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killed. The Hanoverians had two officers, Lieutenants Aly and Martin, wounded, four men killed, and eight wounded. The enemy drove back the pofts of Ten Briel and Standtforde, which were occupied by a company and half of Imperial troops. A party of about 2 or 300 men penetrated between these and the other pofts, fo that this detachment was almoft entirely cut off, and upwards of 190 men have either been killed or fallen into their hands. Upon the arrival of a reinforcement from Gen. Walmoden, the enemy fell back, and the different corps have taken up their former positions,

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WHITEHALL, DEC. 14. Manheim, Dec. 2. ON the 29th ult. the French troops to the number of 30,000 men, attacked the Duke of Brunswick in the intrenchments of Landau, but were repulfed with great lofs. A fecond attack was made by them on the 30th, when they were again compelled to retreat; and the Duke of Brunswick having learnt, the following day, that a body of the French were again formed at Rainftein, his Serene Highnefs immediately marched to attack them, and fucceeded by driv. ing them beyond Hombourg, after taking from them their baggage, artillery, and ammunition. On the fame day a general attack was made on the whole line of General Wurmfer's army, and, after an engagement which lafted the whole day, the French were driven beyond Strafbourg.

Bruffels, Dec. 10. The particulars of the frequent actions which General Wurmfer and the Duke of Brunswick had with the French army on the 29th and 30th of November, and the 1st and 2d of Desember, have not yet been received here, further than that the French were repulfed with confiderable lofs on thofe feveral days; the number of the French killed, wounded, and taken prifoners, according to the beft accounts, appearing not to be lefs than 15,000 men.

WHITEHALL, DEC MBER 23.

THE difpatches, of which the following are a copy and extracts, were received last night from Toulon, by the Right Honourable Henry Dundas.

Toulon, November 18, 1793.
SIR,

ON the evening of the 15th inftant, Fort Mulgrave, fituated on the heights of Balaguer, one of the molt effential pofts

that cover this town and harbour, was vigorously and repeatedly attacked by a large corps of the enemy. I have particular plenture in mentioning, that, on this occalion, the very spirited exertions of the British troops ftationed at Fort Mulgrave, conlifting of a detachment of the 2d battalion of the First or Royal Regiment of Foot. commanded by Captain Duncan Campbell, and of a detachment of the Royal Artillery, commanded by Lieutenant Lemoine, were the rincipal means of repulling the enemy, and saving that important poit.

The enemy, from the corroborating accounts of different deferters, are faid to have loft in this attack about 600 men, killed and wounded. Our lofs, including the Spaniards, Neapolitans, and Sardini ans, amounted only to 61. Among the wounded were Captain Duncan Campbell of the Royals, and Lieutenant Lemoine of the Royal Artillery, who, I am happy to add, are now in a favourable state of recovery.

I have the honour to be, &c. CHA. O'HARA, Right Hon. Henry Dundas.

Their Excellencies the Commiffioners of Toulon, having defired a Deputation of the Inhabitants to attend them at the Governor's houfe on the 20th of November, his Excellency Governor O'Hara delivered a fpeech to the Deputation; after which the Commiffioners laid before them, and ordered to be publifhed, the following DECLARATION OF THE KING.

HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY having been informed of the circumitances under which the town, harbour, and forts of Toulon, and the ships in the faid harbour, have been intrufted to Vice Admiral Lord Hood, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's thips and veffels in the Mediterranean, and of the Declaration and Procla mations publifhed by the faid Vice-Admiral, as well as of the Declaration made to him on the part of the inhabitants and people of Toulon, has thought fit, for the further fatisfaction of the faid inhabitants and people, and for the full explanation of his Royal intentions, to declare as follows:

I. When Monarchy fhall be restored in France, and a Treaty of Peace concluded, ftipulating, in favour of his Majetty and his Alies, the reftitution of all conquests made by France during the war, and a juit indemnification for the loff s and expences thereby incurred, and a proper fecurity for the future, his M jetty will paule the town, forts, and harbour of

Toulon,

Toulon, together with the flips and ftores therein, to be restored, according to the engagement entered into by the faid ViceAdmiral.

