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I - i hlTe throve firJ to to Into oar K-hcr:o witho-Jt cSFbcl.-'i hat part ofrt. -r-iv encased here, is under General Dun- and.l.etrnmpeteerwtjreateoedtobng f , ;f heaopeared again tion. ln.ccnfcquen.ee rived this j afternoon, at the . pu:e ot the onourable Henry Uunaas, nis iwa or ltate tor the a ... lias . , . . c .- lULLftTJxrVw tkekead-quirzers lUdarmyci Bennsretn, luguft 27- 1 , . ,1 nrr A -Karon d'AWinzy has iivned over the , Frcnr i . bjr hw Royal . the Dc of York, alooft under t icv iUs 01 Dunkirk. Th- idvanctd polls of the combined .amy, rr.CMhe command of that Prince, took poll wcarly H the morning, upwards, ot a houfnd yards farther, drove the enemy s :,on the glacis of the town,, and va::ed this dangerous pofitionexpofec ioV;r.u-:::itcrriipteJ :tire ot cafe (hot . and '"'"K'rds nine oMotk, ' they fav, almoft wfole- arrilo.i ot D.r.kirk, conlilimg of " i s i. ..... .,.-.Ui- hf nrotection mmenced againit tne aiy, . , .uR forces they threw fcell.; and fired his Royal ftjghnefilthe w.,r othinrr could inae tne cuui-w- .- , . 1 rh fni 0wim? is de. and advance 3'-ainit tne ng'icwni-oi Mris Royal Higlincr,, forefeelng ...,! inade all h:s troops advance, levying, iv behind as many as Nvernecefiaryo cover the camp. riie proper difpofiucms had '-rclv been taken, when the combat vcom c"ccd. I c laftcd cv. o whole hours, amidlt I- riclt violent fire from the cannon, which a '- ircd trrape.ihot, and t.nat of the muf 0.,Xvf Between whiles, the enemy, to favour their march along the downs, and to fn hand rather than b.i?gn ,rv and their fellow.otjzens. All the Mow er rfth" youth of that populous! cty took up H .oined theP:rooP3 todep of the place ; and at the moment hen tne renubl cans were I dilperfed, and he meted it. they Tallied out upon them i h foch impetuolity as not to give them f. me tor X and made7 a dreadfuf Olughter amfc hem It is faid that almoft all the art.llery, Slen into thends of the H-". whom,' daring the aftion, many of the ene myrepmenH united thenilelyes, and by that completely tiniflied the deleat. , " From .ia,ooo to S.? JPiedran. have penetrated into Savoy ,jmd on the 15th inftant were to, attack .the French . redo ubt . at Termign .ne, ana lfauisof Steenklrk i;.sU i rn he direfled by the Marquis ot Cordon: It is fuppofed thuprabove 7006 French remain now in Savoy : General Ke lerm'an has marched the relt againft Lyons. Tlinterior arniy of the LyonelelsUnnated at 12,000 men, exdufive of the luccour they mav receive form the adjacent departments, ' .,;rl.,rlT .of Turn : it is faid, they are n 1 under the command of Duke of ork, of a copy : , iTurnes, September 9. .: f SJR, J ; - It is .with extreme forrow thatjthavc to acquaint you with the unfortunate event of an attack which the French army made upon that, of Field-Marfhal Freytag, on- the Sthinftaiit. The latter (was poited asl had the honour of informing you,; at Hond fchoote, the right upon' the canal, .the left extending towards LayrelJ i f. ; " The enemy had made an attack the preceding evening, in which -they; had been renulfed ; but upon that day, attacking in every point, ' notw.ithitanding" the .grearefl exertions of bravery in the troops, and of a bility in General Vyalmoden who jhen com manded !them, th!ey fucceeded in forcing tlie centre of'this liiie. He retired behind the fmall canal which runs iroin 13allum to pari"-"" j w j - - . pi ' . iulbeteen to firS. had. drawn! cloe SXr tlfe .hetorefeveraVfri-tes, winch thundered , . ,j ; : . " i- itinrt rr rrir 1 11 iiuiuru hi hit rr-. j:t- -r.irc rif thff T.voneie to ilut theiaep:dity of the allied trodps.iru. ;fl fct diaae by Dubois' Crance in rated all tbeif chm t, and they were oohgexl tQ throW fmc bombs into Lyons, "w., tnvats eleven o'clock, r His dl J"? J1 1 :. ;Thl, inhabitants iU lt - , . , . wlllCIl Dlimi iwu .