?rr. v.;:!i 1. f . M,- f:c j un
der the cci:n{> at a!.,..id.-, v.'li.-r- they were cii
-1.. - ;.a.t ;■ .i
»'•.* J > j«t: raL.: •.Yen* going to ciw-iii'.:
. t i tlficc Ii«l; ana
piccciof C£ivji;n to my puU.ol Bd<c .-'orc.^
" ii*ncf*\ CZirfum«*iiM who wis ordsic4 «D
ka p upea :ny comu'Ji.JCitior... from B-.lla PorW.-
m Iwthe, (cvtral times cheeked iheene*
my, who endeavoured to turn my iff; fiant, and r
tO CUt off U'»y HitJc. t
, , . .«* DaniMUjTe had written to mc to
4*cpy.r to him ni ; i-l!,or to ic'.:d tohini acc ..i
---dcntial per Jon. I charged with this million Ad
jutant General Dupont, and • could not have
tiioi'jii one more diltinguilhci in every re:pc&,
or who is more zealous iu the ct
Kepufclic.
<l I cannot too much praifethe courage of our
bradefenders, they displayed Republican Va
lour, aad ob«erv*u a discipline ■which gives the
greatrlt hopes of the success of our arms. 1 hey
.lie fatigued, but they never lose that chcerful
uef's w'iii.h is infepersble irom a good caule.
" My finall army coniifls of troops from Dou
ay, the camp near Lille aiid die advanced polls
ot the latter.
"P. S, At nine this morning the troops are
underarms. They will keep the enemy in
check while Dtfpourches is making efforts to
drive them from the Abbey of Vigogne. I have
no doubt'of their fwc'ceft if they can be joined by
Kedonville. lam going to proceed to his poll
when I .have vifitcd those which are in front and
on my left fisnk."
'hUMMUNS OF DUNKIRK.
Le ter from Cjpu u Cicnmus, com madding a
fqu«diu*< l»«!> Biiunmc M. jetty belore
Du'ikn k, i v Gin. Pjfcai X renvcycr, April 24.
"Six,
44 Having tlje honor to command a fousdron
of thips o! war o! his ISritanmc Maj , delbn-
before Dunknk; and «e;idy 10 co
operate with Vtoe threes that are advancing by
land if) reduce »I .it row»r, one*. *•> fl uiin'bing, I
lake ih»' liberty to inform you, thai if you have
any proposal* to make, to * ndeav >r to chcck the
progrt fs of a which mini infallibly i'ltvolvtf
the town and inhabitants ot Dunkirk tr> total
ruin and dclli u&ion, I *m ready to rcct ive lUcm,
and to insure inviolability ot persons and pio
perty.
si I invite you, Sir, and all the inhabitants of
Dunkirk, to take into fenous consideration the
lad effctU which will ret'ult to you arid your
families from refuting this conciliatory offer to
prevent a farther ctFufion of blood, and tor put
ting an end on your part to a war lo deftt u£tive
lo the true ot your country.
44 I am lent to offer you the protection of a
great and honorable power, until youi Conflitu
tion shall be eUabiilKed o«i a (olid basis.
44 I Ihould not have detained the filhing boat
les Trvis Suurs, MatHieU Charles Kezel.
had not a brfilKh ptivateer 011 <Fnci&y lad taken
two English fifhing boats, between Folkltone
and Dover. I had no orders to moicft induf
triaus filhcrmcn. I iranfmiued orders to rhc
O dicer who commands the naval forces of his
Britannic Majetty ;>t Oft'-nd, to set at Viberty the
fifherman Kczel. whom I now fend to Dunkirk
with this letter i having detained his son as an
hottagc til 1 , he brings me back an answer. I de
clare on my honor, that when I rrceivc it, I
{hall.teleafe the boat of M. C. Kczel, and his
crew, to go wherever they may choose, and pay
him also tor his iroub.e.
41 I declare solemnly, on the honor of an En
glish officer, that if any person tiorn Dunkirk,
will do me the honor to come and treat with
me personally, his suite, boat and crew, shall
remain facrtd, and that they shall have full li
berty to return to Dunkirk whenever they think
proper. 44 I am, Sir,
41 yotir mod obedient
44 humble fervan%
44 JOHN CLEMENTS, fenr.
4S Commanding tlie squadron o( the ships of
44 h ; s Britannic Majcfty, before Dnhki. k."
