HOME NE W S. ward; 2 four pounders were got up that night, and a battery was immediately opened on them. 669 was a battery of five guns; they reared one ladder, a fecond, and a third; the first ladder was broke by the flink guns of another bastion, kiling a midh.pman, and badly wounding five men; the other ladders were allo wound were two guns pointed from the flank of the baftion to fcour it. We were perceived by their centries, and their drum beat to the alarm poftr. This battery incommoded them much, but Our columns were staggered, and stept back never could have made any impreffion on the but inftantly recovering themselves, they adwalls of the parapet, as they were 18 feet thick.vanced to the wall in height 28 feet, on which The Spaniards pointed that evening three more guns towards the land fide, and in the morning difmounted one of ours. Obferving there were fome houfes near the fort which the Spaniards had neglected to burn, parties of maines, bay-men, and Indians occu ied themed, but not broke; two feamen got up firft by and kept up fo inceflant a fire on the embra fures of the fort, that the Spaniards fire fom the guns, were often filenced for hours, and we obferved them throwing over the dead. This day 6 more guns were got up by the feamen and bay-men, one of which General Dalling had fent for the bay-men. Three others be ng unfortunately fwamped coming on shore, Captain Ca den opened a battery of 4 fix-pounders from the hill which the Pomona's men had gained in the first skirmish at the defile, which alfo commanded the fort. Forefeeing that, by a fiege of this mature, before approaches could be made in a regular way, and a breach effected, a valt train of artillery would be required, and a length of time, after which we would be obliged to form, hiving alfo the enemy in our rear all round; and having maturely weighed all thefe circumftances. and the difadvantage inevitably attend ing age, it was therefore determined to efcalade the fort, as the ditch was found to be dry. And, having confulted with the commo. dore on the mode of att ck, it was refolved that the Pomona should be towed clofe in, the heavier fhips co operating. The attack being determined on, the Europeans were formed into four columns in line, four men advanced with guides at the head of each column; in each column followed 8 men carrying the fad ders, who were foliowed by a few hand grenade men. Two columns confifted of feamen and two of marines, with a few Loyal Irish. A three in the morning, this difpofition being made, and our force confifling of 150, we moved down the hill, and there lay waiting for the fignal of the Charon, wh ch was to denote fhe had got under way, and would attack in 20 minutes. The fignal being made a little after four o'clock in the morning of the 20th, we advanced under the fire of our own batteries, and were encouraged by obferving that the Spaniards did not perceive our march, by the direction of their thot over us, pointed at our batteries on the hills. one ladder, and obeyed their orders in not firings they prefented at 60 Spaniards drawn up, but. retained their fire until others afcended; and fo great was the confternation of the enemy, that it feemed as if they had loft the power of their arms, although their officers were at their head encouraging them. The feamen fcrambling up the ladders, down off the parapets they went, and, being reinforced by marines and feamen, the Spaniards fled to the casemates, but they could not recover their panic, notwithstanding every exertion of their officers: about 100 Spaniards elcaped over the walls on the oppofite fide, and out of a fally-port. The governor and principal officers then came and delivered up to me their words, the garifon and regifter thips, with the keys of the fort, and afked their lives. As to the behaviour of the officers and foldiers under my command, the British displayed that valour which is their known chaacteristic. The bay-men and Indians were alfo of the utmoft fervice in all duties of fatigue, in fkirmishing and dragging up the can non. Your lordship will pardon my mentioning an inftance of an elevated mind in a British tar, which amazed the Spaniards, and gave them a very high idea of English valour : not contented with one cutlafs, he had fcrambled up the walls with two, and meeting a Spanish officer without arms, who had been roused out of his keep, had the generosity not to take any advantage; but prefenting him one of his cutlaffes, told him, “ You are now on a footing with me." The orders were, not to spare while they refifted, but to grant quarters to all who requested. Only two Spaniards were wounded by the bayonet in refifting, nor was any perfon pillaged or plundered. I have the pleasure to inform your lordship, that the greatest harmony has fubfifted between the fea and land forces during the whole of this expedition; and that Commodore Luttrell and the captains of the navy have, on every The Pomona and fleet alfo attracted their no- occafion, made the greatest exertions to fortice by the fire from the fea-fide; by this forward the fervice on fhore; and