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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Intelligence from Amsterdam as of November 4 indicates it has not surrendered to the superior French Republican army, which is advancing rapidly. Inhabitants debate capitulation versus flooding the land, which would cause long-term soil damage.
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A gentleman, who left New-York, since the mail, informs, that there was an arrival at Baltimore, in 42 days from the Texel, which brought intelligence, that Amsterdam had not surrendered to the French, at the 4th of November. The Republican army, however, was so much superior to that of the allies, and had made such rapid advances to the city, that nothing could prevent a capitulation, except an inundation of the country. But, the injury, which the soil would sustain from this measure, being so great, that its present vegetation could scarcely be restored in half a century—violent dissensions had taken place among the inhabitants; many of whom considered it a much less calamity to open the gates, than to open the sluices, of the city.
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Amsterdam
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At The 4th Of November
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amsterdam had not surrendered; capitulation likely due to french superiority and internal dissensions; alternative inundation would cause severe long-term soil damage.
Event Details
A ship from the Texel arrived in Baltimore with news that Amsterdam had not surrendered to the French by November 4. The Republican army vastly outnumbered the allies and advanced quickly toward the city. Only flooding the country could prevent surrender, but the soil damage would take half a century to recover. Violent debates among inhabitants favored opening the gates over the sluices.