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Georgia GazettJ . A ) * - -U U On tht late SIEGE of Savannahs <4 v LTHOUGH it it certain that Savannah, neither by itt Arangth, fituition, or importance,’ can vie with many regu- M~ m Jar fortrtfirt that have been befiegtd 7m. and taken during the last war in Eu rope and America, nor that the operations against it may he compared to the force exerted again It many •ther placet, yet it it probable that the liege es it afford* many remarkable particular! that have net occurred in Beget laid to troager placet, and the ex ertient of very fiiperior powert. Certain if it that nothing happened es equal ceifeqeence in the prefect over, and that the conquest of this place and army might materially have affeAed Grest-Britain, not only with regard to bor coleniet, hut even a-a na tion, and that all things considered the united pow • art of Prance and (fa (peak the common language of her officers) the American iafurgentt never met with B more feaionable check and severer repulse than up - on thil ever memorable occafian. Whoever bat acatfi to an autheatick copy of t.he French Count’t original fummoet, the journal of a French officer which fell into our hand*, and other papers es thit nature, and also it more exaAly ac quainted with the different mhmeuvret in the attack and defence of tbit place, may givbtke puhlick more extA and fatiefaAory information than a byiandtr, who can only depend on his own and imperferf oh fervatioat, and who,‘by the fear of miftaket, may be reftrhined from committing many particulars to paper which he might not deed unimportant; and cer tainly, whether we confider the beSegert, the be sieged, the manner ia which thd place was attacked and defended, and the fiaal issue es the siege; a va • rietyof very remarkable circuraflancet will occur, of which I do not mean to write a fcntimental account, but wiflt that our happy deliverance may not only he recorded with truthj but that it may also be remem bered by tbe prslent and succeeding generations with P gratitude equal to tbe greatnefr cf the event in which they were so deeply interefied. The forces that came agaieft us were very formid able, aod what might have been deemed mote than fufficient to reduce placet of far greater trength j they confifcd of French and American Tea and land for ce*, and tbe latter were made up of Continental*, Provincials, and Militia j all advanced, not with bopet es fucceft, “but under an affuraace that the: was no pofibility of mifearrying, and spoke of a gar tifoa, whole resistance in an attark they coujd not withSand above an hour’s time, with a degree of in solence, cruelty, and contempt, at would have dis graced them even had they been already viAorioue. Tbe French, btfides frigates, bad %5 (hips of the line, a number of tranfportt{ and their land force*, confiding es the regiments of Navarre, Auxeircin, tbe Irifti ligadr, Rcuffillen, Armagnack, and Flanders, all compleat veteran regiments, with de tachments from a number of ethers, and a coloured brigade of Negroes and Mulattoes, not be es timated in the whole at left than 5 or 6000 men, with * great cf artillery, and were comimnded by Monsieur le CoMte d’Eftaign, well known in the Bat and Weft-Indies, and who has been at the peine cf writing an aeceuat of Me own atchieve.net* in the furuoiout which he sent to Gen, Pvev>’ft to fur-, render to the troap of his Mat Cbr'ftUn Majsftv. The Americans were commanded by Gen. Lin coin, who does not appear to have had the command of the whole alternately with Count d'Eftiign, ns is ufuat in confederate armies; he it said tint to have had any vary g-eat hopes of the undertaking, nor very raised expectations from the of the Mi litia ; Jtia character as • man or clHcer ha* not fuffer rd by the exaedi'iatt. The Continental force* eon lifted of, INFANTRY, one regiment from Virgi nia, Col. Parker; ift S'luth-Csrolin-’, Cel. Pinck ney; ad ditto, Lieut. Cnl. Marion ; 3J ditto, o*l. Thcmptanj 4th, artillery. Col. B:rkmau ; jth, Blent. Col. Peter H'rry ;6 b, Lieut. Cl. Herder fen. The Georgia Brigade was commanded by Gen. M’laloli, and included a number of Colo"I, (Harris; White, Bake*, Doolv, Twige*, M‘ln toft, Few, Roberta, Davies, Walton, &c.) Ma j ‘rs, and other officers; how many privates and vo lunteers it not koowa. ’ There was also the Charlef* vows, Country, sqd Back Settlement Militia, the latter under Gen. Williamfoo, s"d furore independ ent cosapaoie'. Tbe CAVALRY is fuppefed to have at firft amounted to a thousand horse; these wav Blaad'a regiment from- Virginia extremely well mounted, a regiment of South-Carolina under Col. D initi Horry, Gen. Pulawfki’a troops, a company of Militia-an horseback under Capt. Elliott, and