Fayetteville Gazette

              fayetteville gazette a toim and country paper , pa.ktep mr , tuesdat kv alexander martin t0 johm sible vol i — mom acti parte t u e s d a t may 28 1793 justltiam speculamur.j no 42 ) latest european intelligence on the latter day the advantage feemed to be decisively in favor of the imperial army , it appears by difpatches which go vernment have this morning received by way of flushing that the victory on the 1 8 th w«#nly a prelude to ftill greater fucc:fs — the aultrians elaced and in high fpirits with their good for tune were determined to give the french but little breathing time they iudantly let about the propex : arrange ments ot harralling the flying enemy and following up the btaw they had given with energy that they fiioald effe&ually crufti iheir ftrengih in ihe netherlands and annihilate that prwer which they had ufurpsd over the bel gians the plan was as happuy executed as farmed and the vaft fuperiority of the auftrian cavalry prevented the french from ever recoveiing the ihock they had met with he right miranda that on the left and galite that on the center we carried his town by main force and went be yond it in purfuing the enemy who in their turn attacked us with much bold nefs in the villages of goidefenhovcre and hawtemowder the army not only defended themfelves with the great eft lirmnels but they attacked with ftlc cefs in their tufn and night only put an end to the combat which continued wiihcutintermiffiontromyefterdaynoon til 7 o'clock thw evening " all the bodies of the armydifplayed fie greate ft courage the enemy alfo difplayed ranch fkill in their manoeuvres and on that account i confider this af iair as very de^.ifive for opinion se veral parties of the army were deprived by their diftance of the honor of having a ihare in it i am perfuaded that the prmce de cobourg will entertain efteem for ihcitwy of the republic i cannot eitcr into any particular detail as i am ooliged omakepreparations forto-mor r vr i fliali only tell you that the 8th regiment of infantry repuhed rvith theii bayonets a charge by the dragoons of cobourg signed " dumourier polis where credit was at a very low ebb for forhe time paft but is now beginning to revive though the french may be obliged to relinquifti all theirconquefts it'll they are hallow politicians who fuppoie the combinedpowers with whom thet aie at war will make anyimpreffionor fi ance t-,e ft e f he diike of byuiiiwivk v ill be a lefion tothofe who may meditate an invafionof thatcouniry and as nothing beyond the recapture of hole places hey have taken can be derived from the war except hard knocks we may expect a ne gociation for peace will ihortly come on the tapis lloyd's lift contains an account of eight br : tifh veflels from different p^rts of turkey and levan which havt been captured by the french in the meji-er r>j!ean andof five french weit ind-.a men bound to marfeiiles feized in spa nifii ports or brought into gibraltar in addition to the difafttous accident which happened laft week tothe p ! ican privateer of liverpool we have the un pleafing intelligence that on friday laft alkhe banking houfehin that gveat com mercial city flopped payment our merchants however have not elcaped the concuffion the war has oc cafioned : irifr veflels to a confideraole amount in their colledlive value hive been captured by theenemy : and triere is at this day upwards of t*o hurdred thoufand pounds value of irilh proper ty detained for ihis fevsral weeks in he ports of england wailing for convoys ; and twenty limes that amounr now a float in great peril of capm-e by the numerous privateers which by this day have iailed from the diffeient par ? i : of france by thejhip hero capt blunt arrived at bojion on the 2%th ult in 30 days from brijlol the following late advices were received ; for which however al lowances mujl be made as they were ta ken fran the star « rank mint jierial hired paper hqlljnd dort r t'his morning capt march z 5 jl charles crawford aid da-camp to his royalhighnefs of york arrived in this garrifon from the au ihian army with advice that on the 1 6th inftant general clairtait's van guard fell in with a confiderbie body of the french army near tirlcmont and the former received a check and were obliged to fall back with fome lofs . nearly on the i2ih however the two armies met when a general a&ion en iucc on friday the 2d inflant the au ftrians in fpite of every manoeuvre 0 the french to avoid the conflict fores i them to a general action the battle was bloody but the fuccefs of the au ftrians was decifive — they gained a complete victory — and toufe the words of a private letter the french were li tiraliy cut to pieces the aftion