such a country
has been." This day the French took pof
fedion of Utrecht, which, being incapable
of making a vigorous resistance, surrendered
by capitulation. , The tricoloured flag is
hoisted on the towers, and on the churches,
and we understand the inhabitants gave their
guests a welcome reception. A report which
has gained much credit, prevails here, that
the burghers have dispatched two commis
sioners to propose terms, and to present the
French with the keys of the capital.
ARNHEIM, JAN. lO.—Saturday might.
This morning at seven o'clock, the French
made a general attack on all oor posts from
Panderen, to Andelft ; the formerplace wat
defended by the Hanoverians, and the latter
by the Austrians. The English were situat
ed between the two, and their posts extended
one mile and a half to the right, and i mile
to the left of Lent, a village immediately op
pofiteNimeguen. The. French troops des
tined for the attack, were concealed behind
houses and hedges waiting the signal to com
mence the adion, which was no sooner giv
en, than they in a body croffcd the Waal,
with a shout of Vive la RtpubUqut, which ad
ded to the conftcrnation their sudden appear
ance and impetuefity of attack occasioned.
Our troops retreated in confufion, leaving
their huts and their contents to the enemy,
who pursued them with a heavy fire of mus-.
quetry. After our troops had retreated near
a mile from the ground they before possessed,
they formed the line, & waited the approach
of the enemy porders being given at the fame
timerfo the 59th regiment to engage them
fogl^nd if possible draw them on to where
the # h &7?<h regiments were drawn up.
Ih'e following i> an ertraa from a letter written
by an officer, engaged in allpfeaions under
Gen. Dundas:
„ The enemy have taken Tiel ; they puff
ed the Waal on the ice, in greet number,,
and are now besieging Gorcum. In yester
day's affair our loss was upwards of 250 kill
ed and wounded ; several officers were killed
and wounded. 1 The spirit and the fuffering
of the troops are beyond description."
AMSTERDAM, JAN. IJ.
There is now no hope left. The most
firm of our citizens are abandoning their
country, since yesterday- Nothing is seen
but carriages and waggons, filled with emi
grants and property. This fpedacle, which
intimates so strongly what we are to expert,
fills every bosom with despondency.
Yet there are some men here who even now
look forward to a peace ! They fay that every
thing is agreed upon, and will be made pub
lic as soon as the French are masters of U
trecht. This would indeed impl,an extra
ordinary fort of confidence in the enemy,
who, it these suggestions have any ground,
are invited in full force into the heart of the
country, for the sole purpose of entering into
a negociation ! !—lf the French should re
pay this confidence by a liberal adherence to
their engagements, who (hall fay that any
age ever equalled the present, in virtue and
philosophy?
Our Commissaries, W, M. Brantzen and
Rupelaar, we are aflured, have arrived at Pa
ris. Os their reception nothing is known.
It is rumoured only, that they were admit
ted to the bar of the Convention,/and that
their voice was ftifled by a cry of " La Guer
re! La Guerre !”—° WAR ! WAR I"
from the multitude in the galleries.
straw huts, that it is scarcely to be had for
any price. The number of sick in the Eng
lish army is incredible ; and is occasioned
by the infufficient eloathing of these troops,
who have to struggle with the hardships of
a winter campaign, in a climate so different
from their own.
Events leading to the surrender
of HOLLAND to the French.
United Netherlands.
CO NCO RD, FRIDA Y, April 10, 1795.
crossed this morning, and proceeded towards
Wyk te-Duuftede, and De Veert-, to defend
if possible the passage of the Lek. The 40th
and 79th regiments of English quitted their
position at Hetern this morning at daybreak,
and are now marching from this place to
wards Rhenen, to join the firft regiment of
guards, who ate quartered there. From
thence they are t< fall back on Amersfort—
Culenburg was evacuated on Tuetday morn
ing, and the French entered amidst acclama
tions of f"ivf 11 RrpubLque, at 3, afternoon.
