The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-09-30 00:00:00, page 1

Late 'European News.
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NEW YORK, SEP. 74.
Vefterday arrived rhe ship Francis and Ma
ry, Capt. ReiD, from Falmouth, (En
gland) bringing London papers down to
\ the 25th July -The pailcnge/s in/orm,
that it was report dat Falmuth, that
Antwerp, hadj^en taken by the Ficnch,
and that Lord Grenville, Secretary
of State, for fnrdgn afFiirs, and Earl
Windham, Secretary oi War, had pofi
tivd£||Ujpndon, tor Germany, on bo
finess of tffe otmoftlmportance with the
Emperor.
. London, July 24—25,
-A BRITISH ARMY.
Camp at Kontigb, July 12.
TN our prefect position there is
i filch a scarcity of water, that all
the menJh rhe army who have
been accultomed to fink wells, or
to any similar employment, are
immediately to set about digging
of lome, that the troops may be
supplied with water.
YelWfday we were informed that
. theenemy had taken Louvain; and
we have also learnt that for these
two days past they have been bom
barding Ecktfe and Sas-de-Gand.
, Should they gain poflclfion of these
they, wHI pass into
Dutch Flanders. In short every
operation of the enemy, thews chat
they are determined to lose no time
in completing the conquest of this
country.
We hear a heairy firing on the
j Fete of Malines, commonly called
1 Mechlin, the enemy as we are in
formed, having attacked the place.
The Earl of Moira, with a great
part of his army, , has marched to
its relief.
11 o’clock, P. M.
The Force which the enemy car
ried against Malines, amounted to
between 6 and 7000 men, and 5
pieces of caifnon, with wh(ch they
kept up a brisk fire on the town
for some time, They however,
began ,40 retreat, before Lord
Moira*s army could reach the
place. On this occasion, a Capt. of
O’^oNnel’s corps was killed :—
One fubahern, with about thiny
men, were killed or wounded; and
llveral houses Were damaged by
the shot of the enemy. At the
commencement of the attack, the
'garrifon, with that precipitation
and terror which have but too con
spicuously marked the conduct of
some of Our allies, on different
former occasions, set fire to the
bridge across the canal immediate
ly in front of Malines, although
it turned On a pivot, and could be
Withdrawn in an instant; by which
they have deprived themselves of
the only means they had either to
pursue the enemy or reconnoitre
„ t^eir fituatiom The French may
nowapproach the town in the final
left parties with impunity, as they
' • know that the garrison has nomode
of crofting the canal to molest
* them either in their approach or
' retreat. .
<7 .. MONDAY, JULY 14.
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heavy baggage > and all our sick
ar Antwerp, about 1200 men,.are
embarking on board cranfports to
be conveyed to Flulhing, which
induces us to believe that we (hall
Ihor'tly fail back from this into
Holland. Indeed, as this country
is no^/compleiely loft to the allies,
the looner we quit it the better j
for4ny action in our prefeht situ- .
ation, however fuccefsful we might ■
be, could not be productive of any
one benefit to the allies.
The enemy have again advanc
ed, and are now keeping a very
heavy fire, with a view of attempt
ing to pass either the canal or the
river in our front. The Earl of
Moira has marched to defend the
road from VVaelhem,and the bridge
which crofles that river.
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 15.
Early this morning the enemy
made an attack, to pals the canal
that runs in front of Malines, but
they were at last repulsed, after a
heavy firing of cannon and small
arms.
The enemy having succeeded in
their attempt to cross the ^nal,
have taken Malines, and are now
advancing two miles on this fide
of it, close to the bridge of Weal
hem, within four milesof our camp.
Lord Moira’s army, is at this mo
ment drawn up on the banks of the
river, to oppose any attempts of
the enemy to cross it; and the bridge
is covered with combuftibles,ready
to let fire to, the moment the ene
my (hall approach. We do not,
however, expert that the enemy
will attempt any thing farther to
night; but to-morrow it is proba
ble they will—from difpofnions,
however, which are now making,
we have reason to believe that, by
that time, we Ihall have retreated
<0 Antwerp-
It is underftobd that the siege of
Slays, in Dutch Flanders, has re
commenced with redoubted vigour,
and that the place is as vigorously
defended—lt is?completely inun
dated on the fide on which the at
tack is made.
Nicuport, it is now confirmed
beyond farther doubt, has fufren
dered; the garrison, prisoners of
war, are sent to Lille. The emi
grants (horrid to relate) are said to
have been ail facrificed at the
mouth of cannon! For theprefenc
we wifti not to believe this.
An application has be£n made
by a flag of truce, to exchange the
Britifli officers wlio commanded;
we know not yet with what suc
cess;
We are informed by persons of
credit, who have escaped from
Ghent, fmee the FrerfchiTive been
in poffeffioh of it^ that every
is in a state of requisition. Plate,
both belonging to the church and
individuals, brass, ifoin, hll forts M
Miscellaneous Paragraphs^
HALF PAST 8 o’clock, P. M.
TUESDAY, September 36, 1794.