II. Iis Majefty has given directions that the most effectual measures fhall be taken for the protection of the perfons and property of the inhabitants of the faid town, and for procuring them the supplies of provisions and other articles of which they may ftand in need; and his Majesty is alfociously pleafed to approve of continuing all perfons who held civil or military employments in their respective places and occupations, as far as circumtances and the good of the common caule will permit.

11. His Majefty will do every thing in his power, and in concert with his Allies, to repel any attacks which may be made against Toulon, and to extend his protection to all those who may be deirous to have recourte to it, under certain conditions.

IV. His Majefty fincerely withes the happiness of France, but by no means defires, on this account, to prefcribe any particular form of government. The King claims the right of taking a part, only because the anarchy which now defo. lates that country threatens the tranquillity of his own fubjects and that of the other Powers of Europe, whofe fafety and peace materially depend on the re-ettablishment of order in France, and of a regular fyftem, which may hold out to them a fecure ground of negociation and friend hip: And his Majefty does not hesitate to declare, that the re-establishment of Monarchy, in the perfon of Louis XVII, and the lawful Heirs of the Crown, appears to him the best mode of accomplishmg these juft and falutary views. This form of Government has not only prevailed in France from the earliest times, but, being capable of fuch limitations as may fuit the refpective circumstances of different Nations, has been proved by experience to be the beft adapted, in great Countries, to unite the advantages of Security and Order with real Liberty.

Such a fyftem, subject to such modifications as may hereafter be made therein in a regular and legal manner, when tranquility fhall have been restored in France, would afford to his Majesty the beft and moit pleating profpect of terminating the evils and miferies now endured by the French Nation, and of the renewal of a regular and amicable intercourfe between that country and other States.

It is to thefe great ends that his Ma

jefty's meafures will be directed; and his protection and affistance will be extended, as far as circunftances will admit, to all those who manifeft their define to concur in fo falutary a work. (Signed)

HOOD, GILBERT FLLIOT, CHARLES O'HARA

WHITEHALL, DEC. 25.

THE difpatches, of which the follow, ing are copies and an extract, were yefterday received from Major-General David Dundas, Vice Admiral Lord Hood, and Sir Gilbert Eliott, Bart. by the Right Hon. Henry Dundes, his Majetty's Prin cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department, datei Toulon, November 30, and December 1, 1793.

SIR, Touen, November 30, 1793. I HAVE the honour to acquaint you, that the enemy having opened a con. fiderable battery on the height of Arenes, which much annoyed one of our principal out-polts (Malbouquet), it became necef fary to attack it. Difpofitions for that purpofe were made, and this morning, at five o'clock, a corps of 400 British, 300 Sardinians, 600 Neapolitans, 600 Spamards, and 400 French, under my command, marched from the town. Not. withstanding the whole was obliged to cross the New River on one bridge only, to divide into four columns, to march acrots olive-grounds, interacted by stone walls, and to afcend a very confiderable height, cut into vine terraces, yet we fucceded in furprising and forcing the enemy, and were foon in full poffetion of the battery and height; but i am forry to lay, that inftead of forming upon and occu pying the long and narow fummit of the bill, agreeable to orders and military prudence, the impetuolity of the troops led them to follow the enemy, to defcend the height, to afcend other dittant heights, and at laft, in diforder, to encounter tuch fuperior advancing numbers, as obliged them precipitately to retire, and to refin quifh the advantages we at firft gained.

It is with much concern I must add, that Lieutenant-General O'Hara, who had arrived at the battery on our first fuccefs, was involved in the confequence of this fudden reverse, was wounded in the arm, and made prifoner.

We have to regret, that fo many gallant officers and men iuffered on this occation. The lofs of the British I have the honour

to inclofe; that of the other nations is not in proportion great.

From General O'Hara's ablence, the command

command devolves on me. I fhall endeavour to discharge it to the best of my ability and health, till his Majefty's further pleafure is fignified.

