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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Dec 07, 1797
Page
4
A Dublin committee requests Admiralty returns of sailors and marines who fell in action on October 21. The aim is to identify widows and children resident in the Kingdom for support, with details of officers and units involved and payments through a 3 percent levy.
Dec 7 report covers Buonaparte proclamations to Ligurian and Cisalpine republics, orders on emigrants and clergy, Britain’s naval victories, currency changes, and troop movements. Letters describe Dublin barracks inspection, Galway to Cork convoy risks, and Spanish Bay combats with gunboats.
His Majesty grants royal letters appointing the Earl of Ropen to a Privy Council post in Ireland. Lieutenant-General Sir Ratyu Aneacn is named Commander in Chief of the kingdom. Captain William GeorgThe is reassigned to the 83d Foot with a Dragoon regiment commission, reflecting policy dated November 1797.
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