The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-09-02 00:00:00, page 2

" As far as we can judge from appear
ances, Nieuport and Ofteod will be aban
doped to (hem in the course of a few days,
without ftrikir.g a blow, for the inundations
have not produced the expeded effedi
' BO ST O N, Aug. 25.
THE European intelligence we prefect,
is of the tnoil important nature to our re
publican allies the French, and indeed to
the cause of freedom and the right* of man
throughout the world.
By a careful perusal of the various news
under the Brulfels, Ofteod, and even
London heads our readers will find that the
San? Culottes are fuccefsful in an aftonilh
ing degree, in Weft Flanders—and in faft
throughout the whole of the Netherlands,
having captured almcft all the polis of
importance in that quarter. Oftend with*
out doubt, is now pofle fled by them—-as
our accounts to June 23, from that place,
left them within two miles and an half of
it; and almost every hoafe was then defer
red./;The capture'of this important post
muftbe considered as the forerunner of new
conquests.
Our last accounts left the Duke of York
in a very critical situation, he having been
obliged to evacuate his ftroog holds at
Toiirn'ay, and retreat to Nivelle, not far
from Bruflels —At this latter place the in
habitants are in the utmost consternation
the French having advanced within a few
miles of that place, and were rapidly ad-,
va icing—so fays the Bruflels news.
Tn finrt, the slaves of the despots of
Europe are cut down like grass ib almost
every direction, by the French Republic ;
and their Royal Masters find themselves
fully employed in retreating—and if they
finally get fate home, they will gain a great
advantage. * •
But of this th^reisat present feme doubt,
as the Carmagnols are in fueh immense
force both in their front and rear, that it
will require great dexterity on the part of
Clairfayt and the Duke of York, to extri
cate them from their present embarrassment.
This in fail appears now to be their main
©bird, as we read of a Council of War be
ing held, and of their determination to fall
back, to prevent no doubt, the French from
falling on them.
Onething is now quite apparent ; the al
lied powers have given up all ideas of con
cuering the Republicans, and have been
obliged for fame time past, to ad altogeth
er upon the defence, at lead in the Nah
erlands. « L, » 1
On the whole, the affairs of our friends
were never so well situated as they are at this
moment, notwithftandingtheirlate lofsatfea
—For even on this occasion they secured their
. ©bied —the arrival of the Chesapeake fleet.
On the land they have.three armies ruin
ing like a torrent in o Flanders; one un
der Fromenline from the Ardennes ; this
’ the smallest—one under Jourdan, which
has been very fuccefsfiil—and the prmc;-
pal under Pichegru, from Lille and its v^
cinity. These three grand divisions, march
ing from opposed poin ts, have
we have mentioned before, theftrong town
of Ypres on one fide, and Charleroi on the
other , and are fall approximating to a com
mon centre—a juß^onof forces which the
Adrians cannot ry fit. -
We congratulate the public on Jhe suc
cess of our republican brethsen as we con*
[From a London Paper of June 26.]
■MMMBMaa
Camp of Edoo -
J unc a1 A, 4 in the morning.
’* I have only time to inform yon of the
melancholy poftu e of affaire in Weft Flan
ders.
“ Ypres Surrendered yesterday morning.
The garritoh, confitting of ten battalions*
much reduced in number by the Hege, are
priioners of war* and have been conduced
to Lille* ..
“ The HanoVerians are at Burges, where
the British, who were at Oilend, joined
them ’aft night-.
«« Gen. CtairfayHa it.Thielt, and uplefs
he receives reinforcements,, mull fall back
upon Ghent to morrow.
*» Never was fe«n fuCha break up as that
of Yesterday at Qftchd* Every body that
couldJindthe means were quitting the place.
The magiftratesand people of property
were all gone. When the French come
thev will find nothing but magazines enfp
ty, (hops that up, and houses deferred.—
Qeh. Stewart yesterday give leave to all the
inhabitants to depart. All--the (hips in
the harbour were ordered out into' the road ,
and all the baggage belonging to the ftaff,
the 85th regiment of foot* and the Sth dra
goons, was embarked. The departure Os
Prince Efneft was thi signal of alarm and
flight.
** The French came yefterdiy with id,
©OO men to RbuffJaer. A picquet of 30
men of the Bth dragoons sent out in the
morning, was surrounded and taken before
GiftelK ■ ■■
ceive that upon their prosperity, ultimately
depends an *• amicable” adjyftment of our
demands upon the-government of Great-
Bnsain. f ,
It apperrs that our allies are puthing the
war in Flanders in all directions and with
the most brilliant success. They have gain
ed three signal victories over , the army
under the immediate command of the Em
peror,. The French generals areoffew
words and great execution—they have not
even mentidned the Duke of York, nor
Gen. Clairfayt, in any of their official com
munications, nor even his Imperial Majesty.
