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M ,By Yesterday’s Northern Mail.
NEW-YORK, October 18.
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London dates to September four.
|| By the ship SWAN, Capt. WOODHAM
|H arrived at the watering place last night,
at ten o’clock, we have been obligingly
favoured with London newspapers to
September 4, from which the following
important information is felefted :
mk Daily Advertifer.]
LONDON, August 31.
We at length have it in our power to re
lieve in lorne measure the pubiic anxiety
i in regard to the armament on the coast of
| Holland.
This day, at one o’clock admiral lord
Duncan’s fir ft lieivtenant arrived at the
■ admiralty with dispatches from his Lord
fliip, containing the important intelligence
of the Britifli forces having taken the for
trefs of Helder, on the coast of Holland,
by storm. The enemy in the conflict are
said to have loft 1 500 men ; and, we la
ment to fay, the loss on our Tides is stated
at 400 men in killed and wounded, chiefly
belonging to the guards.
Among the officers killed, wliofe deaths
it is afllidfing to record, are col. Smollet,
of the guards, and major Haye, of the ar
tillery.
General Sir James Pultney, and Mr.
John Hope are among the wounded.
The troops began to difembarkon Tuef
day morning last at two o’clock, and the
atftion between the enemy and the Britifli
forces, lasted till four in the afternoon.
September 3.
At a very late hour yesterday afternoon,
when a considerable part of our impression
was worked off, we (topped the prels to
announce the arrival of capt. Hope, firft
captain to Admiral Lord Duncan, and
capt. Oughten, firft capt. to Vice Admiral
Mitchell, with dispatches for the Admiral
ty; and of Colonel Maitland of the Guards
with dispatches from General Abercrom
bie to Mr. Dundas, containing the official
details of the fuccel's of our gallant troops
in Holland, with the farther intelligence
of the surrender of part of the Dutch fleet.
SURRENDER
Os the whole of the Butch Fleet!
Our readers will fee by Lord Duncan’s
letter, that he had no doubt of the remain
der of the Dutch Fleet being at the time
of his writing in the pofleflion of Admiral
Mitchell.
As there is a greater depth of water on
that fide of the Mars Diep, which is next
to the Helder point than on the fide dole
to the Tcxel iiland, our tine of battle (hips
Were enabled to follow the Dutch Fleet in
to the Texel Ifland,when thofealready men
tioned in the Gazette surrendered. Ad
miral Mitchell in his letter to Lord Dun
can, Rates that he was determined to fol
low the remainder even to the walls of
Amsterdam, and the gallant admiral has in
deed kept his word, for this forenoon an
officer of the navy arrived at the admiralty
with an account of his success. The Ad
miral after the firft surrender of part of the
Dutch fleet, as stated in the Gazette, f'ail
td up the Texel with eight fail of two
deckers, and moored his fliips along fide
the remainder, the whole of which, viz.—
Fight sail of the line, and every
OTHER SHIP IN THE TtXEL, HAYE SUR
RENDERED.
The following is the official notice sent
to the Lord Mayor, Lloyd’sCoffee-Houfe,
and to the members of the administration.
“ Admiralty Office, Sept. to.
“ Ten Minutes pall one.
“ Lieutenant Collier has just arrived
with an account of the surrender of the
Dutch Fleet, confiding of
One of seventy-sour guns.
Five of sixty-eight.
Two of fifty-four.
One of thirty-two,
And One of fixteci.
Without firing a gun !”
The Park and Tower guns were fired
at two this afternoon on the happy occa
fi ui; and the Ac niralty nnJ all the pub
lic officers are preparing for a splendid il
ium-nation, which is expedled to be very
general throughout London and Westmin
ster.
We ft ted in our paper of yesterday that
a French Journal of a late date had been
received in town, containing an account
of the total defeat of General Joubert’s ar
my by Marlhal Suwarrow.
We now learn, that this paper, the on
lv one in town, is in the pofleflion of go
vernment. The battle is said to have tak
en place at Novi, 3 town in the Genoefe
territories, ten miles weft of Tortona, and
twenty-two nonhueft of Genoa.
Private letters bv the Hamburg mail re
ceived yesterday, state that Buonaparte had
made good his retreat in Egvpt, and ar
rived at Cairo.
1 ite official dispatch from Lord Dun
rt-peftinj tav intci.igence which we
gave on Saturday of our brave troops sav
ing effe&ed a landing in Holland, and
made themselves raafters of the important
poll of Helder, commandingthe principal
entrance of the Texel, were brought home
by Jient Clav, of Kent Man of war.
