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Intelligence Of Importance From The London Gazettes.
The Terpsichore mounts thirty-two twelve and six poandets ; complement of men two hundred ami fifteen . Killed , none . —Wounded , Mr . Richard Hobbs ( Acting Boatswain )^ slightly in the foot ; Jolnt . Roberts ( Quarter-Master ) , lost his left thigh ; and two . seamen . Mahonesa , by the best accounts I have been able to collect , had about thirtykilled or died of their wounds the day of the action , and about the same number wounded , several of whom are since dead .
- The GAZETTE , of Nov . 26 , contains a letter from Col . Craufurd to Lord Grenvilie , which gives an ' oflkial account received bv the Archduke Charles , Nov . n , from General Davidovich , stating his having beaten the corps that was opposed ' to him , and take :: a thousand prisoners . His advanced guard had taken possession of'Trenle , which place , as well as the strong position behind it , were abandoned by the enemy without resistance . The same GAZETTE contains also another letter from Col . Craufurd , dated
Nov . 13 , respecting the operations on the Rhine , from which lhe following are extracts : ' On the 26 th ult . Generals Simpichen and Rosemberg were attacked by two ' divisions of the army of the Sambre and Meuse . The action lasted several hours , and the enemy , notwithstanding so very great an inequality of numbers , was repulsed with considerable loss . ' Early on the 27 th ult . lhe French renewed the attack , and advanced in several columns from Creutznachto turn the left of the Austrians but the latterby
, ; , an at ' i exertion of much ability and steadiness , maintained their position . In thd evening , however , the Generals determined on retiring behind thc'Seltz ; and the retreat was executed with perfect order . ¦ The loss of the Austrians on this occasion consists in nineteen killed , one hundred and eighty-four wounded , ninety-six missing ; on the whole two hundred and ninety-nine men , and eighty-nine horses . ' The enemy ' s was certainly considerable ; two hundred of them were taken
prisoners , and brought into Mayence . ' On the 7 th instant the French attacked General Hotze ' s line , near Manheim . Their principal efforts were directed against the left wing , and the lire of artillery and small arms continued a great part of the day ; but the eneiny were repulsed , and General Hotze . still-maintains his posts in front of the entrenched camp , extending from the Reebach , by the village of Maubacli , to Franckenlhal . "
The GAZETTE , of Nov . 29 , contains a dispatch from the Governor and Council of Madras , dated June 22 , t- (> 6 , from which the following are cxtvaclr .: ' It appears by Rear-Admiral Kainier ' s dispatches , dated the 27 th of March , and 1 S 1 I 1 of April last , and which reached us on the 11 th inst . by the Orpheus Private , that the British troops were in possession of the islands of Amboyna and Bimtla , with their several dependencies , comprising , as it was thought , the whole of the Dutch islands , excepting Pornnte , yielding cloves , nutmegs , and mace . Tinacquisition has been attained without the smallest loss on our side .
; ' Amboyna and its Dependencies were delivered up on the 16 th Of February , and Bancla and its Dependencies on the 8 th of March . < The Admiral found in the treasury at Amboviia I ! i , ii 2 rix dollars , and in store 51 5 , 940 pounds weight of cloves ; in the Treasury at Banda 65 , d 75 rix dollars , and in store 84 , 777 pounds of nutmegs , I 9 , 5 ' < 7 pounds of . mace , besides merchandize and other stores at each place , upon which no value had been then put . ' , ,..
' The GAZETTE , of Dec . 20 , contains dispatches , of which the following are extracts , received from Major-Genera ! Gordon Forbes , Commander of the British troops in the Island of Saint Domingo , dated Port-au-Prince , Oct . 9 : ' I am happy to have the power of assuring you ,. that our situation in St . Domingo is by far more favourable at this time than since his Majesty has been in possession of any part of it . The success of tiie very judicious arrangements
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Intelligence Of Importance From The London Gazettes.
The Terpsichore mounts thirty-two twelve and six poandets ; complement of men two hundred ami fifteen . Killed , none . —Wounded , Mr . Richard Hobbs ( Acting Boatswain )^ slightly in the foot ; Jolnt . Roberts ( Quarter-Master ) , lost his left thigh ; and two . seamen . Mahonesa , by the best accounts I have been able to collect , had about thirtykilled or died of their wounds the day of the action , and about the same number wounded , several of whom are since dead .
- The GAZETTE , of Nov . 26 , contains a letter from Col . Craufurd to Lord Grenvilie , which gives an ' oflkial account received bv the Archduke Charles , Nov . n , from General Davidovich , stating his having beaten the corps that was opposed ' to him , and take :: a thousand prisoners . His advanced guard had taken possession of'Trenle , which place , as well as the strong position behind it , were abandoned by the enemy without resistance . The same GAZETTE contains also another letter from Col . Craufurd , dated
Nov . 13 , respecting the operations on the Rhine , from which lhe following are extracts : ' On the 26 th ult . Generals Simpichen and Rosemberg were attacked by two ' divisions of the army of the Sambre and Meuse . The action lasted several hours , and the enemy , notwithstanding so very great an inequality of numbers , was repulsed with considerable loss . ' Early on the 27 th ult . lhe French renewed the attack , and advanced in several columns from Creutznachto turn the left of the Austrians but the latterby
, ; , an at ' i exertion of much ability and steadiness , maintained their position . In thd evening , however , the Generals determined on retiring behind thc'Seltz ; and the retreat was executed with perfect order . ¦ The loss of the Austrians on this occasion consists in nineteen killed , one hundred and eighty-four wounded , ninety-six missing ; on the whole two hundred and ninety-nine men , and eighty-nine horses . ' The enemy ' s was certainly considerable ; two hundred of them were taken
prisoners , and brought into Mayence . ' On the 7 th instant the French attacked General Hotze ' s line , near Manheim . Their principal efforts were directed against the left wing , and the lire of artillery and small arms continued a great part of the day ; but the eneiny were repulsed , and General Hotze . still-maintains his posts in front of the entrenched camp , extending from the Reebach , by the village of Maubacli , to Franckenlhal . "
The GAZETTE , of Nov . 29 , contains a dispatch from the Governor and Council of Madras , dated June 22 , t- (> 6 , from which the following are cxtvaclr .: ' It appears by Rear-Admiral Kainier ' s dispatches , dated the 27 th of March , and 1 S 1 I 1 of April last , and which reached us on the 11 th inst . by the Orpheus Private , that the British troops were in possession of the islands of Amboyna and Bimtla , with their several dependencies , comprising , as it was thought , the whole of the Dutch islands , excepting Pornnte , yielding cloves , nutmegs , and mace . Tinacquisition has been attained without the smallest loss on our side .
; ' Amboyna and its Dependencies were delivered up on the 16 th Of February , and Bancla and its Dependencies on the 8 th of March . < The Admiral found in the treasury at Amboviia I ! i , ii 2 rix dollars , and in store 51 5 , 940 pounds weight of cloves ; in the Treasury at Banda 65 , d 75 rix dollars , and in store 84 , 777 pounds of nutmegs , I 9 , 5 ' < 7 pounds of . mace , besides merchandize and other stores at each place , upon which no value had been then put . ' , ,..
' The GAZETTE , of Dec . 20 , contains dispatches , of which the following are extracts , received from Major-Genera ! Gordon Forbes , Commander of the British troops in the Island of Saint Domingo , dated Port-au-Prince , Oct . 9 : ' I am happy to have the power of assuring you ,. that our situation in St . Domingo is by far more favourable at this time than since his Majesty has been in possession of any part of it . The success of tiie very judicious arrangements