FOREIGN OCCURRENCE S. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. THE HE difpatches, of which the following are extracts and copy, were yesterday received at the office of the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, from Lord Mulgrave. TOULON, October 18. Sir, On the 14th of October, at 11 o'clock in the morning, I perceived the army of General Carteaux, to the weftward of Toulon, to be formed in line, and advancing from the hills towards the redoubt of Malboufquet. The garrifon of Toulon (leaving the neceffary guards and a finall detachment to fecure the tranquillity of the town) was marched out, to the number of about 3000, to take a defenfive pofition between the redoubts Malboufquet and St. Antoine, and be hind the riviere Neuve, a deep and dry canal lying north and fouth in front of thofe redoubts. Three bridges, which croffed the canal on the roads to Brouffan, Marseilles, and the village of Six Fours, had been broken by my orders foon after my arrival at Toulon. In this pofition we had not any view of the enemy, who were concealed by intermediate hills between their line and the plain occupied by the garrison of Toulon. I detached a captain, with 70 British and 30 Piedmontele chaffeurs, to a rifing ground (the Hauteur des Arennes) beyond the riviere Neuve, to discover the movements of the enemy, with orders to remain there till I fhould call them in if they faw no confiderable body; but to return immediately if the enemy appeared in force, and on no account to engage in any way with the enemy fo as to oblige me to march to their fupport, as it was not my intention to make any attack, or to come to an action beyond the riviere Neuve; the fmalinefs of our numbers, the impoffibility of carrying our field-artillery across the canal, and the certain information I had received that the enemy had numerous batteries on the ftrong ground which they occupied, determined me to wait their attack (if they intended one) behind the riviere Neuve, and under the protection of the redoubts on the flanks of our pofition. Whilt the patrole of go men proceeded to the hill pointed out to them, I was employed in forming the line of British and Piedmontefe, and two battalions of Neapolitans. Before the line was completely formed, I heard the pa trole of British engaged in a heavy fire with the enemy, and faw fmall parties retreating: I fent immediately the whole of the Piedmontefe chafleurs to fupport the patrole and bring them off. The ap pearance of this reinforcement had the effect of animating the advanced foldiers of the British, who, in fpite of the remonftrances of their officers, prefled for. ward upon the enemy. The Piedmontefa followed the example; and, as I found the whole detachment were advancing upon the enemy, I was obliged to march out with 200 British, three companies of the regiment de Piedmont, and half of each of the regiments of Neapolitan troops, leaving the remainder of my wing of the army to guard our pofition, and to check the enemy if they fhould prefs upon us on our return. The patrole had push ed on to a confiderable distance, and had driven in all the advanced parties of the enemy, before I could bring them off, which, however, was effected with no further lofs than that which they had fuf." tained in the rash but fpirited enterprise of the foldiers, which obliged their offi cers to follow them to a distance of a mile and a half beyond the riviere Neuve. Night coming on, the enemy (having probably loft feveral men from the vivacity with which they were preffed) retired to their camp without attempting any attack. The garrifon marched back to Toulon at about 10 o'clock at night. On the 15th in the morning the unfortunate affair of Cape le Brun took place: I fend you a copy of Governor Elphinftone's report of this action to Vice-Admiral Lord Hood. LA MALGUE, 08. 