Ctrpy 0 j the ar.fwer oj Brigadier-General Kercnvcyer,
Comma nda at at Dunkirk.
44 SIR,
11 I have received the letter which you took
the trouble to write to me to announte your
plans, and the orders with which you are
charged. I have only a few words to fay in re
ply, ami theft are, that neither I, who have the
honor to command in Dunkirk, nor any of the
inhabitants or citizens, will ever liftentoany
propofa!'tending to di(honor the French name.
It is useless therefore' to lose time in epiftdlary
correfjjondence, which would become tedious,
and be at least illegal. Do me the hgnor to
attack inc in a military manner, and I (h<tll have
that of answering you — for it ifi in this manner
that difcuflions ought lo be terminated between
people of our cloth.
Signed,
PASCAL KERENVEYER,
" The Biigadicr Genera) Commandant of the
" DUrift oh Dunkirk."
FR ANCKFORT, May i
At one o'clock in the morning of the ?.8 h
ull. the French landed near Guftavcfburg, Aided
unperccived between the advanced posts, then
advanced and mounted on the parapet ol a bat
ter}, at which a derarhment of Pruflian can no-,
i»errs had been wot king all night, and where
they were at that very moment reposing their
weaiied limbs.
The attack was so unexpected, that thole who
were not at fir it killed, or made prisoners, en-
to fjve themfrlves in the neighbour
ing batteries; but the French pursued them so
clofrly, that the Sixon troops, charged with the
guard.of the other batteries and entrenchments,
alio yielded to the impetuosity of the aifrfiU
piiis, in spite of all the endeavors ot th"ir officers
to prevent them. The enemv thefi spiked up
the large artillery, rohorns, See. and took away
their cirriawes,. ana B|fo. three (mall cannon.—
M. de LuSen, a brave Pruflian officer of artil
lery, was killed upon this occasion, as were also
a gr. ai number of niatroflT s; M. de Rabe,
Li -ut, of artillery, and many of the privates be
longing to his corps, were taken prisoners.
Such W2s the coniufion that entiled in conse
quence of this nocturnal expedition, that the
German peafanls iu the neighbourhood drove
?-;d t«»c Saxons fcnl their
jctob ihf rui'r.
. I noi i< fe one mar. ; »I»r
fii/'piiiiv -• vi« k3b to be uuat>ic to fixc i
can-;'."- u tr»crn,
I. K C, HORN, April ?3.
"y a fivp ai:ivvd Iwit from BtfUia, in the
ifUnd ol liain, tint (,chci»l Pioii
-.ha# »r'« r c<l I" nlif'y ihe Decree brought to him
Vy the Com::riri.)no:i, wish orderj to condiiS
him 10 ilu- if' "I ih NrtimM Convention.
B E L F ii s i', Mav ai.
FROM TIIF. LOSbON GAZtt f'E.
May 14.
Extralofa Letter from Cou'inJSir lama \furraj
Hait. Adjutant General to the forces unit' the
to Mi. Sccutdi, Duniu 1, tlwl [ournay trh) 10,
■*33-
In confeouence of the movement* of lk)*e*
enemy, wmc.i 1 :>ve re.tfon ti> expe<st an at-!
tack uNn the Austrian and PruiEan putts, liis-
Roval Hir.hncl's determined .10 march jn the
mo ning of the Bth to their fupporr. lie ar
rived about fix o'clock at the crjmp of Maul
de with the brigade of Gnartfs, and a battalion
of the loth lesiniunt ot Hanoverian infantry.
The Prufiian General was by this mean 1 ! ena
bled to reinforce himfelf, at St* Amand and
the adjoining wond, with the troops which had
occupied that important position.
The attack commenced about 7 o'clock.
It was directed agitnft the posts occupied by
Scheldt to the Abbayc da Vigogne, and the
Pruliian corps which defends the wood in the
front of the high road, leadinglroui that pUc'
to ?t. Am tnd.
To these paints were directed the whole
efforts of the French army, which had been
previously reinforced by all they could bring
together from every quarter. General Kno
bteldorif having been under the neccifity of
fending a confutable part of the troops to
lupport the Auftrians at the Abbaye de Vi
gogne, his Royal Highness about 5 o'clock,
lett two battalions in the camp ai Manioc,
and marched with the Coldftream, the flank
battalion, and that of the third regiment, to
his support.
