The New Hampshire Gazette

By the Advices received from Halifax, all our Men of War and Transports were arrived by the 9th of July; we had then about 30 Sail of King's Ships, Sloops and Bomb Ships, 16 of which were of the Line; and in the Camps and Barracks, about 13,000 Men; and never were a Fleet and Army in better Health, or more plentifully provided with fresh Provisions, and all Necessaries, the six Weeks they lay in Harbour. The last Accounts are, that 4 Schooners had returned, having looked into Louisbourg Harbour, and all agree, that we had greatly magnified the Number of the Enemy's Ships; they could count but 16 Sail, 12 of which were supposed to be of the Line: It is also said that the Reports of Chapeau rouge Bay and all the Shore, being lin'd with Troops, is without any Foundation; the Shore abounds with large stones, these being viewed in a foggy Season, have the Appearance of Men. Admiral Holbourn having been very lately join'd with four Sail of Ships, his Fleet at present consists of 20 Sail of the Line, besides smaller Ships; and is probably now before Louisbourg, as he sailed from Halifax the 11th Instant. But whether the French will now endeavour to meet him with their 12 Ships of the Line and four Frigates, Time only must determine.