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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 02, 1793
Page
3
Reports claim French troops retreated to Chinon as Saumur garrison weakened by ammunition shortage. Analysts blame the heavy equipages clogging the march and their escorts. The Pantheon decree prompts discussion of honoring Marat despite rules.
A lengthy sessions centers on a decree favored by the General Safety and Finance committees. Many refractory priests are condemned and detained in multiple locations as committees propose indefinite adjournment while debating threats to the Republic and the need to act against enemies.
Debaters argue about cancelling a decree that bans priests and proposes transporting refractory priests to Guiana or Italy. Some members threaten exile or harsher measures, citing blockades and potential death, while others fear ramifications and advocate sending priests to distant territories. The discussion references Jesuit precedents and concerns over enemy retaliation.
A military committee of experienced officers governs Lyons with a council of war. Shops close at five, citizens train in military drills, bridge demolitions considered on Morand and Guillottiere to hinder Alpine armies. Batteries planned along Souvavienes and Sauxe. Troops deployed to St Etienne. a volunteer killed by a musket shot from a window. Lycreté imprisons municipal officers and clubists. Two thousand men, including 596 cavalry, march to join at Mareillois. 1500 men are quartered and prepared to support nearby troops.
fragmented OCR recounts troops marching from ours rallying near Milters and Chinon. General min wounded and heavy losses claimed by rebels. remnants of our army concentrate at Chinon while some battalions hold Squmur ready to repel further assault.
In Caen on July, a battered fragment notes a battalion forming after news of a departmental force near Vernon. The text indicates rapid action to rally scattered troops and push Kinfen toward action, but details remain unclear.
Vienna reports the Austrian Court, urged by Berlin and Petersburgh to approve a new partition of Poland. The Council of State met on the 7th with Prince Kaunitz consulted. Some urged consent, others warned it would not force restitution by the partitioning powers. The public awaits the Emperors opinion amid war costs. The court also ordered a twenty million florin bank bill emission to bolster finances.
Warsaw July 17 detailed the Polish Diet instructions for negotiating with the Russian ambassador amid a crisis. The text outlines five articles for alliance, commerce, and adherence to the federation of Targowicz, plus the Prussian threat and the election of 31 delegates by royal appointment. The Diet debated and ultimately appointed delegates, with the note of the Russian ambassador at Grodno framing the session.
The article notes Polish delegates under Russian ambassadorial orders and a 00,000 florin offer by Palatines rejected by the king. It discusses Berlin and Petersburgh alliances, a June note from ambassadors urging joint negotiations, and Polish Diet animosity toward Prussia for prompting independence from Russia and aiding dismemberment efforts.
TOURNAY July 27 The day before yesterday 2000 French who had advanced to the bridge of Bocines and the village of Sarzheim were surrounded by Prussian cavalry. Only part escaped to Life, others were cut to pieces. 82 privates and two officers were taken prisoner. The Prussians captured the port of Flines yesterday. Seventy National Guards who held the church surrendered and died in that place.
French assault on allied positions from Turcoing to Commines failed as orange cockades misled troops. French deserter ruse beaten back. Lys crossing confusion allowed French losses and cavalry to strike. French reportedly suffered about 200 dead. allied casualties were two killed and 76 wounded, including three cannonniers.
July reports say National Convention commissioners arrived at Rhine army HQ with orders to relieve Mentz and break Allied lines. French assaults near Germersheim, Belheim, and Frankweiler push back Austrian and German forces, with heavy losses on both sides. The French army size cited at 80,000 to 100,000. Kleist’s Prussian regiment suffers severely. German detachments move toward Mannheim and Spire as French actions continue along the Moselle and near Deux Ponts.
Theatre critique of Mr Cessan jun s new play the Mountaineers of Grenada at Hay Market praising the language and certain actors like Kemble Fabnstone Kinmarnock and Bland while noting the plot length heavy on audience patience with weak incidents and a second representation hoped for.
Report from Brussels notes Valenciennes was captured, cannons and church bells discharged, and the town illuminated at night. A public celebration is planned for next Sunday in the Cathedral.
The Emperor authorizes four governments to raise a loan of 2,460,60 florins at 4 percent interest. Jacobins in town posted fleur-de-lys inscriptions urging arms for France. Archduke Duartes orders foreigners watched. French emigrants barred except for essential business. Dumouriez buys estate for 52,000 florins. government wary of him and visitors.
Benjamin Booth faced a Manchester Quarter Sessions trial on a charge of fictitious defamatory words stating he would guillotine a person. The jury found him guilty. The court ordered twelve months imprisonment in Lancaster Castle.
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