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Cl VITA VECCHIA, August 12.
By a gentleman just arrived from
Barbary, we learn that a strong ar
mament is ready for sea in the port of
Algiers, which conlifts of nine fail, of
from 18 to 40 guns, manned with
numerous crews of desperate ruffians.
It was not publicly known who was
to have the command ; many think
it will be given to old Abdallah, a
fellow of invincible courage, very
bold and daring ; in the wars with
Spain, he was a terror to that coast
for many years, and did lurpriling
acts of bravery, both on sea and on
fliore ; he has often attacked flops of
double his o\frn force, and, after the
molt terrible and bloody conflicts, car
ried them into Algiers. It is thought
thele sea wolves will be let lool'e
against the French barbarians.
WARSAW, August 31.
On the 24 : h inst. the deputation of
the diet terminated the conferences
with M. de Buckholtz, the piuilian
ambaukdor.
r ihe litting of the 16th, in which
the treaty was iigned, has been ex
cessively. Itormy indeed.
In the conference of the sift. V>y
tax; aiwarwdon of the .'loilia t a nfr • a
dor, the limitation of the new fron
tiers, fitch as they are to i e described
in the treaty, have been fixed in a
prehminary manner between the de
putation n and M. <ie Buckholtz.
According to the report made in the
fitting of the diet on the 19th inst.
the army of the crown ftii! conlifts of
2?,1 33 men, and that of Lithuania of
12,780 men. The troops of the re
public have received no pay for thefc
fix months pafi, a.id are in so dis”
trailed a condition, that nothing but
their patriot)fin can retain them m the
king’s service.
Yhe Pohih armed force, which has
been left Dehind in the provincesleized
b\ Kuffia, amounts exactly to twenty
four thousand men.
According to anew and accurate
ftaterfierit, the revenues of the
provinces alienated by the empress,
amounts to thirteen millions, fix hun
dred and nineteen thou and, nine
hundred and forty-fix Polish florins.
i’hofe of the provinces taken pof
fefiion of by Pru.iia, amruut to iix
millions, -seven hundred and eighty
thoui’and, four hundred and eighty
fix florins.
And thole left to Poland, to leven
teen millions, seven hundred and ele
ven thousand, fix hundred and tour
florins!
VIENNA, August 29.
It is reported here, that h;s im
perial and royal highness the arch
duke Charles, governor general of
tiie Austrian Netherlands, will be
married to a Britiih princcts.
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SAVOY, August 23.
The Piedmontefe have now recon
quered Savoy, arid even with more
lpecd than the Trench had lift year
rendered themldves matters of that
tiut-.hy. Acc uinn of Piedmontefe,
WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.’’— Franklin.
SAVANNAH: PRINTED BY JAMES CAPET, ON THE BAY, NEAR IHE COFFEE-HOUSE.
confiding of one battalion of the Swits
regiment of Rochmond, one bat
talion of native infantry, and three
squadrons of horse, on the 15th inst.
fell oh the French, who were Rati
oned at Salenche, with seven pieces
of cannon. The enemy, trusting in
their superiority, made the; attack ;
but they were defeated by the Pied“
montele column under the command
of the marquis de Sales, and driven
from the field with great lols.
On the 2 Ift the column having re
ceived a reinforcement of 3000 men,
attacked the French near Salenche,
defeated them, took all their artillery,
and drove them from Fauffigny within
two leagues of Geneva, where they
remained 48 hours without tents or
provisions ; they entered the Gene
ve; e without waiting for the Piedmon
tefe, who were this day at the gates
or Geneva.
Two other Piedmontefe columns
had pa fled Mount Cenis and Mount
St. Bernard. The firft, under the
command of the duke of Monferrat,
drove the French on the 15th from
their redoubts in theTarentaiie moun
tains ; the second furprized the ene,
my’s entrenchment* at Termignon
and Us environs. The French w,t
rna<io~.rtly tod; fliglit, .! -vi g rfl the:.;-
artillery and nicy.mimes to the victo.
rious Piedmontefe.
‘The tree of liberty was felled every
where, ami the royal cockade hoi fled;
the whole country rose againi! the
* French, who were pursued.”
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BRUSSELS, August 26.
By accounts received from Lyons,
we learn, that the republicans have’
received a complete defeat there ;
and the following are feme particu
lars of tlie action, which was very
bloody :
After railing the camp of Bourg,
20-000 republicans advanced against
Lyons, under general Iv. Herman, and
bein2 arrived within a Ihort difiance
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of that city, they repeatedly iinn
rnonccl the inhabitants to furrendrr,
and receive them as brothers and
friends—this was refufed with firm
nefs and courage, and the trumpeter
was threatened to he hung up if re
appeared again with any fuck propo
lltion. In consequence of this refufal,
hoflilities commenced against the city,
into w.iich they threw shells, and
fired cannon balls; but nothing could
shake the courage of the Lyor.efe,
who swore they would alt peri ill
Avoid in hand rather than betray tiieir
country and their fellow citizens. All
the flower of the youth of that popir
lous city took up arms, and joined,
the troops for the defence of the
place ; aud at the moment when the
republicans were dispersed, and iiitie
expefted it, they failied out upon
them with inch impetuolhy as not to
give them time to rally, and made a
dreadful {laughter among them. It
is said that ahnoft all the artillery has
fallen into the hands of the Lyonele,
to- whom, during the aftion, many of
the enemy’s regiments united them
selves, and by that completely finifhed
the defeat.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1793.
OSTEND, September 14.
The jranfports, with the 19th and
“7 th regiments, and three companies
the 42d Highlanders, landed this
morning n good health, and marched'’
immediately to join the army.
