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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Reports from Brussels indicate no artillery from Antwerp, with two battalions marching there on the 9th, 60 cannons expected, and troops at Bergen ready to march. Flemish government orders 12 armed vessels to defend ports. Austrian troops moving near Zandvliet, quarters for 2000 men.
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Our accounts from Brussels dated the 27th, mention that no artillery men are sent out from Antwerp, towards which place two battalions marched on the 9th; 60 pieces of cannon are expected to arrive in that city, and the troops at Bergen and other places have all received orders to be in readiness to march.
Government have issued orders for twelve armed brigs and galliots to repair to appointed stations, with all possible expedition, for the purpose of defending the ports of Flanders.
According to letters from Bergen op Zoom, the Austrian troops are in motion in the neighbourhood of Zandvliet, and in the adjacent villages; quarters are ordered to be provided for two thousand men.
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Primary Location
Flanders
Event Date
October 13, Accounts Dated The 27th And Events On The 9th
Outcome
troop movements and defensive preparations; no casualties reported
Event Details
Accounts from Brussels dated the 27th mention no artillery men sent from Antwerp, two battalions marched there on the 9th, 60 pieces of cannon expected, and troops at Bergen and elsewhere ordered to readiness. Government orders twelve armed brigs and galliots to stations to defend Flanders ports. Letters from Bergen op Zoom report Austrian troops in motion near Zandvliet and villages, quarters for two thousand men.