I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) D. DUNDAS, Major-Gen. Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c. &c. Return of the Killed, Wounded, and Mif. fing of the British Troops on the 30th of November 1793, at Toulon. Total. Lieutenant, 1 Serjeant, 18 Rank and File killed; 4 Captains, 4 Lieu. tenants; 2 Serjeants, 2 Drummers, 78 Rank and File wounded; 1 Major, 7 Serjeants, 2 Drummers, 28 Rank and File mifling.

Officers killed, wounded, and taken prifoners.

Lieut. Gen. O'Hara wounded and taken prisoner. Capt. Snow, Deputy QuarterMatter General, killed. Capt. Smith, 25th Reg. Major of Brigade, wounded. Royals. Capt. Reeves, wounded and taken prifoner. Capt. Finney, wounded and taken prifoner. Lieutenant Colonel M'Donald wounded. Lieutenant Mackenzie wounded. Lieutenant Bird wounded and miffing. Lieutenant M‘Kellar killed. 69th Regiment. Major Campbell taken prifoner.

Royal Artillery. Captain Stephens wounded. Lieutenant Bradie wounded, Victory, Toulon Road, Nov. 30, 1793.

SIR,

THE enemy having erected and opened a battery against the poft of Malboufquet, and from which fells would reach the town and arfenal, Governor O'Hara fig nified to me yesterday his intention to attempt to destroy it, and bring off the guns; and requested fonie feamen to be fent to a poft he propofed to withdraw the Brith foldiers from. The Governor promited not to go out himself, but unfortunately did not keep his word. A mot clear, diftinct, and regular plan was fettled, and the Commanding Officer of the troops of each nation had a copy of it. The

troops moved at four o'clock this morning, and furprifed the redoubt molt com pletely. Never was a fervice performed with more regularity and exactiefs; but the ardour and impetuofity of the troops (instead of forming on the height where the battery was railed, as they were particularly ordered to do) led them to rush after the enemy near a mile on the other fide, in a very fcattered and irregular manner. The confequence of which was, the enemy collected in very great force: and in the retreat of our troops, they fuffered extremely, I herewith tranfinit an

account of the lofs of the British in killed, wounded, and miffing: but Major-Gene ral Dundas will give you more particulars. The Governor must unfortunately was wounded and taken prisoner. A furgeon was fent to him immediately (by permiffion of Gen. Du Gommier, Commander in Chief of the Eaftern Army at the Siege of Toulon), who reports that the Gover nor's wound is a Alefh one only in the arm; but being faint by the lofs of blood, he was obliged to fit down under a wall, and there made prisoner of.

I have the honour to be, &c.
HOOD. -

Right Hon. Henry Dundas,

&c. &c. &c.

Extract of a Letter from Sir Gilbert Elliott, Bart. to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, his Majefty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. Toulon, Dec. 1, 1793.

KNOWING that General Dunds has

me.

fent you an official account of the unfortunate action of yesterday, and that Lord Hood had alfo written on the fame subject, you will not expect a relation of it from I cannot, however, lofe the opportunity which the Meffenger affords, of faying, that, by the unanimous teftimony. of those who either witneffed the action, or were acquainted with the plan, there never was an occafion on which the difpo fitions were made with greater ability and judgment, or executed, as long as the orders were complied with, in a more gal. lant or fpirited manner by the troops. It is a real confolation to know, that the courage of the British was confpicuous from the beginning of the action to the end, and that an excels in that good quality was the true and only cause of the miscar riage. It is much to be regretted, that General O'Hara was, on every occafion, fo prodigal of his perfon; but the misfortune which has befallen hun, and the fevere lofs which the fervice sustains by his capture, cannot be afcribed even to this honourable fault; for he did not himfeif afcend the battery till it was poffeffed by our troops, and there was reafon to fuppofe the object of the day had been obtained. The reverie was fo fudden, and his prefence must have appeared fo material towards restoring ord, and retrieving the error which had been committed by the troops, that it is not to be wondered at if, with his fpirit, he became expofed to perfonal hazard. His wound, though not dange rous or ferious, had bled much, and, added to the exertion he had before made, weakened him fo much, that he could not

retire many paces with the troops, but infiftel on being left by two foldiers who were conducting him, and whom he ordered to proceed and fave themselves.

