Deserters and prisoners move across Breda to Maestricht
A chaotic dispatch reports 2 foes escorted by Republic troops toward Valencia en route to Maestricht where 50 guards guard each prisoner. Letters from Antwerp claim ministers and foreign powers convening at The Hague to discuss a Congress. General Dumourier’s captured commissioners arrive separately in Maestricht while extremity grows in the Allied camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breda
Republic
Valenciennes
Convention
Dumougist
Maestricht
Lietter
Antwerp
Beldy
Emperon
Meternich
Merci
Russia
Prussia
England
Hague
Ckland
Lotto
France
Claiarate
Amsterdam
Bournonville
Dumourier
French retreat and French losses around Mainz and Landau
April 2 to 9 reports French forces evacuated several towns including Durkheim and Worms as Prussians and Austrians tightened siege lines. General Custine’s troops fled across the Rhine leaving artillery and a dozen hundred overrun in pursuit, with 200 French prisoners and many deserters captured in Worms and Mentz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cussins
Landau
Neustadt
Durkheimn
Mentz
Pritoners
Kreutzenach
Binjen
Newingna
Yanau
Mayence
Rhine
Coblentz
Custine
Vienna
Cabenzel
Tralian
Foreign Department
Thigut
Guntersblumce
Tinder
Prince of
Kreuznach
Worms
Alzey
Bingen
Arnsheim
Odernheim
Alzhem
Alzheim
Gensheim
Eick
Hamm
Wolffrath
Hussars
Old Rhine
Eich
Rhine Turcheing
Prince of Wurtemberg
Prince Louis
Anspach
Bareuth
Meyler
Homberg
Oppenheim
Nierstein
Osthofen
Newhanslen
Kreutznach
General Dusarrier Falls Back as Dumourier Fails
General Dumourier retreats with a small loyal remnant after failing to march on Paris. The Allied view sees his loss as favorable, weakening French discipline and empowering fortified towns, while Osfend’s capture restores some French communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusarrier
Paris
M. Dumourier
France
Dumourier
Osfend
Duke of Orleans
Phillippe Egalite
Fragments Hint at Military Quarrel and Political Turmoil
A damaged OCR fragment hints at military figures and a large army in France. It mentions regiments, an army of about 420,009, and a Captain Mathias Ca, with unclear surrounding events. The text is garbled, offering little coherent detail on date, place, or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putin
Mathias
France
St. Cas
Morning court openings and public notices in Westminster hall
Reports from Westminster Hall note courts opening for term with Lord Chancellor gathering for dine with the Lord Chancellor. A bread price rise is ordered. Lord Hoop will not depart Admiralty on Sunday to command the fleet. Warranted funds support French refugee clergy relief and repair work at King’s house in Worcester. Irish MPs face nonpayment scrutiny, and a riot at Inverness over grain exports leads to seizures. A Correspondence Bill debate shows opposition to Mel Fox and Traiterous ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster-hall
Lord Hoop
Admiralty Office
Spithead
Treasury Board
Wistchester
House of Commons
Henry Cavendish
Putney
Inverness
Challen
Mel Fox
Plague, Prussian Movements and Bankruptcy Notices March–April
The report spans plague warnings in Istanbul and Buda pestilence updates. It covers Prussian operations near Bingen and Worms with captives and clashes, a king’s son advancing in Württemberg, and a long list of bankruptcy filings in London with numerous surrender dates and venues. It notes bank failures across multiple towns, and forthcoming dividends and certificates to be granted by May.
National Convention Mayhem and Traitor Duel Decrees
The National Convention reports a French column in the Pyrenees, notes Dumourier’s treachery and a three hundred thousand livre reward for his capture, and orders hostages for deputies. It also addresses bread prices, property division, and political arrests, with declarations on frontier defense and Belgian troop matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint
Marine
Dumas
Executive Council
Dumourier
Paris
Carnot
Merlin
Devaux
Versailles
Republic
Committee of Agriculture
Department of the Meuse
Chazot
Bentabel
Miranda
Stingen
Maziensky
Lanoue
Francis Xavier Count
Aversperg
Augusstus Collint
Linange
Prince of
Saxe Cobourg
Raufson
Rheims
Labarre
Clairfait
Valenciennés
Charles ‘Oldernac
Witterbourg
Ferdinand Charles
Frederic Count of
Ratisbon
Duvaurier
Ci Devant
Orleans
Geniffieux
Fle
Committee of Public Safety
Le'Sage
St. Ankand
Valenciennes
Breakdown of Paris Revolutionary actions and military reports
In Paris the Cordeliers faction pushes for purges of priests nobles and royalists while deputies applaud a proposed factional stance. The Revolutionary Tribunal executed its first sentence, and passports are restricted to non-nobles and essential travelers. Paris reports detail heavy artillery stockpiles, lead and cannon supply levels, and movements toward Flanders with 40 covered wagons set for the march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cordeliers
Daupiere
Dumourier
Briffe
Guadely Verguiama
Revolutionary
Lous Guy
France
Council General ‘of the Commons
Council
Esfonne and
Meaux
Cannister
Flanders
Douai
Lille
Valenciennes
Avat
Fottenay-lé-Peuple
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Frankfort
Frenich
Oggertheim
Prankental
Hembhof
Friesenheim
Pruffans
Frankenté
Wormgzer
OF Foreign and Domestic Politics
Sbain
LaNspawne
Traiternus -Correspondente Hill
London
Gazeto
AkAnjuez
Spain
Kingdom i
Bucarest
Szekely
Frankendal
Oggerstein
Samuel Bradbury
Basinghall Street
Guildhall
Tyrrell
Queen-street
Cheaptide
John Lacy
Charles Lacy
Norhampton
Bakers
George-inn
Northampton
Metis Kinderley and Long
Symond’s
Thomas Hall
Thomas Ruffeh the Younger
Wednesbury
Stafford
Gieke Dragon
Walsall
Price
Lincoln’s-inn
William Thomas
Henry Hesketh
Chester
Thomas Jackson
Luke
John Barnes
Houston
Devon
Dolphin Inn
Sandys
Crane-court
Thomas
Hirtis
John Price
Bath Tavern
Bristol
Lewis
Gray’s-Inn
John Shute
Liverpool
Globe Tavern
Mr. Naylor
Iersa
Edward’ Litten
Merits
Sudell and Blackstock
John Levafleur
Air-Street
Piccadilly
Merchant
Me. Hannam
Poland-street
Soho
Robert Bays
Cannon-street
Thomas Bays
Isfe
Ely
Fo‘esmen
Whitebait
Foxcroft
Doctors-commons
Henry Hodgson
Globe«tavern
Daviess Lethbury
Thomas Sack
Manchester
Beaver-tavéya
Msidoweret
Beiford-oyr
Sore William Webb
Albemarte-fircet
Money-Criveret
Hay
Gomberbach
John Warren
Tower-freet
Eaton
James Affleck
Globe-tavern
Thomas Sharp
Abraham Norden
William Lording
Pancras
Thoma Maton
Rochdale
Lancaster
National Convention
Guiten de Morveaux
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