Thofc from Sir Ralph Abercrombie and
Admiral Mitchell have not yet been pub
lished ; but our readers will fee by the fol
lowing extra ft from the London Gazette
of Saturday, that the event is fully con
firmed :
ADMIR AYTY-OFFICE, Allguft 31.
Lieutenant Clay , of his MajeJiy s ship Kent ,
arrived this morning with a difpateh from
Admiral Lord Duncan , L. B. to Mr. Nee
pearl Secretary of the Admiralty , of which
the following is a copy :
Kent, at anchor off the Texel,
August 23,
Sir,
Be pleased to acquaint the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, that I
(hall go on from my letter of the 24th inst.
and fay it blew so frefli on Sunday that we
could not approach the land, but the wea
ther becoming more moderate on Monday,
the whole of the fleet with transports, were
at anchor clofejn fliore by noon on that
day. I shall not enter into detail of the
landing the troops, or what happened on
Tuelday, as their Lordships vviil have that
stated by Vice-Admiral Mitchell; fuffice
it to fay, the troops rowed towards the
fliore at day break, and landed though im
mediately opposed by numbers, and from
that time till half past 4 P. M. were con
tinually in aftion. However, the galan
try of the Britifli troops surmounted all
difficulties, and drove the enemy wherever
they met them. The Rattizan Ruffian
ship got ashore on the South Haik in
coming to the anchorage, where (he re
mained some time in great danger, but by
timely afliftance and exertion of her capt.
and officers, in getting out some of the
guns and lightening her, (he was got off;
and last night reported to be fit for service.
At five P. M. the Beliqueux, with her
convoy from the Downs, anchored. This
day it blows strong from the westward
with a great furf, so that I fear little can
be done ; but I am sure the Vice-Admi
ral will avail himfelf of every opportunity
to carry on the service, as I never witnes
sed more attention and perl'everance in
spite of most unfavorable weather, to get
the troops landed; and nothing (hall be
wanting on my part towards furnilhing
Jiim with every aid in my power, in order
to bring the business to a happy termina
tion.
P. S. Eight, P. M. The weather is ftifl
bad; but a lugger is just returned with an
answer to a letter I wrote Vice-Admiral
Mitchell this morning, by which I find
the Helder Point was last night evacuated,
and the guns in it spiked up. The Lieu
tenant of the lugger likewise reports that
the General and Vice-Admiral had not
sent off their dispatches : and as I think it
of the greatest consequence that govern
ment fhoutd have the earliest notice, I de
tach a cutter with this interesting intelli
gence, although it was my original inten
tion only to have sent one away after the
General and Vice-Admiral had forwarded
their difpaches; and as l have not time to
alter my other letter to you of this date, I
beg to refer their Lordships to lieutenant
Clay, of his majesty’s ship Kent, an intel
ligent and deserving officer, for further
particulars.
(Signed) DUNCAN.
Evan Nepean, Esq^
Last evening arrived the brig Volunteer,
Capt. Stewart, in the remarkable Jhort
pajfage of 32 days from Hamburg , by
whom we have been favored with Hamburg
papers to the Jth September. Extra As fol
low. N. Y. Gaz.
LoWER-ELBE, August at.
We learn from Raftadt, that the French
have evacuated the environs of that city,
and Offenlburg, in the night from the 10th
to the nth inst. From Zurich it is re
ported, that the whole of Maflena’s army
is in motion, intending, it is supposed, to
withdraw to Lower Alsace, to avoid being
cut off by the Ruffians, marching by Ulm,
who might cross the Rhine at or near Old
Briffach. The Ruffian lieutenant general
Rimfky Rofakow, with the two firft co
lumns of his troops, was on ths, march to
Ulm ; according to some, they are to form
a camp near Dudwigiburg, in order to di
rest their operations against Mentz. Os
the 15,000 Ruffians, who have already
passed Ulm, the greater part is thought to
march against Kehl.
September 7.
The surrender of the Dutch fleet to the
English [the particulars of which were
given in yesterday’s paper,] has since been
confirmed. In our haste to make known
this formidable achievement, we errene
ouflly stated the number of guns found in
die Dutch arsenal to be 75 instead of 95.