all underwent tunate co-operation in profound filence, arms the moft fevere fatigue, in this hot climate, trailling, and in order to animate the troops, with uncommon alacrity. the parole was changed to Bayonette, and the counter-fign Britons ftrike Home. We advanced undifcovered under the Spanish e ntries, who were every two or three minutes paffing the word alerto. At the entrance into the ditch Of this fortification your lordship will judge of the importance, from the incredible expence the crown of Spain has he n at in erecting it, as the ftone of which it is built is raised out of the fea, and brought twenty leagues. The outworks are not finished, notwith- Second Lieutenant Wightman, of the Chatftanding they have conftantly employed 1000 ham-divifion of marines, wounded. men at work for twenty years. It is the Key (Signed) W. DALRYMPLE, Commander to the Bay of Honduras, and where the rein Chief of the Land Forces. gifter ships and treasure are fent to from GuaFrom the LONDON GAZETTE. timala in time of war. The morning of our Whiteball, Dec. 20. This morning Capt. arrival the treasure was conveyed into the coun- Lloyd, one of Sir Henry Clinton's Aides de try, fo that what we have found in the milita-Camp, from New York, arrived in town with ty cheft, and what belonged to the public, the following difpatches from Sir Henry Clinton does not exceed 8000 piafties, but the register to Lord George Germain, one of his Majefty's ships must be very valuable, if they arrive in Principal Secretaries of State. fatery in England. I find these dispatches, with the colours of Omoa, and alfo plans of the fortification, by Lieutenant Carden of the 60th regiment, who I appointed to act as captain of artillery and engineer to this expedition, and humbly beg he may be permitted to lay them at his majef. ty's feet. Return of Artillery and Stores taken at Fort St 3 Fernando de Omoa, 08. 20, 1779. Brafs 24 pounders mounted 6, 12 ditto 2. 24 Pounders not mounted 1, 4 ditto 4, 3 ditto 8, 1 ditto 10. Total not mounted 23. Swivels 100. Brafs mortars, 13 inch, mounted on brafs beds 2. Shot. Brafs eighteen pounders 127.. Four pounders 365. One pounder 107. Lon twendy-four pounders 836. Eighteen pounders 4196. Twelve pounders 2809. Eght pounders 273. Six pounders 195. Four pounders 2990. Three pounders 174. One pounders 832. Bar-hot, eighteen, weight 43 lb. 141. Thirteen-inch hells 326. Hand grenades 900. Muskets 472. Swords 100. Piftols Xpairs 10) 20. Pickaxes 200. Hoes 200, Pit Saws 3. Ladles 8. Bullet moulds 13. C.fk of bullets 1. Rounds of landgrage 300. Rounds of powder fill d for 33 guns 20. Twenty-four pounder carriages old 10. Ditto new 9. Four pounder ship carriages 4. Cheft of carpeaters tools 1. Bolts, plates, pins, and other iron work for ten carriages. 50 quintals of gunpowder, mofily damaged. (Signed) HANS CARDEN, Capt. Artillery, and Engineer. (Signed) W. DALRYMPLE, Commander in Chief of the Land Forces. New York, Nov. 19, 1779. MY LORD, As I was closing my dispatches yesterday for the paquet, I had the pleasure, by the arrival of a privateer from St. Auguftine, to receive letters from governor Tonyn and Lieut. Col. Fufer, who commands the troops in that garrifon, communicating to me the very important intelligence, that the French troops, commanded by the Count d'Estaing in perfon, in con junction with the rebel army under Geu. Liacoln, were repulfed with very confiderable lots in attempting to form the lines at Savannah la Georgia, on the morning of the 9th ult. I have the honour to tranfmit copies of gevernor Tonyn's and Lieutenant Colonel Fuser's letters for your lordthip's information, together with copies and extracts of other letters from different perfous, all confirming this mot agreeable event. The privateer having taken on her paffage an advice-boat with dispatches from general Washington, gives me alio an opportunity of inclofing copies thereof; by which your lordfhip will perceive that they had not confined their views to the fouthward, but had likewife made confiderable preparations for the attack of these posts. Captain Lloyd, one of my Aides de Camp, will have the honour of delivering my da patches to your lordship, and I beg leave to refer to him for any further particulars your lordship may defire to be informed of. I have the honour to be &c. H. CLINTON SIR, St. Augustine, Oktober 30, 17-9. Give me leave to have the honour to cosgratulate your excellency upon Count D'E taing's having raifed the blockade of Savannah-Though I have received no letter from general Prevolt, fince the ruth of laft month, I am convinced, by letters from feveral me chants at Savannah, dated the 22d infant, which arrived exprefs from them yene day, that he is re-embarked with all his troops. As very likely your excellency will not hear fo foon from major-general Prevolt, he port of Savannah being ftill blocked up) 1 mall attempt to give you a narrative of what has happened during the blockade, as far as I can judge by the feveral letters which I have feen from thence, allo from the report of the express who was at Savannah during the whole time; and