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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Deputies of Flanders' States assembled at Ghent on Dec. 13, declaring independence and addressing duties and transits. A victory spurred rapid surrenders of Burges, Courtrai, Ostend, Nieuport, Tournay, Ypres, Mons, and Namur, with heavy fighting at the last.
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The Deputy of the States of Flanders are assembled at Ghent, and have declared themselves INDEPENDENT.
They have further taken into consideration the mode of collecting duties, the safety of transits, &c. The victory at that place has had the most happy consequences for the patriotic cause; and the bravery displayed on that occasion has been a principal instrument of its more recent success. It has been as sudden as complete; for the surrender of Burges, Courtrai, Ostend, Nieuport, Tournay, Ypres, Mons, and Namur, has followed: a rapidity of conquest almost without parallel. The latter place was not taken without great slaughter on both sides.
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Flanders
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surrender of burges, courtrai, ostend, nieuport, tournay, ypres, mons, and namur; great slaughter on both sides at the latter place.
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The Deputy of the States of Flanders assembled at Ghent and declared themselves independent. They considered the mode of collecting duties, the safety of transits, etc. A victory there had happy consequences for the patriotic cause, with bravery contributing to recent success. The conquest was sudden and complete, leading to the rapid surrender of the listed cities, almost without parallel.