The English troops in landing laboured
under all the disadvantages of lea licktels,
■ ft or my gales, a very high furf, and an in
. cedant fire from the Batavian troops—not
withstanding, in less than four hours time,
the debarkation was completely effc&ed,
to the number of 12,000 men, who were
obliged to fight their way inch by inch.
The courage, perseverance and bravery,
of both foidiers and tailors was never
more conspicuous; and tiie magnanimity
of their leaders is amply teftified by the
glorious (yet to be lamented) death of two
chief officers, who fell in leading their
troops to conquest, one on the right and
the other on the left of the commander,
with whom they had just been conversing,
We are also extremely sorry to learn, that
most of the wounded officers are among the
highest in command.
The brave troops in Italy, Switzerland,
and on the borders of the Rhine, now
fighting in the fame cause, will, no doubt,
be pleased to hear of the exploits of their
Englifli fellow heroes in Holland, and the
mutual successes cannot but inspire an ar
dor that will speedily set aside every obsta
cle in the way of what has been so long
looked for—a general peace.
Capt. Smith, of the navy, who arrived
on Thursday evening, and who left the
Texel soon after Capt. Winthorpe; re
ports, that the Englifli forces now in Hol
land amount to near 24,000 men.
The Ruffian expedition which left Eli
fitiore on the 23d ult. had not arrived when
capt. Winthorpe and Smith left the Texel.
It may in all probability be detained some
time longer by the contrary winds which
have hitherto impeded it; however, the
Ruffians on their arrival will be agreeably
surprised to find their way paved by the
gallantry of the Englifli troops.
The Dutch papers which arrived this
day, mention nothing of the surrender of
the fleet. Accounts from Alkamaer, of the
2d inst. state the armies to be then in the
fame positions. Private letters fay, that
the Dutch troops go over to the Englifli, in
parties of from 50 to roo men.
Defeat of the French at Novi.
VIENNA, August 28.
. The day before yesterday, capt. Lang
arrived here, with a full account of the
battle of Novi, which was this day com
municated to the public in a supplement
extraordinary to the Court Gazette. The
following are the most interesting particu
lars, which were not contained in the firft
account.
“ The enemy’s army consisted of about
45,000 men. It was at firft resolved not
to oppose their advancing into the plains;
but to prevent disagreeable consequences,
and placing the most unlimited confidence
in the valour of his troops, field marftial
Suwarrow was induced to attack the ene
my in their position, which, however, as
appeared already from the firft accounts,
cost the lives of a great number of brave
men, but was in the end attended by the
happiest success, General Melas taking
pofleffion of the heights of Novi, decided
the viftory.
“ This happy event caused such con
sternation among the enemy, that after
(hewing the most resolute firmnefs during
the whole day, they now fled precipitately
1 towards the road of Ovado, and gen. Kray
! continued the attack with so much advan
tage, and manoeuvred so (kilfully against
the enemy’s rear, that he took 2000 prison
ers, among whom was the general of divi
sion Colli, besides several pieces of can
non and ammunition waggons.
“ The enemy’s loss consists at lead in
3000 killed, 4oooprifoners, and upwards of
4000 wounded. Among the prisoners are
the two Generals of division Grouch and
' Ferignon, and the general of brigade Colli
1 and Bardon. The General in chief Jou
bert was wounded at the commencement
of the battle and died of his wounds at
Novi. The general of the enemy who
were made prisoners, unanimouflv state,
that their loss consists, upon the whole in
18,000 men, and that their wounded were
dreadfully mangled by our well dire&ed
, grape-lhot fire.
“ Our loss in killed consist in 13 officers
and 889 privates; wounded, 10 ftaff and
, 151 commissioned officers, and 3636 pri
r vates; prisoners and miffing, besides gene
, ral Lufignan, 24 officers and 1320 privates,
[ of which latter, however, only 700, who
[ were separated from the army during the
. battle, are now mostly returned to their
, regiments.
i “ At the departure of the courier, the
accounts of the loss of the Ruffians were
f not complete. The Ruffian general Ti
. chuwparow is among the wounded.
> “ Words cannot be found to express
fufficiently the merits and intrepidity of
the Austrian and Ruffian troops: every
: individual that (hared the events of this ev
■ cr memorable day ; may claim immortal
1 glory and general esteem.
