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Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Report from Portsmouth, NH, Sept. 20: Brig Betty arrives from Grenada with news from Aug. 22 that French forces captured Guernsey and Jersey, several Dutch places surrendered, and they advanced toward Amsterdam, but Dutch opened dykes to flood lowlands and check the advance.
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Yesterday arrived here the brig Betty, Joseph Chase, master, in 26 days from Grenada. Capt. Chase informs that the day before he left there (22d Aug.) a packet arrived from England, and brought accounts that the French had taken Guernsey and Jersey, that several places in Holland had surrendered to their victorious arms, and that they were rapidly advancing towards Amsterdam. But the Dutch apprehensive of being overrun by their numerous battalions, had opened the Dykes and overflowed the low countries, by which a temporary check to the career of victory is thought to be the consequence.
The above intelligence was communicated to Capt. Chase by an Officer on board the packet.
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Guernsey, Jersey, And Holland
Event Date
22d Aug.
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french capture guernsey and jersey; several places in holland surrender to french; dutch open dykes to flood low countries and temporarily check french advance
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A packet from England arrived in Grenada on 22d Aug. with accounts that the French had taken Guernsey and Jersey, several places in Holland had surrendered to the French, and the French were rapidly advancing towards Amsterdam. The Dutch, fearing overrun by French battalions, opened the dykes and overflowed the low countries to check the French advance.