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THURSDAY, OctoberTHEGEORGIASAVANNAH: Printed—I*!0-138)R O Y A I.GAZETTE.byJAMESJOHNSTON.js' E W • Y O R K, September 12.200^ are informed that Mr. Wafh-f JB *nSton ^as moved fr°m Chefterin Pennfylvania, where he hait-W ed on the 5th inft. and it is^ expedtd he would reach theJ ^ Monday ; him-felf is to proceed by land, but his ftores, provifions, and baggage, by water, down Che fa peak Bay.On board the fhip Marquis de la Fayette, of 12:0 tons, w ere, befides many other valuable articles, 100,000 louildo-es, cloathing for 43,000 men, and a gieat, number of brafa cannon, field pieces, mortars, c. She was taken by the En* dymion frigate.We feel vaft regret in mentioning that the noble and brave Lord Rawdon, on his pafl’age to ling-land in a South Carolina p.-.cker, in an it firm fl.ite of health, has been taken by the Fiench fleet commanded by M. de GrafTe.Sept. 28. By a gentleman who arrived here yeflerday from Philadelphia, we learn, that previous to his departure from that city a report prevailed. and was. univerfally crei.lj.tefl, thaiAan cx-Dtefs had atrived fioni Vnuinia to Conp*eis. withmong them about 1 2 mailers of veflels, out of whom is Capt. Cobbj of the Lockhart Rofs, from Quebeck to Cork, that had the misfortune to be taken by the Hermione and Aftrea, two French frigates, and carried into Bofton.By the above prisoners we have certain advice of the capture of a number of the enemy's privateers that had been dogging the Quebeck fleet; that no lefs than nine of them had been cairied into Halifax, ainong them the Thorn, (but it is fa id fhe was afterwards retaken by a French frigate) and 15 into Newfoundland ; a lift of them we have not yet been able to obtain, we only know the names of a few of thofe carried into St. John’s, Newfoundland, viz.Brig Sharp, Capt. / lien, belonging to Boflon.Ship C ongrefs, Capt. Rhodes. Salem.Ship Lewev, Capt. Nicolas, Portfmouth.fhig A/live, Capt. Pattin, Beverley.Sloop Fifli Hawk, do.Brig New Adventure, Capt. Neil, do.W ♦“Ship Oliver Cromwell, Capt. Bray, do Ship Mercury,* letrer of marque, Capt. Storer, belonging !.o pQttfmouth. *Ships Alexander’, Neptune, and Marquis.7 hf* flav nn u/hirh rli — Arrived at C!EV. havino Tiifff'r-pfl fn mnrh irv fh*.• i •tended from the van to the fecond fhip aftexn of the center! \Rear Admiral Drake’s divifion compofed the van of the Britifh line, Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, Bart, that of the rear.The action in the van was very clofe and fharp for fome time, and continued fo until the French fliips put before the wind to prevent being cut up.The French center and rear pufhed forward, and kept much from the wind as they approached the Biitifh center, and appeared to have little more in view than to advance far enough to receive their own van, who were nearly before the wind, and the better to effed this purpofe they conftantly declined clofe adtion with the center of our fleet.Every neceftary fignal was made to urge a clofe as well as a general adtion, which the enemy appeared as much to decline, and did not permit our rear to clofe with them, which prevented that part of our fleer from having any fhatc of the adton* All firing ceafed on both Tides foon after funfet. About ten o'clock it was made known to the Admiral by two frigates, which had been fent throughout the line, that feveral of the fhips.of the van, were not capable of keeping extended with the en-A m T t U *1 •* m lt;• iX.\ -- - k m * __ u Jan*
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Savannah Royal Georgia Gazette
Savannah, Georgia, US
Thu, Oct 18, 1781
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