-Sept.1762. Affairs in Rufia." our people, for whose good we acknaw. kaze onrielf to be railed to the throat, we blemnly promie, on our Imperial word, make fuch regulations in the enure, dat government may have al ways its dovigour, without exceeding the bounds prescribed, fo that each departmeat my be provided with proper laws and regulitions for maintaining good order in all things and upon all occafions. We hope thereby to citablith the empire and our fovereign power, which have fufered in fome measure by part misfortunes, and to raile the fallen ipirits of true patriots. Nor do we doubt but all our faithful tubjects, as well for their own safety, as for the good of religion, will inviolably observe the oath they have taken to us in the prefence of God. Whereupon we af Ture them of our Imperial good will. Peterburg, July 6. O. S. 1762. CATHERINE. Extract of a letter from Stettin, Aug. 20. As foon as the Emperor Peter III. was dead, orders were given to recommence the war against us; and it was fignified by a manifeito, dated the 16th of July, to the inhabitants of the kin zdom of Prufa, that notwithstanding the Emperor d dilengaped them from the oath of alriance they had worn to the late Em prets, they would be obliged to render new homage to the prefent one. The next day fome of the senators examined, in the presence of the Express, the literary correspondence of the Empe or with the King of Prniiia, when they ade no doubt but they should find wherewithal to justify the hatred they Sore to Frederick. But, to their great Surprife, they found quite the contrary of what they expected. The Emperor bad cicovered to his Majefty all his projects, and confulted him about the greatest part of them, especially about one that concerned the Empress herfelf, and tended to make her unhappy if it had been pat into execution. The King's letters contained the most *holesome counfel, viz. He advited the Emperor, 1. To ftay in his dominions, d not to come into Germany; 2. To book upon his fubjects as his children, and to give them no juft caufe of complaint; . To make no alterations in the fundamental laws of the country; 4. To main tain the clergy, church and religion, in the fame ftate he had found them in; 5. To defift from a war with Denmark; and, 1 491 6. Not tɔ undertake any thing agrut the E fred, 721), tiny fay, was in danger of bing put itɔ a inɔradiny.) At the he wit vots de of spat tad, and declared, he lauteti ona mane iter, or now heut dhe K at mich risbon gud ybi to um before. Here it were cvanternovlei, Paziti Pyn-ran'a are onmar. 1, at'ler Appl dyn, mema nas, a istiet qualities, whin I cannot ezare), have lived hin and u. from greater calunities thần tàbiẻ we have altar, vred. What will his earn's fiv, when ther fee by what means they are diappointed of the great advantages they expe ted tɔ reap from this foi den and extrordmany revolution? Will they own that las vir tue, fecon led by Pry idence, faxed hum and his fulje ts? or will they not rather endeavour to invent forme blind ftory, proceedings? tending to offulcate the brightness of his On the art of July Count Befucheff returned from his exile to Peterburg, where the Empress immediately invested him with the order of St Andrew. Old Count Munich has been confirmed in all the dignities which were conferred on him by Peter III We are informed that the Rulian riniter at Mittau, capital of Curlind, has delivered a memorial to the regency there, declaring, that his Imperial mittrefs is determined to support Duke Baron, long ago choten its fovereign, in his pretentions to that duchy. French accounts from GERMANY, pofterior to thofe in our laft, acknowledged, that the ad attage they gained over a corps of the Al Aug. 25. was but inconfiderable. -A much more important action happened the goth of that month, of which we had the following account in the London gazette. "Hague, Sept. 7. The Prince of Conde having retired fuccellively as far back as Friedberg, in order to make a junction with the Marthals Soubile and D'Etries, abandoned even the heights near that town, and marched to Rodheim on the 29th palt; on which day the hereditary Ponce arrived at Woltertheim. His Highness thought it necellary to put Gen. Luckner forward on the goth to thote Figh grounds, whilft he marched with his main bedy to Affenheim. On his march, he was informed that a large body of the French were returning to wards Friedberg; and being defirous to get get before them, he altered his plan, and inftead of continuing his march to Affenheim, determined to fupport Gen. Luckner. He had then no reafon to imagine that the Prince of Condé had been reinforced, though it afterwards appeared that the grand army of France was at hand to fupport him. The hereditary Prince's infantry attacked with the great. eft bravery, and in a fhort time drove the French, who were pofted upon the fteep mountain called Johannis-berg, into the plain below. Having there been con fiderably reinforced, the French renewed the attack with advantage, and obliged the Allies to repaís the Wetter. In the retreat, the