16. My lord, I have the honour to inform your lordship, that, in consequence of the enemy's having repeatedly appeared on the important hill of Cape Brun, which overlooks this fort, and commands a great part of the harbour, I ordered 100 men of Huifteins, or battalion of Royal Louis, to be posted there, with the engi neers, to prepare for its defence; and, after they had marked out the fituation of an intended work, I fent a reinforcement of 100 men of the regiment of Royal Louis. On the 15th before day, the eport of mufquetry was heard, which increased with the light, and induced me to order 100 of the 30th regiment, 100 Neapolitans, 50 Spaniards, and the remainder of Royal Louis, to follow me there. By the time I got to the bottom of the hill, the the fire was become very brisk, and I had fome difficulty to get up by the road. The troops from La Malgue were nearly up, by a fhorter road through vineyards. I detached Capt. Torriano, of the 30th, to go round the left of the hill, and take the enemy on their right flank. This had the defired effect, and they gave gave way, On the top of the hill I found the Royal Louis defending themselves gallantly, although hard preffed, but the out-pofts driven in, and the men in want of cartridges. I advanced with the fresh troops, and recovered our out-pofts, after an ob. ftinate refiftance; and placed Capt Tomlinfon, of the 30th, in advance, the Neapolitans in the center, Capt. Torriano on the left, with Royal Louis and the Spanish troops on the right; and it was near an hour before the enemy retired. They were fupported by cannon; we had none. I had previously sent an aid-de-camp_to La Malgue for cartridges, and to Toulon for fupport of troops. The enemy, not. withstanding they were greater in force than I expected, did not feem difpofed to renew the attack; infomuch, that I ordered the workmen to begin the redoubt, vifited the posts, and then returned to the fort for the purpose of hurrying up guns, ammunition, provifions, &c. and repeating my requeft of men from Toulon. In half an hour after I had left Cape Brun, the whole army of the enemy had advanced under cover of woods, and fupported by artillery attacked the poft on all fides, and carried it in confequence of numbers, notwithstanding a moft diftinguished resistance. The fortunate recovery of the poft was fo immediately under your lordship's eye, that it is unneceffary for me to add more, than that I have the honour to be, &c. Cape Brun being attacked and requiring fuccour, I ordered the garrison picquet to turn out immediately, and the remainder of the troops to get under arms, and fent the report I had received to the general officers commanding the foreign troops. Before the picquet of 100 men had got be. yond the gate of the town, a report came of our troops having been repulfed from Cape Brun; that they had retired into Fort La Malgue; and that the whole army of Gen. La Poype had been marched from La Garde for the attack of Cape Brun, and were at that time in poffeffion of it. We marched out of the gate d'Italie as foon as the garrifon could be collected un, der arms, confifting of the fame numbers as the day before, with eight field. pieces and two 18 pounders, with the addition of 60 Spanish dragoons of 160 which landed on the 12th instant, (the remaining horfes not being yet fit for fervice.) Having reconnoitered the fituation of the enemy, I found they had abandoned Cape Brun, and had formed their whole force further to the eastward, on the Hauteur le Pradel, with their left covered by the caftle St. Marguerite, which has two 12-pounders pointed to the land fide; their field-pieces were diftributed along the front of their line. It occurred to me that the most fafe and effectual mode of dislodging them from their strong poft would be to march immediately forward, under protection of our forts, on the fide of Mount Pharon, to proceed towards La Valette, and ftrike off to the Hauteurs de Thouars, about a mile eastward of La Valette, and commanding La Garde at fomething more than a quarter of a mile distance from that village. It was my intention to occupy Thouars and La Garde, by which we fhould command the whole plain and the two great roads, one leading to Hieres, and paffing to the eastward of laGarde, the other paffing through La Valette and leading to Souliers. Generals Squierdo and Pignatelli being of the fame opinion with me, we proceeded on the road to La Valette, leaving 140 men with two 18-pounders in that village (un der protection of the guns of Fort Pharon) to mark the Vallon de Favieres, and prevent the enemy from fending reinforcements by that pafs from their pofts at Tounis and Le Revest. At the commencement of our march, the enemy expected an attack, and drew up their force; as we proceeded, they appeared in fome degree of hurry and confufion, and at length As foon as the report came to me of quitted their post to march towards La G. K. ELPHINSTONE, Total Return of the Killed, Wounded, and Miffing, Oct. 15, on Cape Brun.-2 Captains, I lieutenant, 9 rank and file, killed; I captain, 2 lieutenants, 35 rank and file, wounded; 2 lieutenants, 19 rank and file, miffing. Names of Officers killed, wounded, and miffing. 