When the battalion of the Coldftream,
which was upon the left, arrived, the enemy
had nearly reached the road ; they abeady
commanded it to a great degree, by the fire ;
the guns attached to the battalion were pla
ced up(ii) it, and by a well directed and well
supported fire, kept the battery which was
opposed to them in check, and did considera
ble execution.
The battalion advanced into the wood, at
tacked and drove the enemy before them :
in going,for ward they, became unfortunately
exposed to the fire of a battery, from which
they filtered severely. They fell back to
their position at the edge of the wood, which
they maintained for the reft of the day, not
withstanding a heavy cannonade ; the enemy
made no attempt to approach them. Nothing
can exceed the spirit awd bravery displayed by
the men and officers of the battalion upon
this occaiion ; nor is less praise due to the
alacrity and intrepidity with which the
other battalions advanced into adtion.
They took different positions in the wood,
where they were at times exposed to a severe
cannonade, from which, however, tiiey re
ceived little injury, the direction of tile fire
being in general above theni. There were
seen this morning between forty and fifty of
the French lying dead upon tiie spot upon
which the lire of the Coldftream and of its
guns hats been directed. Major General
Lake commanded the battalions which went
into action ; and his Royal Highness declar
ed he was much indebted to him for his ex
ertions.
The importance of the service rendered
by his Majesty's troops upon this day has
been acknowledged in the (IrOngeft and mo(t
most explicit teifris by the Generals of the
different armies; and if by their trmely co
operatiwn the enemy were prevented from
advancing upon the high road, it cannot be
.doubted that they contributed, in a' vefy
degree, to secure the fortune of the day.
At the Abbaye de Vigogne and the village
ofßaimesthe a&ion continued with'a.lmoft
equal and unremitting violence, tils 8 o'clock
in the evening : General Clairfayt was every
where fuccefsful in maintaining his ground ;
the enemy, however, though balH«l and de
feated in their purport?, remained in the woods
within a very small distance of his
During the action they cannonaded the Prus
sian camp near St. Amand. lam not exattly
informed what mealures they took in order
to keep the Prince of Cobourg in check, but
it appears that nothing of moment patted in
that quarter.
Upon the following day, t!ic grh, there ( was
but little firing, and it was not known, what
might be the intention of the enemy. His
Royal High'nefs thought it therefore proper
to let thejtroops remain till the evening at
St. Amand and Maufde. Every thing being
quiet, and intelligence having been received
troops opposed to lieneral Knobelf.
dorfF were retreating, they began their march
for Tour nay, but he was (topped at tlue -vlft»
lageofMaulde by a meflage *om General
Clairfayt, informing him that the enemy had
erected batteries all along his front, as well
as upon some part of General Knobelfdorffs,
which, if they were allowed to complete and
poflTefs, it would become extremely difficult
for him to maintain his position.—His Royal
Highness immediately (topped the march of
the troops, and went himfelf to St. Amand,
where he was met by Gen. Clairfayt and
Gen. KnobelfdOrff. It was agreed that the
Auftrians and Piufflani (houkl assault the
whole of the batteries at day-break, whilst his
Royal Highrtefs retained polfefijpij of the
camp of Maulde.
Tiiis was done accordingly had the df
474
(red frcce*. Thf sw*V '.ad tr-.thtfrat
ne,r c..n,.0.i i:. the..isbi !
trelv driven iVoin the batttr:«, ic-versl kil
ls], and upward; of I X) p. ifo«" tnken, with
a ve:y iiuoniiderable lols. fhus
uioti every occafmn, ?hc enemy eem to > ave
eit.rclv abandoned their deli-tt • tbe bouy
which came from Life ha* fallen back upon
Orchies. There i". firing to day at one otOen.
Ca:rfavt\ post«, but nothing which had the
appearance of a serious attack. By t'ie ac
con.it of deferte-s and prilpiters, they lolt
4.OJJ upon the Sth.—General Dtnipiere is
find to have received a wound, of which i.e
is iince dead. .
The troop 1 ! arrived this evening in their
former quarter*.
The Anftrians had upwaids of 5X> killed
and wounded, and the Pruilians 43a on the
Bth.
DUBLIN, May 23.
By Sir lames Murray's letter wc Jo not find
(hat the Frrnch, if th.-y did icallv 4 0c0
men on the 8 h, were much diilurbed by that
dreadful wailc of blood, for they not only kept
the field of battle, but fought again the r.ex; Jay,
and on the 10th it appears ihai they rented in
perfect order, caricd off their cannon, and were
neither pursued or annoyed by ihe combined
armies.
