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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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From Basle, Nov. 14: 15,000 Austrian troops from Brisgau and Baden reinforce General Clairfayt's 55,000-man army besieging Manheim, totaling 70,000. Intense cannonading reported; Clairfayt may have captured Fort of the Rhine, with preparations to storm the city.
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A corps of 15,000 men arrived from Brisgau, and from the country of Baden, to reinforce the army before Manheim. The army of Clairfayt before that town, consists of 55,000 men, which makes the besieging army amount to 70,000.
A violent cannonading was heard all last night, and until noon this day; and reports are arrived of General Clairfayt having taken the Fort of the Rhine, from whence the Austrians were already firing upon Manheim; at least we know that preparations are making to take Manheim by storm.
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Manheim
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Nov. 14
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reinforcements of 15,000 men bring besieging army to 70,000; possible capture of fort of the rhine; preparations to storm manheim.
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A corps of 15,000 men arrived from Brisgau and Baden to reinforce Clairfayt's 55,000-man army before Manheim. Violent cannonading heard last night until noon; reports indicate Clairfayt took Fort of the Rhine, from which Austrians fired on Manheim; preparations underway to storm the town.