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The Providence Journal, And Town And Country Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Gen. Muller's army burned Philipburgh to the ground after inhabitants refused surrender, abandoning the siege due to approaching 15,000 Austrians under Archduke Charles near Louisbourg and Stutgard. The Rhine army repassed the Rhine after destroying the town for a useful diversion.
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The army under the command of Gen. Muller has burned the town of Philipburgh to the ground, because the inhabitants refused to surrender. Three advanced redoubts, fortified with pallisades, and mounted with cannon, which defended the entrance of the place, were intended to be attacked, when it was learnt that two columns, consisting of 15,000 Austrians, under the command of the Archduke Charles, were already partly at Louisbourg, and the rest about to enter Stutgard. The army of the Rhine not being sufficiently strong to continue the siege, and being obliged at the same time to oppose their troops to those which had arrived to raise it, made an attempt to repass the Rhine, after having put Philipburgh in an uninhabitable state, and having made an extremely useful diversion.
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Philipburgh
Event Date
September 11
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town burned and made uninhabitable; useful diversion achieved; no specific casualties reported
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The army under Gen. Muller burned Philipburgh because inhabitants refused to surrender. Intended attack on three advanced redoubts was halted upon learning of two columns of 15,000 Austrians under Archduke Charles partly at Louisbourg and rest entering Stutgard. The Rhine army, insufficiently strong to continue siege and oppose relief forces, repassed the Rhine after rendering the town uninhabitable and making a diversion.