580" 
after the reduétion of the ifland, to fur- 
render themfelyes to major-general N1- 
colls, who fent them to the lieutenant- 
governor to be tried by the civil power. 
After that, a court was formed for trying 
them; on the zoth of June fifty per- 
fons were put to the bar, and in the 
courfe of ‘the day the whole fifty were 
found to be the perfors named in the 
bill of attainder. The judge then pro- 
nounced the dreadful fentence of the 
law upon the traitors, to be executed the 
next morning at eight o'clock. Accord- 
ingly, on the fir& of July, ‘fourteen of 
them were executed, upon the parade, 
in the town of St. George; the reft were 
refpited by lieutenant-governor Houf- 
toun. be 
We fincerely hope our countrymen 
may not have carried thefe executions 
beyond the line of juftice and prudence, 
left retaliation fhould be made on the 
part of the French at fome future pe- 
riod. x 
Captain Trollope, in purfuance of 
orders from admiral Macbride, faiied in 
36th, at 
with a broadfide, and the compliment 
was returned by one from the Glatten, 
within twenty yards: afterthis the ac- 
tion became general with the enemy’s 
fquadron, the two headmoft of which had 
tacked, and one of the largeft had placed 
herfelf alongfide, and another on the 
weather bow of the Glatton; the ftern- 
moft veflels had placed themfelves on the 
lee quarter and ftern; in this manner 
they engaged on both fides tor a few 
minutes, with yard arms nearly touching 
one another; but in lefs than twenty 
minutes the tremendous firing from the 
Glatton beat the enemy off on all fides. 
When captain Trollope attempted to 
follow them, he found his fhip fo much 
difabled in her rigging as to prevent the 
pur fait. 
. The enemy, who appeared the next 
morning in a clofe line, feemed to have 
been injured very little in.their rigging, 
but they fuifered great damage in thet 
g their 
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Great-Britaine os Frances 
‘icans repulfed the 
hulls, to which the fire of the Glatton 
was principally direéted. The enemy,, 
appearing unwilling to renew the en- 
gagement, drew near fhore, and captain 
Trollope and his crew returned with the 
Glatton to Yarmouth Roads, to refit. 
Fhe lofs of men on board the Glatton 
was not confiderable.. 
FRANEE. 
In our laf account of the military af- 
fairs of France we left general Jourdan 
in poffeffion of Frankfort. ‘The repub- 
Auftrians feverak 
times before their taking poffefiion of 
that city. On the ‘tath of July the 
French recommenced their march ; the 
right wing paffed the mountains, and 
advanced to the plains of the Mein. The 
left wing, after having pafled the Nidda,, 
took a pcfition before Frankfort. On 
the 13th the magiftrates of the city were 
fummoned to open the gates. The Auf- 
trians,who were then in garrifon, oppefed 
it, fo that the day was paffed in deputa- 
tions from the magiftrates to the French 
and Auftrian generals: but as the in- 
habitants feemed difpofed to occupy the. 
place, the French began to fire with 
their artillery at ten o'clock at night. 
In a fhort time one quarter of the town 
was on fire. The Auftrians then thought 
proper to offer propofitions ; and a capi- 
tulation was figned. General Jourdan, 
after he had arranged the affairs belong 
ing to the capture of Frankfort, {pread 
his forces along the banks of the river 
Mein, to prevent the Auftrians from 
turning the left wing of his army; and 
on the 23d of July he took a pofition on 
the Werem, at Schweinfurt, whence he 
had driven the Auftrians the preceding 
day, with whom, at that time, he had 
had no engagement fince the taking of 
Frankfort, becaufe their light troops 
always fled at the approach of the 
French, after a few. piftol fhots. Since 
the paflage of the Lahn, from 1500 to 
2000 deferters had arrived at his head 
quarters. On the 26th of July the 
troops of the Republic entered the town. 
and citadel of Wurtzburg, and alfo the 
fortrefs of Konigfein. They took two 
battalions of the Prince Bishop prifoners,. 
and a large quantity of artillery: both 
places furrendered by capitulation, on 
terms very advantageous to the con- 
uerors. When the troops of the Re- 
public {pread themfelves along the Mein, 
they took from the Auftrians feyenteen 
baggage waggons, upwards of forty-five 
boats, laden with oats and hay,. valued at 
more. 
[Aug 
7; 