30th regiment. Captain Torriano killed, Lieut. Hamilton wounded, Lieutenant Shewbridge miffing. -Lieut. Bambridge, of the royal navy, aid-de-camp to Governor Elphinstone, wounded. Regiment of Royal Louis. Capt. Tho maffon, Lieut. Simmonet, killed; Capt. Buret, Lieut. D'Arno, wounded; Enfign Kear made prisoner. Lord Mulgrave in continuation. Garde Garde. Unfortunately, from an error of the guide, the Spanish troops, which led the column, were carried beyond the point at which they should have gained the Hauteurs de Thouars; and when the rear divifion of the column, compofed of the British and Piedmontefe troops, which which was to have formed the left of the line, arrived at the foot of that hill, we found the advance formed with their right to the Hauteurs and their left extending toward La Valette. I immediately marched the British and Piedmontefe troops to the top of the Hauteurs de Thouars, taking the right of our pofition; the Spanith and part of the Neapolitan troops came up on our left. It was with great regret that I perceived the enerny (who had preffed their march rapidly) entering La Garde at the moment we poffeffed ourfelves of the Hauteurs de Thouars. By the activity and exertions of Col. Minichini of the Albanefe Neapolitan corps, and Capt. Collier of the British artillery, we got our field-pieces to the top of the hills, through very steep and difficult paffages. The enemy made various movements, but without attempting any thing more than a cannonade from La Garde, which we returned, and difmounted one of their guns. When night fet in they began to remove with their artillery towards Hieres. I fent forward a patrole under Capt. Moncrief of the 11th regiment confifting of 100 British troops, a company of Piedmontefe grenadiers, and the grenadier company of the Spanish Swifs regiment of Betchar, to find whether they had evacuated La Garde. This patrole was fired upon by a strong rear guard, pofted in vineyards and in the houfes of the village, which cover the fides of a fugar-loaf hill, the top of which is crowned by an old castle. The main object of our movement having been obtained, by the retreat of the enemy from the fituation they had occupied in the morning near St. Marguerite, it would have been highly imprudent to have facrificed any part of our fmall force in the attack of a strong village, which we must of neceffity have abandoned the next morning. The troops having been much fa tigued the day before, and left (by the mifmanagement of the perfons charged at Toulon with the fupply of provifions) wirhout any food till ten o'clock at night, it was at that hour determined to march back into the town. Total return of the Killed, Wounded and Miffing, on the 14th of October, 1793, near Malboufquet.-4 rank and file, killed; 2 captains, 3 lieutenants, i fer jeant, 28 and file, wounded; 2 rank and file miffing. MULGRAVE, Acting Brig. Gen. WHITEHALL, November 23. This morning Lord George Conway arrived here with a dispatch from the Earl of Yarmouth, dated Fort Louis, Nov. 15, 1793, mentioning, that the fiege of that. place had been commenced by Gen. Wurmfer on the 10th inftant, and that the garrifon had furrendered themselves prifoners of war, to the amount of 4000 men, on the 14th. One hundred and twelve pieces of artillery of different fizes, fifteen cannons, and a great number of live,ftock, are alfo in the poffeffion of the Auftrians. The lofs on the part of the latter confifted in 24 men killed, and about 30 wounded. The garrifon marched out on the 16th. Extract of a Letter from Sir James Murray to Mr. Secretary Dundas, "dated Tournai, November 19. Upon the 16th inft. Col. Salis, with part of the garrifon of Ypres, marched against Poperinghue, which the enemy had been in poffeffion of for fome time, and where they had the appearance of intending to establish themfelves in force. They are, however, driven from that poft, with the lofs of 45 prifoners, of which four are officers, one howitzer, and one tumbril, which were taken by Col. : Salis, without any lofs on his part. WHITEHALL, Dec. 3. A letter of which the following is an extract, was yesterday received from Sir James Murray, adjutant-general to the forces under the command of his royal highnefs the Duke of York, dated Tournay, Nov. 29, by the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: "The army remained in a state of tranquillity until yesterday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, when