The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-08-12 00:00:00, page 3

STR,
I HAVE the pleasure to inform you
that his Imperial Majesty has received
this morning, intelligence from General
Count Kaunitz, that on the 24th inst. he
attacked tile French army which had
pafied the Sambre, and had taken a por
tion, its left to Rouveray and its right to
contain 1* Eveque, and that he had com
pletely defeated them and obliged them
-to retreat in great corffufion over the
river, which he intended to pass with his
army to day in pursuit of them.
The enemy has loft near fifty pieces
of cannon* and above ycoo men, 3000 of
whom are prisoners. The loss of the
Austrians has been very inconsiderable,
as they in a manner furprized them.
Accounts were likewise received to day
that the enemy has made an inroad into
the Dutchy of Luxemburg, with an ar
my of 40,000 men, and has taken poflef
fion of Arion, which has obliged General
Beaulieu ( who had moved forward with
the troops under his command, and had
taken the town of Bouillon by storm) to
retire, and to fall back on Marche, in or
der to cover Namur. I am, &c.
(Signed) FREDERICK. '
Henry Dundas* C^c. &c.
Jourdan’s letter to the Convention,
mentions h's intentions to engage the
enemy, is dated iMay 22,
Over Gen Pichegru’s army.
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CAMP NEAR TOURNAY,vMAY 23.
The combined armies were yesterday
morning attacked-by the whole force that
the enemy could bring against them :
The action commenced at fix in the
morning, and finifhed about half an hour
past nine at night. Thish^ been by far
the severest a&ion that has as yet taken
place ; but it gives me much pleasure to
add, the enemy were repulsed with a very
serious loss. They commenced their at
, tack as ufUal, and a very heavy fire from
their^tillery; forced our posts al Pick,
Temphuve, &e. and drove the Austrians
and Hanoverians. with an immense loss,
back upon Tournay. They were indeed
at one time in the village of Froinnes, a
bout half a league distant, and were very
plainly perceived from the rampatts of
the town. The time they were in the
village above spoken of, they kept up the
heaviest fife of mufquetry ever remem
bered. But opr batteries on the Scheldt
and light^tifey, on the Chauflee, keep
‘ jng up a very heaVy fire on them, they
found it impo^ibte to advance ; but (till
they maintained their ground with much
obstinacy, notwithstanding the Very se
vere loss they filtered, until about five
©’clock, when they retreated to Rameg
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ous were, we of engaging with America
in any species of hostilities, that the ut
most endeavours of this country had
been used for the purpose of suppressing
hostilities between the Indians and the
American States.
Sir Francis Baring said, that whether
that letter was or was not a forgery, it
had been afted upon, and was one cir
cumstance on account of which an Em
bargo had been laid on (hips cn the 26th
March.
A dispatch of which the following is
a copy dated Tournay, the 26th of May,
'was this day received from his royal
highness the Duke of York, by the Right
Honourable Henry Dundas, his Ma
jesty's principal Secretary of State for
the Home department.
Tournay* May 26,
d^”Two observations arise from the above
debate, firft that it was the Portugnefe gov
ernme/lt that fojicttrd the intervention of
Britain in making the truer with Algiers, and
■that the injery of the French was its foie ob
jed. fccond that.L rd Dorchester had no in
fttudipM from the Eritiffi Ministry, to predi
cate his speech to the Indians* which now
appears to be the weak cb’ld of his Lordlhlp’s
do*ace- The general appearance of the de
bate is favourable to price; but our great
complaint of ipoliatjon ih, ,the Weft-indies,
has not been mentioned. The debate being
69 days since may occasion it.
Advantages gained by Com-
Mr. Wilberforce said, firice that letter
was a forgery, instead of being produc
tive of any rupture, between this country
and America, it would have a contrary
effect, and produce between the two na
tions a stronger union.
[Over Gen. Jourdan's army.]
bined Forces*
WHITEHALL, MAY 18.
nies, where they, made a determined stand
their object being to keep open a com
munication with the Sheldt. Our Au
strian and Hanoverian artillery at this
time were advancing on the Chaufiee,
having a fine plain for the cavalry
(Hanoverian and Dutch) who covered
them. On the approach to the village
bf Ramegnies, the enemy kept up a hea
vy fire with grape and mufquetty, which
obliged them to retreat in Tome cchfu
fion ; but fortunately for us, at this period
General Fox arrived with the remains of
his brigade of infantry of the line. See
ing die confufion that was taking place,
he instantly formed them within 300
yards of the village, and under cover of
the fire of his only two field pieces re
maining, advanced and took it by.ftorm.
The Carmagnols retreated in the utmost
confufion, both from the village, and
from a port where they had eftabliihed
themfeves on the banks of the Scheldt.