What a mortification to these illuftriops
scoundrels, they paf> without a word, un
der the lash of their conquwefs. Jt is noth
ing to the’French who commands* if they
are victorious over the troops in opposition
thia is all they regard.
LONDO N, JULY 28.
^he Neutral Powers.
By an American gentlemah just
arrived from Dunkirk, we are ena
bled to lay before the public, the
following interesting particulars:
-—-Twenty thousand men are
daily employed in the cleansing
this harbour for the reception of
large veflels: during hit week
two frigates were- launched, and
many others now on the stocks are
nearly compleated. Theefcertions
in the dock, yards are incredible,
andon the part of the inhabitants
every thing is done to advance the
Republic. Pfovifions are now in,
that town in the greatest abun
dance: they feel the loss of noth
ing but fugdr and spice.
The' number of veflels which
arrive at this port from Denmark,
Sweden, and Peterfburgh, freight
ed with corn, is’incredible.
This gentleman allures us,that to
his own knowledge a veflel from
Hamburgh basbeensdifferenttimes;
in that port with corn.—The Vef- ;
feis from Pererfburg are consigned
to feme houses in either Spain or
Portugal; but the mode which
they adopt to get into Dunkirk is ;
very lingular, and as follows: If
they approach the harbour in the
morning, they lie by till evening.
When they come near the Tort,
they put up lights in a particular
part of the ship.—This signal be
ing given, a privateer which is al
ways on the watch/ immediately
goes out and carries the veflel in
as a prize 5 when the cargoes are
difeharged, the officers difeover
that this veflel belongs to some
: neutral power; and after giving
perfect compensation for hencar
go, the and the crew are dismissed
with every mark of friendlhip and
civility. Oh the return of these
veflels to their different ports,
should an enquiry be made as to
the place where the Crew diftharg"
ed their cargo, they declare they
were taken by a French privateer
carried inter Dunkirk,and difeharg
ed after unloading. Every encour
agement is given to veflels: engag
ing in this trade; and the punctu
ality with which the masters ire
paid contributes io a great measure
to the augmenting^ he number rf —
Much provisions obtained in this
. manner are sent from'Dunkirk to
the Armies,' and to Li fie j and .the
different fortified towns near it are
supplied. by this kind ofepm
merce*
1 Kofeiufleo’s account of
the adion between the Polifn troopi
indtheafffly oftheKingpf Pfuffia.
received by the Ddtch mail?
differs .very materially from that
given in the Berlin papers. The
loss of the Poles amounts to 600
men, that of thctneMiy is much
more considerable, some reports
state the loss of the Prussians at
500 killed and wounded and that
W the Ruffians at 400.
They write from Jeremie, that
the Embargo bro’t those tyrants
to their feelings, and had it con
tinued, they would have felt its ef
feds more fenfibly 4 for the soldiers
refufed to do any duty on account
of Ihort /allowance, and in a Ihort
time they would have eaten one
another—that the Britilh are de
termined riot to leave the illand
for the most part of them are al
ready under ground,and graves are
digging for the rest as fall as pos
sible, that the mulattoes have ta
ken Fort-Dauphin and several
other places, and willfoon have the
whole illand.
From the (Portland) Gazette of Maine.
The following account was re
ceived by the bri^ Harmony, and
from such authority as may be de
pended on—dated the 27June,
1794-
Sit Mon of the forces of the Repub
lic of France, both by land and
faf
, The aofiy of Italy has passed
over the Alps, stormed all the
Sardinian fortifications, and taken
ithem, in which were all kinds of
warlike ilorcs and provisions, to
AUG. IJh t *
Capt. Eggar in the fchboner
Maria arrived at ihe Fort, left St.
Mark the 27th Jutyi confirms the
account of the mafiacre at Fort
Dauphin, and mentions further,
that a few days before he failed
from that place the Brigands had
attacked the Englifti fort, with
terrible impetuosity, and had been
engaged 3 days constantly. The
commander of the British troops
had two horses killed under him,
and every man in die place was
doing military duta*, there being
but about 100 regular troops, and
the Brigands upwards of 6,000
strong. i'he colleftot at St; Mark
told Capt. Eggar, that he did not
think the British would be able to
keep that or any other pofton the
Islands, and that in a few days an
embargo would be .laid upon all
the vettels in port to carry off the
inhabitants who were preparing
to leave the place. Every thing
in the Custom House was already
packed up. Many of the Ameri
can veifels were returning with
their cargoes finding it impoflible
to fell.
