The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-05-14 00:00:00, page 2

On the ißth we saw the enemy at day
break, marcking towards us in different
columns. They expended to the right and
left of the road towards the heights on
this fide ‘lirelemont, in such a manner that
their right reached Gutbenboftn, and their
left bGiUtnorfum. About eight in the
morning a column, preceded by a quantity
* of heavy artillery, advanced on the road
of St. Tron, towards Qrfmaal, from which
place they dislodged our Franc Corps, and
raised considerable batteries near the
church.
' The Archduke, on his fide, immediately
raised batteries with the artillery of the
van guard, and dismounted several cannon
of th? enemy, which" however, they had
the (kill to supply instantly by others.
Although this was an obfhcle to their
advanaiag, they however pufiled forward
withM much a&ivity, that they profited
by advantage ci the ground, and
marched a column on the left towards the
wate^, and another through R occur upon
our flanks, and even on our back, in order
to turn us, leaving at the fame time a fuf.
fie rent number of troops in the centre, to
make ufc of them in case of ncceffity,
J
William B. Giles, William Barry Grove,
Richard Blind Lee, Nathaniel Macon,and
James Madison.
merely for the purpose of having an exteht
of ground, to enable U9 V to attack the enemy
on several quarters at once* in case they
advanced. The little river of Gelbe, was
in our front, and our van was polled a
kng that river; our right wing extended
to the road of s#. Tron* where the van
guard, under command of the Arch Duke
Charles, was encamped, and next to
them the whole army, in two lines of bat
tle the firft, under command of General
Count Colloredo ; and the second, un
der the Ponce of Wvrtembe rg. They
had the villages of Ojmaal,Guthenhofen,an&
Neervinden in front.—Their left wing was
commanded by General Count Clalr-
Fayt ; this wing was going to take poll
between Racon? and Landen. The enemy
remained in their position behind Tirele
mont.
Yesterday arrived the Ship Char
lotte, C^t.John Mackay, From
London.—By this Ihip our at
tentive London correspondent
has continued his communica
tion of Papers 3 &c. to the 3d of
/ipriljnclufive. Extracts there.
from follow.
EXTRACTS FROM BRITISH MINISTt-
As our army could not reach the river
of Grand Gelhe, and as we fhouid have been
in want cf water in oiir then position, the
Fie'd Marshal Prince Cobourg ordered a
relreat in the evening, towards the road of
Qrfmaal, and the army occupied during
the night the heights along the little river
of Gelbe.
. On the 17th our army took a position,
which was not defenfible. It was taken.
OFFICIAL intelligence of the battle
of the <B'4l, is pubHfhrd. Both sides
fuffered severely.—The Infs of the com
bined forces loco killed, 3000 wounded.-—
Toe Fiench, in killed, wounded and mif
£icg, left 7000 men, and 32 pieces light
artillery—The. capture of the artillery is
of little conference, except as evidence of
tiftory.
OFFICIAL.
Bulletin of field marshal Prince
Saxe CobourG, of the action
WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THE 18tH,
Ne ar Tirelemont.
Our van guard, which marbhed the 14th
instant from Fongres, took up-their canton
fnents beyond that town. The 15th they
advanced to Orjmaal— their head quarters
were eftabblhed at St. Tron, and the body
of the army cantoned beyond St. Tron.
The lieht troops met the enemy on the
road of Tirelemont, and drove them through
that place, and beyond it.
On the i6rh the army left their canton
ments, in order to form a camp beyond the
river Gelhe, when the two armies met
vnexpe&edly, on their march ; for the eue.
my advanced from Louvain, with a de^gn
to surprise us in our cantonments. The
enemy had just retaken their position of>
the town of Tirelemont, which they before
had evacuated. A very severe cannonade
began on both sides, which continued the
whole day, but with very little lola on ei
ther fide, when night put an end to that
combat.
^From the Columbian Centinel, printed at
Late European Intelligence.'
rial and court papers
ACUON of the EIGHTEENTH.
HOLLAND.
ExtraHfrom the Journal^
JOHN BECKLEY Clerk.
HAGUE, MHSCH 22.
