The New Hampshire Gazette

BOSTON, August 4.

Last Wednesday Captain Deane arrived here from Halifax, which Place he left last Saturday. by whom we have Advice. That on the 21st of July arrived there the Repulse Man of War of 32 Guns, from Bay Chaleurs, and brought in the Crews of several Vessels which had been taken by the French, particularly, of the Augustus, Barnabas, Velman, from New- London, but last from Louisbourg, Bangs from New York, Cushing from Casco-Bay; Campbell, Swinney, and Maxwell, from Halifax, bound up the River, which Vessels, on the 16th of May last, off of Gaspee-Bay, happened to fall in with a French Frigate and two large Store Ships, from Bordeaux in France. who took them all, and carried them into Bay Chaleurs....Some of the Men thus Were taken arrived here in Capt. Deane, and inform, That the French had fitted out the Augustus as a Privateer ; but was taken by one of the five Men of War, which sailed from Louisbourg in quest of these ships, as we have already given an Account : That the French having before left her. by some Papers found on board, they got intelligence where the French Ships were, and accordingly pursued them ; when the English Men of War appeared in the Bay the French ran their Ships into Shoal Water. where they were defended by three or four Batteries, which they had before erected, and planted a Number of Guns taken
from on board their Ships: and only the Repulse and Scarborough being able to come near enough to engage, they continued the Attack 3 Days, when the Enemy abandoned their Works, and set two of their Ships on fire and burnt them; and most of their Prizes, they either burnt or sunk: Then they put the English Prisoners, whom they stripped and bound in Irons, on board the other Ship, which they ran ashore at some further Distance, and left them... That soon after they were left, they found Means to unbind themselves, and one of the Men swam 3 or 4 Miles to our Ships, and informing of their Situation and Circumstances, 9 Boats were manned out, who went to their Relief, and brought them all away, having set the Ship on Fire, and burnt her... They say she had a great Quantity of Provisions and other Stores on board... The Repulse received considerable Damage in her Hull, Sails, Rigging, &c. and was put into Halifax to refit.

Extract of a Letter from a Captain of one of His Majesty's Ships of War, dated at Halifax, July 23, 1760.

"I wrote you of my being ordered to cruize for the Protection of the Trade off Canso, since which I received other Orders from Capt. Byron, who with a small Squadron, on Information of some Troops, &c. being in Chaleurs Bay, sailed immediately in quest of them; where we found the Machault of 30 Guns, the Bienfaisant, and Marquis Maloze Ships of near 700 Tons burthen, with about 30 Sail of Vessels of lesser note. The whole are, except a few Shallops, entirely destroyed: And as La Blanc's Privateers are among them, I make no doubt but the Vessels may pass with Security.---More particularly so, as the Prince of Orange, and Rochester, with two or 3 armed Sloops and Schooners are cruizing off of Gaspee.---As I have been rather roughly handled I am refitting here; when I shall proceed to endeavour an entire demolishing every Hole the French and Canadians can put their Heads in... I received much Joy in rescuing the English Prisoners to the Number of Fifty-eight.---Our Loss is inconsiderable.---My Master wounded, with about ten more, one of Mr. Byron's Lieutenants and six or seven killed."

We hear further, That on the Arrival of the French Frigate and Store-Ships at Chaleurs, the Commanders sent an Express over Land to Montreal, with an Account of their Arrival in the Bay of Chaleurs... That upon the Return of the Express, which was in 22 Days, it was said Orders were brought for them to put out from thence, to proceed and forward their Stores to the Mississippi: Accordingly they began to get in Readiness: But a great Part of their Ammunition and other Stores being landed, the English Ships appeared before they could reship them, and prevented their Escape. It is thought the Stores landed can be of no Service to the Troops at Montreal, as it was impossible to convey them thither above 500 Miles, and through a mountainous Wilderness.

These Vessels sailed from France, with 3 other Store-Ships, and bound to the Relief of the French above Quebec, but the other three were taken soon after they left Port, by some of Admiral Boscawen's cruizing Ships; and that upon hearing of the English Ships having got up to Quebec, they put into this Bay, and landed 200 Regular Troops, commanded by Major Lappeneau, a young French Gentleman, who was well known in this Town and at Newbury just before the present War broke out, it is said he lost one of his Legs in defending the Batteries erected against our Ships.

We hear that the French on board the Frigate and the other Vessels appeared very much out of Humour upon hearing of the English Ships getting up the River before them.--It was suspected, that the English Prisoners, taken in the above 6 Vessels, consisting of 59 Men, Women and Children, were put on board the Store-Ship to be destroyed.

The Repulse Man of War spoke with two or three others that were cruizing in the River, and had

lately come down from Quebec, who informed that they were uneasy in the City about the Transports, 28 of which they had heard were in the River, and but 4 or five got up.----But there is no Advice of any others being taken, besides the 6 above-mentioned, which were accidentally met with by the Vessels from France.

The Report in Town of 3 or 4 of our Provision-Vessels being taken arose from their being such a Number of Vessels destroyed by our Ships in the Bay of Chaleurs, some of which had been there many Months, and some were the French Fishing-Vessels.