Vianen was taken this morning at day break,
and the garrison of 150 men were made prif
onars of war. In this place the French found
a lage magazine of corn and hay, which had
been formed from the landing of 17 biland
ers frozen in the river on their way to Arn
heim. The French carry all before them
like an irrtfiftable torrent, and their arrival
;fe expetterfhere in a d^y or two, though it is
said this place is to be defended ; but how or
with what we cannot tell. Our garrison, If
it may be called so, tynfifts of 400 Austrians,
and ourguns on the ramparts, are only 14 4
and 6 pounders A paik of artillery confiil-,
ing of 43 pieces of cannon, belonging to the
English, are placed in commanding fitua
lions, on the b^nks of 'he Lek, from Khenen
to Devoet ; and several batteries are con
ftruaiog between the latter place & Seboon
hoven. The 44th regiment of Ep^Ufh are
at Leyden, but it is ex; &d they will be or
dered to retreat ihL ffight towards Ameron
gen. Our lofi on the Sthmßuren, is now
exadly fewp. The killed and wounded are
This order was executed, but did not an
fer our purpose ; for a strong column of
French got between the regiments and pre
vented their falling back On their main body.
The 59th regiment finding themselves alone
bravely disputed every inch of ground with
the enemy, though they were driven back to
Hueff^n, a village within one league of Arn
heim. The 59th regiment has loft 80 men
killed and wounded out of 200, which was
all they could muster to take the field this
morning. Five officers are wounded, but
qfedangerouflv. 1 will fend you particular
details to morris and the officer, u&mt.—
The 40th and 79th regiments have not fuf
fered much.
We are now removing the hospitals to De
venter, with the greatest expedition, and
transporting our ammunition and stores into
the interior of the country left the whole
should fall into the hands of the French,
who have not only maintained, but strength
ened, their position on this fide of the Waal.
Heuffen is their rendezvous, at which place
they have now 10,000
Last night we were under the greatest ap
prehensions of being furreunded in Arnheim
—strong patrols of French cavalry having
been seen on this fide of the -Rhine, several
times before dark. The Austrians were or
dered cut to force them back, but returned
without firing a shot. This night the park
of waggons is to march to Deventer, and by
the morning every thing belonging to the
English, will be either removed or.deftroyed,
except the sick, 288 in number, who must
inevitably be left behind for want ot wag
gons. The greatest joy is viable in the
countenances of the inhabitants, at our de
parture, and the approach of the French.—
The 79th and 40th regiments will cross the
:Rhine near Waginin gen, to morrow at day
break, to proceed to the lines or the Greb —
At this moment there is not a fingie patrole
between us and the French. '1 iel furnifhed
them with every neceflary they wanted, and
greatly distressed us, most of the donations
to the different regiments being there in de
posit when they came in. A peffon who
came from Nimeguen, this morning, reports
74 waggons to have arrived yesterday, loaded
from the magazines at Tiel. Report fays.
Cuylenburg, will be evacuated to night, and
the remains of what we possess on the other
fide of the Rhine, will be abandoned to mor
row The English head quarters are at a
poor and miserable village called Doc^n, and
the Hanoverian head quarters at Amerongen
—The Austrians are gone from this place to
Doefburg, and Gen. Abercrombie had this
afternoon a council of officers to determine
on the plan of evacuation, &c.
I (hall leave this place at day break to mor
row, and proceed to Deventer, it being dan
gerous to go by Wilmington, to head quar
ters, as the French have federal times pa
troled on this fide the Rhihe.
w ag INI ngen ,j an. 13. All the troops
which were on the other fide of the Rhine,
Jan. 12. — Monday Evening.
