The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-09-25 00:00:00, page 1

P H ] L A D E L ? H 1 A, Septembcr 4.
A S's evening w.ts s nt ll to this port, hy tht' s- houner Man
; Captain 'l'azhusi, tiu pi'ssvateer !]on}: A'livc, mvuntmg [: lour
powders, l.uv: commanded by L.tu5ulm M*Guue. During
the action she lull two men killed, and the gunner mortally
Wmded.
Extract: of seven:! lefte": to :: Gentleman in Eaflon, dared at M-y'"
Crural Suhiun': Am! quarter: on sings, Auguj 31. 1779.
" Yesh-rday : get-crai ..ctiun emhed, in whtch the lndmus lnd (cries
lot cumpletely rooted. she conflict was long, and] believe on their
rt un bloody, though only ] ! -1e1d bodies were found upon the field,
lnd they. sil suppose, 'Nouk'l nut hue.- been left, is our troops had not
[bed them at the point otct He hsitvonfll. Our loss was but triflutg: !
in]: five or six Wl; kiliesii, and between 40 and so wounded. The
mnonade on our ptrt was elegant, and gave the lndmns smh : paniclt,
that they fled With grett preupi'ttion from the field. One toty lnd one
m taken prisoners. Who give information that their whole force were
iollected here. This soulemcnt is round root and branch, all the house:
firm, and the com'fieidt neLh'si-vetl. ]! it very remarkable General
jollinn has been twice successful on the 19th of Auzust.
ssss'"-" ! have in. time to inform you, ttut on Sunday morning lah our
sishaneod partie. discovered the ensmy's hreattwofks between Chemung
,M Mlo'n, they tmmsi'd'ntely gwe intelligence; thetr right shnk wan
"Mad by the river. end their lest hv : high tull. General Poor'n
si de ws: immediately ordered to wheel off nd endeavour to gain their
"(sink, but] is polsmle to smrnultd them, whilfl our artillery lltd matn
,W\m:kcd them in front; they ttood : hot cannonade [or more thin
)wo Nun, but upon their dtt'euvering our intention: otsi l'urroundtn
Ind, the tetreat liulloo was givm, and they rettsiened With the ulmui
, ipitation, lem-ingtneit' picks, :t numberos scaipingknives, tomhawks,
:: behind them. We pursued them upwards of two milci, tmk two
,!isdl'fio one whi'e mm and one negt'o; they crosscd the tivcr and
n'ried off : number of killed and wounded, as we found to thfls trackt
of blood and two canon which we found covered with !) ood. ] saw
"eight of their wnmoun scatps taken on the spot. and ! jutt heard of
fourteen mon den! lndiqm that were found hid with leaves. shetr
bmtlworit.*n arttuN and tttong eonltntaed with logs and blinds
dndFv-ltn W- en Wnded upw'arsisi'of half a mile. The party
." healed by the t'iid'silutten znd Briht, aid consifledos ahuut Goo
'l'wdi'tm and so. totieo, by the belt in'teih nce we enn get'. Our loss is
four killed and'thirfy two Wmded, mon siv night " '
- Extract 'n [mer lurd Wymnmg Srpmvber :, 1719.
" At—two o'c ek this morning Doctor Kemhll amvcd it this plzce
from Chemung, and bring: !hc fulIqug in'elligenct: On Sunday
dormn; un, om- ln-ny dishoveresil a ]sissfe nremwork in :- nlrrow ;olfl'zge,
about four miles an -ve Chemung. w ue: Mcffis Buller,'Buunt, and
M'Donalct! had collected ill !nflr force. Ueneml Sulliun attacked
them; the cncmv warned the fire, .mss'. th': engagcmcn; naked ncu cwo
Mn. when the ("xv.-ges gave way and wcle coctnpiecely rooted; twenty
in of them were Irf' clad on the field, some puisunens wert nken. Our
loss wu one Lemc-mm and four pzivum kiIh-d, and one Nhjor, one
(I! ruin, and rhuty thee pm un wounded. Mr. Builer's commiffion
um (he com-ni-Ii un of-nnuthcr officer went ern wuh several ordclly
flocks." ' ss
sslnrdct of a [mer ssv'rcm :: Gentleman in Baltimore, to bit friend in (tri;
al), amnl Sq'maf'sict 4, l7;9,
" Mr. Crocken c-l um (uxn, who hct. bxen .u Augulh springd in
Virginia for nn hsi-APM, came: lmsin: lctli nisss-hl, an] l'vpnns, that Culon ]
Clarke hn tmcv F-vrt !)cn'ou, mule 25; px'illmvrs, unJ reduced that
Gumsy. is" in jrnwm' Hw soun' of the przfimtrs "
-' - , <fixtra:i' oj'n l;.'.'sr_,*sirw.*l P'uctu-nns. llu-ssust n..