-'". . i. v.hVrc they thtev them fclves into the cover ed way. nnr advanced pods continued their t:'V-ar s ofmnfquerry, tlie army topic tne ,--.- nSnoa of fiege, drew its line oi coun tVroVution, and began the v orks amldkt an incefunt cannonade, v , . r , The noble emulation and valour of the comuiaed troops hi this action, furpafles all praifc. His Royal Ilighneis has ajlojinant !it d in the moft gracious manner, his Jatisfadlon at the intrepidity and incompara ble gallantry of the army under his com mand. ': : ' ' ' ; , Thelofs of the combined troops waspretty rnnr. Jerable; : but it could not- be avoided, k . i r 1 li.4 Arr r'ifi-irt:: in return made a ionic, - ' and took a great number of pnfoner. fart of the cavalry of the partiot army, it is re ported, afterwards .vyent oyer to the 1- onefe. ;'?!' ' I ' t .c On the hde of the Pyrenees, the Spa niards have been repulied (y General La bourdonnaye with very cpnfiderable lols : We ' learn alfoV that the idHferent armies which furroiinded the royalifts of La Vendee only'wait the arrival of the garrilon of Mentx to attack them on all lides, an event which is notfaroF.,, . . - , j- - ... J c:-' PAR 1 .3, AuguftiA. h ; v . We are afTured that the town of Ville- omwcrjuc; . , . . ' . are allured tnat tne town 01 n account or the heavy hre which they were Ff hche has y?el(!ed lo the Spaniards. The xp6fcd to during, fevcrai hours. Lute- ' rHfon fcll'bick to Mons-Libre, but Lwe iant-Gencril Count! Dahon, fo much el- t . . , -. citv cannoI: . hold but o ex llant t T"h lnf has been verv fevere. His Royal Highnefs has not yet received any re turn, nor have any further particulars " been tranfmirrecl. Many gallant officers "have fallen. -The whole lefs, in the different ac- tions, is fuppofed to be near 1500 in killed, VJounded, and milling ; and that of the xicmy has been, unqueftionably greater. Three pieces of cannon, and between two and three hundred prifoners, have been taken. 1 i I underfland the! HanoveriaiMS have .loft the fame nuhibcnof cannon. ; ;; Upon the 7th, his Royal Highnefs fent two battalions ot Heffians to General Wal mcden's fupport ; but finding that aid to be ineffectual, he was reduced to tbe necellir rnllpHno- his whole force, by .abandonic'j the pcfition. he had taken near Dunkirk- t Thirty-two ortne neavy guus, aim pare ui the ftores provided sfor the fiege were left behind there being no, means of carrying them off. ; The, army ni arched laft: night, and encamped this morning near Adinker- - qnc. ' '.fji . ;. i -It ' ''l- : ' Wj : Itppears that the enemy-had cojlcclea forces for this enterprile jfrom every quartcr cf the country, from the larmies of the Rhine and ihclMofelle, and particularly' that which had occupied, the Camp de Caefar. They were commanded by General Houchard, who is faid, by'thel prifoners (although with what decree of truth: cannot be determined) to - O .::! I ' tl V .."'1 1 T .. 1 L have been mortally wounueu atinexpceue,. f..mf!l fnr his ineric, lb generally known, and fo worthy ofpraife, terminated his car-" eer by a lorioas exit in this a&ion, w5ere he co.rr.mnded the right wing, and rendered tlie mod diftinguiihed fervices. j He was re- j-. f In theJetreat, upon the night of the. nth. his Royal Highnels, Prince Adolphus, attheenemyppuitncneigauwiuv. ? . f Mma lt j fnr a rr. md it. Tins intelligence : was brought , ;' ;7pomo of it of Auguft, but is ;no; of officially con- ;-rfvalf?.hich 9Ughl ' . ... . t - 1 cool icls, the operations ot this wing,; wmcn was the molt expoled. . If the lols of the combined army has been r co.i'iiderabfe, that of the enemy was far more lb ; the great proximity of Dunkirk, which offered an eafy retreat to the latter, o.ciiijncd that they only loft