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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1807
Page
5
A compilation-like summary of early 1807 U S congressional acts. It includes pay for Indiana territory officials for extra services, disapproval of a Michigan bank act, post road establishment from New Orleans to the Balize and related routes, funding for opening roads to New Orleans, naval peace establishment expansion, and treaties with the Cherokee and Piankeshaw nations plus related payments.
A long wartime bulletin describes Prince Jerome continuing operations in Silesia. Sieges at Schweidnitz and Neiffe persist as General Vitor travels toward Stettin. Marshal Soult directs assaults near Profvit Bylen with mixed success, while Ney plans right flank action and night guards secure Eylen and nearby churches amid heavy fighting.
The text states that Gilbert Drake's real and personal estate may be assigned and conveyed for the use and benefit of the United States under the Treasury secretary's direction. It also notes that any future estates he acquires are liable to seizure and sale as if he had not been imprisoned, with approval by the Speaker and Senate President in 1807.
Foreign Intelligence transcribes a letter from General the Baron de Benningten to the Russian emperor. He reports a bloody battle at Prenfich Eylan from Jan 26/7 to Jan 27/8, with a decisive defeat of the enemy, about six thousand own losses and over twelve thousand enemy casualties, plus twelve colors captured.
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