the enemy attacked Nechin and Leers, two advanced potts, occupied each by about 100 men. They advanced in confiderable force, particularly against Nechi, and made their attack with great rapidity. The detachment posted there, which was a picquet from the grenadier battalion of Helle Darmstadt, and half a company of the imperial free corps of O'Donnel, defended the poft for foine time with great gallantry; but, being obliged to yield to the fuperiority of numbers, they retreated towards Bailleul, whilft the detachment which occupied Leers, to avoid being furrounded, fell back to Eftainbourg. Major-general During, however, who had repaired upon the first alarm to the point of attack, having brought up the light light infantry battalion of Darmstadt from Eftainbourg and Peck, and a party of the Hanoverian cavalry, under the command of Colonel Linfingen, having advanced from Templeuve, the enemy 'were driven back, and the pofts re-occupied. "The Darmstadt troops had two men killed; Captain Von Shonberg and feven men wounded: Captain Von Becker, who was likewife wounded, and four men taken. The corps of O'Donnell had fix men wounded, and two taken. The Hanoverian cavalry, one man wounded. The lofs of the enemy was greater; seve ral were found dead in the village of Nechin, and feven or eight taken. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. WHITEHALL, Dec. 9. Extract of a Letter from Colonel Sir James Murray, Adjutant-General to the Forces under the command of his Royal High. nefs the Duke of York, to Mr. Secretary Dundas, dated Tournay, December 3, 1793. THE enemy made an attack the 30th of last month upon General Walmoden's advanced pofts upon the Lys. They paffed that river, about one o'clock in the afternoon, at Comines and Boufbecke, where they had conftructed bridges; that at Boufbecke under the protection of four pieces of cannon. At the latter place they had paffed over with about 200 men, when Major Linfingen, with fourteen men of the 9th regiment of Hanoverian light cavalry, and the first battalion of the grenadiers of the fame nation, with which he had advanced upon the firft alarm, attacked them without hefitation, though he was expofed to a fevere fire of grape-fhot from the oppofite fide of the river. The enemy's detachment was entirely defeated and deftroyed, five officers and forty-eight men being taken, and the reft killed. The conduct and bravery of Major Linfingen, and the behaviour of the troops under his command, are spoken of by General Walmoden in terms of the highest commenda tion. The Hanoverians had two officers (Lieutenants Aly and Martin) wounded, four men killed, and eight wounded. That body of the enemy which passed the Lys at Comines drove back the posts at Ten Briel and Sandtforde, which were occupied by a company and a half of the imperial free corps of Grun Laudohn. A party of about two or three hundred men penetrated between thofe and the other pofts, fo that this detachment was almoft entirely cut off, and upwards of one hundred men have either been killed or fallen into their hands. Upon the arrival of I HAD the honour to inform you, in my letter of the 8th of September, that the next day the 13th regiment, the two. flank companies of the 49th, and a detachment of artillery, were to fail, to take poffeffion of Jeremie, the propofitions or capitulation having been accepted. Commodore Ford, in whole praise I cannot fay too much, failed with the ex pedition. The greatest part of the troops were embarked on-board his majesty's fhips. Tranfports were neceflary for the provifions and ftores. The whole arrived at Jeremie the 19th in the evening; and a deputation was fent from the council, requesting the English colours, that they might be immediately hoifted; but it was judged beft to land early the next morning, when the whole difembarked, and the colours were hoisted at both forts, with two falutes of twentyone guns, and anfwered by the commo dore and his fquadron. The troops were received with the loudest acclamations from all ranks. I mentioned in my letter, that a Monf. Carles, of the etat-major of the Mole, was on-board of the commodore. The commodore only remained a few hours at Jeremie after the troops were landed, and failed for the Mole, where he arrived the 22d, and fent Monf. Carles on-fhore. The next day, at seven in the morning, a deputation of twenty perfons came on-board the commodore, who was cruizing off the entrance of the Mole, to inform him, that they wished