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GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
AUGUSTA, December 9.
By lajt Saturday’s mail, we have received the
following IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE :
LONDON, Sept.. la. [Evening]
To our account of the vidGry ever
the French, given in the Courier of
yesterday, vve add the'following par
ticulars :
When the army under Marshal
Frey tag was driven from its petition
near Caffel, and afterwards, from
Hondfchoote to Fumes, it was not
possible for the Duke of York to re
tain his pohtion before Dunkirk.
His royal highness, therefore, pru
dently retired, for the purpose of
effeding a junction with the Mar
fhaL
In this attempt he fortunately fue
ceeded, though the French made
an attack in four different quarters.
The loss on both tides was very
contiderable—Bc officers of the allied
army were killed on the fpot-—6O
waggons of wounded were lent to
Fumes on the evening of the action,
and an equal number on the lucceed
ing day. Two thousand barrels of
powder were taken by the French,
as well as all the heavy artillery.
It was ealy to conceive, that the
French would not remain in inacti
vity subsequent to this success. They,
therefore, pushed forward to attack
Ypres, which, had it fallen, would
have effectually cut off all communi
cation between Gen. Beaulieu and
the Duke of York!
The former, advancing rapidly
from his potition near Lille, attack
ed the French with great vigour,
and as such a measure was entirely
unexpected, the success of General
Beaulieu was. complete. The French
gave up the tiegc of Ypres, and re
tired, with the loss of 2000 men,
and several pieces of cannon.
In their retreat they opened the
sluices, for the purpose of inundating
the country.
The success of Gen. Beaulieu en
abled him to join the army of the
Duke of York, and it was resolved,
after a supply of cannon and warlike
If ores had been received, to advance
again to the tiege of Dunkirk.
On Wednefilay lass, Admiral
Macbride, with his squadron, was
between Offend and Dunkirk, With
out having been able to effed any
thing
On Thursday he was seen off
Nieuport.
The embargo is taken off at Off
end. t . . , ,
The Brilliant frigate, which bro t
Prince Adolphus from Nieuport, sci
fail notwithffanding the wind was
• direCtly contrary, immediately after
his royal highness had lanued ; ane.
took under convoy the tramports,
with the 57th regiment on board,
for the purpose of re-enforcing the
Dukeof York's army.
The importance oi the capture
of Toulon harbour and town, with
the surrender of a!molt the half of
the prelent French naval force, was
not kiliicrently felt this morning in
the city : This great event had little
effect on the funds.
A private letter from France has
communicated to us the following
important intelligence : That the na
tional convention has authorifed the
executive council to endeavor to enter
into a negotiation with the British
minister, and to propose, by a fpe
eial messenger, that if Great-Bntain
will withdraw from the combina
tion, the Hies of France and Bour
bon, shall immediately be ceded to
her. As the poffeftion of these Illes
would produce the moll beneficial
advantages to the commerce of this
country, the fcngiifh minister will
probably give the proposal a serious
confiderat on.-
Letter from Colonel Sir James Mur-
Adjutant General of his Ma
jesty's forces, to the Right Hon.
Henry Dwtdas.
Hixniude, September i 4, 1793-
SIR,
I take the opportunity of Captain
Robinson, of the brilliant frigate,
going to England, to inform you,
that the Dutch posts upon the Lys
were forced by the enemy, upon th**
12th. In consequence of this, the
troops of the republic have abandon
ed Menin, and have fallen back up
on Bruges and Ghent. His royal
highness means to march this day
to Toiirhoute.-
Accounts were received this morn
ing, that an engagement had taken
p!ace*at Villers en Couchee, near
Quefnoy, in which the French w'ere
defeated with the lols of 3000 men
and eleven pieces of cannon.
JAMES MURRAY.
His Royal Highness Prince Adol
phus, arrived at Deal yesterday.
The particulars of the late adionarc
not yet made public, but certainly
they soon will, for his Royal High
ness it is probable, has brought them
with him. His own Hanoverian re
giment went into adion one thousand
/trong , and according to information
which we have received, and which
we fear will prove too true, came out
with sixty -three, and one Erfign.
The Prince has brought with him
a lift of eighty-three officers killed in
the late adions. The artillery left
by our troops, it is said, was not even
spiked up.
G LOUCESTER, Sept . 16.
Extract of a letter from London, Sa
turday Evening.
“ The check which the Duke of
York's army before Dunkirk rcceiv-
edon the Sth indant, has occaiiuned
the immediate fending over to Nicu
• pert 2000 more troops, who were
lying on board ships in the Downs
uncertain whether their dedination
was for the Weld Indies or elsewhere.
It was a matter of apprehension to
many people, wheri they law the
Duke of York detaching his army
from the liege of Dunkirk, that the
French would make some grand effort
to intercept and cut them off; and the
events oi their surmises were not ill
founded. The Duke of York’s ar
my was certainly retiring in great
hade ; but the Audrian General, Ba
ron de Beaulieu, coming in with a
Reinforcement of 25000 men, attack
ed the French near Ypres, and hss
routed them with great llaughter—lt.
is aliened, 3000 killed, and 2000
taken prisoners. By which timely
diversion and all)fiance, the Duke of
York’s army, it is said, have reco
vered their spirits, and were about
to relume their camp near Dunkirk.
We had the news of this action yester
day in ftveral letters from Offend,
Nieuport, &c. but they are not very
clear or confident; and no further
particulars are arrived to day.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9.
Captain Weeks,, who arrived in
this port, after a short pallage from
Offend, has obliged the Editor with
the following interesting particulars,
of the unfuccefsful attack again!!
Dunkirk, by the army under com
mand of the Duke of York.
His army having laid before Dun
kirk and making the neceflary dif
politions for the reduction of that
place, were attacked by a powerful
for tie , from the garrison, when a
feverc and bloody a&ioa took place;
the French drove the enemy out ot
their entrenchments and pursued
them upwards of ten miles : The
Duke of York in his retreat, left be
hind him all his baggage, Sec. in the
hands of the French, who also took
possession of 72 pieces of cannon
which the enemy had only time to
fpikeand abandon.
In this affair which laded three
fuccedive days, great daughter ensu
ed :—lt is computed that there were
(even 01* eight thousand Britilh,
Hanoverians, and Hessians llain; one
Hanoverian regiment, excepting
about fifty, was entirely cut to pie
ces, many of their general officers
were killed and wounded : among
others that fell was Col. Moncrieff,
whom Captain Weeks saw interred at
Odend. What much added to th vic
tory of the French was by a fucceis
fuldratagem, by conveying in co
vered waggons, adrong detachment
of troops from their camp at Mount
j Caffei, who approaching the ffeld of
battle, rulliing forth and tallying on