a bodv of irrtgufcr horse undnr tbe memorable Enipa. A greater number of volunteers probably neveruppear •4 ; Yisory VK cxptftefl cheap and Owe, SAVANNAH: THURSDAY, DECEMBER t, 17 )$. and tbif rent quantity of (lore* and gonda in Savan nah a very tempting objeA to engage even loch per • , fona a* had fulffrrrri for their unwillingaefs to take 1 up arma again. The regiment*, Sc;, mutt ‘have been very deficient indeed if tbeir number did not I reach jooo, and to rate the whole at tooo it to fix them much lowhrthaniMry gave thomfelveopuh; bnt * it Iras beta more than once observed, that, in Ame rican ntwfpapert, their arnica are always said to bo c , luperior before, and inferior to the Bntiffi after an u-fuccefafut engagement. Oa the day of attack tbe divifiena were commanded by Gent. M'lntyftt, Hu ger, Pufawfki, and Willumfon, and a separate corps of light infantry by Col. Laureaa. The Georgians, left year driven frem their habitation!, in return for outrages committed ia Florida, and who, after they b.-enght ruio ‘on tbemfeivts ai.d tbeir country, by proceeding* that mull for ever entitle them to a prim ary rack among ikofe that trust ia oppreffioe, and become vaia in robbery, flacked from all part* to share the honour and booty of the day, and, after feerning the favour of that power which they had found tnemfelves fa unequal to rciift, flittered thom felvc* to fecit upon their fl Ih whom, unpa ralleled in any annals of tyranny, they bad deprived Os all their fubftaace. A daor had been left open to them to return to allegiance aod property, but they chose rather to tun every rifle than 10 return to the class of peaceful citizens, or gtve up the amazing benefit* which they received from continental memy, and axpeAed from their ailiaece with Franee, to the renewal of their former connrAione with Great- Britain, us# which (a* thy lately difeovered) they had always bean flares, mitaiable, wretches; and unhappy. Among the American Generals was the noted CountPuLAWSKi, ho has been executed in tlfigy in his native country, for ottempting to affjflinate hie King. No European power certainly would have employed him, nor any officers in any set vice, ex cept thole that aAually did, have ranked with an af faflin na an officer. Ii the American army there wat not a few who had experiented the lenity of the Bri t.lh government, and feught against the King with hii proteftion in their pockets; if their undoubted hope of fucceft may ia any deg.ee be pleaded as an cxcufs, let men at Icafi learntrem the event, that, however great the tifk may feemie doing or fufftrirg for what it right, tht rilk rt deii g wrong it net only the moftcertain,bot for that very leefi/ii always infin itely the greatefi. Governor H. though he formerly ifined a proclamatiua for free plunder under kit torn rnand, aad fome other*, gave proteftion to (nd aAu ally proteAcd) ftveral perfei.s, who, breauie they had taken the oath to and lived under the King** govern ment, were reputed loyal fubje&s; we.p but this the reason why such proteftion* were granted, it would prove that those men are not rrfenfnle that loyalty ia no crime, and will command tbe efteemof every ge> ne.ious and virtu <ui eoemy. What furious people intended, and humane peifcns exoeAtd, may be con cluded from this fii gie ciicumftancr, that that re fpe&able young man C. F. wh.fe death it really la mented; came on purpose to save hi* father from the genera) carnage; an honourable intention,*which 0 many others also profefa to have hern their tale mo- * tiv* for coming JSnu ibtj ixitre drftattd. The A merican (hipping and gallirr, co-operating wiih the French and land forest, made a very great fi>e, and were near enough to convey the difagrecable noise of their hearty huzzas through towp and camp wheneyer they er.joyed the cruel pleafu e of feeing toy build- I ing in firmer; that eaabied them to not in their pleasing expeAatrt nos reducing this town to a heap of alhes, in which howeveV, by the undeforved inter pofiiion of a special Providence, they have almeft miraculoufly been difiippointed. (Tt bt continued at kif are.) From the LONDON GAZETTE. By tbe . KING, A PROCLAMATION. GEORGE R. TyHEREAS we have received intelligence, that v preparations are making by our enemies to in vade th e our kingdom, the fafety and dfenc* of which requite our utmost care, and whereid, by the alfiftance aad bleffiogof God, we are retalved not to 1 be wanting; and to the iateot that they may not, in 1 case of their landing, firengthen thcmfclvet by feia- I ing tbe hotfes, cxen, and cattle, of our fubjeffia, which may be ufeful to them for draugbt Or burthen, F or bteafify fuppiied with proviGont, wehaveihere r fore thought fit, and do by this our Royal