to accept of the fame capitulation as Jeremie, and begged the commodore to grant it them, which was accordingly done, and the Europa failed up the harbour. When the fort at Prefque Ifle faw the ship under weigh, they fired three guns as a fignal, and hoifted the English colours, the fame at Fort Orleans; and when the Europa came to anchor the was faluted with twen ty-one guns from all the forts and all the veffels in the harbour, which was answered by the commodore. Fifty marines were landed, under Capt. Robertfon, wha took the command of the garrison. The commodore fent a fast-failing schooner to Jeremie for fome troops. The grenadiercompany 1 company of the 13th regiment was immediately embarked, and arrived at the Mole on the 28th. It being a place of fuch importance, and literally the key of St. Domingo, I judged it neceflary to strengthen the garrifon; accordingly Lieutenant-colonel Danfey, with five companies of the 49th regiment, failed the 7th on-board two of the frigates; and I thall order the remaining three companies to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation on-board of another frigate. I have the honour to be,'&c. ADAM WILLIAMSON. Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c. &c. Return of Ordnance, Ammunition, and Artillery Stores, in the Magazines, upon the Batteries, and in the different Posts eftablifhed in the Mole Town and it's dependencies, September 25, 1793. Powder, lbs. 146,024 136 157 23 of the British troops being landed at Jeremie. You will alfo acquaint their lordships, that I feized, upon my arrival here, a large fchooner in the fervice of the republic, commanded by M. Anquetin, formerly a lieutenant of the Jupiter; and, as he is a very fine veffel, mounting ten fix and four pounders, I have taken her into his majesty's fervice. The fehooner was at that time called the National Convention, but formerly the Marie Antoi. nette, which last name have thought proper to continue, and have given the command of her to Lieutenant Perkins, an officer of zeal, vigilance, and activity. I have alfo to acquaint their lordships that we have hitherto remained in fecurity; but the civil commiffaries, upon their receiving accounts that the Mole was in our poffeffion, had prepared an expedition to attack it, and had actually proceeded as far as Port au Paix, with the Hyæna and feveral other armed transports and finall craft, with all the troops that could be collected, amounting to five thousand or upwards; but, the frigates 1,717 arriving very opportunely from Jamaica, 40,000 I was enabled to block them up in that 1,460 port, where they still remain; and, as 10,420 Mr. Santhonax has in confequence gone by land to Port au Prince, I am in great hopes that, by this means, the expedition will be entirely frustrated. 23 1,434 10,359 550 200 Given at the Mole the 25th of September, 1793. (Signed) DUMAS, Principal Storekeeper. EUROPA, Mole of Cape St. Nicholas, October 27. In addition to my letter of the 26th ult.* you will be pleased to inform their lordships, that the Flying Fish fchooner, which I fent to Colonel Whitelock at Je. remie with a requifition for a fmall force for the prefent, returned on the 28th ult. with the grenadier-company of the 13th regiment; and his majesty's fhips Penelope and Iphigenia arrived on the 11th and 12th inftant from Jamaica with five companies of the 49th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Danfey, whom Governor Williamfon has appoint ed commandant of this district. arrival of thefe fhips I was informed of the fuccefs of the frigates which I had ordered to make a diverfion at Flamandebay, near St. Louis, and have inclosed an account of the captures they made, though their merchant-fhips, to a confiderable amount, had efcaped to Aux Cayes, upon their receiving intelligence On the JOHN FORD. I am, &c. Ship Ceres, 300 tons, laden with fugar, A Spanish brig, 180 tons, laded with Ma laga wine, Spanish brandy, and raifins. FLAMANDE BAY. cotton, indigo, cath about 3000l. cur- Ship Patriot, 350 tons, laden with fugar, coffee, cotton, and indigo. Brig Le Julian, 220 tons, nearly the fame cargo. Sloop Mary, laden with fugar, cotton, and molafles.-Under American colours. Schooner Juan Briton, 80 tøns, laden with cotton, &c. Schooner Egalité, 50 tons, in ballast. Armed fchooner Dauphin, 40 tons, ditto. * This letter, as it contains only a recapitulation of the circumstances mentioned in the preceding one from Major-gén. Williamson, is not inferted here. LIST |