hereditary Prince, who was rallying the troops, was wounded in the hip; but the wound is declared by the furgeons not to be dangerous. Pr. Ferdinand, upon the firit report of the hereditary Prince's being engaged, marched with a a confiderable part of his army from his camp at Nidda to fupport him, and arrived time enough to prevent the French from pursuing their advantage; which confifts in the lofs of 7 or 800 men on the part of the Allies, who were made prifoners, and feven fall field-pieces. The number of killed and wounded on either fide is not yet known; but we hear that the Count de Guiche was taken by the Allies. The reft of the confederate army came up the next morning, and Pr. Ferdinand's head quarters were on the ft inftant at Bingenheim, upon the river Horlof, at a fall diftance from the French. The only British troops engaged in this action, were, according to the Eccounts received here, Maj.-Gen. Elliot's dragoons, and the piquets under Lord Frederick Cayendifh." The French account of this affair was as follows. 2,10: Works pofted upon the Johannesberg, whilft Gen. Luckner turned that mountain with 40 fquadrons by the village of Nieder Merle. The Prince of Condé, informed of the motions of the hereditary Prince, put in march at eleven o'clock the columns which had halted at Ober-Rofback. Scarcely were they in motion, when an aid-decamp brought his Serene Highness an or der from M. de Soubife to march to Jo hanneberg. He accordingly haftily re paired thither in perfon, and was witne of the attack of the tower of Johanne berg, and of the wood behind it. No body could have fupported that atta better than M. de Levis; fix regiments of light troops valiantly defended the tower; and the two battalions of Royal grea diers maintained the wood with the fame bravery. Those troops were foon fecond ed by five battalions of Royal grenadiers, which M. de Stainville led up, having onder him the Chev. de Modena, who com manded them. They fell upon the left of the enemy at the tower, at the fame time that their right was attacked by the reg ment of Boifgelin, which formed the head of two columns of the referve, and which came up with great speed, as well as the gendarmerie and brigade of Berry's c valry. The Prince of Conde hindelf potted that brigade at the wood on the left, from whence the enemy's infantry had just diflodged, as well as from the tower, the troops of M. de Levis: tre fupported it by a battery of cannon on the right formed a fecond line behind Borges and placed to the left of thofe regiments fome fquadrons of gendarmerie under M de Choifeul. The rest of the infantr arrived fuccefively. The brigade of Boifgelin, commanded by M. de Guiche, lieutenant-general, and by Meil. de Chantilly and Jener field-marthals, marched in the finet orde to the attack of the wood, ftanding t difcharges without firing, and then, w their bayonets fixed, thro' the "Prince of Condo's camp, at the Saltks of Friedberg, Aug. 31. The Marhals having refolved to march to Friedberg, the Prince of Conde fent M. de Leis early yesterday morning to occupy the enemy's battalions daear the up mountain of Johannefberg, with three tower and on the borders of the wood. Tegirents of infantry, two of dragoons, While this attack was making at the and two battalions of Royal grenadiers; wood, the Prince of Conde fent five reand afterwards marched himself to Ober- ments of dragoons to oppofe Gell. Luck Roach, at the head of his referve. The ne morning the hereditary Prince of Brunswick quitted his camp of Urtzenberg, and marching between I had the Wetter to Nauliem, pafied Here the riplet of Ullack, and attacked 19 Battalions the Chev. de Letis, on the other fide, and fupporte them by a fquadron of gendarmerie Berry's brigade. After fome vigoro charges, the whole corps of Luckner wa "routed, and obliged to repais the Wein in great difotder, and with confiterabl lofs in men and liores. STY Tw pt.1762. Actions at Johannesberg and the Brucker-Muh!. Two battalions of infantry, with fome ces of cannon, the gendarmerie, all dragoons who were concerned in the ion, and the brigades of Royal and ry, were fent to the Wetter by M. Soubife's order, to follow the enemy, 1 profit from the disorder of their flight. M. d' Etrees had already sent thither e brigades of the army. The fuccefs of this day is due in part to Count de Stainville. The troops e all behaved with the greatest braveand have fuffered much. Those unM. de Levis fuftained with a moft adable firmness the firft effort of the eny's troops, which were fuperior to m in number. Boifgelin's regiment acked the wood with a coolness and inpidity of which there are but few exples, and the, dragoons made feveral ft brilliant charges. In fhort, too much mot be faid both for troops and off 'S. Our lofs has been about soo men kilLand wounded. The enemy had a ve 600 flain. We have taken from em two standards, 15 pieces of cannon, co prifoners, of whom 400 are wound), 30 officers, three of them colonels, d upwards of 1200 horses. M. de la Guiche, lieutenant-general, made prifoner; M. de