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TOURNAY, September to.
1 he French were n.oft completely
drubbed yesterday on the fide ot Lille,
by general Beaulieu, who drove them
to the very gates of that city, his
army having pui sued them to Helevn
mes, which is not above halt a league
horn Lifie. The Atiltrian chafieqrs
have made considerable {laughter ot
the e wretches in revenge for ihe bar
barities exerciled on our troops, having
killed yesterday above four hundred
1 ot them.
* A considerable quantity of artillery
1 pa fled through this place ir. the night,
j rorti the prince de Cobourg’s army,
| towards Ypres, where it is laid the j
j French are in fort ‘’, to the number
■of 30,000, under general Houchard.
I This man, who about twelve months
| ago was a horse dealer, is now march.
, mg an army to raite the liege ol Dun*
; kirk.
( The reports here are rather con
/i- -vfficlory. Among the people it is
laid, that general Beanfieu is march
ing an army of 20,000 men to the sf
fiftance of his royal highness the duke
of York, v.'n the other hand, the
people in office in the neighbourhood
of Ypres and Courtray, are in hopes
that his royal highness will not expuie
that traft of country to be ravaged by
the French, but will march his army
to its relief, though it ffiould feeni
that the Dutch are in fufficicnt force
for that purpole.
On the fide of Ouefnoy tlie Auflri
ans have penetrated at St. Oner tin,!
without meeting any enemy to oppose I
them.
LONDON GAZETTE.
Extra£l: of a letter from the earl of
Elgin, to the right honourable lord
Grenville, dated .Sep
tember 10.
11 My lord,
fS I have the fatisfaclion of inform
ing your lordship, that this morning
La Qiufnoy surrendered to the troops
of his imperial majesty. At midnight
the town ceased firing, and an officer
came out with the terms on which
the garrison propol’ed to capitulate.
Thele terms were rejected in so far
that they deviated from the point,
which general Clairfayt had reiolved
to infill upon, namely, that the gar
rison ffiould be prifoners’ of war.—
This condition, though combated, did
mot appear unexpected ; and the of
fice on quitting general Clairfayt gave
allurances that the stipulations he had
consented to would he accepted. At
the moment of dispatching my mefifen
ger, the capitulation is not actually
iigned, but as prince Cobourg, gene
ral Clairfayt, and count Mercy have
severally confided tome thelurrender,
and authorize me to communicate it
to your lordffiip, I hope my doing so
will not appear hasty.
“ Fhe garrison is to march out on
the 13th inlhnt.’’
LONDON, September 7.
General Omeara, who commands
in Dunkirk, is an Iriilirnan. In the
year 1758, lie was second lieutenant
in the Irilh regiment of Kouth ; and
when the Irfth brigade \yas incorpo
rated, in 1778, lie had a co unsay in
the regiment of Auvergne. He is
now about 56 years olu, and has rifeu
to the prelent rank from a furies of
bravery and good conduct.
Dunkirk, is firuated on the east fide
of the itrairs of Dover, fro 1 ■ hich
port it is only ten leagues diftmt, as
Calais is seven leagues. Ihe Gazct*
teer places it in latitude 131. and lon
gitude 2- 20. but by ;Vja. lyrie's
tab'es, the north latitude firi', 2-,
ami the east longitude 2, 22. it lies
12 miles nearly east of Cal. , having
between 1 hole two towns the fort re is
ot Mardyke, and the tonified town
of Grave)ines. In the year 1787, it
was found to contain 4500 hordes and
27,000 inhabitants ; the approaches
by sea have this inconvei'ieece, tbit
; tiit the foi ts of the IV. fir irk, with those
of Rev. rs Gil hard, and “Fort b;.- c,.
; ate fi criced, there is no gc:fi-v ucar'-
, enough to the town, to baa cr it with
effect, as they defend the harbour :
; and to the east and weft tides of the
two banks there are nothing bin funds
and Ihoais and if a windThouu! set
; strong from .he weft, there is no f.fe
; am hm age without the forts in the
main channel.
Gravelines and Mardyke defend
Dunk rk so well on the S. W. that
the town is not to be attacked on that
flue till both tliofe p aces are taken;
File canal of Mardyke begins jm the
canal of Bergen, near Dunkirk, aud
is 6678 yards m length, and between
50 and 60 yard broad; no Ids than
30CD yards “1 length from east to weft,
winding south to north, and 600
yards farther it lias an incomparable
ftuice, with two bafons, one 44 feet
broad for large vessels, and the other
20 feet broad, for final! craft.
Gravelings is a fmali, hut strong
town, 1 5 miles to the S. W. of Dun
kirk, and seven to the N. E. of Ca.
Lis ; it stands on the Dover channel,
near the inou h of the Small river Aa:
It is defended by-a good citadel on the
land fide, and a fort towards the sea.
After the late peace, M. de Ca~
lonne, then in the adininiftration,
invited above too American families
from Nantucket, to fettle at Dun
kirk. Those people had been employ- ?
ed in the fifhery (chiefly the whale t
fifhery) which, in corifi ic-rjce of the
reparation of Ameri. a fro 1 Great-.
Britain, could no longer be pursued
there. The religious opinions of tho:
Americans were those of the QuatyG
and Baptists ; but such were the nuji- n
ranees of the ample feenrity and pro- , 1
teflioa for their civil and religion*’ I
rights, that 14 ffi:p| arrived in h
harbour of Dunkirk, in 2786, with i
their families and tiLifts. How they ‘
••vifl att, 0:1 the prefeit occahofty re- (
mains to be afcertainejL
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