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Lattf European Intelligence. :
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Furth " and more particular Account bf the
i DEFEAT of the Duke of York.
[? f° Uroi *g ^refting particulars of the
total Defeat of th Combined Forces, 6, the French,.
are copied from Bache's Philadelphia General
%ertifer,of,uly n, together <with the Illustra
tions and Remarks accompanying them. Hew this
intelligence was receives!from London, is not men
tioned in that paper ; hut 6, the dates we are led
to believe it came in the packet arrived at Halifax.'
The Illuftrutions of the Letter of the Duke of
York, contain information very much wanted,
in doubt mot it will be acceptable to our readers.]
England.
LONDON, lII7E are happy to find by the
MAY 24. J Gazette Extraordinary,
that our loss in killed and wounded in the
actions of the 17th and 18th inst. was not so
great as some accounts made them. The loss
, of the allies in other points of the attack, is
riot yet known. We have received many let
ters refpeding these events, which it is now
unnecessary to publish, as they would be part
ly repetitions of what we have already given,
and counterparts of the relation given in the
Gazette in this paper, to which we refer.
The 18th regiment of Dragoons fuffered
considerably: Os a detachment confining of
izo men, Major Hart, one other officer, and
12 privates, only, madegood their retreat :
the rest were either made prisoners or cut to
pieces.,
We refer our readers to th^extraordinary
gazette, and our private letters, for the par
ticulars of this unfortunate business.
The army of Pichegru is stated by the con
curring reports of prisoners to have amount
ed in the late a&ion to 90,000 men.
• Austrian Netherlands.
Brussels, may 20. Yesterday after
noon, Count Metternich received official dis
patches fromTournay, with the melancholy
news that the attack intended by the allies on
the 18th, on the posts occupied by the French
at and near Menin, had been most unfuccefs
ful; that not only were the two columns of
the combined troops brought up by the Em
peror andthe Prince of Saxe Cobourg oblig
ed to retreat, with loss, but the column un
der the command of the Duke of York, to
tally routed, with the loss o(a vast number
of men, and 43 pieces of cannon.
The following is the preliminary account,
given by the officer who brought the dis
patches ofthis unfortunate enterprise, from
Which such advantages were expected when,!
was with the arrays I>
The French having learned thit they were
Ito be attacked by three strong columns, one
commanded by the Emperor and the Prince
of Saxe Cobourg, another by the Archduke
'Charles and General Clairfayt, and a third
by the Duke of York, General Otto, and M
de Mack, making together 60,000 men, be
sides the corps of reserve, attacked, early in
the morning, with superior forces and a tre
mendous artillery, the British columns with
such impetuosity, that the British and Auftri
ans,and the Hessians who accompanied them,
notwithstanding their wonted bravery, were
compelled, after a bloody a^ion, to a most
precipitate retreat towards Templeuve and
Leers, with the loss of near 3000 men killed,
wounded and prisoners, 43 pieces of cannon,
and many ammunition and baggage wag
gons. While this was passing, the two oth
er columns attacked the French posts near
Menin, with no better success, being both
compelled to retreat with loss; one towards
Tournay, and the other towards Marquin,
positions which they occupied two days be-,
■ fore.
The particulars of the unfortunate day
will not arrive till this evening — But at ten
yesterday morning, when the officer left
Tournay, rhe French had renewed their at
tacks, the most violent cannonade was heard
here the whole, day ; and we tremble for the
issue. Ji is impossible to describe the con
sternation that pervades this city. People
1 think only of hiding their wealth, and get
ting ready to fly on the frft bad news from
the army. Yesterday, at eleven at night, a
council was held at the houfeof Count Met.
ternich, where it was .refolded, that, in case
of necessity, the government th all retire to
Breda, mis morning, all the perfans in
office received three months salary, # fo ad,
vance, to enable them to fopport the ex ra
ordinary expenses to which they may be ex
dosed. The states of Brabantand the mag
iftrates were allo assembled last night to take
measures of precaution in these critical cir
cumflances. b^Q ^
Two propositions, we Onderftand, are now
agitating to the cabinet ; the ohe is to make
peace with France as feon as possible, the
other to effed a general arming of the people
at any price. Count de Mercy Argentau is
for the former ; Metternich and Trant,
manfdofff who has been for some days at
Tournay, for 'he latter. It is even Aid that
the Emperor will come here 04 Friday next
and go through the ceremony performed by
his august ancestor at Peterfburgh in 1740'4
In Short, every body feeros to be convinced
that we Shall never Succeed against the French,
but by opposing mass to mass.