Their loss here is hardly credible, and
ours was allo severe ; so much so,
that this Brigade is not now above two
thirds the strength of a single regiment.
After taking tins village, the enemy were
pursued (having now begun to retreat
in all diredioiis) to the left towards
Templeuve, and along the Chaufiee to
wards Peak ; which pursuit was continu
ed until some time after dark, when the
troops were ordered to rest on their arms.
V I RG 1 N 1 d.
RICHMOND, july 23.
AN express having arrived here,
about 2 o’clock, on Monday
morning, to the Executive, from
Major Taylor, with information
of the fitting out an armed vessel
in Smithfield, for the purpose of
privateering under a French com
million, in defiance, and contrary
to the Jaws of neutrality, so ftrid
ly enjoined, and that the proprie
tors, to carry, this illicit undertak
ing into effeft, had refilled the
Marlhal in the execution of bis of
fice to prevent the fame, the Gov
ernor with his wonted decision and
activity in nipping eve y infringe
ment on the laws, and enforcing
due obedience, thereto, speedily
purftud the measures neceifaryAto
be taken in such cases. The Cav
alry, Infantry and Artillery com
panics commanded by Captains
Hicks* Richardson and ^uarrie*
headed by a general officer, were
immediately difpatchcd to the
Marshal’s assistance.
Too much praise canribt be giv
en the citizens of Richmond for
their zeal and readiness on this and
every other occafioni where the
service of their country and pre
fer vation of its rights are in^olv
ed—and furdy must it be a fenfi
bie gratification to every patriot
and lover of good order, to be
hold the military order and emu-
Etive dffcipline so prevalent here,
when they reflect that its tenden
cy nfiuft be a terror to the foes of
liberty, and a cutb to the career
of the licentious. : ' . " ‘
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BALTIMORE, JULY Is.
ESt t rail of a Itt tor from a merchant in Spain
h bis correfpOndtnt in tbit to<wn, dated
May 7. 1794* . .
“ A calm that had reigned for a Considera
ble time past oh our frontier, an «l gave room
for many conjectures, has unexpectedly been
succeeded by a long and bloody aCtion, in
which fatigue on the one, part, ind a great
fup?rio‘rity of numbers on the other, gave
the French one of the compleatefl victories
that the annals of war has on record. Ar
tillery, Magazines, which were immense, a
good many prisoners, and even the officers*
500, and the Britilh about tjo; but, it
is to be observed, that only the brigade
of the line of the latter were engaged
with two field pieces, which loft more
than half their men killed and wounded.
yet been able to learn. The enemy’s is
computed at 6,000 —that of the Austri
ans at t,ooo —the Hanoverians about
Our loss on this occasion I have not as
American Intelligence.
New-York AUG. 6.
IMPORTANT NEf^S,
FROM THE WEST INDIES.
On the firft inst. arrived at Wilming
ton Delaware, the brig Isabella and Ann*
Wm. Hampton master, 19 days from
St. Kitts and St. Euftatiiis—by whom
we are informed, that on the 2d of Julyi
the British army Under the command of
Gen. Simms, made a fierce attack on
the French Republican troGps at Point
a Petre, having previously demanded a
surrender of the fort and batteries ; as
suring them, that in case of resistance,
they Ihould rectiye no quarter, but that
every foul fliould be f>ut to the bayonet.
The braVe Sans Culottes, regardless of
British threats, returned for’anfwer—
that they wished to meet them - that
their jnotto imprefled on their hearts and
their colours was Conquer dr Die—that
their ftandafJ would be r.elinquifhed blit
with their lives ; therefore* Would not
except of* 'nor give quarter. Whereup
on, a Coujicil .was Calledwhich deter
mined, that all the volunteers from the
different colonies, and even the officers
and feaipen from the fleet should be col
lected, to participate in the expected glo
ry of day ; and that every man
should unferew the flint from.his liiufket,
and depend entirely on the bayonets In
the mean time the Freeh were not idle;
they had funk amine that extended un
der the only passage by which the enemy
cotild approach, and appearing in a
large body under cover of their guns,
the van guard of the British, consisting
chiefly of the 6th regt, and all the picket
men, vainly approached then! tinder a
steady charge ; but the French appear
ing pannic struck, made a feint retreat"
clothing have been the fruits of it. Such
are our Hit advices from our army, whitha
vi&orious and most fcrocous enemy in
view."
Spanish Dftax— confirmed. /
The Spanish General, commanding the
Roufillon army, gives bis court an official ac
count of the retreat and defeat of the Spaniih
army, on the 29th April last ; with the loss
of the greatest part of the artillery a; d maga
zines. The loss of the Spaniards was great
in every particular; but the General writes,
that they still retain in Roufillon, the town
of Coliioure, Port Vendre Banols and Belle
garde. [Roufillon is now called the depart
ment of the Eastern Pytennees, and is the
frontier of France, towards Spain. Figucros,
at which the Spanish General dates his letter,
is in Spain, near the foot of the Pyrennes.J
BOSTON, AUC.^T T.
