City of Ghent under siege by Patriots and Imperial troops
Reports describe a fierce engagement at Ghent as Patriots and Imperial forces clash. The regiments of Ligne suffer heavy losses while townspeople flee to Lisle. countless buildings, including St Peter’s Church, are burned. About 2000 killed on both sides and 9000 Patriots reportedly advancing toward Bruges.
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Nain
Flanders
Tuumpa
Ghent
St. Peter
Lisle
Giteng
Braffels
Canad
SA Pion
Fulca
Deiade Frefavld
Redland
Weilbury-upon- Lrim
Glocester
Bristal
Divelling House
William Hepburne
Samuel Miles
Home Close
Newnham
Samuel Myles
Durdham Down
Lerro
William Evans
Muttonfield
Cross Roads
Stoke’s Croft
John Santum
Méflis
Ossorne and
Scacer
John Fargus
Francis Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-yard
London
F. Newbery
J. Rudhall and Co
H. Brown
E. Shierclif
Wbgin
Weells and
Arthur
W. Browne
J. Nortons
E. Palmers
J. Lloyd
T. Mills
Bonner and Co
Bitchen
T. Stock
Thampon
Bristol
Dr. James
Paris Plot Fears Sweep City Amid National Assembly Alarm
London dispatch describes Paris panic over a supposed plot against the National Assembly and new government. Militia and churches mobilized, magistracy in Hotel de Ville, reports varied and unclear. Also notes debate in Saint-Domingue where free whites and people of color press for representation in France.
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London
Secretary of State
Lord Fitzgerald
Paris
National Assembly
Versailles
Hotel de Fille
France
St. Domingo
M. Fretan
Liberty, Insurrections, and Global Turmoil Reported in Brief
News items recount faltering governance in France with Lafayette proposed as commander of 24 000 colored troops and Benedictines negotiating pensions. Ghent Bruges Ostend and Nieuport face Brabant insurgents while Constantinople shows mutinous dissension. Algiers grows sea power, and U S government consolidates with Jefferson Knox Hamilton among new officials. Also included are court judgments, naval and trade notes, and local commerce warnings on weights.
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National Assembly
Marquis de la Fayette
Mix
Poitou
Anjou
Bretagne
Order of St. Maur
Benciers
Caiffe
Mons
Neckar
National Bank
Ghent
Bruges
Count de Vaux
Ostend
Nieuport
Brabant
D’altron
Constantinople
Selim
Abduhl Hamed
Mediterranean
Jefferson
France
Virginia
Knox
War Department
John
Union
Meirs
John Rutledge
South Carolina
James Wilton
Pensylvania
Wm. Cushing
Massachusets
Robert Henry Harrison
Maryland
John Blair
Treasury Department
Alexander Hamilton
New York
Mitchell
Straits
Charing Cross
Sool
King’s Bench
Lord Kenyon
Recorder
Gailey
Bow-street
Newceattle Upon Tyne
Gesan
Curious fife hen and gruesome crime rumor in historic note
A peculiar report describes Fife’s hen named a favourite, found enlarged eggs in every leg while locals ponder its strange growth. Separately, police say a Russian murderer near St Pancras was captured yesterday amid Irish Lottery notices detailing prizes across multiple days and ticket numbers.
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Fife
Dreoy
St. Pancras
Revolt Echoes Across Paris and Brabant in Turbulent Times
Reports from Paris describe streets running with blood and the city in turmoil as revolutionary forces clash with royal guards. In Brabant insurgents publish a manifesto calling for renewed independence and alliance with allied provinces, seeking aid to defend religion, rights, and liberty.
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Churen
Fou-Polt
Hedsteads
Cutton
Gaby Gouse
Maiwoyany
Bates
Dod Duceid
White,hart Inn
George Phelps
Whitmot
Northgate-Street
Market- Flace
Bath
Ente
Davis
John Deni
J D
St. Clemens’s Hotel & Coffee-House
Strand
Consfer
General Post
Lombard Street
General
Penny Polk
England
Blondel
Spain
Portugal
Germany
Italy
Europe
Great Britain
Francis Blondel
Aix de Chapelle
Macfride
Alice Blondel
Quay-street
Cruitwell
Thomas Pearson
Highstreet
Birmingham
James Harrop
Manchester
Tymbs
Worcester
Fletcher
Chester
James Smith
Newcastle-under-Lime
Rollason
Coventry
J. Rupnauyt
Ail & IO
Freday
Fousigai
Loch Heathfield
Mas
Evey
Pitt
Old South Sea
New South Sea
Bae
South Sea
Calonne
Thuilleries
Gardes de Corps
Louvre
Hotel de Valle
Pallace
la Fayette
Tregnier
St. James*s Gh
Fating
Star
Freth
Parisi
Ghenr
Netlands
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Antwerp
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Schroeder
Bay
Ba Ae
Jost-Hai
Polings
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Wea
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Igned
A .L. Neen
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