LONDON, May 15.
The Auft ians have made a requisition,
through a Britifli officer, to our government,
for various supplies, and among other arti
cles for 40,020 tons of hay, without which
they allure our Mini Iters that they cannot
keep the field.
The requifitioji fills, as we hear from ru
mour, sixteen pages of paper. All the ne
cpfTiries of flour, oats, beef, pork, and
in short, provisions of all kind, cl.oat.hs of ail
kind,,a.nns of all k'nd, (tores of all kind, &c.
Sic. are enumerated,and without our aid tl>ey
cann'Jt go on. These are pleasant circuni
ffances for a country already so deeply in
volved.
A pleasure boat belonging to Yarmouth, in
taking the diversion of (idling, and (hooting
at the rock birds beyond the Needles,has been
taken by a French privateer and carried in
to St. Maloes.
We underitand that the loss on both fides,
in the late engagement near C.onde, is much
was at fy*ft reported. The loss
of the French is stated ro be 2000 men, besides
26 pieces of cannon taken. The French Ge
nera) having been Completely foiled in the
objedl of his attempt, which was to throw
succours into Valenciennes and Conde, it is
thought both thole places will very speedily
surrender at discretion.
PORTSMOUTH, May 19.
The far) lowing, is an accurate ft ate of the
line of battle fliips to a<st under the command
of vice admiral Lord Hood, in the Mediter
ranean. Victory and Britannia, of ioo guns ;
Sf George, Wind for Castle, Princess Royal,
of 98 guns; Sgmont, Illustrious, Alcid?, Ter
rible, Agamemnon, Fortitude, ColoiFuv Cou.
rageaux, Captain, Leviathan, Robuit, Ber
wick, Bedford and Montague, of 74 guns ;
and the St. Albans and Ardent, of 64 tuns ;
with ado the r (hip of the line not yet ordered,
15 frigate l :, firefhips, Hoops, cutters, &c. in
all 6o pendants—-and are to be joined with
35 (hips of different rates, belonging to Spain.
As this immense force cannot he intended
toa& only against the French fleet in that
Tea, not above one third of its number or
strength, and as the ftiips carry a number of
flat-bottomed boats—there can be no doubt
whatever hut that both Toulon and JMar
fcilles will be attacked, and probably at the
fame time.
N A N T Z, April 24.
Confirmation oj the taking oj the Capital of Brittany
- 'J "r
- by th( Rayaliftf. ,
/The Patriots, finding thejnfelves defeatec
an to the prisons of Bouffiu and Chateau
prisons at Nantz) in which tiiey had flmt u]
i number of viftirns, males and females. \V
Jo not know the number of tbofe in the Cha
teau, but,we know that in the prifou u
Boufiai 22 were confined. Of this numbe
were MetfVs. de Menou, the lather and eldcl
son; M. de Vue, and his two Tone in law
two Mellieurs de B' ue du Cleray ; Villeaduc
an advocate ; M. Grandmaifon ; Arnould di
Cornileau; Richard de la Rouilliere,
brother of our late legitimate mayor ; and
Laurencin, and his four companions, with
wliofe names we are unacquainted.
The monsters had just time to butcher all
their victims in (hefe two prisons. But the
divine vengeance did not long delav the pu
nilhment due to their barbarity. The firft
care of the Roya.'ifts, on entering viftorioufly
intoNantz (an event which took place the
day before yeftcrday, alter the battle of Son
mere, fought on the 2ift, on the Kochclle
road, at two leagues distance from this capi.
tal) was to set free the prisoners. But they
were, alas! too late—they found them all
butchered, and floating in their blood, which
was still warm ! Then it was that, listening
to the impulse of their lage ouiy, they llew
every man t ley found in arms; not one of
whom escaped their just resentment; the
butchery was such, that the blood ran in ri
vulets through the ftrtets.
Thus ha* this juftifiable severity expiated
the high enorm'.ties of the Guillotine these
wretches kept in const uit readiness on the
square of Bouffai, and which, like the Idol of
Bel, daily devoured several viftinis. So nu
merous, were these that, to ovoid terrifying
the people, they had been under <he necessity
of iurround:ng it by a number of planks of a
certain height, and ot covering the floor of
the enclofuie with a deep layer of fatd, to the
end that the blood might be thus absorbed
ana prevented irom overflowing the square.'
