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Latest Foreign Intelligence.
From the Boston Cent i nel, nov. 27.
[On Saturday arrived here the Schoon
er Success, Capt. William s Davis, from
Oftend, and Havre. From English and
French papers brought by him, we have
extracted the following],
Particulars refpe&ing the Ar
mies on the north of France.
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
Whitehall,)qriHlS morning,
sept. 2f. ) oneof his Maj
efty's messengers arrived at the of
fice of the Right Hon. Lord Gren
ville, his Majesty's principal Secre
tary of State for Foreign Affairs,
with difpitches from the Earl of
Eglin, his Majesty's Envoy extra
ordinary to the Court of Bruffeb, of
which the following is an extrad.
" St. Amand, Sept. 16, 1793-
" I have the honour of inclofing
to your Lord ship the report of the
recapture of Menio, as sent in by
General Beaulieu, to Prince Co
bourg."
September ig, 1793.
This morning the French, to the
number of 12 or 14000 men, ad
vanced from Weveighem to Bif
feghem, where they attacked the
advanced ports on the left of Gen
beral Beaulieu's army. The attack
,~ was brisk, and would have com-
I pletely focceeded on the fide of the
French, if General 'Beaulieu had not
Fentfpeedy and successive reinforce
ments to the post of Biffeghem.
The French hid then recourse to
their numerous artillery, in order
4 to dislodge the Auftriaos from their
fflO^li^^
and they would h^pe.been fuccef^
M there, if they hi not suddenly
found their left turned by a body
ofrAuftrian Infantry, headed by
Captain Malkfham, of the Regi
ment of Beaulieu, who attacked
.them with cannon on the left flank,
and also in the rear. This move
ment of the Austrians on the left
&nk of the Breach had such an
effed uponthelatter, fat they be
gan re give way. Gen. Beaulieu
then availing himfelf of this cir
q rumftance; Charged Ibeih ih fronts
and put thßm <OTally to ffight.-=
They r&rea^d towards Menin.
I Gen Beaulieu having coßeaed his
Cavalry, which had routed the
k French, waited for reports from his
;,|„lw40'&&r # to^ that
ht might putfce the edemf wife
Bitemipfon. -Tteifyns ar?
about one o'c loetoP. M.<os
quepcc Gen. Beaulieu, with,
moment's & fiction, march
wirdrMßriinjthe rather, as
WteatfirYhaf G,&. Ehtbach,
[I i#khfear battalions and eight fqua
,(^drWo*teotfth&
Roufelaire. In rhe pursuit General
W Beaulieu's advanced guard had sev
eral Ikirmilh^, in which it had
I *dnfhnily lhe^d Vantage, repulfiag
[Vol. ll.— Num. 59.]
©feOirroitr.
the enemy quite to the gates of
Menin. Ac four in the afternoon,
Gen. , Beaulieu arrived with his
whole corps under the walls of that
town, and attacked the French
with cannon ; at the fame time h?
assaulted the ramparts near the
gates of Roufelaire, when the French
without any refinance, totally a
bandoned the place, and puffed the
Lys with precipitation, leaving at
the bridge only a weak rear guard,
which was entirely killed or taken
by the Austrian troops, who en
tered at the gate of Courtray. In
this interval Gen. Ehrbach arrived
with his corps, and immediately
passed the Lya. Two English
fquadona joined the Austrian Hufi
fars in the pursuit of the French,
who retreated towards Roneq.
In this a&ioa we loft about 100
men, killedof wounded. The loss
of the French is between four and
500 men. We are not able at
prefect to compute the number of
prisoners. At the departure of the
meteoger who brought this agree
able intelligence, about 150 were
arrived in the Square 0% Meoin,
together' with two pieces, of can
non, and 18 ammunition Waggons.
Various Events near Menim*
FIRST EVENT.
Letter from the bt/editar, Prince vs Orange,
Commander in Chief of the Dutch army,
lyi^g in the Adrian Flanders, to their
High Mightiness the States General.
DeinsE, sept. 14, 1793./
" I HAVE the honour to in
form your High Mightinesses, that
the enemy has driven back our ad
vanced guards, by a much superior
force ; and attacked those it Me
nin and Werwick, which obliged
us to retreat, after an obstinate de
fence. Much might be laid of the
condud of the brave troops lam
proud td commhad. The retreat
was made to Hirlebeck, abd Roup
feiard, where I have given orders
to assemble the troops again. The
loss cannot yet be afeertained, but
I have the honour to assure your
High Mightioeffes, that among
the wounded officers is my'own
blether. Prince Frederick, who ref
ceived a ^ghtMhund on the arm|
The Prince of Hesse Darmftadt,
and Major General Count Van
mrtenffebftfeta^ faffl
officers,fa^i^ In my next I
(hall endeavour to give you the|
particulars of this *aioh. lam
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 16. |
Ca^tian Robiofon, of the Briilh.
apt Ligate, arrived yefterdsy evenfa
infofthfo^ the Right Honrf
Hettoy Dundas, his Majesty's print(
:^ A hahdfome town of the Nether:
lands; belonging to the Hotife of Austria;
on the river L,§, 10 itiiles north of Lille;
and 8 feuth east of Ypres, lohg. 3.9^
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f BY B. RUSSELL. CONCORD—N EWHAMPSHIRE.