Bolion.J
It is worthy of remark, that since the
firft check* cf the French armies, the com
miflioners of the Temple teftify a flronger
regard towards their prisoners. It is even
said, that forpe propoialshave bceu hazard
ed by them, to which the Queen Mother
replied with her usual dignity—*’ 1 will
receive no favour from those who have
•wrelied every thing from me.
The following is a lift of the Combina
tion ofKings, Princes, and States, at War
with France— a combination, which, for
extent of dominion, wealth, and power, is
without example in the annals of mankind.
The King of Great Britain,
The Empress of Rujjia,
The Emperour of Germany, as King of
Hungary and Bohemia,
Arch-Duke of Auflria, Brabant, &C. &C,
The German Empire collectively,
The Eiedors of Ment%, L revet, and Hano,
ver individually, . .
The King of Spain,,
The King of Sardinia',
The King of Prussia, .
1 he States General of Holland, &c.
The Republick of Hamburgh,
The Republick of Lubec,
The Republick of Bremen,
The Prince Bishop of Liege,
The Duke of Deux Ponti,
The Duke of Brunswick Lunenburgb,
The Prince of Htjje CafeL
—I
COUNTER REVOLUTION IN
FRANCE.
The entire stoppage of communication
with France which has just taken piacb,
neceflatily deprives us of intelligence frefn
that quarter. To what ctrcumflance this
sudden resolution of the French Rulers isto
be attributed, we cannot fay. It is how.
ever, probable, that the interruption of a
communication so evidently advantageous
to themfclves, haa been occasioned by some
I '
The Field Marffia! planned his a *icka
against their different columns in this man.
ner. ’ The Prince of Wurtemburg was or
dered to advance on his left towards the
w’ater, and Lieutenant Field Marshal
Bbmsjofsky advanced on the road to
wards O> fmaal and Danmael. The Arch
duke Charles marched with two battal
ions of Starey. into the village of Orfnnal.
Genere! Clair fay r towards - Racour,
and Count Colloredo remained in the
centre ; these Generals beat the French on
al! sides, and repul fed them. ,
General. Dumourier, at the head of
30,000 men, conduced in person the
principal attack near Racouf, on which the
fate of the a&ion depended ; but General
Clair fayt marched his reserve, which
con filled Icarcely 8000 meh, and repelfed
Dumourier, who, although he had ral
lied his tbrces again, was overthrown a
fecor.dtime.
During this attack near Racour, the ene
my advanced a column upon our centre-;
tut Count Colloredorepulfed them, and
difledged them from the village of Neer,
v nden, where he poked himfeß, when
night again terminated an engagement
which iafted \ i hours, which allo prevent
ed our troops from pursuing the enemy
any farther.
The extraordinary bravery with which
©ur troops fought .coftus dear; we loft be
tween 12 and 1500 men, amongst whom
we reckon M;jor Hugo Adonelli, kill
ed ; General Robeck, and Col. RicNe
wounded, and also ieveral other officers.
The enemy loft at least 4000 men killed
and wounded.—We have taken from them
above 30 pieces of cannon.
MARCH 19.
We perceived this morning a flrong
rear-guard, employed in the position which
the enemy had yesterday, retreating with
considerable disorder, and General Benjos.
KY was detached with fix battalions of in
fantry, and ten squadrons of caval/y to
pursue them. He succeeded by Wilful
manoeuvres in dislodging their rear, fa that
this General, with his detachment, treat
present very near Tirelemont.
SAXE-COBOURG.
In the action of the 1 Sth, 120,000 men,
Were at times engaged !
Gen. Valence was not killed, but
badly wounded in the head, in the battle
of the 18th ult. He was carried to iri/-
/dh
Our vi&orious armies are putting th<m
felves in motion to go against the French
regicide?. A formidable fleet, command
ed by the intrepid Admiral Ribas, will
immediately pals through the Straits of
the Dardanelles, and proceed to attack
MarfeiHet. The celebrated General Su.
warow will einbark on the fame fleet
with a body of troops deflir.ed to make a
delcent. Prince Imerette is in full march,
at the head of 20,000 Ccflacks and Cal
mbucs, and 5000 Huflars, to join the
combined army. They will be followed,
as we are aflured, by another body of re
gular troops.
PRUSSIA.
PETERSBURGH, FEB. 4.
FRANCE.
PARIS, March 24.