We have seen letters from Rotterdam,
received by the way of Portland, dated
as late as the 18th June. They mention
that a report was in circulation there, of
a proportion for a ceflation of hostilities,
but it was generally supposed to be the
lie of the day : That the posts of every
day from Flanders, told the tale of bat
tles fought, and fields covered with car
nage ; and that, on the whole, the bal
lance of success was in favour of the
French:—That it was currently told,
that an English convoy of two frigates
and thirty fail of merchantmen ; and a
Dutch one, of forty fail, had fallen into
the hands of the French ; and that Ad
miral M’Bride’s squadron which had
been cruizing in the channel, had return
ed into Portsmouth.
The accounts received from the inland
parts of Pennsylvania, are difgracfeful to
a free country. The insurgency men
tioned in our last, was not fupprelfed at
the date of our Uft accounts, and it was
feared, by the friends to order and the
government of laws, that it would be
neceflary to resort to the efficient alter
native, and that obedience by the laws
of the People, mu ft be effected by the
bayonet. The accounts from Virginia
are pleafmg, there the arm of the law
has reclaimed the turpitude of the law
less.
1794-
“ A veflel has arrived here in 46 days
from Rotterdam,brings an Englifhpaper
containing Lord Howe’s official account
of the engagement on the aHth, 29th and
30th May with the French fleet,took sev
en fail of the line, and funk two or three
of them.”
Ex trail of a letterfrom Portland* Aug.
An embargo has taken place at Hali
fax, on all vefiels bound to the United
States- . An expedition from that place
is conjectured as the cause.
TUESDAY", AUGUST 12, 1794.
fam of Life,
Lockyer’s Pills, ■
Hooper’s Female
REfpe<ftfully informs the public, that
he propoles, next^week, to com
mence riding Post from Exeter to Tam
worth, instead of Mr. Rowfc-,whofe health
will not/admit of his puduing that
business.
Said Longs ellgw will supply Mr*
Row’s customers with the American He
rald of Liberty. And any ocher business
with which, he may be entrusted will be
performed With accuracy and pun&uality*
Exeter, August 12.
THE fubfeirber having ac-<
counts open and small notes
of hand against a number of per
sons of Long (landing, and the
Law now makes it neCeflary that
those old accounts should be fettled
and notes paid or renewed : There
fore all peribns against whom I
have Notes or accounts of more
than two years standing, are earn
eilly requested to call and fettle
diem soon, or other wife 1 shall be
under the disagreeable necessity of
procuring a feulement in a differ
ent way.
JOSIAH BARTLETT.
Kingfown August, 6 h 1794.
R AN away from the fubferib
er on the 9th inst. an ap
prentice boy, named jofepb C.
Hdit* aged seventeen years, about
five feet nine inches high—^carri
ed with him a variety of cloath
ihg, viz. A redifh fnuff coloured
coat, a rediffi brown coat^ striped
patterned waitcoati also black
everlasting waistcoat, arid a past
of striped velvet breeches, a pair
of hemlock coloured trousers and
striped furtout, likewise a bear
(kin napfack.
Whoever will return said boy
to the fubferiber, shall have four
dollars reward. .All perfcns are
forbid harbouring bitr, for I am
determined hot to pay any debts of
his contraAihg hereafter.
Shear^orn Dearborn.
Cbefter, August |l.
. * ’- 1 * 1 A■ '
{^Medicines will be fold
at his (hop on the hnvejl terms for money
and good Beef. .
Exeter, August ir, 1794.
by which the entire column of the Brit*
iffi wai so far decoyed on the fatal spot,
as on a signal given, to be totally de
stroyed—being precipitated into the air,
like as many wild geese—legs arms and
heads flying in every direction ! not a
foul of Bco men and 28 officers escaped.
The remainder were drove off the island
to their fliipping, and the French are
now in complete pofieffion of Grand
;Terre. The French women were under
arms during the attack, and stood their
ground with firmnefs.
r I^HE hsghefi price given for
1 good clean Barley, by
Gilman Boyer-— or
Daniel Connor,
at either of their (lores in Exeter,
August 12, 1794.
British Oil,
Terlington’s Bal-
do.
Hat Case, \
Oil of Vitriol,
Spices,
A General A^rtment of
FRESH MEDICINES:
BARLEY wanted.
Jonathan Longfellow
Joseph Tilton,
To be S O L D by
Among which are.
Castor,
Elf. Pip. Mcntb,
Cephalic Snuff.
Salt Petre,
Flour Brimstone,
Borax,'
Court Plaifter,
Blue Vitriol.
White do. &c. &c*