Utrecht,Jan. l§. A private letter dat
ed as above, states, that the English have left
Utrecht in the most secret manner, march
ing through Arne? fort to Zutphen, where
they exped to receive further orders. The
artillery park which was here, has been re
moved towards Bodegravb. All the inland
troops have set out already upon their jour
ney, or are on the point of doing so, so that
there will remain here only 3 or 400 men,
Mecblenbergers, who were made prisoners of
war at Maenricht. The French will be
here perhaps in a few hours. I shall quT
this place in half an hour for Deventer.
leyden, j an. 15. The interpofiticn of
a miracle alone can save Holland from im
pending ffeftruaion. The allied army is con
tinually retreating, & not a daypaffes with
out feme dilaftreus event. The surrender of
Heufden is con firmed. The garrison capit
ulated to the enemy, on condition that the
troopsfhould not bear armsagainft the French
for a limited time. The Operations of the
enemy seem directed to Utrecht; the defence
of which is entrusted to the Austrian, British
and Hanoverian troops. The Hanoverians
judging the projeft of driving the French
from Thiel impradicable, have retreated
to Cuilembourg, Leerdam, &c. The troops
in these garrisons arrived at Utrecht on the
13th. The head quarters of the combined
army were not removed from Amerongea
yesterday morning, about 6 leagues from U
trecht; but as the French were then only < -
league difttfnt from that village, % was ex
pected that the army would fall back. The
energy and adivity of the French at this in
clement season are not to be described. The
inhabitants emigrate in vast numbers from
the villages near the feat of war. Many fly
to the enemy to avoid the attrocities perpe
trated by the allied troops on their march.—
Carriages are scarcely to be procured on any
terms, to favor those emigrations. Theenor
mous sum of 50 flemins is the common hire
for a waggon to convey the aged and infirm,
with a few necessaries, 6or 7 Leagues. In
deed the proprietors demand, a depefit ex
ceeding the value of the carriages and herf
es before they content to set out upon the
journey. They fay, "if we are intercepted
b Y '^° %"*' °" P r °P ert y wi " b , co#t
ed, but if we remain, the French will leave
us in quiet peffe ffion of our property."
v^^M ^l^
Rotterdam, J A N. 14, Heufden has
firrendered upon capitulation. It is reported
that two commirfibcers have set off io_order
to adjust the terms on which the whole coun
try is to be yielded. We have heard a heavy
canncnißie during 'the whole of this ^ay, and
agx^oi&grauon is now raging a a dis
tance, but we canh~^preCTlty - Wcerrain thi
place.
Several letters mention that the head quar
ters of the Dutch troops arrived yefierday
from Gorinchem, at Weerden ; also the ar
tillery park from Utrecht. The rest of the
Dutch troops have, it is said, marched from
Utrecht to Schoonhoven. Leerdam was e
vacuated yesterday, and the troops fell back
upon Schoonhoven and Woerden. It was
thought that the French must have taken
poffeflicn of Leerdam yesterday, as they
made their appearance before the battery at
Afperen. All the troops who were posted
along the Lek, from Papendrecht, as far as
Hardinxveld, have marched upon Schoonho
ven, and are replaced by feme militia of Dor
drecht. The letters from Gorinchem, did
not arrive this morning. A passenger arriv
ed from Woerden, fays, he heard this morn
ing from fix o'clock, a heavy cannonade in
the neighborhood of Schoonhoven and Go
rinchem. Hcufden surrendered by capitu
lation, between Tuefday and Wednesday ;
further particulars are not known yet. The
French bombard Gertruydenburg, and yes
terday there was observed at Dordrecht, a ve
ry large conflagration, either at Gertruiden
burg, or Raamfdork.
The post from Arnbeim, has not arrived
yesterday at Utrecht, which seems to corrob
orate a report arrived here from the environs
of Schoonhoven, of the French having forced
the post of Greb.
The hospital of the Hanoverian troops that
was formeri, at Leeden, has puffed through
this place, in its way towards Amsterdam.
240 in number ; the major part of them are
at this place. An officer of the 27th regiment
who was made prisoner, but found means to
escape, arrived here this morning and reports
the French to have taken 40 men prisoners,
(all English) several of whom were severely
wounded.
[number 129.]
HAERLEM, JAN. I §.