ina gazette vol 8 saturday november 30 175)3 n 4'2 l o n d o n september 4 t etters from dublin mention that in jl confequence of ihe determination of the king's minifters to carry on theprefent wsr with redoubled vigour 13 regiments of foot are to be immediately embarked from ire laud for rhe weft-indies with a large train of urtiileiy ; for which purpcfe twenty thouiuiid iot:s of slipping will immediately be contracted for to tranfporc the forces acrofs the atlantic some c:t the moffcing prints ofyeherday announce rhe afe arrival of the virtuous petion in lo sow it this famous revoluii onift who o cruelly embittered the days of louis rhe sixteenth before he conducted him to the fcaftbld mould have come hither with intentof displaying bisregicidetalents,he will not find the englifh nanon lo ductile as he found the populace of pai is whole fovereion or ruther deipot he huufelf was for a on liderable time the reirir.ting-fervice is carrying on in ireland with great vigour there are fif teen captains each of whom has a party i:d colonel bowater is to command the u hole . heir liations are at dublin cork ciij waterford letters from dub n likewife mention that camp-equipage co . pieie for the 5th sin 6cn di*agoon guards and rath regiment (<! li^ht-dragoons has been iffued irom the ordnance aqd hipped on board a veilil boaisd to cork where these regiments are to tjr.txtrk immediately lor foreign fervice j vo principal regiments are to be railed in canada befidesthe two regiments already levied in nova scoria and new.brunfwick — governors wemworth and carieton are to be colonels or the regiments raifed in their governments lord dorchefter has theap yc vvacnt of the c.'ac rs oftuc two regiments in ca::::u.i admiral micbride is returned to town f , dunkirk we underiiand that on ' huri'dj i lit he had an interview with his royal hi^hiiefs the duke of york near that place hcn he was informed by his idigli-icib ma the enemy was in greaterfrorce than was expected admiral mac-bride it is faid returned in order to requjit of ihe admiralty a greater naval tone of gun boats and irmib.veiiels to aft againil dun kirk ; which has hem granted him an additional force by land is like wife or dered to proceed o dunkirk withoul of of lirae ihe 19th 426 and 52 or 5 regiaients which wcie intended to be fent to the weft indies have been ordered with in t'ae lit three d.iys to prepare initantlj to proceed to flanders to jo:n the duke cf iv k's army in the liege oi dunkirk the french have nine gun-boats at dun li k each carrying two or iour 24 poun dtrs which running clofe into the ihore ■ ; ■ tly annoy our traops employed in the lie 1 e of that town i'he rufiian fleet after having made an idle parade in the baltic for iome weeks pail has returned to copenhagen we have e ver hscu of opinioa that her imperial ala icity was much more intent on dividing po | ind than ; u feuding forces againlt the french itbejs whom ihe prof eiles to luid in fuch ;. biurrcr.ee % h lias often been remarked that the dif ferent courts of europe were rather ie « raded by feuding ambaffa dors tocdnftan tinople while the refufed to return the compliment by eitabli/bing cir.n 1 ir appqintments this uf.*ge is at length aboqt 10 be broken through the ottoman purtg having come to << refolution of keeping reddent mmifters at all tho'e courts which fend einbifses to conlbntinople a turk jh ambaflador will very fhonly arrive in london qpercihns cftbeb itljh army and the allies let er from the hereditary prince c 0 the states general of the united netherlands headquarters at mem au^ufi 21 1703 high and michty lords * he honour to inform your high mightinefles lhat n brother has left ypres and is on his march to cilarges as lieute nant-general knoblefdorf with the corps un der ins ccun and is t o join the army of his 1 ruliian majefty r i he troops which i have ordered f r tl.i pwj.rfe under the com mand oi mv brotli , corfiftof onefqnadron or grange itki^d v.o iquaqrons ot au i u''r ' ee ll l usti '<™ of r cile philm fthal bti.des the grenadier battalions of aufeck rechtereen and tennagel and he battalions oi douf cumoens and weideren should the above lention troops he in fuf ncient to ueier.d theexrem cf the diftricloc cupieciby i corrilij . , uj{jars under the command of li at mtgener i xnoblefdorf , tnc fnnceoi w urgvul join with tfteuj aiulfcucni ceij <■• xro .•. under the command um u.nugtn«-al beaulicu ibis diipolii ion will . flowed by a rr movalofmycamp in iuch a manner thai i ihall have tne river lys before e and ihe town of-menin will cover r .. ] ? .... k which w ill not only tnai e n u t r fuppon with m y right vvii . . ; ince d poiis at wenvick mr ;» es , s c t lit clio to ipread farther towanij thofe vhich are on n>y jeti iu on t t oppefire i k • and u ce the duke oi \ c k has taken upon himieli that part of weft-xlanciers as far as iprcsintluiivc the advanced pcfts en my riglit wing will be ne farther extended than to meiirnes ; and the garriiens cf furnes nieuport dixmuyden ond ypres are al ready arrived in that quarter i mean io take this pciirion to-morrow and my carap v li ccrfjl i i hr fquadrons of cavalry andfourte ,. battalions oi infan try i have the^honnur : tobe c c fredj ••!