North Carolina Gazette

              north-car olinagazette vol xi s a t u r l a y november 19 1796 no 566 was throrwu on the mein r,c:ir derrlcbach which was not finiflied u.uil a;c in lheeye ning general kray reawincd at gcrolt hofferi dublin september idi n the county of armagh and in part of j do > n abarbarous and bloody perfeciuion lo.:t hups tofavage without controul blow ing uie brains one of unotfendimg and induf j trious men cutting off legs of others mid j proitrutiii'j houfes and c:ibb ns arc d.iily and common enormities at market hill they | have added fire to k ord and burnt nine hou i fes at inid-day on thuri'day evening laft a nuinher of combining broad c'oth weavers aflemblj<l on the combe armed with fwords and bludge o.is and havihg feizedon a fewinduftrious peaceable men whom they dehominated i c c bels or kilkenny men they c-nt and abufed them in a molt ihbfkiag tnanner we are happy to hear that vigorous nieofures ore i bouttobe adopted by the right hon the | lord mnyor to fupprefb this daiigerous com j bination ; his lordi lipii tends calling a meef in > of the mannfacturers i;ut with their co operation to afforj proteclnon and fupportto j tfaotc unhappy men on whom thete cbmbina | tors have svrecked their vengeance fifteen pieces of cannon and feven ftamlards of tlic imperial army septcmbrr o diavning-fircct , september 18 1796 difpatches of which the following arc co pies have been received trotn capt ariliu thtr by therein honourable lord gs enville h's majefty's principal secretary of state for loi'i'v 11 affairs head-quarters of his royal highnefsthe arch duke charles zell near wurtzburg i-ejn 4 1796 my lore your lord ihip is acquainted with the nu fortunate circutnftances wh'ch have obliged colonel nnd mr 11 craufoi'd to remain for a tiwic at a diflance iiom thefceneof opera tions i ho abi'ence i thele gentlemen at a moment i'o particularly interelbng as the pre fent mult be regretted as a lofs to the pub lie fcrvice ; v ii.cn though at their requeft i now atten pt to detail 10 your lordihip the late proceedings of the army i feel myfelf inadequate to lupply iour lordfhip is alrer.c)y informed of the n ovements of his royal highnels the an hduke up to the jilt ultimo ; at which period the right wing of the army was aflembled in the plain between fcrcheim and barberg ; and the left confiding of upwards of twenty two bittalions and fifty fquadi'ons under the com mand of lieutenant general stzaray had reach ed eberach and threatened at once by tie tdthnietlts the points of bcheinfort and of vv urtzburg tarly on the 31ft the archduke entered batnberg ; and trt)m the information there received of the enemy determined to puflj on with the whole army towards wurtzburg as being the joint 1 n the occupation of wh.ch depended the pofllbility of forcing jourdan to abandon the i ein ans take his retreot through the cv i.ntry of 1 ulda on the lahn lis royal higl neis proceeded ii • the evening to bourg eberacl • c e kray took polt at elttnan and general stzaray advanced to lviotut bthwartzach on the lit september the archduke march ed to ber sthwartzach general kray to garoldlhoffen and gcnirai stzaray to kit tuigen where he palled the meyn ; his a \ anc d guard luider general lotze took pofl'eh.on of the town ofwurtzburg the french gairrifon retiring into ihe citadel in the mean time the enemy trained up on every nerve to reach wurtburg belbre the main body of the anilrian army 11 ould cc c up ; and by toivcd marches arrived at kornach within three leagues ot the town the lame clay on which general iiotze took pofleflion of it inextd.iy the 2d jourdau attacked with ihe utniolt impetiunity the corps under general stzaray ; but tho he luccccdeu iii tore ing fome of his ports he was not nbie to make any imprefiion on the main polkion ; and retired in the evening to his camp near kernach 1 here he rclolved to abide the event of a battle and in that view poied hittlfelf in the following manner : his ri^ht wing to the meyn a little below wurtzburg relied on a very commanding eminence ; in front of which a deep river rendered ti,e acoefs extremely difficult the tirit line of his centre occupied a long narrow wood jkirtiug the bottom of a chain of heights on the r?dge of which his fecond liiic was polled his left wing conlilling al n:oit eniircly of cavalry was placed in the fpacious plain in front ofkorfach ; but con ndera'oly throv u back in order to receive the more effcclurj fupport from the infantry in die word general stzaray in the trfeati time judg ing from the force nd ilfiral c nduct of jour dan th.it i-.j would foon renew his efforts to render himielf mailer of wurtbourg,'embra ced the ipintecl resolution of rather advancing againlt him than of waiting for him in his potition the archduke approved of this i dea and determined to facilitate the executi on of ir h making a combined attack on the enemy to takr place early in the morningof tiic 3d 1 he intention was that general stzaray fliould move forward againft the corps which was oppof d to him ; that the main body under tiie command of general warten fie en railing the bridge of dettlcbnch lliould attack ihe lc irre of the enemy • vh.lit general kray croiiing the river at the point neareit geroltzhoffenj ihould turn his left wing soon after day break accordingly gen stzaray advanced and drove back the poits of the enemy ; as however the other two columns had a considerable march to make