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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Sep 01, 1796
Page
1
Fragmentary notice lists upcoming proposals on paving and sidewalk work along Broadway, with estimates of one to two year timeline and references to bids and contractors. Names and precise details are unclear due to OCR damage.
Fragmented reports from August 1796 describe Imperial army operations against French forces in Italy. Major actions include columns marching from Lago di Garda toward Salo and Brescia, with advances along the Adige and Monte Baldo and a night withdrawal by the enemy.
Dispatches recount Imperial and French forces in Italy with heavy stores captured and large artillery numbers. Reports describe field actions at Castiglione and Solferino, Austrian resilience, cavalry actions, and shifting positions around the Garda plain as Mezaros and Quoldanovich move.
A letter from Admiral Sir Pavan Paxexe reports Stheads arrival of Speedwell with a French privateer, armed with one 6-pounder and two swivels, seized near Cherbourg after a night chase. The prize schooner was captured, with 12 hours at sea, and the Royal Navy pursued further vessels including a five-swiveled privateer of 37 men from La Fureta Breach.
Fragmentary text reports measures by the United Provinces and allies during a European crisis. It notes embargoes on Dutch harbors, liquidation of naval movements, and calls to mobilize forces to about 40 000 men. Mentions exports from Portugal and Portugal’s defense stance, with references to a royal audience and insistent political closures.
Fragmentary report from Holland and Leyden Aug 15 describes a tense mood between Portugal and the Dutch, with conflicts over church control and religious policy. A naval plan is presented to the Convention outlining senior naval appointments and proportional admiralty ranks amid ongoing English fleet activity near Texel and Scheveningen.
A fragmentary London dispatch reports Ministerial orders and troop movements at the Courts of Vienna and Berlin, with officers dispatched to Colonel Crate and Avilian quarters in Germany. It notes Daphne privateer Captain F Abbott arriving at Oxford with captured prizes and a naval retreat toward Prothing, amid British armory preparations at the Tower.
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