took place near louvain accordingtothe governmentdifpatcb.es the french loft 17,000 men killed wounded and prifoners among he latter is general valace other ac counts ftate that general dumoarier only efcaped the fame fate by ftriking off the arm of the auftrian foldier who had laid hold f him mr dumourier commanded the riefnt wing of the french in perfon at tacked and turned the auftrian left wing headed by general clairfait but iiis troops net being fieaiy to improve the advantage general clairfait at tacked kim in front and after a iharp conflict totally routed the french who left t'ro thoufand dead on the field and loft thirty pieces of artillery the a liirians loft 1,2*0 men the battle having been unfavorable to them at fiifr though the conclusion of it was a complete victory internal commotions letter fram the adtninijlrotors of majer.ne and loire a«5ur3 marcb 17 1790 bt press ntativ ei thedep^rtment of islayenne loire is in grcai ciiiirefs bur it has not loft courage the di!triist of st fiorenr ex peuencedthe fiid fliock : it has been rotterdam march 21 we hav received the agreeable news that onthe i5th,i6i:h 17th inftant the french and auftriaa armies were inceflantly qn^aged — on the 16th the french took poll's iiion of ririeimjnr.but tile next day i general a&ion took place which was fought with great obftinacy and great laughter at one time the auftrian line gave away but thefrench prefflttg forward with their ufual impetuofity fell into the utmoft confufion and were trampled down by the cavalry the havoc was immenfe their lofs was no lefs than 10,000 killed and 2,coo t^ken prifoners with 70 pieces of can non the lofs of the auitrians did not amount to more than 1,430 the french retired to their entrenched camp at louvain entirely deftroyed — the treasury has been plnndbred arid the patriots ime bten hhgr maflacred or etpelled by a bund . f infurgents various bodies of thefe banditti are difperfed in diffb ent quarters during the time that sc florent was ravaged one proceeded to the town of cheuiile which fooh experienced the like fate chovt the chief place of the diltricl being rich by its manufactures and com merce attracted he attention of thefe plunde'cs and notwithstanding the re liftance it made it was obliged to fur render yefterday at noon an engagement look place which vt\s ft:ll fatal to the patriots the infurgents are now pro ceedituv to saunmr an important city tho pofteflion of which will render them rmfters of the whole country the counter revslutionifts have all white cockades they demand a king and that tbeemi^rant^fhallberecalled the admini'lritive bodies have fecrred 200 of th«m andinorcier to'imtimidate thef vulains they think it neceflary that the law proceedings ihould be hortened in confequer.ee of this intelligence inftant orders were dif patched to ad miral m bride to fail with his fquadron and block up the port of oil end - the only fear e&terjained of his not being a blefpeedily to execute thefe orders is on account of the wind which is father unfavourable to his paffing the lands letters from plymouth dated the 2ofh inft advife that in consequence of an exprefs from portsmouth having ar rived there t^vo days before the grearejl buftleof preparationsever knowa in t.xit port xvas going forward on the 7th ten fail of french line of battle fii»ps vce feen off the tart point and on the day the letters were written four of their two deckers were lying to off caufand bay liverpool march 20 this after noon about two o'ciock a moft die-id fill accident happened here as the pelican privateer belonging to nicholas afliton efq of this town wat crnifing in the river by a fudderi guft of wind he overfet and inftanth went to the bot tom ! she was manned with 94 choice feamen aud had on board at the time the accident happened upwards of 40 perfons exclufive of her crew ovt of which ntimberonly 32 have been faved ! fiom one of thofe that were laved we are informed that it was owinvr fo the guns being loofe,the misfortune happen ed,tha'when theguft o wind bee.edher the weather guns broke through the lee ports,and fhe inftantw filled wirh water her niafts at low water mark appear half out of the waters facts related b the passen gers in capt blunt that the french army command edby general dumourt£r had reduced the whole of du tch br bant — that in dutch flanders he came up with the combined armies under general clairfalt.hadand a warm adlion which laded 12 hours — when the combined armies retired and were pnrfucd for 2 days by dumourier with great slaughter at which time clairfait's army being reinforced by 12000 frefh cavalry and dumourier's army being much fatigued his ri^ht wing gave away — himfeifbeing ebgag ed by an