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NEW-YORK, October 17.
Five days ago Lord Cornwallis, and he
Royal Army were in good health ; the tncm/
carrying on their approa’ches. two attack had
been made on a principal redoubt, since that
of which we gave an account in lart Saturday's.
Gazette, when 186 were killed, or left be
hind ; in th;fe two iart affaulcs we are i $ firm
ed two hundred and fortv more of the enemy
were killed; ourlofs hitherto is tnfl rig, a
very few having been killed, and abouttw^n
ty wounded, amongrt the former, is Mr. Com
missary Parkin, who 'ti said fuffered by^he
firft red heft ball fired from the enemy's works,
the lof of him is very much regretted.—The
enemy's fleet lay at single anchor near the
Horse Shoe.
Yesterday were sent into port by one of his
Majesty's frigates, the Royal Lguis, a pri
vateer from Philadelphia, which had.greatly
annoyed the British trade, she carries 2± guns
on one deck, was commanded by Stephen
Ducatur, bound on a cruize, and submitted
after firing one gun, two frigates being in
f ^ ht :
Also the following prizes—Brigantine Mol
ly, from Philadelphia tC /St. Thomas's, with
tobacco ,nd flour.
Schooner Raccoon, from Philadelphia to
Havanna, with flour-
Brigantine Lexington, from Salem, to
Baltimore, with wine, and rum. ,-
Schooner Lively Buckskin, from Cape
Francois to Virginia, with bale goods, and
salt.
' The late gale of wind in the ,Weft Indies,
has been very Severely felt at Port au P ince,
and on the Isle of NArtinique at the former
many merchantmen were'totally I'ort, and a
great number of ^ uses blown down at the lat
ter. Five French men of war, and Itveral
frigates Vere at Cape Francois,
From the New-Jersey Journal, dated Qfl, to.
In our paper of the 22d, of latt M 7, unaer
the Chatham head, was a paragraph relative
to the fuaprize cf Colonel Greene, near Cro
ton Bridge in the state of New-YVk, in which
was the following fen^ace: ' Mr. Delancey
" informed a Doctor, who,was wounded and
“ paroled that it was by his particular orders
" that such cruelty was exerc^cd " —Mr. Ro
bert Henry, Surgeon of the 2d New, Hamp
shire regiment, being the person alluded, to in
the above paragraph, in justice to Col Delan
cey, and in yindication f his own honour,
declares it to be falfe and without the leart
foundation.
Extras of a letterfrom Cam, near WilliamJburgh,
September 27, 1781.
'' The American army and our Allies form
ed the line of battle this day; to-morrow
morning I expert we shall march to a position
near York, to commence a liege. We make a
brilliant appearance as to numbers, I think
w 6 are fifteen rhoufand strong, not including
the Virginia militia.
“ General Wayne was wounded in tle thigh
the 2d inst. by a centinal, who conceived him
to be an enemy, but has since recovered.
" I congratulate my friends upon the pro
fped of reducing his Lordship, and restoring
peace and liberty to our country.
" We have an account this day that Gen.
Greene has had a severe action with the ene
my, wherein he kept the field. The enemy's
loss was three hundred killed in the field, two
hundred,wounded, and two hundred priso
ners. Our loss was confideratle, Col Wash
ington's regimentfuffcred much, and himfelf
mortally wounded.
BALTI MORE, bdober 9 .
The Enemy in York-Town and Glo^cer
rter, in Virginia, are now completely inverted
by Land and Water.—The Allied Army, un
der his Excellency General Washington's
Command, commenced Operations again!! the
Enemy in those Towns, on Thursday the 27th
Ult. and we are assured, that the French and
American Batteries were playing, fuccefsful
ly, against the Enemy, on that and the three
following Days.
It is asserted, that a Body of French Troops
have taken Possession of an important Height
called Pigeon-Hill, near York Town, on >vhich
they were erefting a strong Battery, that, it is
imagined, would greatly annoy the Enemy.
The Hill, it is said, was gained by cur Allies
with the Loss of 9 Men only.
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