LONDON, At>rii^
MISCELL AN KOUS. '
Oftend was intirely evacuated by the
f
The fame dispatches add, that advices
had been received from Briffels, dated the
29th, at which time it wai known there,
that Dumourier having Idlt hispoftat Hale,
Was continuing his retreat to Valenciennes ;
and that the Auftrains had taken pofleflon
of Antwerp, Namur and Mons.
Letters, we know not by what mode of
Conveyance, have been received from Par
is, dated March 27, at which time all was
perfectly quiet. • > ’
Os all the military characters employed
in the continental war, the Duke of Brunf
•wick has been the molt unluccekfuL
Prince Cohourg has gained honour by his
late fuccefles; Dumourier and Glairfayt
have added to their reputation as Gener
als, both by victory and defeat ; but the
Duke of Brunjwick added nothing to hia
laurels by his irruption into France, and by
bis retreat loft them all.
A letter was this day received express
from Captain Bentinfl, dated yesterday, at
Bois le due, containing intelligence from
Antwerp and Majlricht that the advanced
guard of the Austrian army entered Bruf.
felt on the 241 b at noon. That the French
army was polled at Halle : That the coun
try from Bois le due to Lier, was clear of
the enemy ; and that the French force (till
at Breda, amounted to 4000, and that at
Gertru denberg to 2500 men.
[Halle, the place at which the French army
has retreated to, is in Aujlrian Netherlands, in
Hianault, 8 miles 5. W. of Briifels, and 22 N.
of Afcnj.J
Accounts are also received that Deist
was taken on the 20 th, in an attack by
Colonel Mylius ; that a considerable maga
zine was left by the French at Lauvain ;
and that, in the affair of the 22d, the Au
f rains had 1000 men killed and wounded,
and the French had 4000 killed.
Accounts have been received here from
the Prince of Saxe Cobourg, dated Breibeck,
near Louvain, rhe 23d iniiant, flafing, that
on the preceding day be had attacked the
French, who were advantageously polled
between Tirlemont and Louvain : That
the engagement was long and obstinate j
but that the French were beat, and driven
beyond Louvain, and were then polled be
hind the Dyle, between Lcuvain Scßrifeis.
HOLLAND.
LEYDEN, March 26
We are informed by advices from Heuf.
den, that on the 22d inst. between eleven
and twelve o’clock at night, a detachment
of the Swiss regiment of Gumoens tock by
affdt the flrong battery which the French
had eftabiifhed at Raanfdenk near Gertruy
denberg. The French abandoned ah their
artillery and warlike -ammunition, and
had not even time to spike Up their can
non. This success will dpubtlefs facilitate
the attack against Gertruyaenherg, which is
said to have been inverted on the 23d by
the Prussian and Dutch troops united,
circumfiance nr a domestic nature, the
knowledge of which they were desirous of
withholding from Us as long as possible.
We know that in Brittany a very formid
able infulrredWon has : taken place, which
was w’ell conduced, and which appeared
Very likely to spread into other provinces
of that unhappy kingdom. This may have
occasioned a considerable ferment at Par it,
and have produced, in addition to the de
plorable intelligence received from the Ne.
t her I anas and the Banks of the Rhine, a
frefh eftervelcence, and new feenes of de
solation and maflacre.
\.(End of the extracts from Min fltrial papers.)
That the garrisons of Breda and Ger
truydenberg surrendered by capitulation on
the 28th ult. that the Uoops of the Bata
vian legion in both places were included
in the capitulation, on the fame terms with
the French ; and that both were allowed to
march out w.th the honours of war, and
take the route for France.
Yesterday dilparches from Holland were
received at the Secretary of State’s office,
the substance of which we understand to
be: i
Intelligence has been receivded here, that
the cidatel of Namur is taken by the Auf
trains, and that a considerable body of
the Auftrain troops has been detached trom
that place to join the Prince of Saxe-Co
bourg's army.
EXTRCTS FROM PATRIOTIC PAPERS.
-The French troops left this town for
Dunkirk about three o’clock this afternoon,
and at four, one of his Brittanick Majelty’s
Cutters entered the port. Most of the pri
zes had failed before the cutter arrived ;
the others, which were to have failed his
day, are flopped. Three English brigs
are still here, under the care of the Bricilh
consul.
NETHERLANDS.
OSTEND, March 30.