United States.
EELIZA RE rH 1 UW-N,(M.)July 5.
La It week the ingenious ami ulu
lofnphic Mi. Chambers, us Mercers*
burgh, in Pennsylvania, Uvortd us
with a few experiments of his new
invented Fire Arms. He had but a
small piece with him, which,never
tlidefs, discharged fix balls in f uc .
ceiliun, with only 00ce loading and
once drawing the nigger, extTufive
of the refei v<- shot, which .went off
at the drawing another trigger. He
fired at a mark, and each b.iil f tPm .
Ed to the fame force and effect
as if loaded and fired in the common
manner, and from a common nuif.
ket. He informs ns that lie has
made another,* about thelize Q f a n
Engliill niufket, which will dilcharge
13or r 4 balls in the fame manner ;
which number of rounds, at clole
quarters (and in a serious engaoe
inent it is vague, in some cases more
dangerous to fight otherwise) will
very probably decide any battle.
There is a fufficiency of time be
tween each ftiot to take frelh aim.
This fee ins really to be a great and
important improvement office arms
—and it would be a pity that out
national legislature Ihould either
want power or inclination to avail
thenifelves of the invention.
But humanity, on the other hand,
whifpeis in our ear, Hay thy hand)
there are already too many inventi
ons to delti oy the life of man. Yet
as it has in a great measure been
demonstrated, that the invention of
gun powder and fire arms have been
the means of Caving many lives;
therefore, a farther improvement
in this science, according to purity
of reasoning, may be the means, in
the end, of laving (till more. How
ever, be this at it may, the govern
ment of a country ought to have
the power and the means, as well
of repelling invasion and (Inking
terror to an enemy, as ofexercifing
national lenity and humanity.
N E W-Y O Ii K, July , 0 .
In our Journal of the 3d lull. we
published an account ofthe entranc
es and clearances of veflels foreign
ports, and of coallers, at the port
of Philadelphia, for the last fix
months. A correspondent has fa
vored us with the fame, at the cus
tom house of this port, for the like
period. The following ltatenienc
of both is now presented for the in
formation of our readers :—
<! V s<i I.< ?
►»* o rs o on c -j
sr. f ? "H. s<? ?? 5 " ? -
k;»t
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o — 7Z -• to ' n>
3 2 o> -. 3 1 - 2 ~ 5 P
rs -» 2 < c" 1 T 1 -:
CL. O
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- " » 3, « " 2>
5? =s.iy ?} I=. 2
J." s ra it|« R« 2
ctj "o 3 _"o -o 5
■<2 ;3 I? »« ~i
n» rt J. fro r* <8
<o z -i c c *r
•o-> 0 a. O 7T -- ~ '— o !C
Ships 72 73 I 49 8 5 3 6
Brigs,&c.'n'r in 91 114 57
Sch'rs. 51 70 19 J7 76 19
Sloops, 44 ji 7 jj 64 I?
273 305 27 Z4B 37-3 12*
Coasters, 351 538 187 219 516 296
July 16
Extract of a letter from a Captain o£an Ame
rican vessel at St. Euftatia,dated 23d June,
1 793) received yesterday.
44 The privateers play the deuce
with the American vessels, that have no lea
letters or pass—- that is to fay ft bey carry them
into port, overhaul them front stem to stern,
and oftentimes detain them a week or more '
they go through an examination, in which
they are sworn and qoeftioned by the king' 3
attorney, whatever Jie pleases to alk, which
inuft be very embarrafiing."
In honor of the day (14th July) a number
of patriotic French and American citizens as
sembled at Corre's, where an elegant «ntei
tainment was provided ; the national colours
of France and the 13 stripes of America weff
displayed in several parts of the city—and m
the evening art invitation was given by the
'fammany Society, to the French Consul
other citizens, at their Wigwam, where a cold
c ollation was provided.
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F ROM THE AUGySTA CHRONICLE
LAST Sunday morning, Mrs. Li lius
breathed Iter la ft, in the 79- h year ofr a lite ac
voiid io virtue.
In her last y.vars (Tic fuiFercd much affl ,^ ,on »
with ihnt temper and disposition which
a resigned will; andmetdcaih, <»« Krr dcli^ tr
from pain ana forrovv, in confidence of'the re
furreclion of the jujl.
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