Proda * ilaatioo, by the advice of our Privy Council, ftriAly charge and command the Warden pf the Cinque 1 fart*, bit deputy or Deputies, and all and every tht Lieutenant* and Deputy LieutljS anta of onr Coueties ; and all Sheriffs, Jufticea Peace, Mayors, Bailiff*, and all and every otfllj Officers and Miaitters, Civil aod Military, will their tefpeAive counties, cities, towns, and dlvnH 009, that they cause the coafle to be carefully watch? ’ ed, and, upon the firft approach of the enemy, im mediately to cause all horfet, oxen, and cattle, which may be fit for draught or burthen/ and not aAually employed in our tervice, or in the defeoct of the cosntry, aod also (aa far aa may be proAicable) all other cattle and provilrens, to be driven aod remove* to fome plaoe of security, and to such a dittoes from the place where the enemy full attempt, or appear to intend to land, f* at they may not fall into thehande dr power of any of our enemies; wherein, nevertke lefa, it it our will and pleasure, that the refpeAive owner* thereof may fuffer aa little damage, left, oa inconvenience, at may be consistent with the publlck fafety : And we do hereby further AriAly'cbarge and command >ll *r fubjeAt to be aiding and elfiffiog in the execution of this our Royal Command. , Given at.our Court at St. Jamas’a, the 9th day •f July, 1779, in the 19 b year of our reign. GOD SAYE T*MB KIN G. LONDON, July 9. VIITIRDAY was married, by a special liceof*, _ the Right Hon. tbe Earl of Shelburne, to Mifa Fitzpatrick, fitter to the Earl of Upper Offory. On Wednesday Col. Archibald Campbell, lately returned from Georgia, was married to Mifa Amelia Ramsay, daughter of Allan Ramsay, Esq; of Har ley Street. r .. July io. Capt. Farmer, in a letter to M'. Ste phen*, dated Quebeck, Guernsey, tbe 6th ioftant, gives an acceunt, that on tbe evening of the sth, being off Morlaix with ihe Unicorn and Cabot, and feeing a fleet fleeringqjoog fliers to eaflward, under a convoy of a (hip of to guns and fcveral armed rtf fcls, amounting in the whole to 4b fail, be flood ia upon the faidjleet, and although tney croudcd all tht fail they could close in with the rock* to feture tbe port of Morlaix, the Qucbeck and Unicorn put the whole inte so small a coiopaft, that both ffiipt keep ieg a constant fire, the frigate, armed vcffelr, and about 4) fail, ran en (here upon and amsng the rocks | many feuodered immtdiatoly, and from tbe fir verity of the weether afterward*, the wind being W. N. W. right in opon the Aiore, with a heavy Tea, there was reason to believe that hardly nay of them weuld be saved. duyujt 14. Thu Court of Portugal hat declared lo the Miniflera efFrance and Spain that they will a/fift the Britilh. Six (hip* of ihe line are to oonvoy the next fleet to Ihe Weft-Indie*, in order to join Admiral Byron. The Mvntefquiee privateer from St. Maloet is taken by three cuttera. Lord Jba Murray ia to raise a regiment of High* lander*. .. ‘ Thedifpute between the Frenchuad Spanilh Ad mirals ii 1 ke to be a feiious matter- The St. Papeul, *f }oo-t**i,’ Urith sugar and cef fee, ia carried iete King ImF , Auguji 17. Lord regiment es 700 men wet complcated ia five weekt.''’ An American privateer, called the Rcfolutiea, frem Bilboa to Americaj it carried into Lifhtn'. Three French privateers, from 14 to x 6 guat, have beta lately taken by e>ur cuttera f one es them had four ranfomert oa board. •, The Montague of 74 guns will be launched thf atth of thit month. Aafnjf 14. Sir Eyre Coote it arrived at Bengal. Mention’ it made of the death of tbe celebrated Hey derAli. —• • ~ c.” •. The St. John, from Cadi* for Ocrocock, ia car ried into the river by tho Terrible. _, The Magnionette, a French privateer of it gnat, it taken by the Stag frigate. Augufl %E. Letters were received yefttrday at the’ A ‘wiraity front Capt. B rteler, lata Commieder es hit Majrfty's fltip the Ardent, of which tht follow ’ ihg are autbeotidt particulars t That en the appear ance of the French and Spnnifli fiesta off Plymouth, having hoisted Englilh colours, were taken by the Captaia fer the Englilh fl et, who having received orderg to join Sjr Charles Hardy, made fail toward* then): Capt. Baielar fiaoa perceived hit miftakt, haviog almafl immediately at be difeovered hi* er t ror received a broadside from a Freucb Sup of 74 Tbit he moft gallantly fought, and was en deavouring to efftft hit escape, when two ether flupb •f the fame force bore dawn and engaged him like wise r Notwithflanding this unequal centpi, like a brave Briton, he would not strike hit colours till fudt time aa he feu ad bit (hip unable te keep above wa fer j ae fben ai be truck be made lue situation known It (he enemy, who iqlantiy beifled out these boated ;n®. 40.]