1 “ Some Imperial generals, ftaff. and offi
cers, are particularly noticed. The gene
-1 ral of Aitillery, Baron Kray, who has so
much distinguished himfelf in this brilliant
1 campaign, and the two field marlhals lieu
, tenant Bsllegard and Ott, have principally
- contributed to his victory by their (kilful
manoeuvres. Field marffial, liemen**
Frobilic signalized himfelf by his Uni{., r
magnanimity. Major general Zach hr
given most effectual affi(lance, in arrant-;,,
the a;tt3ck. Field marshal lieut. PrTnce
Lichienftein, though the ground would
not allow cavalry to be properly cmp'lov
ed, did every thing in his power to harrai'j
on his retreat, &c.
“ In the night from the 15th to the 16th
the enemy confirmed their retreat towards
Genoa, and the division of gen. St. C\r
took pofleffion of the Red Mountain ami
the heights which command the roads of
Gavi, to cover their retreat.
“ On the arrival of major-general Ka
raezy, who was ordered to purlue the ene
my, we had taken 36 pieces of cannon
and 200 ammunition waggons.
“ Thus ended a battle, which was car
ried on from three o’clock in the mornin*
till late at night with the most unexampled
bravery of the troops on both sides,- and
the victory gained by the allies become
merely valuable, when it is confideredthat
according to advices received at the head
quarters of the army, from field-marfhal
lieut. count Haddick, who is stationed
with a body of troops in the neighborhood
of Acafta, the enemy, in combination
with their proceedings at Novi, on the
14th, after forcing our position near Rof
wald, attacked our whole line in the Up
per Valais, in three different points at the
fame time, with superior force, and repul
sed our troops notwithstanding the most
obstinate resistance, and forced colonel
Straunch to retreat towards Ponte Tereza,
and colonel prince Viftor Rohan to quit
his position on Mount Simplon, and re
treat towards Warze.
“To make the neceflary arrangements
f'uccefsful to meet every thing that might
happen, field marshal Suwarrow thought
proper to encamp his army, on the 9th,
near St. Feliciado, and to perfue his march
to Afti on the 20th and to order general
Baron Kray, with a body of troops to Vi
genate, to proceed as circumstances would
require, either towards Varga or Ponte
Tereza.
“ According to further accounts, dated
August 20, general Kaim reports, that
captain Cawenffa, of the 3th regiment huf
iars, attacked the enemy near Meximo and
Bageafeo, and drove them from that poll
with loss.
“JThouglrthe rocky ground in some de
gree retards the operation of the besieging
army before Tortona, they have however
succeeded, in the night from the 13th to
the 16th, to furnifh the batteries erefted a
gainftthe bastions of Mafetti, with the ne
ceflary artillery, and on the following days,
the third parallel was begun, though it is
attended with great difficulties.”
TAKING of HOLLAND.
HAMBURG, September 5.
We have this moment received the fol
lowing particulars refpedting the surren
der of the Dutch Fleet, the truth of which
we can warrant to our readers, although
they are not copied from any official docu
ments.
The firft division of the Brit’fh arma
ment having cast anchor off the Texel on
the 22d of August, went to sea again on
the 23d on account of very heavy gales of
wind, during which one gun boat was loft,
and a Ruffian man of war driven on ftiore,
but without receiving any damage. On
Monday the 26th of August the fleet came
to anchor again, off Ruikdown, and the
troops were landed on the 27th, at four
, o’clock in the morning.
The Dutch made a most formidable op
position, so much so, that during the con
flitt, about 460 English were killed and
wounded, among whom were 30 officers;
and we are sorry to fay, that Col. Smollet
of the guards, and Col. Hay, chief engin
eer, were killed. General fir James Pulte
ney, second in command, Colonels Hope,
Graham, Macdonald, &c. wounded.
The Dutch loft about 1600 men, among
whom was one colonel; the Dutch find
ing that the English were determined to
carry their point, at all hazards, abandon
ed the Helder after spiking their guns.
They had maintained their ground with
great courage, until the English troops ob
tained pofleffion of the two heights, which
were the chief aim of their resolute at
tack.
The English fleet entered into the Tex
el on the 29th ult. when Admiral Mitch
ell sent the following summons to Admi
ral Story :
On board the Iris, under fail,
in line of battle , Aug. 29’
Sir,
I desire you’ll-instantly hoist thff
flag of his Serene highness the Prince of
Orange. If you do so, you will immedi
ately be considered as the friend of the
king of Great-Britain, my most gracious
sovereign ; otherwise you will be made an
fvverable for the consequences. Painfa*
will it be to me for the bloodshed it
occasion, but the guilt w ill fall on )' oUf
own head.
MITCHELL.