Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-11-18

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a difpateh, of winch The following IS copy,
was this arning received. from Field Martial
his Royal Il ghaefs he Duke of York, ar the
Office of the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, one
OF his MajeRy's principal Secretaries of State.
T1e Hslder, NORTH Holland,
i4b S1ps. 1899.
OR,
| have 70 acquaiDt You with my arrival at this
place yeIerday e-eniug, having failed from
Deal o. board the ameshyf frigate on Monday
morning the OH lat.
Upon coming on fhore, had great fatisfatf-
ion 10 witne1ing the Decentralization of eight
battalions Of RpiiAn auxiliary troops, conlifng
ct 1000 men under the command of Lieut.
Gen. D'lIermane, which had arrived from
Rcysl in the eeurie Of the preceding day and
yeitefday morning. | afterwards faw hefe troops
upon heir march towards the pofition occupied
by The Bfi'ifh near S hagen; and have great
lpieaiure in afniips You that. from their appear
ance in every refped, the mott happy conleqnen-
ees may be expected from their cooperation with
LIS najelty's arms in this country Lieuienant.
General D'Fermann ieens 70 enter mot hear.
lily into our view, and form very ianguins
hopes of receiving eiiental afiiance from his
| zeal and experience.
| unaelfand that Sir Ralph Abercromby has
made you acquainted with his having repulied
the enemy in an attack made upon him on Tuef
day iaa. ] proceed to join him at his quarters
| at Sehagen Immediately.
Ihaye had the plealure 10 meet the hereditary
Pfince CT Orange here. His Serene Highneis is
occupied IN arranging into corps large body Of
deierters from the Eatavian army, and voiun
| 'eers from The Dutch ihps of war which have
proceeded 10 England Every afiaance ihal be
given to his Serene Highneis to render thcle
corps an efficient addition TO our force. | am,
Sir, yours, FREDERICK.
Eleven thoufand troops, Britih and Rufians,
Were 10 move forward on Monday from the
/. Helder, TO join the main army, and 5000 more
!, were preparing to dfembark. The whole were
in the hshelt health and fpirits.
All the letters yet come to hand exprcfs the
| mot f,nguine hopes of Amaerdam being very
ipeedly in our ponefion, If the French, in the
retreat, did not inundate the country, for which,
by accounts received from the head quarters of
the Rrith army, il was unprecedented they were
making preparations.
1t is natural to fuppofe, however, that this is
would iile up TO oppoie and it is mealure of
all others calculated to unite that people againt
the common enemy of civilized fociety !; for the
people of Holland muf be convinced, that by
adopting 10. deliberate a meaflre as that of a
general inundaiion, the French did not conGder
not only the future welfare, bur the prefent ex.
itance OF great proportion of the inhabitan,s
OF Holland.
We know nothing more calculated to open
the eyes OF what the French call the Batavian
people, than this mealiire Of deltrudion which
they meditated againlt them. The idea of lach
neaiure being in contemplation, however,
was acceleratiog the landing and march of our
troops, for it was conceived pofliblc that we
might prels upon the French 10 fat, that they
m ghrnot be able to accomplish their murderous
and dilboical deigns.
The Juno friglte, commanded by capt. Dun :
das, had been lishtened, for the purpofe of her
falling up as near as pofiible TO Amaerdam, and
The was to be accompanied by all the gun and
Other vefsls of force that could be adapted to the
navigation Of the Zuyder Zee. Vice-Admiral
Mitchell, Whole judgment and fpirit are equal
to every emerg sncy, was bimfelf to command
this armament, with his fl g dilplayed on board
the Juno.
SEPT. 81.
Yeaerday afternoon, Major Dalton arrived
with dispatches from the army in Holland, dat
ed Tuefiay lat, at which time no action had
taken place inbfsquent to the defeat of the
French and Dutch upon the 10Th infant. The
French, it is faid, had began to cut through few
eiSl OF the dykes in the country round Alkmaar,
Harlem, and Amaerdam, probably with the
view of preventing the advance of our troops
This meaiure will nor. however, prevent the in.
tended operations againl the latter place, as II
is to be attacked from the fea, and the gun ve(-
lels and light fhps are in a Rate Of forwardnsis
for the buluels.
Alkmaar, which at prclent 70 much engages