5 o’clock, p. m.
clothes, in.lhorc every article, is
demanded under pain of the guillo
tine. Some persons have been put
to death at Tourney, By the firft
Minister of the Republic It is al
so said, that they have demanded
100,000 men from Flanders alone;
and, as they have been disarmed,
they must march, when ordered.
All the Emigrants who survived
the siege of Nieuport, reduced
from about 500 to less than 200,
were lavagcly maflacred upon the
glacis of the place immediately off
its surrender, amid the fhoutS of
Vive la Republique 1
Lege is almost wholly defer ted.
All the nobles and Clergy have
fled towards Germany, and the re
ligious have quitted their convents.
More than four hundred boats,
loaded with the most valuable pro
perty in the town, had dropped
down the Meuse, and the utmost
consternation prevailed.
A letter from Amsterdam, dared
the 19th inst. has the following
paffage:—So great is the appre
hension of an infurredion in this
city, that a body ot 600 huftars
have been sent for, and more are
expefted. .
By accounts from Wezel, of the
16'h July, we received intelligence
of the surrender of Warsaw, to the
King of Prussia ; further particu
lars are promiled 5 to this we have
to attach the following account,
dated from the interior of Poland,
on the s,th inftanr, which antici
pates a kind of 'confirmation of
the fact.
Kosciusko is stated to have been
driven back into Warsaw, which
it was expected would be given up
to the Pruflian troops, before the
Ruffians could possibly arrive.
* The Au Brians we also leafn,
have actually taken poffefllon of
-Cracoo, conformable to an origi
nal agreement. It was fuppoied
that in the course of fix weeks,
tranquillity throughout Poland,
would be completely restored.
The Diet of the Helvetic Body,
was on the 9th inst. opened at
Frakehfeld, in ihe Swiss Cantons.
The Paris Cdmmittee of Public
Welfare, have sent thither Com
missioners; with 'the following de
mands .* All the French Emi
grants to bp expelled from S witzer
land. 2. The French th enjby,
through all the Cantons; the right
bf buying horses, provisions, &c.
&c. 3 The Helvetic Body im
mediately to recall all the Swiss
regiments that are in the service
of foreign powers> 4. It Ihall be
allowed them to. enter that of
Fraoce-^-and ^thly, the Swiss must
provide those troops w'i h the ne
ceflary arms and ammunition.
- .The firft article of these demands
is not likely t 0 meet with much op
pofnion, but the other four will
be strongly contested;
ihe War.. The following has
been handed abgpt, the new
। plan for prosecuting the War. 7 ;
I The partition o£ Poland co be
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completed. This is expected to
be fully executed by the laiter end
of August. /•? - • ?
The troops of Pruffla to retire
into PruffianGuelderland; the ^u
ftrians beyond the Rhine.-'Therb
they are to be recruited Wd pre
pared for fefvice by the month of
April nex*.
The English, Heffian,a^Han
overian iofamry, to remain tor th^
defence of Holland, all chef winter.
A large part of the Ruffian fleet,
to winter 1 ih the Britifli ports, to be
ready early in the spring, when it
is to be reinforced, and convoy
30 006 Ruffian troops, who are to
be joined by 3c 000 Britifli, coV*®
ered with 60 fail of the fine, and
immediately land upon .the coast,
and invade the heart of France.
The Austrian and P.uflian .armies
to move on at the fame time, aug-*
merited to the number Os 300,
000, byway of A4face,and Mcntz,
to Paris, whilst the bulk of the
French are employed to defend
themselves against the English,
and Ruffians, with the whole body
of the Royalists, whole regular
force is to be recruited to the
number of 100,00 b men.
Not a tingle perlon in the fer*
vice of government has been left
here. The. nobility, the clergy,
and the principal citizens are gone.
This city, but lately the refidtnee
of a Court, and so brilliant, is now
depopulated, and the greater part
of the houses abandoned and (hut
up. The Court isditerally empty.
Every thing movable has been
carried off or fold, even at the
palace ofLackeo, and nothing re*
mains bur the bare walls.
BRUSSELS, JULY 4.
AS the retreat of the grand
combined army,on theSam*
ort, under the con>mand of Piince
Cobourg and the Prince of Orange,
had been resolved upon and order”
ed by the Emperor, if certain
vents fliould take place, the troops
are palling day and night through
this city for Holland and Lorain,
The head-quarters of the grand
arrriy were yelterday at Halit, and
are expected to be transferred hith
er this evening. The heavy artil
lery ' has been sent by Water to
Maeltrichc.
Os the magazines, part were
fold, and part distributed grans a
mong the people. The maga
zines at Mons were valued at five
millions, and belonged chiefly to
the Dutch. Part of them were
burnt by the Austrians and the
rest fell into the hands of the
French. <
Seven eights of the inhabitants
of Hairiauk ars gone.
Laridrecy, Quelnoy and Conde
are blockaded by the enemy. Va
lenciennes alone can make any re
fiftance*
. Two battailions of Dutch were
taken at Mons ; nine squadrons
and three battallions r belidcs, are
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