though he is a mulatto, appears to be a very intelligent man. HOME In the beginning of September laft general Prevoft was informed of M. D'Estaing with the French fleet's being on the coast. On Wednesday the 8th, the French landed their troops, and on the Saturday following the rebels joined them, and the blockade was c›m. pleted: the French encamped between Savannah River and Sunbury Road, and the rebels from that road to the road leading to Augusta. The 15th the Count fummoned the town to furrender, a proper antwer was retu ned; in the mean time captain Moncrieffe was indefatigable in putting the place into a proper state of defence. There were not above eight or ten guns mounted on the day of fummone, but in a few days they had not less than eighty or ninety mousted, borrowed from the shipping. was wounded in the arm and the thigh; and Count Polifky is very dangerously wounded with a grape fhot. On the zoth the laft of the French troops re-embarked; and, what is very extraordinary, our troops never attempted to harrass them in their retreat: the rebels had retreated before them. Mutual animolities and revilings have arifen to fuch a height, between the French and Rebels, fince they were repulfed by us, that they were almoft ready to cut one another's throats." The Ariel man of war was taken fome time ago, and the Experiment, coming from New York. The 22d, a 28 gun French frigate remained in light of the town, a little below Broughre-ton's plantation, with two Carolina gallies, and feveral fmall veties; ten frigates were at Tybee, and the grand fleet, consisting of 24 fall of the line, were in the offing. It is furpafing that a man or fuch ability and repute as Count d'Ettaign is reckoned to be, fhould have delayed his attack until our work and battery was erected, and Lieutenant Colonel Maitland had joined; or that they thuld not have attempted to take that place by lap. A few days afterwards the French and bels began to throw up batteries upon the hills on the left of Tatnail's, being within about 400 yards of our lines, when three companies of light infantry, commanded by Major Gra ham, went out in hopes of drawing on a general action; but not being fupported foon enough, they were obliged to retire, with the lofs of 15 men. On the 17th, about midnigh, Lieutenant-Colonel Maitiand arrived by water at Savannah from Beaufort, having fought his way through the enemy. The Vigilant man It was reported by a rebel, that M. d'Estaiga of war was left at Beaufort, and hobody knows was in Charlestown previous to his landwhat is become of her; indeed fhips have been ing in Georgia, in order to confult measures funk to hinder the entrance of the river. Af with the rebels; that they told him, that our ter this our troops never attempted to interrupt army were very much fcattered about the coun the enemy, who were hard working every night. try, very fickly, without difcipline, and comAbout one o'clock in the morning of themanded by a man of little experience in 3d of October they opened their batteries, confifting of 30 pieces of heavy cannon and 10 mortars, and played inceffantry upon the town when on the 9th, about day break, the united forces of France and America, confifting of upwards of 4000 French, and as many rebels, attempted to form our lines. The principal attack was in three columns, upon the redoubts on the Augufta road: the Count, in perfon, began the attack with great vigour, but was foon thrown into confufion by the fire from our barteries and redoubts. A body of French grenadiers came on with fuch a spirit to attack the old redoubt upon the Ebenezer road, that if Captain Taw, with a number of his men, and Captain Wickham, with the grenad ers of the 60th, had not thrown themselves in very opportunely, it must have been carried. The heat of this action lafted about 20 minutes, when the enemy began to retire in great confusion: the rebels could not be brought to charge agon; and in that confufion (it is faid) they fired upon their ally. Our lofs is Captain Taw and 20 private killed and wounded: the lofs of the enemy cannot be afcertained; but Mr. Robert Baillie (who was a prifoner with the French during the whole blockade) fays, that they own a lots of between killed, wounded, and fick nefs, fo near 1500 men. The rebels confess to have loft sa officers, and men in proportion, Count d'Eftaing military affairs, and that, by only the wing I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) Extratt of a Letter from Sir James Wright, Bart. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Deco 25. Since I had the honour of writing to your lordfhip laft by the Cork victuallers, we have met with a very unexpected, alarming and ferious cene, especially in this part of the world; for no man could have thought or believes that a French fleet of twenty-two fail of the line, with at least nine frigates, and a number of other veffets, would have come on the coaft of Georgia, in the month of September, and landed trom four to five thousand troops, to befiege the town of Savannah. But, my lord, amazing as this is, it is certainly tact, for on the 3d of September an account came to Sa→ vannah, that five large fhips were in the offing, and and the next morning advice came that they were French fhips, and I concluded that they had been drove here by diftrefs. However, on the 7th, a letter was wrote by captain Henry, commander of his m-jesty's ship Fowey, that forty-two fail of French hips appeared off Tybee Bar, and on the 8th five of them, very large hips, came in over the Bar, on which the Fowey and Rofe fhips of war were obliged to retreat, and come up the river; and on the 12th feveral of the French fleet went in at Offiban, and at night began to land their troops at Beaulieu and on the 15th the count D'Estaing fent a fummons to general Prevoft to furrender the town and province to the King of France; on which fome meffages and letters pafled, and on the 17th the truce ended in declaring it was the unanimous opinion and refo ution of the civil and military, that the town should be defended. This, my lo d, made me very happy: the particulars of the negociation your lo dihip | will rece.ve from general Prevolt, and frumn this time hoftilities began, and both fides were very active in railing redoubts and batteries, and opening trenches, &c. And now, my lord, give me leave to mention the great abi ities and exertions of capt. Moncrief, the chief engineer, who was indefatigable day and night, and whofe eminent fervices contributed vaitly to our defence and fafety ; and on the 3d of October, at half after eleven at night, the French began to bombard the town; and at the firing of the morning gun on Monday the 4 h, they began a moft furious cannonade, which continued more or lefs till Saturday the 9th, when juft before break of day, an attack was made by the united armies of the French and rebels; and we have it from very good authority, that the flower of both armics, to the amount of two thousand five hundred French, and one thousand five hundred rebris, came against us: the conflict was harp, and lafted for about an hour and half, and we were well Informed by French officers, who were wound- | ed and taken, and alfo by fome who came with hags, and by deferters and others, that they loft feven hundred killed and wounded; and fome accounts mention one thousand, among which are fixty-three officers. D'Eftaign was wounded in the thigh and arm, Polafki in the hip with a grape fhot, and is fince dead; and the rebels, it is faid, had killed and wounded five hundred aftonishing to thik, we had only feven killed and fourteen wounded. And I have it, my lord, from feveral perfons, who faw the condition of the French fl-et when they were ready to depart from our coaft, that the ships were much out of repair, and the men exceedingly fickly. List of capital prizes drawn in the preftat Lottery fince our last. No. 34,904, 20,000l. No. 33,501, 10,000l. No. 29,253, 20 733, 2,372, s.oool each. No. 11,205, 11,246, 42,123, 18,479, 37,837 2,000l. each. No. 9,035, 39,237, 2,474, 9,901, 32,984, 11,892, 1,000l, each. No. 16,576, 38,970, 12,655, 20,178, 16,661, 27,511, 40,706, 44,056, 37,35%, 500l. each. AMERICA. Penfacola, Sept. 16. Notwith@tanding the rupture with Spain, we live upon as good terms as ever with our neighbours the Spaniards; the fame trade is carried on as before, and they are as forward to buy as we to fell. Our Jumber trade to Jamaica increases daily, aed, if we had but more negroes, we might still extend it, but for w.nt of them we cannot de fo much business as we could with. This colony increaser daily in number of people, which the troubles in the northern provinces greatly contribute to. New-York, 08. 9. Early lift Sunday morn ing a small detachment of cavalry and intantry, confifling of an officer and 23 men of Captain Diemar's huilare, with an offic.r and 30 infantry of the 64th regiment, under the command of Capt. Beckwith, Aid de Camp to his Excellency Lieutenant-general Knyphhaulen, atacked a rebel pa role of May land's dragoons, under the command of Lieut. Gill, near East Chester, took that officer prifoner, with one private, left another dead upon the spot, and put the refl to flight. One Heffian was flightly wounded up in this oce fion. Very late accounts from Quebec inform us, the inhabitants had enjoyed a plentiful harvest, and that the province, under the vigilance and excellent administration of General Haldimand, continues in a perfect state of tranquility. We are informed that the morning and evening guns are no longer fired by the rebel veffels in Boston harbour: this now is performed by a fhip of France lying in that part. Surinam, 08. 19. Nine fail of English veffels, one a thip, tour brigs, two fnows, and two fchooners, are detained here, and will not be fuffered to depart, until the Dutch veí fels taken by the English, and carried into Jamaica, and other islands, are released. The Dutch have now a geo naval force in these feas, and their islands being well_garrifoned with large reinforcement of troops, &c. they lave determined to carry on a free trade, evca if enforced from the muzzle of their guns. 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