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, FRIDAY, JAN. 17. WHITEHALL, JAN. 15. CAPTAIN HILL, Aide de Camp to Major-General Dundas, arrived, on the 13th inftant, at the Office of the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, with difpatches from Vice-Admiral Lord Hood and the Major-General, of which the following are copies and extracts.

Vitory, Toulon Road, Dec. 13, 1793.
SIR,

NOTHING very material has happened here fince the 30th of last month, when 1 had the honour of writing to you, except that the enemy has made approaches nearer to us by fome new-erected batteries; one againit Malboufquet, another againit Le Brun, and a third against the Hauteur de Graffe. The shells from two of them did us fome mischief on the 9th and 10th, fince which they have been perfectly filent. The enemy is reported to be 50,000, but I cannot credit their being much beyond half that number. By various deferters that have come in, which in this refpect perfectly agree, we are foon to be attacked on all fides at once. From the numerous and important pofts we have to occupy, the troops are at very hard duty, and without relief fome way or other, we thall foon have me men in the Hofpital

than are fit for fervice.

I have the honour to be, &c.
HOOD.

Right Hon. Henry Dundas,

&c. &c. &c. SIR, Toulon, Dec. 12, 1793. SINCE the affair of the 30th ult. no confiderable event has taken place. By the repeated accounts of deferters, the enemy are very much increafed in numbers: none ftate them lower than 30 or

40,000 men.

They have fured of late little from the battery we were in poffeffion of. Four of its guns were certainly difabled. They have increased the number of their mortars, which have much, annoyed our two potts of Cape Brun and Fort Mulgrave, on the Heights of Balaguier. We have loft fome men at each, from the effect of hells, which, in fuch temporary expofed fituations, cannot be fufficiently guarded from.-Againit each of thefe pofts they

have opened a new battery of cannon and mortars, but at the other points they have worked little. We continue ftrengthening our pofition, though we cannot expect to give it any much more fubstantial form.

We have in all 11,000 men bearing mulkets, and 4000 fick. Deferters all report the intention of afpeedy general attack.

This will be delivered by Captain Hill, a very deferving young man, who has been Aid-de-Camp to Lord Mulgrave, Lieut. General O'Hara, and mytelf. The opportunity of his departure is fudden, and therefore I am to beg you will excuse the fhortness of this letter. I am, &c.

DAVID DUNDAS.

Right Hon. Henry Dundas,

&c. &c. &c.

Whitehall, January 15, 1794. THIS morning Sir Sydney Smith and Major Moncrief arrived at the Office of the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, his Majefty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, with difpatches from Vice-Admiral Lord Hood and Major. General David Dundas, of which the following are copies and extracts. Victory, Hieres Bay, December 20, 1793.

IT is my duty to acquaint you, that I have been obliged to evacuate Toulon, and to retire from the Harbour to this an churage.

It became unavoidably neceffary that the retreat should not be deferred beyond that night, as the enemy commanded the town and fhips by their shot and fhells; I therefore, agreeable to the Governor's plan, directed the boats of the fleet to affemble by eleven o'clock, near Fort la Malgue, and am happy to say the whole of the troops were brought off, to the number of near 8,000, without the lofs of a man; and in the execution of this fervice I have infinite pleasure in acknowledging my very great obligations to Captain Elphinstone, for his unremitting zeal and exertion, who faw the last man off; and it is a very comfortable fatisfaction to me, that feveral thousands of the meritorious inhabitants of Toulon were feltered in his Majesty's fhips.

I propofe fending the Vice-Admirals Hotham and Cofby, with fome other ships, to Leghorn or Porto Ferrara, to complete their wine and provifions, which run very fhort, having many mouths to feed, and to remain with the reft to block the ports of Toulon and Marfeilles. Circumitances which had taken place made the retreat abfolutely neceflary to be effected as foon as poffible, and prevented the

