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The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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Allied forces under Prince of Saxe Cobourg repaired Quesnoy; Duke of York marched to Engle-Fontaine amid cannonading, leaving Alvinsky in command. French 140,000 attacked Clairfayt near Maubeuge; he retreated capturing 28 cannons, followed by 15,000 French desertions.
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When the last advices came away from the Prince of Saxe Cobourg's army, great exertions were making to repair the works of Quesnoy, which were in such a battered state as to render the place incapable of any vigorous defence.
The Duke of York, in his route from Quesnoy to Eingle-Fontaine, passed through Valenciennes. The streets were still filled with rubbish, and it appears to be much in the same state as at the time of its surrender.
General Alvinsky was left by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, with the command at Quesnoy, having under him some Austrian troops, with the Inniskillen and 16th regiment of British Dragoons.
It was on the 16th, about twelve o'clock at noon, that his Royal Highness the Duke of York reached Engle-Fontaine. The march from Quesnoy to that place, a distance of four miles, was very much forced, as the English army heard a violent cannonading before them, and his Royal Highness was anxious to get up to give what assistance he could. The troops remained under arms till night, in momentary expectation of being called out.
The French army that attacked General Clairfayt, near Maubeuge, amounted to one hundred and forty thousand men. From before this army, this able General made a retreat which had some circumstances attending it which marked it a victory, as he took no less than twenty-eight pieces of cannon.
The day after the action with General Clairfayt, 15,000 of the French army deserted—proof that they did not relish the service into which they had been forced.
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Quesnoy
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general clairfayt captured twenty-eight pieces of cannon during retreat; 15,000 of the french army deserted the day after the action
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Great exertions were made to repair the battered works of Quesnoy under the Prince of Saxe Cobourg's army. The Duke of York passed through rubbish-filled Valenciennes en route to Engle-Fontaine, leaving General Alvinsky in command at Quesnoy with Austrian troops, Inniskillen, and 16th British Dragoons. The Duke arrived at Engle-Fontaine on the 16th at noon after a forced four-mile march due to heard cannonading, with troops under arms until night. The French army of 140,000 attacked General Clairfayt near Maubeuge, from which he retreated victoriously, capturing twenty-eight cannons. The following day, 15,000 French deserted.