Choiseul, coloI of dragoons, is wounded by two ftrokes a fabre; M. de Wurmfer, colonel of e volunteers of his name, has received Thot in the leg." The following account is from Pr. erdinand's head-quarters at Staten, fix agues from Francfort, of Sept. 5. "Our troops, after the affair of the oth ult. pofted themselves behind the Vetter, and faced the enemy; who neiher attempted to follow or attack them. Juke Ferdinand's prefence immediately emedied every thing. Having no occafion to disguise our lofs, e give the following exact and authentic . Enf. During, Lieut. Effenbeck, fix ubaltern officers, and 64 foldiers, were alled; 19 officers, 10 fubalterns, and 331 foldiers, wounded; 34 officers, 46 ubalterns, made prifoners, with 880 folliers, including the milling and deferters: o that our whole lots, in killed, wounded, prifoners, &c. amounts to 1390 men. If the enemy were accustomed to give a faithful and circumftantial lift of their lofs, the world might fee what reafon they had for rejoicings; for it is certain, Vol. XXIV, 493 that the number of their killed and wounded greatly furpaffes ours, and that all the advantage which they proclaim fo loudly, is reduced to a trifle. The fituation even of the armies will prove it that of Duke Ferdinand having fince advanced forwarder; Staten being its centre, the right extending towards Gieffen, and the left towards Hanau. The main part of the French army in camps between Affenheim and Friedberg; the Prince of Condé between Butzbach and Ostheim; the Count de Luface bee tween Bergen and Vibel; and M. da Caftrees has joined him on the fide of Carben. The wound of the hereditary Prince is not dangerous; the ball grazed the bone of the right hip, called os ileon, and came out above the knee, by the muscle called fafcia lata. His Serene Highness is in as favourable a way as can be wifhed." What we think to be further material from that quarter, is contained in the following accounts, taken from the Lon don gazette. Camp at Brucker-Muhl, near Rodecker, upon the Ohme, Sept. 24. The enemy having on the 7th made a general movement from the camp at Friedberg towards Gieffen, by their left, his Serene Highnefs, on the 8th, ordered the army to march by the right, to occupy the pofi. tion behind the Ohme; which was effected on the 10th, 11th and rath; Luckner's corps incamping on the heights of Langenftein; the main body of the army at Schwinfburg; Gen. Hardenberg, with part of the hereditary Prince's corps, on the heights of Homburg; Lord Granby's referve occupied the heights of Maulbach; and Gen. Bock, with the troops that had formed the rear-guard of the army, was incamped on the heights oppofite to Burgemunden, on the left of the whole. In confequence of the enemy's motions by Marburg towards Wetter, the army mo ved on the 13th to Kirchayn, and 14th to Schwartzenborn. The Generals Luck. ner and Conway were pushed on to the neighbourhood of Ernfhaufen, to cut off the enemy's communication with Franckenberg. Lord Granby's referve, being joined by part of Hardenberg's and Buck's corps, with the light troops of the left wing, occupied the heights of Homburg, The enemy's main army was now in the neighbourhood of Nieder-Weimar, and Marburg; and that of the Prince of Conde was incamped on the heights of 3 T Gross Grofsfellen. The light troops, under M. de Levis, occupied Wetter, and the high ground immediately behind it. L On the 15th his Serene Highness refolved to dislodge the enemy from Wetter; and for this purpose the corps of Luckner and Conway were ordered to march by Amenau and Schwartzbach, while the main army occupied the heights of Ober-Rofa, Nieder-Rola, and Meluaw. Lord Granby's referve, which had moved on the 14th to Schonftadt, was ordered to hold itself in readiness to march, either to fuftain the army, or to move to its left, if the enemy fhould attempt to pass the Ohme any where between Kirchayn and Burgemunden. After fome cannonading, the enemy thought proper to quit Wetter, and the heights; which were immediately after taken poffeffion of by the corps of Luckner and Conway; and the army incamp ed where it had formed in order of battle. On the movement which the army made to its right towards Wetter, the enemy paffed the Ohme with a large bo dy of light troops under the command of M. de St Victor, and attempted to deftroy our bakery, then just removing from Alf feldt. Freytag was ordered to march from Homburg to protect it; which he did very opportunely. Upon Freytag's quitting Homburg, the enemy paffed the Olime with another body of troops, moftly cavalry, near Nieder Uffeyden; and puhing towards Nieder Klein, Lord Granby was ordered, with part of the referve, to march to attack them, where-ever they could be met with on this fide the Ohme. On our advancing on the 16th in the morning, the enemy retired. They appared to wish to keep Schweiniburg; Lut, on cannonading them, they retired. Gen. Hardenberg was left with fix batta. lions and eight fquadrons on the heights of Rodecker; and the rest of the referve marched to Stautzenbach... On the 17th in the morning the