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execution of a fettled arrangement for destroying the French fhips and arfenal. I ordered the Vulcan fireship to be primed, and Sir Sydney Smith, who joined me from Smyrna about a fortnight ago, having offered his fervice to burn the hips, I put Capt. Hare under his orders, with the Lieutenants Tupper and Gore of the Victory, Lieutenant Pater of the Britannia, and Lieutenant R. W. Miller of the Windfor-Caftle. Ten of the enemy's fhips of the line in the arfenal, with the mait-house, great flore-house, hemp-house, and other buildings, were totally deftroyed, and before day-light all his Majesty's fhips, with thofe of Spain and the Two Sicilies, were out of the reach of the enemy's fhot and fhells, except the Robuft, which was to receive Captain Elphinstone, and the followed very foon after, without a fhot ftriking her. I have under my orders Rear-Admiral Trogoff, in the Commerce de Marseilles, Puiffant and Pompée of the line, the Pearl, Arethusa and Topaze frigates, and several large corvettes, which I have manned, and employed in collecting wine and provisions from the different ports in Spain and Italy, having been Conftantly, in want of one fpecies or another, and am now at fhort allowance.

Don Langara undertook to destroy the fhips in the Bafon, but, I am informed, found it not practicable; and as the Spanish troops had the guarding the powder veffels, which contained the powder of the fhips I ordered into the bason and arsenal on my coming here, as well as that from the diftant magazines, within the enemy's reach, I requested the Spanish Admiral would be pleafed to give orders for their being fcuttled and funk; but, instead of doing that, the officer to whom that duty was intrufted, blew them up, by which two fine gun boats, which I had ordered to attend Sir Sydney Smith, were shook to pieces. The Lieutenant commanding one of them was killed, and feveral feamen badly wounded. I am forry to add, that Lieut. Goddard of the Victory, who commanded the feamen upon the Heights of Graffe, was wounded, but I hope and truft no: dangerously.

I beg to rete, you for further particulars to General Dundas respecting the evacu ation of Toulon, and to Sir Sydney Smith as to the burning the enemy's fhips, &c. on which fervice he very much diftinguished himfelf; and he gives great praife to Captain Hare, of the Firefhip, as well as to all the Lieutenants employed under him. It is with peculiar fatisfaction I have the honour to acquaint you, that the uunoft VOL. XXV.

harmony, and most cordial understanding, has happily fubfifted in his Majesty's army and fleet, not only between the Ófficers of all ranks, but between the feamen and foldiers also.

I herewith transmit a copy of Sir Sydney Smith's letter to me, with a list of the Of ficers employed under him, and alfo a return of Officers and feamen killed and wounded at Fort Mulgrave on the 17th. I have the honour, &c.

HOOD. P. S. The lift of the fhips at Toulon that were burnt, and thofe remaining, has been received fince writing my letter. Right Hon. Henry Dundas.

MY LORD, Toulon, Dec. 18, 1793. AGREEABLY to your Lordship's order, I proceeded with the Swallow Tender, three English and three Spanish gunboats, to the Arfenal, and immediately began making the neceffary preparations for burning the French fhips and ftores' therein. We found the dock-gates well fecured by the judicious arrangements of the Governor, although the dock-yard people had already fubftituted the threecoloured cockade for the white one. I did not think it fafe to attempt the fecuring any of them, confidering the small force I had with me, and confidering that conteft of any kind would occupy our whole attention, and prevent us from accomplishing our purpose.

The galley flaves, to the number of at leaft 600, fhewed themfelves jealous fpectators of our operations: Their difpofition to oppofe us was evident; and being unchained, which was unusual, rendered it neceffary to keep a watchful eye on them on board the galleys, by pointing the guns of the Swallow tender and one of the gun-boats on them, in fuch a manner as to enfilade the quay on which they must have landed to come to us, and affuring them, at the fame time, that no harm fhould happen to them if they remained quiet. The enemy kept up a cross fire of fhot and fhells on the pot, from Malboufquet, and the neighbouring hills,which contributed to keep the galley flaves in fubjection, and operated, in every respect, favourably for us, by keeping the Re publican party in the town within their houfes, while it occafioned little inter ruption to our work of preparing and placing combustible matter in the diffe rent ftore houfes, and on board the hips; fuch was the fteadiness of the few brave feamen I had under my command. A great multitude of the enemy continued to draw down the Hill towards the dockL yard

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