< k william camp btjcr dunkirk shgujt 25 this day the 1 brigade ci ifitantry or the line and lome auitrian regiments ftruck their tents and took up new ground to the light cf the canal on the iii-and near the lea a rpgiiiient of kelsan ii fantry slfo left the camp to join tl-t rtvay cf oblerv«tion under general fre>tag which wasfuuated between kergue and j;ur-kiik to prevent a con.ii.ur.ji-2i:on t kn pj^re between the fciter . rilcn :...: £... kc 1 he n h ... i , : , usfrom their worj ■' i - i ua.h anchored near li ■"■ ; - ■ ! • ■ '' ' ■ • l tc ci:r troops 1 ■'-'". l«c prcttc-rj j.ight and this day \ t iivuu ci as rauti ■ i ibie drawing he enemy's fire on ui : ai u v have eflablifl;ed fevtiiil diidics ano breaft works to cover cur trgops in caie thej iboijld make an at tempt to laij'y r i jie number of irocps in the garrifon is computed to be about iy,ccc a fit-ct has jufc hove in fight vhich proves to be biinjh cor.iifting of a jrigr.te even cutters and a galj ot \ however ihe gun-boats of the fr.emy keep their flatioii and out fleet is working towards oftend the following thinks from his alajtfiy rj peared in this day's oiders : «« his maieity has been grsciouflypleafed to cxprefs his ftrongeft approbation of the fpirited and judicious conducl of major ge neral lake and ot the gallant behaviour of colonels grinfiejd hulle pennington ir.d mi<jor wright and the reft of the officers and men uho were engaged at the poft of lincelles en the 1 8th ultimo his majefty very much laments the lois of lieutenant colonel l^oiville lieutenant de pryfter end the lion cornmiftioned efficers and men who fell on this occafion and it will afford fincere fatisfaction to his majefty to be informed that thefe brave officers and men tvho have had the misfortune to be wounded in the conduct are now in a fair way ot recovery augi'jt 2,7 the enemy during the night attempted a fally but were almoftin ftantly repulied indeed we cannot but ex pea hequent atten.pis of this kinj from the itrength ofthegarnibn the fleet that arrived yefterda are at anchor oft meupor landing be avy a - -" ilorcs kc ihe enemy's gun boato it3 continue to annoy us we have juft time to inform you that the troops which were cue oped en the lands within rhe ra pe of':he cri '■ gunu were removed yeiterda evening 1 here was a vci y r , v fire a uanx-try f bout o o'clock uir^h^frcmtrcganfoii and from the be s v te kve rot m yet heard the particular lut fu pole ibe ene my were attempting a 0i her ail } ; however as it was but cl l-oi i tc , tii uance we cc n clude they were as en de preceding night driven lack with lofs fab cump near ivtrmbouu tleud-quaners sfuguft 6 vv e yefterday took pi fftlson oi ibis poft andarehtuatedabouta i>,i!e l,cm worin bout anci two lecgue fiom ckfiel wurmbont is a iiroi - fort and was k ar rifoned by jr c c french ; itsret'uchon tei g neccfiar ior oi.r imnircliaie cperatioi-s i s o kanovtrians ai>d auftri^is u.tli jh c ii fe ht iqu..drcns <:• 1 id or geen goarc v ire ordered 0 attack it tlegarrifou-uim gh i'o fuperior in uuinbcr snd deriving ii.^i.;te advantage iroru i r pofidon iiiade un flight rtlftauce aiid v.c ook the place with but littel o j he mam bedy of the army is to be fiaii onedhcreah arniyoi oi fervatioii u cover the liege the rei-ch having cdk tied aoout 15,000 at caile as it is fuppoied with ... ttiu to intcn lpt our i ; t rat'cr.s bargiies ilill holds om nor exretied to furiencitr till dunkirk inhz c.cwp at weldtrj ug:f 27 we took this petition yciierdav it is 3 bour cighi miles from dunlrk j the tamp of caflel is in cur front where the cueiiiy arc ttronjily pcficd we have experienced many i likuhies in our march but perieve rance has enabled us to furmouut them on our leaving linceiles from which i laft wrote v.e pafkd yrre about two miles where we lpcnt the nigh on t ie utxt morning we :.,'-..; etc viih:n fix rr,:!es of roelbrug were the ] kp..i were fircnoly pofied v e lay vv nr ai it nil eleven at night whtn v.e marcitd to r.ttatk then 1 he auilriics kd tr.e way ; aftjong con tefteniued attended with great lofs ui both fides 1 he enemy at length esve way and we took four pieces cf cannon the detaclment paficd en to the oe£cspelle where the french had formed 1 heauitrians cgain attacked and were oppefed with great kravery for jcme time when the french ficd having loll five pieces ot cannon and left tlieir camp itardiug owing to the brak ing a io-idre during ihe sdion the i:i :■;) ah c^v;.lr could not act frcm the nature of the ground c but i=fter they made the n.oft dreadful ravage this night we en camped near the ti cf battle in i;e mor u\r marched on to out i lpres where the tiiemy had rallied but from whence they were again beaten with but little lofs on tur part in the evening the 3d dragoons inarched to hound iclote where being joined by the regiment of our tmigrams and fup portedby the icftfquadron 0 onrdetachrcent on the follcwir.g uicniing rrccccdcd to ux om frcm wliciice the enemy h«id hov ever prudently retired on the evening of the 24th we returned to pound chcte we were within ■ league oj dunkirk and the firing of cur advanced pdts confiding of the guards and aoftrians was bceffanr f ro m two in the afternoon till night and renewed in the morning camp at chievelde dugvfl 27 we are here within two miles ot dunkirk and much expofed to the fire of the enemy's gun-boats which cluing this morning