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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1809
Page
6
London reports detail French privateers slipping into Dover roads and boarding American brigantines, with cries for more vessels to guard shores. Dispatches from Walcheren and Flushing describe heavy losses, siege actions, and Allied command tensions as battles continue near Zeeland and Naples.
News from Paris reports decisive victories at Enzersdorff and Wagram with vast French gains and praise from the Emperor. Naples recounts a bold French counterattack near Scilla that surprised English siegers who abandoned their assault. Rome publishes decrees dissolving the Inquisition and clerical privileges and appoints a committee to safeguard monuments.
Captain White of the schooner Hawk reports from Meffina to Sylt about July 12 the admiral of Sicilian gun-boats attacking French gun-boats near Schella castle commanding Meffina heights. He ordered the Eng th commander to hold reserve and 32 were taken.
The passage notes English and French forces in view near Naples with Sicilian conduct described as excessive. Two thousand English troops held Istria and Capri, then, on orders from Admiral Collingwood, evacuated to Sicily. French forces reportedly prepared at Toulon for sea action, while Austrian reports from Vienna dated July 11 were confused.
British officer letters from Mefilina April 14 narrate a Mount Etna eruption on April 26 with ash clouds drifting sixty miles, lava sweeping six miles over ten days, destroying timber and vineyards while villagers mourn and flee. He stood about 590 yards from a crater, witnessing molten lava and deafening roars.
The topsail and quarter mainsail of the brig Success, recently arrived from Liverpool and made two years at Leghorn from cotton duck, will be inspected in front of the Exchange Building. Owned by Nehemiah Parsons, the sails have endured five round trips to Europe and, with minor repairs, remain usable for one or two voyages. American Cotton Duck to be offered for sale soon for merchants to assess durability.
A letter from Liverpool dated August 8 reports British blockades of Holland ports and no official word on grand expedition. It notes demand for cotton and rising wheat and flour due to poor harvests. From Constantinople come reports of Armenian Christian clashes near Jerusalem with churches destroyed and deaths.
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