The Phoenix — Dover [N.H.], 1793-01-26 00:00:00, page 1

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French National Convention.
Friday, November 9.
THE Mihifter at War commu
* nicated to the Convention the
fallowing detailed account of Gene
ral Dumourier's proceedings, con^
tained in a letter from that officer of
the the 7th of November:
* November s.
"I marched from head quarters
at Honhing with my advanced guard
to .take pod between .Delonge and
Vhieries. To effect this, it became
neceffiry that I fliould take Thuliu,
a village before which we had been!
E repulsed, because the corps of Bel
gians, who had been ordered $ at
tack it, had ventured top far beyond
th* village, near the mill of Bouffut,
arid had not carried any canripp with
them. They were surrounded by,
twelve or 1500 hussars, ^
,- two companies of the Belgians, to
pieces, and would have destroyed
the whole of the corpse had it not
been for the excessive bravery of our
fepond regiment of hussars, who.
though only gotyin number, jty,
the boldness to charge so strong a
^h^y of horse, and facceeded in ex
tricating the Belgians, and securing
, their retreat
* The fame day, Gen. d'Harirille
arrived with his army at Bavay.'
November 4.
" I drew from the cirap at Hen
ning nine biafeltons IQ ftrengtheA
the attack on the village of Thalia;
and ftormithe post of Bouffut.ii My
(sje&at ihat time - was to effect a
fraction with Gen. d' Harville; and
for this purpose, it became necessary
for me to drive the Austrians ffoni
the^g chain of woods, extending
from SAr to Bouffut. I formed the
plan of a,combined attack, in which
Gen. d'Harville, was to make him
felf master of the Cattle ofSar/Th&
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.November,
!' I reconnoitered the position of
the enemy on the heights of Genep_
pe. I made an attack with a body
of infantry on the village of Carignon
whilst J engaged the attention of
their feft by a smart cannonade. The
huif; day Col. Fregville relayed this
strength of their left, and several
frnall actions or flrirmifhes took place
between parties both of horse and
foot, fin all qf whigh the advantage
was, on our fide. General d'Har.
,ille cfflfd^thttfre that day at the
hpgtits of framery with more than
one half of his army,; or about 6000
men. 1 then encamped in front of
Genhpppe, with my left to Horme,
apd my right tp Framery. I order
ed my heavy artillery and also the
travel!in^ify>ital to Bouffut. Hav
ing refongrc attack thp heights of
Gennepr&& next m in a
decisive that Gen.;©tiirtayt's
"artri, tirigffi not haye tirrie to forrti a
junction with the enemy before the
action, I abandoned the village o
Catignon that night.
"November ^.
:In the morning I ordered opt 1^
pieces of cannon sixteen pounders,
r i2"tvvelve pounders, and F 2 howit
zers, to be planted along the front
m^ygne. General d'Harville pof-
tance at the mill of Bouffut, from
which I dislodged them by my ar
tillery only. They loft between
fed arid 6do men. The event of
this attack having convinced me of
the great advantage of cannon, I re
inforced my artillery park with se
veral pieces of heavy ordnance, and
some iiowitzers.;
Colonel of the 11th regiment of
Chaffeurs was with his own corns
and some light infantry, to penetrate
by Blangy , and taking the road to
wards the fame Cattle,and marching
TO; the right above the woods, was
to seize the village of Framery ;—
whilst I mylelf, ranging along the
left of the woods, was to make my
lelf master of Bobflat. Every ont
of thefe' attacks was attended with
the most complete success. The
Austrians rhade an obstinate refiC
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S fAin!^!? A Y January 26, 1793,
" We had not mere than 30,000
men. The position of the enemy
was truly formidable. Their right
was to the village of Genneppee,and
their left to the road leading to Va
lenciennes. Their whole was posted
on a chain of heights, overspread
with clumps of trees ; three tiers of
redoubts rose as an amphitheatre,one
above another, maintaining in all at
least twenty pieces of heavy cannon,
and as many howitzers, whilst each
battallipn had 3 field pieces; so that
the enemy had near one hundred
guns which they could bring to bear
upon us. We had as many to play
upon them. But the elevation of
their batteries would have given 'em
a great advantage over ours, if we
had bern rdfolved to rifle the fate of
the d^jr upon but artillery.
" My troops; full of confidencein.
their own bravery had expressed to
me their Most earnest wish so come
to &fe action with the Auftrilns.
J had entire confidence in their re-
Folutiqn ; 4 for in all the movements
which I had made them make under
the enemy, fire, I saw that they
ced guard,was commanded by Lieu
tenant General Bournonville and
Major General Dempiere. General
d'Harville could not assist us in the
attack, only with his cannon, his di
vision being at too great a distance
from the enemy's entrenchments, to
be able to engage.
" The Austrian affffy,on the low
est computation, consisted of 20,000
men, viz. 16,500 foot, and 3,500
horse-—Others estimated their num
bers at 28,000.
jors Generals Ferrand, Rofiere, and
Blotfiere. The centre of the attack
composed of eighteen battalions,was
under the command of Lieutenant
General Egalite (the eldest ion of
the Duke of Orleans) and Majors-
Statenboffe, Defforets s and Drouets.
The right confiding of the advan-
ted on the heights of Ciphy, flanked
the enemy's left, while I attacked,
their right, taking from them again
the village of Carignon by the Bel
gic corps, supported by nine battal
tallions under the command of Ma-