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cipal Secretary of State far the
Home Department, with the fol
lowing dispatch from Colonel Sir
James Murray, Adjutant General
to the forces under the command
of his Royal Highness the Duke of
York.
__ .___il.il.—«
D4XMUDE, SEPT. 14 1793.
SIR,
I take the opportunity of Capt.
Robinson, of the Brilliant frigate,
going to England, to inform you,
thauthe Dutch Posts, upon the
Lys, were forced by the enemy
upon the 12th. In coofequence of
this the troops of the Republick
have abandoned Menio, and have
fallen back upon Berges and Ghent.
His Royal Highness means to
march this day to Thoureute.
Accounts were received this
morning, that an engagement had
taken place at Villers en Couchee,
near Quefnoy, in which the French
were defeated, with the loss of
3000 men dndji pieces of can
non. I have the honour to be, &c.
JA. MURRAY.
Right hion. Henry Dundas, t^c. ^Sc. '
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SECOND EVENT.
Whitehall, Sept. 21.
The following dispatch from Col.
Sir James Murray, Adj Gen. to
the forces under the command of
his Royal Highness the Duke of
Yprk, was this afternoon received
at the office of the Right Hon. H.
Dundas, hiwMajefty's principal Sec
retary of State for the home de
partment:
SIR, Minin,Sept. 17, 1793.
I had the honour of informing you
that upon the retreat of the Dutch
troops from Menin, his Royal
Highness intended to march upon
Thouroute ± in order to oppose the
further progress of the enemy, and
to 1R in conjugation with General
Beaulieu, Who commanded a corps
of Austrians near Courtray.
This march was executed upon
the 14th. Lieut. Gen. Ehrbach,
with two battalions of Austrians,
and two of Hessian infantry, and
four squadrons of British cavalry,
under/ffip comffi^nd of M*j, Gen.
Hatetytt, was o^^^ advance
tlie ftmeday to Roufelaire. Upon
the 15th, the main body of the ar
fly advanced to Roufelaire, & Lt.
Gen. Etzbach's corps to Ledeg
hem, it being his Royal Highneh's I
mtemion to attack the enemy, and i
face them td repafi the Lys. In-1
formation was received at Route- 1
hire of the Prince of Cobourg'sl
being to march towards Lisle with 1
a ff^bffl of #O% fW^ h i sl
Serene Highness had put in motion I
as soon as he had learnt that Menin i
was evacuated.l
During the march of the army,
the enemy had attacked General
Beaulieu's advanced posts ; eight 1
battatiohs were feat to his foffli
—but the enemy had been reput
ed before his arrival:
This appears to have been only
intended to cover their retreat, as
they had begun to evacuate Me
nin early in the morning. In the
course of the day, they entirely a
bandoned that important post,
which was taken peffeffion of in
the evening by Lt. Gen. Ehrbach^
—Yesterday the army marched a
gain: A camp was taken near Me
nin, and the advanced posts pushed
on to Werwick, which the enemy
had likewise abandoned ; so that
by these movements Austrian Flan
ders has been protected, and this
part of it recovered. I have the;
honour, &c. J. Murray.
THIRD EVENT.
London, Sept. 22.
Thefollowing extrad of a letter, dated Burges,
Sept. 17, 1793, received yeflerday by a
merchant in the city, may be relied on, as
coming from a gentleman who was in Me
* nin, when the French forced the Dutch posts,
.l and pursued them into the town.
, The French advanced on the ev
ening they had been beat between
Comings and Werwick, near Al
lowaine, and drove in the Dutch
advanced ports, and brought their
batteries to bear on their works the
next morning, with so much fuc
> cels, that the French advanced in
I columns on the Dutch, who were
I drawn up behind the works of AI-
Ilowaine, and forced them to retreat
in the greatest confufion into the
town, forgetting even to turn the
bridge ; the French cavalry piqu
ing, and cutting them to pieces,
taking 32 cannons, and 34 ammu
nition waggons, besides a quantity
of their baggage.
“ Judge then of our terrour, hav
ing no arms to defend us, and al<
most dead with fatigue ; the roads
were lined with dead bodies, arms
and horses, and the wretched in
habitants taking to flight in the
fields and woods ; id Ihort, it is im-\
possible to describe the horrours
that attended the taking of the
town ; not a window but was bro
ken, as they fired grape (hot io the
ftfeets after the Dutch."
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BRITISH ACCOUNT
Os the BATTLES on the Rhine.
Copied from a Canterbury paper of Sept. 24,
tender London bead of Sept. >l.
Yesterday morning Arrived a mail
from Holland, which confirms the
important intelligence brought on
Sunday night by the messenger from
the Earl of Yarmouth. That on
the 18th iriralft; an Attack was
made by the French army of the
Rhine, on that commanded by the
Duke of Brunswick, which ended
i@ total defeat of the French.—
At the close of the a&ion, 3000
ofahe fatter laid down their arms,
antyurrendered to the Prussians.—
The conflict is /aid to have been
particular 1 ] severe—at an early part
December 9, 1793]