'si U' Sun iry lznc miliuct )' o. cu'n vccs, which you caunssc be unacquzinted
with, gave ths! alnomcto : .: cnznpming Lemus of lsshjdr Lee. who being
Nued into thus cssumlry, tssmk inm cnnle-uplssmou un :mempt on owln
Hyo , a place- natural, duffluu . !" access, and nishly nmproved by art.
'a! ufily employe! himself in csisi-cctmmg a knowledge of the place, in
union, sh-enct-zzh, &c. ct 'Thls mue, In- e-mnmunicmrd (he mmeno hi
lxcclleocy, \\ss:\.:, surprised sin xiz: man) uhzhclcs, drclmed his lffesint'fo
_ is:!) so rcole'c wuu dmger. But on a suller representatiod from thy
Chin, wh.)se*-rn-!si.:nvmn's wcn: umcmund umil the necessary intelligence
'dju collected, :" ictg': dzrnch she made of'auack, sithe method of tecum,
)nctnhe nu-n'wsi-r us noasis :lsilequctne, tranlsivsinizzel'ihem acurake'ly to thy
Giueul, who was ,:kM'c-l lo approve as the disposiiion. and ordereq every
thing nctquifite for ; f'nr'tectr'os lo mubh difficulty.
'\ " A' description of tiujctplace mll n-vt be xm roper, as it wi" serve I:":
give yoU'an idea us the man)- ohsh-uctctonq "to he met \- ith. The Hook
u formed In a finding curirc os North river, directly upposne New
Work; : wide gut'siinim'eds the tongue of land, and leave: xhcyhce of
'on'chnion m entire illsimd: l'he sin: in dzyth is so ccnhderctably
'He-used, as to ldndcr nLimsinals-xhlc 'I! a little more than thf flood";
!;riour toshia; run": : line oict a'bbntit of great flycqlzth, which enemi
rohe extreme vergu of the ilhnd; Rsill withissthes; is : fortct(exc
_!he gate wav) i-nprignxhle. sifisiled by, (chain of rctedoubu sunne qssn (.
left.,qf jupe-iuul stre rh; !hssc whole sdfmumgdd by : maslh t'wp'iyilel
'He-m. rendered ": vmst'impervious, "dy 'reisdh of : numpst Qfsi gunct
Aduguln-l) interscct in " vorium yoinuct __ , ., " "' '
'"I'Phsee hundred Virginius. unde; ebmmahif as Maior dlsk, two
Gompnin os Marylanzh' add M'hun'l dismoimcd drzgoonl',si*edmpvfea
SEPTEMBER 25, 1779 'r H E 'NUMQFR 33;
VIRGINIA GAZETTE
WILLIAMSBURG: PRxNTEn BY DlXON &? NlCOLSON.
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the ..ssctdsimu. The whole,.direflid by Major Lctssm-Mu.
from the New Biidsi: en flucki. sack, attcudzd by I lmoflwlggfld
to ct nw} the opinion of a t'magxng party. ] he timid nnnhmiom of
: principle guide, on our heaven approach totheenmty, ind- th source
ot si-umbetleli milhtus, which reumed the execution 'o th. design thin
hours, and occusmxsd an ultetation in the primzt-y disposition, in-n'd of
attzckmx m three thsi-i'ent placet at at suit intended. The body "
formed into two coiuuzus, and atte: forcing the abound. ls ntidn
took :lace by IVlctdiJl' Clark's inclining to the sight, the other to own to
the lcit, th.- furlom pucedcd at some dittnce, tnhntly seized the (mld
sort, and re-cchoed an: watch-wotd; in less than ten minute: : complete
[wsscssiun of the thsxi was eflsicctcd with iittlc or no loscsi .
" 'snc utteffily us a turn: every m— ment became evident; dly-ligh
approached ap-cc. am! o'oiiged us to teule PIKCi'lll'Akcty, though without
confusion. Relying on the bon; which went: to transpot-t ut over th
Hackmsctck, thsc: miles dtltzmt from the scene of action, and which
constituted our lnsdy; w: moved or. with the pnsonen, but'our nrival
soon cousinccd us of it d-samxrimmrllt. ,The danger: of the situation
were ummt'ssli: The Nun: lnct' on the right was at many pine; not
more thctn two u.il{s tiiltaut hctcm the party with the mujor part at the
British auny sh-rmd 'bong the opposite (bon, obliged the exertion of
every- dusiice and xix.-again tu u'uviate their intzrccptivg : retieat of
ciglztten uu'zcs, which vtasi judicioull) cfisicctcd. notwnhttanding all thcir
efforts to th: contnur} ."
CHARLEGBWN (5. c.) Auouu- 24.
ON the t4th itsistut Col. Twiggs or" the Georgh nnhtia, and Majo'r
]nnetsion ot f'-L' vssgthil light holie, having, received mlelh enc
that M'Gnt, With a party of the enemy wete sqme mile! below rilsil'
creek, pursued, tsill m vnth, and attAcxetl them, killed five, wounded
five, and took four uthcrs psitbnu's (among the wounded : Lieutenm
]ones, of 00]. Momc's l'c'gtlncnt) twmty three horses and fifteen gum.
