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S U P P L E M E N T to the AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, No. 373.
PARIS, Augufl 26.
Letter Jr om General of Brigade Omeara.
Dated Dunkirk , Aug. 23.
“ Citizen President—l have the honour of ad
dressing to you the subjoined copy of the Summons
just made to me on the part of the Duke of York,
with a copy of my answer.
( Signed ,) Omeara.”
Head-Quarters of the Combined Armies (
before Dunkirk , Augujl 23. 5
“SIR,
“ I give you notice, that the army I command,
is at your gates. Your city, destitute of any real
defence, can oppose no reiiltance to the vi&orious
arms which I might instantly employ against it, if
I did not wish to avoid the total ruin of a flourifhing
city, and if humanity and generoiity did not ren
der me desirous of sparing human blood. I there
fore summon you Sir, to surrender the city of
Dunkirk , to his Britannic Majesty, before I dis
play against it, the very considerable forces at my
disposal; apprizing you however, that I will listen
to any proportions you may make, provided they
be such as are not injurious to the consideration and
the honour of the British arms, the interests of
Great Britain, and those of her allies. I give
you twenty-four hours to deliberate on this sum
mons.
FREDERICK DUKE of YORK,
Commander of the Combined Army before Dunkirk .”
Copy of the Answer to the Summons.
Dunkirk , Aug. 23, Second year of the French }
Republic, one and indivifible* $
“GENERAL,
“ Inverted with the confidence of the French
Rupublic, I have received your fommons to sur
render an important city. 'I answer by alluring
you, that I shall defend it with she brave Republi
cans, whom I have the honour to command*
( Signed ) Omeara.”
PRINCE SAXE COtyUßG’s DIVISION.
Herin, Aug. 16.
The Grand army, under the Prince de Cobourg,
has inverted * Maubeuge, \LeQuefnoy, and Lan
drecis ; the two latter are now blockaded. The
moment, that Landrecis is taken, the siege of
Maubeiig'e will commence. The allies begin with
Landrecis although more Advanced, becaufeit can
not hold out long, and when taken, will completely
cover the: liege of Maubeuge. They will then be
able tq.attack it from behind the woods of Marmal,
where the French are still polled, and from which
they might incommode the army that will befxege
Maubeuge. *
*ln French Flanders, fortified by Vauhan , 12
miles S. of Mons, and 40 S. W. of Brussels.
f A town 9 miles S. E. of Vuhriciefines, and 15
N. E. of Cambray.
+ A town 18 miles S. W. of MaubeugCj and 100
N. by E. of Paris , a well fortified place.
LONDON, Augujt zi.
When the Hfowe packet left Liibon, the Court
of Portugal were preparing transports for 5000
troops, which were to be sent to Spain, under
convoy of the St. Sebastian, of 74 guns, and three
frigates The troops are to be commanded by
Brigadier-General Forbes ; and it was imagined
that he would be accompanied on the expedition
by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland. They
were expected to embark about the Bth inflant.
On Tuefday his Majesty’s warrant for a new
charter to the Royal Bank of Edinburgh, was re
ceived there, and their capital increafcd from
600,CC01. to IjOOOjOOoI.
The Dublin Exchequer-Loan has been rapidly
* -filled, and the bills are above par.
Augujt 23. The Court of Naples, which has
hitherto observed an exact neutrality with refpecl
to the French, has at length acceded, on the Soli
citations of the Court ct London, to the coalition
of powers for the definition of anarchy intne un
happy kingdom of France. Naples is to iiirnifh
6cco men, and 4c gun-barks.
A private expedition is immediately to take
place, Tup; ofed to the Weft-Indies, under the com
mand of Sir William Howe, who is to have under
hit" four Major-Generals, viz. Alexander Stewart,
Lieutenant-Colonel of the third toot, James Coates
ot the 19th, John Leland, and Ralph Dundas,
with i 2 regiments of foot; seven from England,
and five from Ireland. The seven English ones
are all under orders at this moment, viz. the 3d,
19th, 42d, 54th, 58th, 59th, and63d ; the Irifli
ones are hourly expected; the 64th and 70th are
two of them. They arc all to rendezvous at Ports
mouth, and are expected to fail in about a month,
or five weeks at faftheft.
r l he Emperor has consented to the rceftablifh
ment of the monasteries, in Flanders, fupprefl'cd
by his uncle, Joseph 11. in 1783, reserving to
himfelf the property which his uncle Joseph had
seized upon.
Apprehensions of a war with America are (till
entertained in the city ; and it is even pretended
that the cefiion of the French Weft-India Islands
is the price at which .the American corsairs are to
be let loose upon our trade.
It is said that Mr. Pinckney, the American
Minister, has made some representations of what
are deemed, by Congress infractions of the treaty
of 1783; and more particularly the'feizure of
American (hips bound to France, and the impress
of American tailor's to man our fleets.
It is further stated, that the said Ambaflador is
so little secure of a continuance of peace, that he
has ordered in the accounts of his tradesmen, and
prepared for a speedy departure.
It is however to be hoped that hostilities may yet
be averted. *'
A ugust 28. A detachment of the royal artillery,
consisting ol ttfo Captains, eight subalterns, and
two hundred and fifty men, commanded by Major
Huddleftone, embarked yesterday from Woolwich
for Dunkirk. They carry with them large iron
mortars cm iron carriages, and a great train of bat
tering artillery.
Lord Amherst has ilfued ar order for all the
officers absent from the regiments in the Weft-In
dies, to join immediately ; and it is said that 12,000
men are to be sent thither.
Advices from the head-quarters of the allies,
dated Herin, August 17, fay, “ This morning,
at five o’clock, the Prince de Hohenlohe made a
vigorous attack on the French entrenchments in
the sorest of Marmal, and after a long conflict
of nine hours, drove them from each successively,
and at length from the sorest itfelf; 500 of the
French were left dead on the spot, amongst whom
was their commander ; the prisoners amounted to
200, amongst whom were two Colonels and seve
ral officers. Our loss docs not exceed 50 men
killed and Wounded. The Prince de Hohenlohe
has not only got pofieffion of the sorest, but also
of Villeraux, Jolimez, Louvignies, Preux, Lequig
nol, Grand Carriere, Hecq, and Borlaimont.
The enemy, with their scattered forces, fled to
wards Qaefnoy, Maubeuge, and Landrccy.
ScpL. 4. Letters from Dublin mention, that in
ccnfequence of the determination of his Majesty’s
Miniiters to carry on the present war with redou
bled vigour, 13 regiments of foot are to be imme
diately embarked from Ireland for the Weft-Indies,
with a large train of artillery ; for which purpose,
twenty thousand tons offfiipping will immediately
be contracted for to transport the forces across the
atlantic.
The recruting service is carrying on in Ireland
with great vigour. The officers are all appointed.
There are- litreen captains, each of whom has a
party, and Colonel Bowater is to command the
whole. Their stations are at Dublin, Cork, and
Waterford.
Letters frc-m Dublin likewise mention, that
camp-equipage, complete, for the sth and 6th
dragoon guards, and 12th regiment of light-dra
goons, has been iffaed from ..he ordnar.-ce, an^