enemy carried off one of Hardenberg's polls at the Brucker-Muhl, potted in a fleche be yond the Ohme... : Ou the 18th, Gen. Wargenheim was detached to Danrod, with three battaTions and four squadrons, to fupply Frey g's place, who was still in quest of the enemy's light troops. Lolid si to On Pr. Xavier's advancing towards Homburg on the 19th, Wangenheim's Corps was reinforced; and the enemy having made a movement to the right to Gros-Seelkeim and Mardoff; Lord Granby's referve, being replaced by Gen. Wellenbach with ten Helhan battalions and eight squadrons at Stautzenbach, marched to the heights behind Kirchayn, where it arrived at day-break on the morning of the 21ft. At this time Amoneburg was occupied. by a battalion of the British legion, and a detachment of 200 men from the referve; Kirchayn had a garrison of 40: men; and the bridge over the Ohme at the Brucker-Mubl was guarded by a de tachment of 200 men from Hardenberg the greatest part of which were pofted in! a fmall work on this fide of the bridge. About fix in the morning of the 21st, the weather being extremely foggy, the enemy attacked the poft at the Brucker Muhl, which they cannonaded, and at-|tacked with fmall arms. On the fog's clearing up, it was perceived that they had both cavalry and infantry formed on the heights beyond the bridge. Our cannon being ready, their cavalry was can nonaded and difperfed: their infantry likewife gave way, but were foon fupported by fresh troops. The cannonade and fire of small arms continued very fevere on both fides. In the mean time, Gen. Waldegrave (who had taken the command of the referve, on Lord Granby's being ill of a fever) was ordered to fupport the Brucker-Muhl, This fuccour came just in the proper time, as the Hanoverian troops had already fuffered much, and their ammunition of every kind was almoft spent. The first battalion of Britifh guards marched immediately down to relieve them, and the enemy kep: conftantly throwing in fresh troops into a little work which they had beyond the bridge. Our heavy twelve-pounders arrived at this time, and played with great fuccefs. The enemy, on their part, fil kept bringing up more cannon. The Duke ordered us up fix heavy twelve pounders and three howitzers from the army, which arrived just at the time, when, from fome of our guns being dif]; abled, and the growing scarcity of ammun tion, our fire began to abate. Four Hel Gap battalions were likewife ordered up. The fire on both fides was kept up both of cannon and small armis) with the ut most severity, and most determined-reqlution, till dark night at last put an end tits There was no attempt on either fide to pass the bridge; but, freff troops were fent to fupport the poll which each Sept, 1762. Accounts of the action at the Brucker-Muhl. had on the oppofite banks of the river, as fait as the former reliefs had expended their ammunition. The whole affair lafted fourteen hours, without one moment's intermiffion. Never did troops bear with more firmness, and refolution, fo long, and fo fevere a cannotrade. Our lofs is between 7 and 860 men in killed and wounded; that of the enemy, by all accounts, is much greater. Hague, Oct. 1. Letters from the army of the 25th past, bring an account of a very obftinate and bloody affair, which happened on the 21ft, between the corps under the Marquis of Granby, and Gen. Zastrow, posted at the Brücker-Muhl upon the Ohme, near. Amoneburg, and a part of the French army. The French Generals De Caftrées, and Sarsfeldt are faid to have been dangerously wounded therein; but we have as yet no other particulars of their lofs. The following is the most exact account that we have hitherto received of that action, The enemy having on the 19th of last month confiderably reinforced their right, by marching the whole corps de referve towards Deckenbach, and posting the greateft part of their army between Holtzhaulen and Bauerbach, Gen. Wangenheim had taken pofleflion of the heights of Dannerode, with Ahiefeldt's and Goldacker's brigades, eight fquadrons of Hanoverians, and feven battalions of the fame troops which had compofed the corps under the hereditary Prince; four fquadrons of General Bock's corps, and the carabineers, occupied the heights of Rodecker; Beckwith's brigade, thofe of the English guards, and of Maltburg, the heights of Langenftein; and Gen. Wiffenbach that of Staugenbach. The reft of the army remained in its former poftion, from Bodenbaufen to Bettgeldorff, whilft the corps under Luckner, Conway, and Gilfae, lay between Wartzebach and Wettern298 { v. 1 5 is a In the night between the 20th and atft, the enemy resolved to get polletion of Amoneburg, which was defended by one battalion of Crufe and 200 Comman de's. With this view they raised leveral batteries, and took poffeflion, in the night of the Brucker-Muhl, where they Failed a fall breaftwork, and a kind of trefich to fecure the entrance to A redoubt on this fide of the Fiver, and juft opposite the bridge, was defended by 100 men, whom they attacked in the 495 morning, but without being able to carry 3T2 1 |