BRITISH HOUSE of LORDS, May 23.
The King's commission was read for giv
, ing the royal assent to such bills as had paff
cdthe two houses, which consisted of the bill
to suspend the Habeas Corpus ad, the Navy
bill, &c. ,r/ 4
AMERICAN STATES.
, The Marquis of Landfdowne moved that
their Lordships be summoned on Monday
next, to take into consideration some recent
condud of the United States of America. —
Ordered. Adjourned.
From the (Phila.) General Advertijer.
Remarks and Illustrations on the
' Defeat of the Combined Forces.j
The DUKE of YORK'S LETTER.
THE account given by the Duke of York,
of the operations of the 18th is upon a curso
ry reading, confufed and unintelligible, and
upon close examination and attention to the
map, lame and incomplete.—The following
occurs as the state of fads upon reading his
letter with the map openc *
The projed of the Allies was; to cutoff the
communication between Lille and Courtray,
where the French had advanced and estab
lished themselves as well as at Menin. The
distance between Lille and Courtray, is 15
miles, and within that distance, and almost in
adirea line the French had established posts
to proted their communication with Life.
The principal of those posts were firft and
nearest Lisle, at a distance of about 3 miles,
Marque on ahranch of the Lis ; next Ro
baix 6 miles from Lille, then Waterloo 8,
and last Moucron 10,the last mentioned place
being about 6 miles from Courtray. The
posts were attacked by five columns of the
allies. The firft was carried by two columns
destined for that service, but with more diffi
culty, and later than was expe&ed, the troops
were so fatigued that they were unable to ac
complish the remainder of their proposed
plan, which was probably to penetrate thro'
Marque to Modven and there form a junc
tion which the other columns after they had
performed the talk rafpeftively assigned to
them. These two columns, however got on
further than Marque, and we do not learn
whether they got back again, for there the
Duke leaves us in the dark. It is however
reasonable to conjecture that they did not,
firft from the silence of the Duke and itlfo
bscaufe these columns being nearest Lille
mteft have been firft exposed to the attack of
'the 10,000 men who advanced from Lille,
and if they had been able to repel that attack
the Duke could not have been prelied by
them. Another refl ({lien occurs on the score
of these two columns : They were no doubt
the strength of the attacking army, having
the double duty to perform to take Marque
ind keep the garrison of Lille in check—it is
therefore highly probable that Clairfayt com
manded them, and then the report of his be
ing miffed may not be unfouded indeed, up
on further consideration it is certain that
Clairfayt commanded those two columns—
for we find the Duke fays that the Emperour
infilled on his proceeding to attack Mon
veaux in order to co-operate with that Gen
eral. . V
This order also strengthens our supposi
tion that the two columns were to penetrate
through Marque to;Monveaux, At any rate
from the face of the map it appears impofli
ble that the two columns, advanced as far as
Marque,fhauld not have been cut off or rout
ed by the corps from Lille before these ten^
thousand men could have attacked the Duke.
The Duke's column, next to the two com
manded by Clairfayt, appears to have been
most fucccfsful in its attacks, having taken'
successively the posts of Lannoy, Robaix and
Monveaux, but not being supported on the
right by Gen. Otto, or met at the last men
tioned place by Gen, Clairfayt, was necessa
rily routed, and for his Ihare, it appears by
his own account, loft near 800 men.
The 4th column commanded by General
Otto, got with difficulty through Waterloo
to Turcoin ; but as the column to his right
under Gen. Bifehe, was totally unfuccefsful
against Moucrofi, and was forced to retreat
to its former position in Warcoin, the French
from Courtray took him in flank, and pene
trated indeed through Waterloo to the rear
of the Duke's coluinfy
What Otto's loss was does not appear,
Indeed, the Duke gives only the melancholy
details of his ownffiiftory, but fromfituation
and circumstances itis reasonable to conjec
ture, that the two left columns must have
been at least as severely handled; as the Duke's.