three pieces of . His Excellency Count ds W.urmfer, Ge neral of cavalrv, has juft announced to us the pleating nevs, that having attaaceu, on uic 20th mftant, in five columns, thej heftile tamps of Worut, Jocknm, and rlaepuiil, ilrongly entrenched vth redoubts and" abat tic lie def eared, the enemv in the completeft manner : They left 3600 men dead on tne field ; he toiik a great number of them pri foners ; he alio captured all their "-camps, and 13 pieces of cannon, and purfued them as faras Lauterbourg. E.xtracl a letter from DruJJch, Juguft 26. By accounts received from Lyons we learn, that the republicans have received a complex defeat there ; and the following are fome parrculars of the action which was very bloody : - , j ''After railing the camp of Bourg,- so.coo republicans advanced againft Lyons, under General KsIIerman, and being arrived with in a lhort diftancc of that . city, they repeat edly fummoned the inhabitants tofurrender, a4id receive them as brothers aadkfricuds long, as the enemy polTe 'the heights : which comman the!9th The exdeputy.ManUel has been removed tne ADoaye. u nifterhas refiffned. A lttjr from Montelimart, of the ioth Snft. ftates, that General Gallon has receiv ed a courier extraordinary, ordering him to. repafs Duranfe, and retire to Avignon. On the other hand 'we learh that on the joth of July the Spaniards, to the amount of 3000 men, made themfelves mafters of Pradet, the chief place in' the diftrid of Roufillon, and that they afterwards proceeded to attack ; the fort of Ville-Fraiiche, which is fuppofed to be in theirj power. . I : On the 17th was ftrbngly reported that the army of Kellerman and Dubois-Crance had ben completely defeated by the Lyonefe; whilft Ihe troons of the rebublic attacked the fura deferted.l and took the republicans in tne rear. lor a IJicrc e enemv : t to have been in their front, having taken another road, they went into ; the village, cf Roxpoede, through which one of the columns was to pafs, hnt which was then occupied bv the enemv His Royal Highnefs ; was flightly vounded with a lworu upon the head and arm ; but I have the fa tisf action to fay, that no bad con requences are to be apprehended. ' The Field-Marfhal was wounded in the head, and I ami happy- to add, only in theifame decree. He has, however, been unable, lincje thad . time; to take the command or the army Captain.Ouftar, one of his Royal Highnefs, aids-de-canip, was killed, and another Cap tain. Waup-enheim. verv feverelv wounded 'i From this lunation his Roval HitrhneU and ''the Field Marihal jwere rclieved'by the intrepidity and prefence .mind ; of General Walmoden ; who, upon diicovenng tne e- 3k the republicans in the rear. - , immediately collected a body J of troops, at-: A propohtion has been made in fome o tackediLwithouthefnatk)nand defeated them . the feclions and Donular focieties to burn all the libraries, and only prefer ve the conlti : tutional act. u.-. I -:-- ! Thefaraous General Jourdan, Coup.Tete, has obtained the command of the armyjof la . N E W B E R N, November 30. .; ' By TcfterdayV Mail. !T ; Whitehall, September i ii Mr. Richard Lawry, acting Lieutenant of his Majefly V fire-lhip the Comet, defpatched by : Rear Admiral Macbride, from Gravelin Pits, ar- 1 muft repeat, that nothing could exceed. thefteadinefsi and good behaviour -of tne troops . in thefe repeated engagements. Lieutenant-General ir Wlilliam Erfline commanded the rear-guardy! and muth is due to his conduct and military lkill. , . ' i The enemy made a lortie on the night, and another on thp eve.mnvr ot the 8th : in both pf which they were repulfed ithout much lofs on our iide. " , f I have the honor to be, with greatft re fpe&, Sir, Your mcft obedient humble ieryant, I !
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