The Arkansas advocate., 1833-03-06
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 London papers to the evening of the 27th December, have beenreceved at New. York. They announee that Ant, ,serp, after seize of twenty six days, during which time the fortress was lit cral4
 ------sirdle1 with a waist of iron. And 4emmed abont with grim destruction, has eapitalatod to ghe French. The an. nexed letter from inc eorrespoadcnt Of tbe London papers, gives tile Particu lars of the capitulation:-
 Bercteal, Head quarters of Marshal
 Gerard. Hall past eleven clock at
 night, Sunday, Zee. 2.
 The capilniaton IS af length signed, and the brave General Chase IS a Pfi soner of var in tue hands oftfle French. The negotiations were carried on du- ring tho whole of the day, and t is on ly within the last hour that the terms have been defimtiyely settled. Chase al first demanded that himself and gar .rison should be allowed to return to Holland. To this G Gerard positively re. fused. and desired that thecitadel sioHid surrender at discretion. A seconG par iiamentafe was then sent by Gfsasse, vitha I different proposition. Yhe Mar shal, hayipg consulted q Couneilof Var, returned for ai4swer, that Chase should give ID sil the forts belonging to Belsi- um alopgt the fschclaf; and that on saeh conditions being aeeeded to, he would consent to the first demand of the Dutch General.
 Chase, after a little delay, sent tllird parli#mehts4ire with q noteto gse. rard, siating that he had no control e. yer forss fdlioand heifk,nshocs, which were placed under the orders of Gap- t'lin tSake. Gerard at length sent his alternative 10 thassc, and desired q seateeorical answer vith as short delay as possible. The Marshal demanded that Lilo and Leifkcnshoek, with all the forts, dependencies of the citadel, should be given up, when the garrison would De permitted 10 leave the citadel with ali the l:onors of war, or that the dependencies oaly should be given np. and tho garrison remain nriaeners Of war until the forts of Lilo and Jeff kenshock were in possession of the Bel sgians Chase accepted pttadd the latter con dition, and thescapituiation was signed 1t 10 o'clock, by which the Belgians are to fake possession of the ontposts of tho gates of the esplanade and seeours. and that tbe 'Fete de Elandre. forts Burght and D'hustruvil. were to be ifn- mediately evacuated.
 Seventy-tlpc thousand f'renchmen. with upwards l5D pieces of cannon, have succeeded, after twenty four days siege, in reducing the citadel of Ant werps with its handful of men. The honorin this instance is all on one side --t the Dutch. notwithstanding the over whelming force of the enemy, gave them active employment for nearly n month, and only surrendered when the .eltadelwas reduced to ashes. aud their provision and ammunition destroyed By the bombs of the besiegers. History will not have much to say ir favor Of the French. as brave and hazardous siege. Taking advantage of dark nights. they succeeded in forming their parallels and cutting their trenches. Protected hv tlleir works, they shower ed bombs like hail into the citadel. h. stead of gailantly mounting the breach. they sprung mines; and not being har- rassed by an enemy either in the rear or front, they worked atleisure. and by force of military tactics and I13e anna zing strength of their artillery, they redneea the citadel into the depiorable co dition f $ now to be seen.
 The deplorable condition ip which