Otto's must also have met with a very great
loft having been taken in flank and rear, and
that under Gen. Bifehe, having retreated af
ter an unfuccefsful eonteft, was probably firft
broken, though hd doubt as the fafety of the
co-operating columns depended bn his suc
cess he did not give way without firft sustain
ing ery confidrrable lofs.'"'^
lUpon the whole, the victory on the fide of
I the French was decisive, and certainly the
success of Clairfayt, which is but faintly talk
ed of, is but a chimera ; a Cbnfequece ofthis
mifearriage of the allies will probably be an
attack on Tournay by the French.
,Our surmises as to the probable fate of
: Claiffayt's columns appears corroborated by
the Official we received from Brussels since
writing the above. No news had been ob
tained at Tournay, on the 18th, from him,
though every effort had been made to open
a communication with his detachment, and
yet it is known that he was in a favourable
position to annoy the French—though avow
edly out of reach of fopport, and in the midst
of the French who are in force and victori
ous at Menin, Courtray and Lisle.—The
OFFICIAL artfully concludes by endeav
: curing to caution the good people of Flan
ders against certain reports, and endeavours
to appease their fears. The French it ap
pears by the Bruflels head, renewed their at
tacks on the 19th.
We wait with impatience for details not
only relative to the final issue of the contest
on the continent the 18th, but for details of
the measures taken by the British administra
tion in their progress through theexamina
tions which had begun the 9th of May, and
in confequenCe of their difeoveries on those
examinations. Already it is said that seven
members of Parliament were confined in the
tower. The suspension of the habeas corpus
portends something important ; but even in
telligence of this measure wants final confir
mation. All appears probable, however,
and the triore so from the secrecy with which
the contents of the papers of the 23d and 24th
of May are kept, as far as they relate to En
glish domestic occurrences. The nature of
Lord Landfdown's proposition to the House
of Lords, relative to this country, heightens 1
the publick impatience.
Late Domestic Intelligence.
Knoxville,f\N the 27th ult. ar-
June 5. rived at this place,
Geo. Robertson, of Mero diftrift, and
Opiamingo, the great chief of the
Chickasaws, arid firm friend of the
United States, accompanied by Capt.
George Colbert, and sundry other
chiefs. Opramifigo and his party are
on their way to visit the President of
the United State®; Capt. Colbert it
the feme who headed the party of
Chickafawi that joined and fought
with Gen. St. Clair, in the campaign
of 1792. By Gen. Robertfon< we
learn, that shortly before his depart
ure from Nashville, upwards of (ev
enty Choftaw, and about 30 Chicka
saw, warriors passed that place, on
their way to join the army of the
United Statei, commanded by Gen.
Wayne.—This proof of friendship
for the United States is the greater
as it is given unsolicited.
Baltimore, JULY 2.— Capt. Young,
from Cadiz, was informed, that on the 27th
of March 15 Algerine rovers had failed on a
cruise against the Portuguese, and that a
British agent had arrived in Portugal to ne
gotiate a peace between that kingdom and
A '' ie " ——
Philadelphia, july If. —Capt. Pa
den, in the brig Sea Nymph, just arrived,
from Dunkirk, which he Left the nth of
May informs us that a few days after leaving
the channel, he fell in with three 84 French
Blips, and three frigates, and the Commo
dore who brought him on board his ship, in- {
formed him that he had been out 40 days,
and had taken 41 prizes, twenty of which
had arrived fafe into port. They were chief
ly Dutch. The fame day he saw them cap
ture five vessels, three of which were also
Dutch, one of the others was a very large
Liverpool vessel from Jamaica, fully laden.
The Commodore treated Capt. Paden with
Republican'polirenefs, and after offering to
supply him inprovi lions,or any other articles
in which be flood in need, difiniffed him.
Capt. Paden fays, fta+ the greatest enthusi
asm prevails among the French at Dunkirk,
and that upwards of ten thousand men are
daily employed cleaning the river, and that
so great fetheir ardor for battle, that guards
are obliged to watch them, to prevent them
from marching toward the camp—Provision
of every kind were in the greatest plenty, and
Specially wheat abounded so much, that
there could scarcely be found houses to store
ita
NEWYokK, JULY 9.— Yesterday arrived
in town from Niagara, a Mr. Pierce, a gen
tleman whose veracity may be depended up
on, who informs that the British forces, in
tended to aft in oppofttiur .to'Gen. Wayne, ,
have been recalled from their Ration ; andl
that part of them had arrived at Niagara,
previous to Mr. Pierce's leaving that place,
which was four weeks ago, Mr. Peirce also
informs, that a large number of Indians were
before this collected, who intended to join
the British ; but that they had all dispersed.