officer of cavalry whofought him fome time till dumourier pttt an end to the combat by cutting 02 the officers right arm bs 1 el march z2 an account has been juft publi;hed here of the glorious and decifnre vi£k>ry obtained afcer three days lighting over the french they arecompletely routed — they loft 2.200 the french left 33 pieces of cannon on the field the battle was fought near newland and the glory is to be afcri bed to clairfait who after the line was in diforder rallied the troops and with his cavalry mowed down the enemy r-the french fought with great bra very difputed every inch of t!u way and took their former ration in\heir ftrong entrenchmcnrs on the iron mountain where the auftrians are pre paring to attack them hague march 2 2 . therehave been three aclions near tirlemonc the ac counts have come to us vaguely it is owned that on the 15th and 16th the french had the better and that they had fought with courage and kill on the 1 8th a mod bloody engagement took place which lafted from feven in the morning till five in the evening and in which the auftrians left wing gave way ; but the fuperior force of cavalry on the fide of the auftriaiss overpow i cred the french and drove them back [ o their entrenchments near louvain l f the lofs in three days is faidto be inearly equal ; on the fide of the french fc^u 7,000 men and on that of the fcj certainly more than 6,000 we have al french jaged on the a ; and that tuefijay march 21 a letter was read from dumourier informing them that his army had re taken 1 irelemont from the enemy and had driven them com hderably beyond it france the'principle meafure propcfed in the ' beginning of this fitting was a motion by charnbon that ail correfpor.dence liould be ftopped with england and with all the other powers with whom ' the republic was at war other members propofed that all the english and other foreigners hould quit trance within eight cays after a warm debate k was decreed j that the diplomatic committee fliould i prepare their outline of a law on this fubjeft againfs the next day ireland dublin march 25 letters were received into?rnyefte*day whichconfirm the reports of the bedford man of war being taken government have received certainiri i i^gence of a french fleet of twelve i'd of diellne having been feen oft cork it w n coafequence of this informati on rtat cae trainof artillery was fent off to the foulh the failure of the french expedition in holland will be attended wjthfvery happy confeqaences to the of thefe countries alre^d'y we begin 1 t gerceirs the ese^s cf'ft in this metro extratt of a letter fr»m havre t march 16 " you doubtlefs have a more particu lar account of the war than i can give you the french have in aftual fer vice fix hundred thqufand men befides the national gnards of each city un der excellent difcipiine notwithstanding the accounts you may receive in eng land and holland which are void al i moitahogetherjof truth holland riiuft be in rite poflellion of the french in three or four ynonths lalt wednefc'ay two troops of dra goons marched from exeter for pad ftow to difperfe the tinners it the fame time colonel rnlle and captain knighton two fubaltef ns and 84 pri vates of the soath devon regiment marched to calftock on their ap proach the tinners retired further weft ward when the iaft accounts arnved the dragoons z^*h regimenf and south devon vere in parfuit of them eja^iand is faid to contain eight mil ! j0fs of inhabitants who fend to the houfe of commons 513 members a.t • this rate every million ought to rhufe 64 reprefen atives ; butthe city of lon ■■ don fend but fix anc the borough of old saram which contains only one '' inhabitant fends i iaqmbert ■ national convention march 20 letter from gen dt.:n:c:irter tireiemont march ig *« citizen minister " i announce to you with the greateu fatisfatfion that the check at iz la chappelle as far as it concerns the ho nor of the french arms has been re paired this day in the moft brilliant manner yefterday the auftnans at tacked and took tirelemont in which vehadonly4comen this great tovrn not being fufceptible of any defence and being before the van guard pofted on the five heights of complicbt < marfnal lamarche defended himfelf with a co rage and kill which faved the french army bv giving divifions time to march to his affiftance a miftake in the ex ecution of orders might have carried alarm to bruffels and even to pans becaufe fome bodies in place of repair ing to their place of deftination fell back which might have made the evil to be believed much greater that if was " thisinorning i attacked tirekmont on the right and-left with a part ri the army as the reft could not corre up gen valence commanded the attack on