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THURSDAY, Junk 6,
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GEORGIA
SAVANNAH; .Printed
; From tle LONDON GAZETTE.
“PROMOTIONS.
If'sr Djpety February 16.
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be GtlojtH of the 7id
)s(jl lyjt . regiment of foot, vice
I w § ‘ lion J r ’ E' r , dt*ct*af
t;<f, Cos). Tnotnai Stir
uur AW'Ar li fin? of 42d toot. To
IL3fwTN/?,A\Jt 1 1, • >, 1 1
be I itetuerunt Colonel
Comm md;int of the 2d battalion of the
,71st residerit, to be formed into a fc
parate regiment, nnd railed the Lcond
71st n gimme of loot, Lieut. Cos). A
ieTrander d\ari; of * Baivartat. To be
Lkutenant-‘ -Co I*mel Cdjnmaadajafc-iaf.
the 78-ch oflor, Gent. Cot.
Thomas Frederick {VEKkiizie Humber.-
(lon of looth toot. To be Colonel <*f
the 100th regiment of tom; Col. Hon.
Thomas Bruce of 65ch foor. To be
Colonel of the 104th regim nt of foot,
to be formed out of independent coin
panic*, M ijor Gen. Stturt * D niglas.
To be Aide du Camp to the Ring,
Lieut. Col. George Hot ham.
To Colonels in the Aumy. LEm.
Col. Da.viit Ltiidas, /Qjartermaftrr
iGcu ral ta I.dLrd C<A .Vtam
WUliamfoivDeputy Adjunnt Gn-ral.
To be Aide du CVry’ to the King, vi e
Thomas Stirlimj, l/ieut. Col. Gerard
Lake or the 4 ft foot guards. .
Feb . ‘s4 9* 5 1 ft regiment of f or:
James Campbell, Majors Ilaac Ph pps,
Captain est a tympany.
Feb. 23. 65th regi ment Foot: Ma
jor Thomas Bafkerville of 50'n
Colonel. 104th regiment
foor: *M.i|or Archibald Earl of Killy
of 1r th foot, Lieuten Colonel ;
Major Sir jjpolin Whitefobrd, Bart,, of
the late 107th foot,. M .jor.
Mirth 5. 42 1 regiment of foor, id.
battalion : Lt-ut. John Grant to be
‘-Captain of an additional company.
50th regiment of foot: Brevet Lieut,
Col. Andrew Ed month me of 48 th foot
to Be.Major, vice Thomas fLfkerviilr.
78th regiment of foor: Major Jahirs
Stuait to be Lieu renant Colonel. 104th
regiment of foot: Brevet Major Dun-
Can Urquhart of 50th inot to be Ma
jor, vice Sirjohn Whitefoord. Inde
pendent company of foot: Lieut. John
:r’M i Ker t
of the iff battalion of the 73d foot, to
be Captain- / ;
” Copy of 4 Utter from the Hen Gen. Mur
ray Governor of Minorca, to the Earl
-o f Hillfborougb , ore of his MajeSlfs
principal Secretaries of State. Received
by Cc.pt. Don , March 19. ’
ggj Minorca, Feb. i6, ij%i.
My Lord, i,.
• Mi t aV’ * .----t. V- , M .. . ►
jr- 1 HAVE the honour to acquaint
your Lordtbip that Fort St. Philip's was
lurrendered to his Catholick Nfljefl:/
the jgth current. The capitulation
-v’
accompanies this. Islams myfelf all
Europe will agree th# brave gam fun
Chewed uncommon heroiun, and that
for gjory which has ever djftm
guifhed the troops of my Royal Mailer.
Our necefia y guards requited four
hundred and fifteen men; the night
before the capitulat on tH< whole niim*
berat le to carry armsamounte 1 to..fit
hundred anlMlxry only, of comic there
was hone ior the p’cquer, and a de-t< ft
of one hundred and ievemy to re lieve
the guards, as is evident by the return*.
The in- ft inveterate feu vy whirl? I
beitfVe ever infedied poor maVtals re
ducedms to this fi nation; The report*
y-lhc f
’ Ttfr'• thvvc-; x ? ,*yF*
• further obftihaey oh my part must have -
inevitabjv destroyed the brave remains
of this garrilhn, as they declare th-re
was nb remedy for the rrtrn in the ho
spitals but vegetables, and that of the
fix !.u uhed and frxry afde to do duty
five hundred and sixty were aftuaily
tJfinted with the fcurwl and in all
likrlth r>d would haite.leen in th? ho*
fpit'als i a )hr e or four city's timer Such
was tli? u leontnjn of uie Ki g’s
foi Tr their dhf
orders ar.d ir.nbifity-raijier than go into
the_hofp‘tal ievcial men died on
gu-d'Al after having flood fmtry. Their,
fate was rot and feovered till Called upon’
for t e :!;tf, v/hen it came to thdr
turn 1. mount again,
Perhaps a more noble or a more tra
gical feene was never exhibited than
th t of‘the march of the garnfon of St.
