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Intelligence Of Importance From The London Gazettes.
made by Major-Genera ! Bowyer at Jeremie , and the divisions amongst the enemy in the South part of the Island , where almost all the Republican Whites have been massacred since their defeat , has assured the safety of the important quarter of the Grand Ancc , * ' The same spirit of discord prevailing also in the North , and ihe success of our troops towards the Spanish frontiers , have encouraged the remains of Jean ¦ Francois'Army to co-operate with us ; they have , in consequence , fought several battles with the Republican Part }' and have sent us a number of prisoners .
, ' St . Marc ' s and Mole St . Nicholas are also in a state of perfect security , and the parish of L'Arcanaye was never in a higher state of cultivation , nor the negroes more peaceably and orderly than at this moment . Indeed such is the public confidence , that the Planters are now actually importing from Jamaica a considerable number of new negroes . ' The same GAZETTE contains also dispatches from Robert Craufurd , Esq . dated . Head-quarters of the Archduke Charies , Offenburg , Nov . 23 , of which lhe
following are extracts : ' I have the honour to inform your Lordship , that in the night from the 21 st to the 32 tl , the trenches were opened before Kehl , on the right bank of the Kinzig . The first parallel , of this attack , with its communications , proceeding from the right and left flank of the right wing , of the line of contravallation , were so far completed during the night , that before day-break the men were tolerably covered . The enemy did not attempt to interrupt the work , nor had he yet fired a single shot upon the trenches ; but , early next morning ( the zzd ) he mado
a sudden attack upon the left wing of the line of contravallation , and , after an action , than which nothing could be possibly more severe , was driven back into his works with very great loss . ' The enemy having , in the course of the night from the 21 st to the 22 d „ brought over a large body of troops from Strasburg , formed iiis columns of attack close behind the chain of his advanced posts , with so much silence that they
were not perceived . Just before the break of day ( which , however , was rendered extremely obscure by a very thick mist that lasted the greater part of the forenoon ) these columns began to advance . The instant the Austrian Videttes and Centriesgave their fire , which was the only notice of . the approaching attack , the enemy ' s infantry rushed on with the utmost impetuosity , without firing a shot , and in an instant they were masters of two redoubts of the left of the first line . The village of Sundheim was attacked in the same manner , and with equal success ; after which , coming in the rear of the curtain that connects the village
with the first redoubt to its left , the enemy immediately carried that work , one face of which was not quite finished . Upon this large bodies of their infantry rushed through the openings in the curtains on the whole front of this wing ; and , whilst part advanced against the second line , the others endeavoured to make themselves masters of the remaining redoubts of the first ; but these , though perfectly left to themselves for a considerable time , entirely surrounded , cut off from every assistance , and attacked with fury by the enemy , who frequently got into the ditches and attempted to climb the parapet , were defended
in a manner that reflects the highest honour on the officers and troops that were in-them . The loss in all of these redoubts was considerable , and in one the artillery drivers were at last obliged to fire the guns , but all the attacks were repulsed . ' The enemy ' s right column , after occupying the two works which they had carried , pushed on between the dykes to attack the left of the second line ; but Prince Frederic of Orange ( whose gallant and judicious conduct cannot sufficiently be praised ) having rallied his brigadelaced a part of his infantry behind
, p the dyke , which connects the third redoubt from the left of the first line with the work which is on the left of the second ; and in this situation he resisted the . most severe attack that can be imagined upon his front , whilst those bodies of , the enemy's infantry , which had pierced between the redoubt of the first line , were actually in his rear , he not only maintained his cost , but completelychecked the enemy's progress on this flank .
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Intelligence Of Importance From The London Gazettes.
made by Major-Genera ! Bowyer at Jeremie , and the divisions amongst the enemy in the South part of the Island , where almost all the Republican Whites have been massacred since their defeat , has assured the safety of the important quarter of the Grand Ancc , * ' The same spirit of discord prevailing also in the North , and ihe success of our troops towards the Spanish frontiers , have encouraged the remains of Jean ¦ Francois'Army to co-operate with us ; they have , in consequence , fought several battles with the Republican Part }' and have sent us a number of prisoners .
, ' St . Marc ' s and Mole St . Nicholas are also in a state of perfect security , and the parish of L'Arcanaye was never in a higher state of cultivation , nor the negroes more peaceably and orderly than at this moment . Indeed such is the public confidence , that the Planters are now actually importing from Jamaica a considerable number of new negroes . ' The same GAZETTE contains also dispatches from Robert Craufurd , Esq . dated . Head-quarters of the Archduke Charies , Offenburg , Nov . 23 , of which lhe
following are extracts : ' I have the honour to inform your Lordship , that in the night from the 21 st to the 32 tl , the trenches were opened before Kehl , on the right bank of the Kinzig . The first parallel , of this attack , with its communications , proceeding from the right and left flank of the right wing , of the line of contravallation , were so far completed during the night , that before day-break the men were tolerably covered . The enemy did not attempt to interrupt the work , nor had he yet fired a single shot upon the trenches ; but , early next morning ( the zzd ) he mado
a sudden attack upon the left wing of the line of contravallation , and , after an action , than which nothing could be possibly more severe , was driven back into his works with very great loss . ' The enemy having , in the course of the night from the 21 st to the 22 d „ brought over a large body of troops from Strasburg , formed iiis columns of attack close behind the chain of his advanced posts , with so much silence that they
were not perceived . Just before the break of day ( which , however , was rendered extremely obscure by a very thick mist that lasted the greater part of the forenoon ) these columns began to advance . The instant the Austrian Videttes and Centriesgave their fire , which was the only notice of . the approaching attack , the enemy ' s infantry rushed on with the utmost impetuosity , without firing a shot , and in an instant they were masters of two redoubts of the left of the first line . The village of Sundheim was attacked in the same manner , and with equal success ; after which , coming in the rear of the curtain that connects the village
with the first redoubt to its left , the enemy immediately carried that work , one face of which was not quite finished . Upon this large bodies of their infantry rushed through the openings in the curtains on the whole front of this wing ; and , whilst part advanced against the second line , the others endeavoured to make themselves masters of the remaining redoubts of the first ; but these , though perfectly left to themselves for a considerable time , entirely surrounded , cut off from every assistance , and attacked with fury by the enemy , who frequently got into the ditches and attempted to climb the parapet , were defended
in a manner that reflects the highest honour on the officers and troops that were in-them . The loss in all of these redoubts was considerable , and in one the artillery drivers were at last obliged to fire the guns , but all the attacks were repulsed . ' The enemy ' s right column , after occupying the two works which they had carried , pushed on between the dykes to attack the left of the second line ; but Prince Frederic of Orange ( whose gallant and judicious conduct cannot sufficiently be praised ) having rallied his brigadelaced a part of his infantry behind
, p the dyke , which connects the third redoubt from the left of the first line with the work which is on the left of the second ; and in this situation he resisted the . most severe attack that can be imagined upon his front , whilst those bodies of , the enemy's infantry , which had pierced between the redoubt of the first line , were actually in his rear , he not only maintained his cost , but completelychecked the enemy's progress on this flank .