Philadelphia, august 16.
Extrdft of a letter from London,
dated June 17.
“WE understand that the con
voy from America to France, is
arrived fate at L* Orient. Not
withstanding the French loft 7
Ihips of the line, in the late engage
ment* they were in force fufficient
to chafe Admiral Montague (who
had nine fail of the line) into
port. —
Os the number of Briulh (hips
which, within these last fix months,
have been taken by the French, it
would not be easy to give an accu
rate lift •, but in that period, it may
be relied on as a faft, that our court
of admiralty have not condemned
more than ten French vcffels I
From the Star, a London paper, of
the qth of June. 1794.
ter a most dreadful daughter,—
One corps dereferve of 7,500 men
have laid down their arms, and
surrendered themselves prisoners
to the French General Dugomier,
who after obtaining this vidory,
took his way towards Barcelona,
The French are no less iuCcefs
ful in Biscay, the wcftern extremi
ty of Spain.
On the Rhine, the Republicans
are making continual progress, be
ing mailers of all the country in
the neighbourhood of Manheim,
Spires and Mayence threatening
their towns and keeping the ene
my flattered.
In Flanders, .they are mailers
of the Weft as far as the river
Sheldt on which they surprised on
the ißuh June, a considerable con
voy belonging to the enemy, ot
which th?y destroyed what they
could not take along with them.
They laid their headquarters at
Courtray, and cover all the coun
try from Tournay, to the environs
of Oftend —which was said to be
taken and the pert destroyed—-
6000 Austrians it is said, were
made prisoners. \ -
NEWBURYPORT, Aug. 28.
Yesterday arrived in this port, in 48 days
from Rotterdam, Sh'pilary, EDMUND
WINGATE, Master, by which we are ea
abled to present our readers with the sot
. lowing
Glorious News. . .
v- I -r. * • i ..
June 19. SURRENDERED to th/
French arms the town of Ypres ; the garr'fosi
J ur render id prisoners of war, all private
property was Jacred. The night preceding
the surrender of the above place, the gar ri fid
offered to capitulate on condition that the
French would allow them, to fend out two
waggons unjearched. and liberty for the emi
grants to march out unmolested, which the
French refufed,and on fur render of the gar ri -
fah $"0 emigrants fill viß:ms to Republican
rage.
June 26. This day, report fats, that the
French bad taken Ghent, and the people at
Qfteiidwerr preparing to leave the place, and
that all Flanders was in danger.
June 29- This days report fayt that Of
tend is taken by the French, and burnt. A
number of people landed here this day from
Ant Merp, and other places that was not in
possession of the French.
July I. This day 3or 400 emigrants art
rived herefrom Flanders, whoficm'd to be in
a fad (late, without much baggage, which
(hews their flight was precipitate, andfame of
them J aid that it wa! impojfible far the com
bined armies to face the French. ,
July qtb. This day report fays that the
French have taken Mons, and that the com
bined armies had evacuated Valenciennes.
July sth. This day report fays that the
‘French had taken Bruffeh, and was be de ging
Sluys. Some pieces of Shells which the French
hove into Sluys were brought here. An
Emigrant- from Brnffels told here, that it
would be impofftble for all the Combined Pow
ers to face the French, for by their requi^tion
they brought into the fold 240,000 men.
July fib. This day report Jays, that the
Emperor of Germany was on the point ofen.
tering into a treaty wib the French, and that
the French bad taken Sluys. f
Jhe Engltjh jay, that the King of Prujfia
has used them very ill, after paying him 6©
tons of Elver for troopi he did not fend them,
but kept them to guard hi 1 own territories.
The affairs between Praffia and Poland, tbi
accounts of which are variw—report f. a yti
that the Poles had loji a battle 3
July %tb. This evening report fays, that
there, had be in a bard battle near Brufieh,
between the armies, the French were vidh*
ribus, 40,000 men lay dead on the Field,
. ' <’ .‘V *7” *- • * r v . .
gether with a large number of pri £-
oners. .
On the Pyfennes they have in
vaded Spain, from each extremity
of the mountains. They have tak
en Collieure, and Port Vendre, and
a very large foundery, with an
immense quantity of metal for
calling cannon and bullets^
About the middle of June, there
was a decisive battle fought be
tween the French and Spaniards,
the latter were entirely routed, as-