IM.hp’s through theSpankh andFrench
arm.-3. It con filled of ho more than
fix hundred old decrepdd i dldi-rs, two
hunilred- lea men, one hund.rd and
twenty cf the royal ai til le rv, twenty
Co.'fifai.s, and twenty-five Greeks,
Turks, Moors, Jcv/s, fccc. 7he two
armies* were drawn up in two lines, the
battalions hunting each other, foi mihg
a biv h>r us to rtiarcji through ; they
confided ot fourteen thousand men,
Xf>d reached from the glacis to George
Town, where 011 battalions laid down
themarms, declaring they had ftirfen
deretl them to G having the
confutation to know the vjetotts could
not plume the mfdvesjn taking an ho
. fpitaL Such was the difireffing figtves
of our men that many of the Spamfti
and French troops are Lid to have filed
,tears as they paflftd them; the Duke
de Ciill-n and the iitron de Falken
hayn declare it is title: 1 cannot aver
this, but I think it was natural; for
**my own part, I fdc no uncafmefs on*
this- wCcrdion but that which proceeded
.from the milerable difWder which
threatened us with deftruflion. T.ianjcs
tq,-the Almighty,- my apprehensions
are now abated ; the humanity of the
Duke Ue Crilion (whose heart was moft
feniinly touched by the misfortunes of
fucli brave has gone even beyond
my willies W :providing every thing
.*?•* [N *. 171.)
royal
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GAZETTE.
by j AMESJOHNSTON.
hn
wiiich can contribute to our recovery;
‘1 he Spanrfh as well as the French fuP
geons attend our hofpitds. Wr are
greatlyihi'ebted to the Baron de Fal
kenhayn, who commands the French
troops. \Ve owe infinite obligations
t'-’ |he l mint de Crilion ; they can nc-
Wbe forgot by any of u*. I hope
this youhg man never will command
an army again ft my Sovereign, for his
military talents are as conlpicuous as
tne goudnefs of his heart. *
I.ifts of the killed and wounded.
wuh the number of cur guns which
were destroyed by the enemy’s batter.
in Q artillcriy, which confitledMf log
are’
th ‘ 1 aft man of garrifon fafely
and com modioufly embarked. If my
accompanying them in a transport to
England could be of the smallest ser
vice to any of them, Umuld cheerfully
go with them by as j can
of no fonher ufc to “lifter they are
on board ftiip, I trust fils Majesty will
approve of my . going to Leghorn to
bi ing home with me nvy #if e and chil
dren, who fird to Italy the of
day the Spanish army landed on the
iflancl.
My Aid de Camp, Capr. Don, will
have the honour to present this letter
to yoyr L iriUhip; he is well acquaint
ed wiili the moft minute circumstances
relative to the siege, is an .intelligent
diftinguifiied officer, and is furniftied
with copies of all the papers I have,
which he will lay before your Lordship
if requ site.
Thr Capts. Savage, Bvothby, and
Don, of -the 51st regimenr, Lieut.
Mercier of ditto, Lieut. Botticher of
Goldackrr’s ifgiEnent, and Lieut. Dou
glas the Engineer, are exchanged for
the officers wcinade prifyners at Cane
Mol a. 1
- Col, Pringle, and his nephew Lieut.
Pringle, are to be left hostages until
. the transports return agreeable to the
capitulation.
I have the honour to be, with great
truth and regard, my Lord, your Lord
ihip’ moft obedient and moft humble
lervanr. JAMES MURRAY.
P. S. It would be unjust and un
grateful, was A not to declare, thar,
from the beginning to the last hour of
the siege, the officers and men of the
Royal Regiment of Artillery, and like
wile the Teamen, distinguished them
f Ives: 1 believe the World canrfot pro
duce more expert gunnera and bom
bardiers than those who served at this
siege, and I am fufe the Tailors (hewed
uncommon zeal. It is necefiary. like
wise to declare, that no garrison was
j. ever nouriffied with better fit provisions
of alt kinds than we had sent t* us from
England; frefh vegetables we could
hot fuve; but we had, plenty of peafe,*
good bread and rice, with currants and
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