The above orders were supposed to have
been issued by Lord Dorchester.
July 12. The Capt. of the Sade
Altona, who arrived here oo Thurfr
day from Lisbon, which place he
left the 28th May, reports, that pre
vious to his failing, a British packet
arrived there, with London account#
of the 21st, by which it appeared
that Mr. Fox, and a number of oth
ers, had been committed co the Tow
er on a charge of treafoo.,f
Extras of a letter from a gentleman in Bour
deaux, to bisfriend in Philadelphia.
" The Spaniards have been completely
routed in the South, & the victorious French
are entering Spain. Menin, Furnes, & Cour
tray are taken in the north. The La Ven
dee infurgentrfe defeated, and brilliant suc
cesses are announced from all quarters.
" A proclamation of the Representatives
of the people in this department, grounded on
three different arrets of the comittee of Pub-•
lie fafety, will explain to you, in some de
gree, the footing on which trade is to be car
ried on in future. 1 have not time to ob
serve on the different points, but the object
of it is to insure the certain supply of articles
of the firft.neceffity to this country, by con
fining the exportation of their own valua
ble commodity to those who enter into en
gagemen ts,un&fecurity ,te Import an equal
value of necessary articles."
Captain Emery from Bourdeaux, informs,
that there is above one hundred American
vessels lying there ; and, that the Captains
and crews thereof, are in the most distressing
fi Ination.
He was boarded on the 16th May by the
French fleet from Brest, which was intended
to meet the one from Chefapeak,wbo suppli
ed him with provisions—was treated by them
extremely polite.
July 16.— Two large ships and two frig-,
ates were spoken off Barnagat last Sunday,
by Capt. Lane and Capt. Rice, with nation
al colours. They would not tell the vessels
names—it is therefore presumed, that they
are cunning Englishmen.
That the vessels abovementioned were
English, is confirmed by the Captain of the
Amelia, who arrived last evening and in
forms,that the fleet of 30 odd viduallers fail
ed from the Delaware last Sunday under con -
voy of the Concorde of 44, the Partridge of
26, and the Lafcaffus of 18 guns ; that a
bout 27 leagues out they fell in with two 74
gun Ships, and two frigates ; that he saw the
signal given to disperse ; 6of the vessels tak
en and manned, and the 2 Ships in chafe of
the Concorde, which seemed to leave them
faft
We learn by an arrival of the French sloop
of war the Cornelia, that the La Concorde,
Partridge, Lafcaffus and Prompte, with a 0
fleet of 25 fail under convoy, failed from the
Delaware on Sunday last, and on Monday,
about 27 leagues from the land they fell in
with two Ships of the line and two frigates.
Six of the merchant ships were unfortunate
ly taken: the convoy and the rest of the fleet
it is supposed effected their escape. ^ '' \
The Partridge has since arrived within the
Narrows, and several ships were yesterday
evening seen Standing for Sandy Hook, fup
fuppofed to be a part of the above fleet. "'
fr—nm—ro
JULY 17. —We learn that three vessels
belonging to the fleet were chafed into San
dy- Hook,by a British 64 and a frigate, which
now lie at the Hook, to obftrud the entrance
of any returning vessels.—We have not been
able to learn the fate of the remaining vessels,
nor what is become of the Concorde.
? The British frigate Thetis, arrived yester
day afternoon,and anchored opposite the fort
in the North River.
Capt. Talbot left the fleet on Monday at
11 o'clock. He saw the Ship Atlas taken ;
at which time the Concorde and Partridge
were, in his opinion, at least ten miles to „,
windward, steering off on the wind.—-He
thinks there are but few of the fleet taken, as
they Separated in every direction, oh feeing
the British frigates.
#, It jhonU he remarked that chief part of th#
ab&uefleet consisted of American vfile bowedra
diffmntfas of Frame.'
Extras of a letter from Saint Pierre
" The fata of French property
were to begin on the 7th, and on the
sth a French fleet appeared before
Gaudaloupe, and had the gfomqaff ty „
land the troops, without 4, ve from
hi, most grafas Mayfly, vfo had