and met with much unexpected delay in the paflage of the river lie loon found bimfelf engaged alone by very iupr ri r numbers ; and w ai not only obliged to relinquifti the ground he had gained but had much difficulty in maint ining his original polkion at this critical inltant his royal highnefs fcit orders to gen wartenfleben to ford the river with the whole of his cavalry and advance d'.mtly againft the left of the ene my i his judicious manoeuvre h.:d the defi red effect jourdan feeing himfelf menaced in the mod dkntial point ofhis petition with drew from his right the troops with which he v as prelimg gen stzaray who thus gained t.me to re-eitablifh himielf in hispolt ihe cavalry now charged the lett of the enemy and drove it from its ground buc the enemy retiring behind the wood the aui trians remained expoled to a fire of inufqiie try and grape u hich obliged them to aban don the advantage they had gained a ie cor.d attempt of the fame nature had a fimilar fate ; and after fruitless endeavours to draw the enemy into the plain his royal highnefs refolvedto wait the arrival of gen warten ileben's column \\ ithout which it was evident the pofitioti of the enemy could not be forced at length the infantry appeared advanc ing irom detrelbach and general stzary moving forward at the fame ti-.nc a combined attack wi's immediately formed againft the wood which covered the enemy's front eight battalions of grenadiers advanced for this purpofe with equal order and impetuo fity regardlefs of tirailleurs who harraflcd them ; they gained the wood without firing a il'ot and in a few minutes drove the ene my not only from thence but from the heights beyond it this advantage and the appearance of general kray s column on the right decided the fortunate of the day jour dan made 116 attempt to recover the ground he had left but began his retreat on every point this he for tome time conducted with much regularity ; his cavalry preferving con siderable countenance and forming repeat edly under protection of their artillery to chet.k the purfuit of the auttrians at length however continually harrafted by the huf farr and overpowered by a prodigious fire of artillery from the heights the confulion became general ; the extellive fatigue of the auftrians and the coming on of night alone fared them from total deftrucuon l () n d o n september 15 the following obfervntions are t.ikcn frcn t'ic redacleur the paper of the ] r nth r>irectory i'he llatements we be lieve tr he incorrect we give them only fcrf t'le purpofe n ihewing tl t the accredited vcni from th"5 country is not likely to meet li r ; - tirft ultance witlia favorable recep i - j ! •' . lannnoml the confident of mr pitt j.as 1 en with the kirg of i ruilia toeno;n^e v i to ft join the coalition hepropoleda 1 rge fublidj . ami bo/d was at hamburgh for the purpofe of realizing the offer he was aut'norii'ed allo ro oifer the re-eilabliihment of the i-tadtholder nnd thereftimrion of the countries on tne eft bank of the rhine and to pmniteto the king of pruflia the poflelli onofhar burg with whatever tcrritcrv he in'uy chuie to appropriate to hiniltlt on the right bank oi the khne •■ r l j itt is alfo toirnd an englifhman v ikvii he w ill endeavor to introduce into france as an american and who is to dcd.-.rc th.it in is veitedwith powers to neaoclite a peace between great iir^tain and the french kepublic " i k ' :> alfa cent an cmifiary into pain nvho is c powered to lurrender portugal to that monarchy provided thai tlie court of ] iadri vill agree to det.ich itlelf from its new uiiiance v ith fraqce septcmb r 17 yeltcriby we iveel.cd by exprcfs the pa rts journals to the 1 th.aua thole oi bruflels to the litii by ai article inferted in ihe latter we are led to believe that jourdan in tended to alieinljle all his different corps at 1 iv lucre , v here t ' p his head-quar ters are arrived b tins time bo.rie oi ihe letter pr<ne id that jourdan's retreat is only a ur t ■ i ■ '■<■ ulated to draw the archduke i to a n>orefat il fn;irethan that into which he h il by jcurti.m'stctrcat acroisthe rhine at «. g j'.ei • , in the beginningof the campaign but v.c do otconcur in this opinion jnur i !.". leitf-i plainly hew that he has fuftained jevei al cli ats we t!o not think it improb :.',: t v ither the archdtike will cut off i cue retreat or'moreau will cut of the ■ • ' :>.';• orchil's army no-.v becomes j : i objeftofihterefl than that ot . b'rom the banks of the kab io iberg the dillantfc which jourdan has i since the an htiukecrofled the da , . al : nolltadt is ially 150 milts • • '• : tt fioin vjnrrau the french :■ on in italy annouueesa vkiory rain < ■. the 41 inlfant by general maiena • faid in tw*o attacks to have made five c . chouiunidj-r^bucrs and to have taken a numerous artillery was distributed on the moft effential points along his rout the divifion or leiebvre remained potted behind bchweinfurt to cover the gre.u road to i'uldt and a linall intermediate corps maintained his communicatio i with the army unroyal highnefe halted the id in his ca.i of ob^r ltiiv i:-_ck whilft a bridge the lofs of the atfftrians on this occafion amounts at mod to 800 men amongft whom are no officers of ililtinc'tion ; that of the cne my is by lar more considerable tuo tliou fand prubners arc lready bro't in and the number of ki led md wounded cannot i e fmaller one colour fix pieces of cannon antl a jre.a number cf ammunition ai»d bag