LONDON, APRIL 3-
Hague, March 28.
ENGLAND.
MARCH 30
NEW.YORK, Ma) i.
Extrafl of a letter from a gentleman tn
Brijio'f to his friend in this city, dated
March 13.
*• The present state of this kingdom it
truly deplorable : owing to vast quantiiita
of paper in circulation here, and the injuf
ficiency of specie to redeem it: The idea
of war with France before the declaration
of it took place, occasioned failures in this
city, and London, to the amount of
*
Last night about 12 o’clock, this city
was alarmed with the cry of fire. ft was
difeovered to be on board the Ihip Mary,
Cape. Cally, belonging to Newburyport,
lying at Race-street wharf.
The mate (much fatigued attending the
veflel for three days,during the tedious con
tinuance of the nioft uncommon tempell e
ver known in these parts, at this lealon of
the jear) having left a candle burning in
the cabin, went to bed. The candle by
the motion of the veflel, was overfet, by
which the cabin caught fire, and the great
est exertions of the citizens could not
extinguish the flames until the cabin and
quarter deck were consumed.
The Ship was loaded with flour,which it
is thought has not luftained much damage.
The Captain has,lofl;, it is said, a oonfid
erable sum in bank notes, all his papers &
clothes. The injury done to the ship witl
probably render her unfit for further (er.
vice.
The ship Success, of Bremen, which was
lent into this port on Sunday lafl,as a prize
to the frigate I’Embulcade, has been jello
red to the mailer, for the original owners.
It is also faid,M. Ginet, the Ami • ,: or
of Fiance, has declared, bar bib fiance
not desire that the citizens cf An r i
fhouid embark in that unwarrantab e tufi
nefs.
We are informed from refpedlable au
thority, that his Excellency (he Governor
has ordered all houses of rendezv cs for
volunteers in the French lervice to be im
mediately shut up ; and that he is deurmi
ned to exert his power and influence to
prevent the fitting out of privateer: in this
port.
Gen. Dumourier has requested of Gen.
Clairfayt,* truce and conference. The re
quert was answered— Prepare yourfelffor
battle : Pm aft.r ycuf
Gen. Cujtine, on the 20th of March, at
tacked near Stromberg, a party of 500
Prussians, and defeated them. The Pitif
fians, however,fought with great obflinacy
and effett.
Two regiments of French emigrants, are
to be railed in England. Commanders,
Maiquis de Choiftul, and the Duke d'Har
coitrt.
French, on Saturday Hinf t^cvcrhTtti ei ulj
are taken therein. T hefarrilon confiftedt^"
of zooo meh ; new repeating towards
France.
St, VINCENTS, April 13.
Admiral Gardner, with five fail of the '
line, failed two days before the packet for
these leas, as did the Vengeance with a
convoy of fifty veflels.
Admiral Laforey and Gen Scbyler failed
yesterday from barbadocs, on an expedi
tion against Tobago ; we. flatter ouridves,
with the pleasure of being able to give m
our next the particulars of the surrender of
that Island to his Mr.jcfty’s ?r(ns.
When completed to the number voted
by the National Convention, will amount
to 578 000 men. The reinforcement late
ly voted of 300,000 men, have been quo
taed on the leveral Diftrids and Sc&icns ;
and are said to have been, generally railed.
The proportion of the city of Paris was a
bove 12,000 men ; which was immediate,
ly raised.
the WARMERdNCE v?; SPAIN.
On the 7th March, the French Na ionsl
Convention, in form, declared unanimoLllv,
THE FRENCH REPUBLICK TO BE
AT WAR WITH THE KING OF
SPAIN. We have the declaration both
in the French and English papers. In the
Declaration the Convention orders the ar
my of the Pyrennes to be raised to ico 000
men. £
consequence of orders from the highest ex
ecutive authority.
E B Brrnton, gentleman, opp..inted to
be Deputy Judge-Advocate to the forces id
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, April 15.
A HOUSE of rendezvous for en.eJng
seamen for the French lervice, v»a:
on Saturday opened in Queen-flreet, ac
which the National Flag was cifplaycd the
greater part of the day. In the evening, ,
however, it was lowered, laid td’ be in
War-Ojfice, March 29.
American Intelligence.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPH. A, April 30.
THE FRENCH ARWES,
APRIL 16.