M'Girt, with the H." us the party, ul into a creek near the placed!
Action; eithcl M*(;irt or one ut' his ot ccrs, thh : Licutenant. were so
hztdly Wounded, th." the) wcte trackcd dy theusi blood nell' I mtle. Our
loss was an officet o! th. Virginius and two h— I'ses wounded. si
Extract qs :: [mer ji'o-n :: Gentleman as Jstiu'tio- in Cape Frmeoie, !!
ix.: jrimJ bers, dthJ jay 31, 1779. '
" ! unsea] my letter to add the tntc-dhng news ] have just learnt ["so-:
I Knight of St. Lcuts of an ]rish reqimcm, un board Count D'Enaing'c
ship, who is jsitll zurwul hue ssV-tdl his t'qxudrsirn of twenty four ships,
fourteen frngates, and cighty tnerchantmcn. He telle me, thnt when
they went to form thsi- sisi-sivr us Gmu-h. they were not long in reduetn
it. having tztkcn .: S-ct- .imm. Cuunt D'Esiaing, having mounted himsesisi
at the he td ut' hts [twigs, molt,; full-Ve'sil'y .ulvaumgeoutt'run in sittution.
This Paffid during t'm- night. ln the'utnrning the Govetnourol another
full sent to .uolx-l'si- : mpttulniun. The Count gave them in hour nsiml
in he", culter uhnsssih they- unde pmposals, which inducedcthim to tell
them, lhtl is thy thd uut t'unzndcr in an imhnt at disuetion, hesiwn
lsCPu'ing to tain- lhull i-y fctlce. ln thus mennes wu Grenad; taken.
hut Asilu'thal Byrsim, who 15 4? knew nothing of the matter. appeared
before the Cottm vtivh a kind.: ctn of twenty one ships; he had cssmshh
number of troup'si to land m nrdsisi't lu usstfl the besieged, but it wn too late.
However we lllf't-tl'tvhwt: expcri-neul : grut cztsi-flrophe, hlsil nott
Count prc vided .tgm it it. \Vhe_n the ships us Byron came in fight osthe
port of (iremsidn, the French fleet was mott uttcho-esid. there was a calm,
end the'En --::sh unde: si", favoured by the wind, were in a very ldnn
tageotn po tlion; burl o'n thefqodtr'ari' was very dtshdvantaggqsiusi
Notwithshdding ous lhips put"\n't'd'er_- sat , end sialthoug'h in bed order,
they joined the English, and enwtg'ed with seventeen osifotsizsi'r shtps (the
seven others not havtng h-ss-eh :tb e to 'coms'u'p.) We have been happy
enough to desezt the English, who having tll dongpfesfrve'd the adventage
( their first position, took to flight. At this critic'al itsitfiaht. Count
Z'Efiaing received intelligence, thxt the English prisottxreos Grenadz
were on the point of tsievoltin'g, attd to join the troops dnural Byroq
htd previously caused to land, to come to their alstlhnce._ The flwmon
of our gn'rison rccuming thereby very dangeroul, the (Soon! ghonght
it fit to slCl'isiCt' the admntages that could result fm lus se: comb",
huin ,mnde four Enghsh lhtps and three so men tq'siffike, which he
won! of cours: have moarcd. (a fly to the tsiehe of sayn brave men why
'tompflsi'd she gu'mson us Gremda. us which the1__ wxcte nlrudy m
{oflZ-flidsin, but' uul (hung enough for the security QFJNK (9 ss nest. T},
'ount having nji-tumcd in time, drove off the Lsi, .lshsict ,, _ at eve
thing inssthe hell utsiicr hc-sorothe qgittctithe phce.ss :szfitn t tun::
os Shvsh'cent, un!)- ;; t'tigacttsiqandt'hsee hundred melt & ; i}. Am:
the Countfqop l'dhOlI-lt Gn-nsiada, he came wiss. Cfmctsin has when Is!
presented hintsclshes-ue the fish fleet, who utlleqd qfiwtdn under
sail, remaincdssshn, lead they Qulsi] he "tacked afre ss ,Th ma_
the deflfls I ctn' give )uu. Counctt-D'Eflfinghu beenjhdt'e these t'?
'daykz his fctmdron sin in , sinusi-brimaut condttton; quouhtedlsiy here
'notcometo' t.'])_9ntittgotdtcmasinifilctive. llhzll useuvetyo {tum
to commtutiqtd'tu you all iutenelting muttern. Aprqpssag, ss tr,_ [94 .
you shcsimld nsiofl'ze apgtised of it, ] ivsse it to you a :, gown. .Mw
is CleCllFSdctbelwe'ssien Spain and Esissidf' . & 9'3 si ,. - : .si
den'Fsizqf'Nev-rss Yorkfiflal cmsssid qff' from .lhc hit si ,
9h_ . th 0, last moti . le. "inner QW "Gssctsi,
, hot eUQ :" r'tumbcr of Americam, whillt the Captzin, m"
and second Lieutenanu, were on share.