Admiral Nelson false reports corrected by Vienna Gazette
The Vienna Gazette and later advices dispute earlier claims about Admiral Nelson being off Messina on June 18. They assert he sailed from Messina on June 23, with public misdirection due to a weak French fleet watch. The piece pledges accuracy despite contradictions and states confidence he will engage the enemy.
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Admiral Nelson
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Spracaé
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Tate
Mesina
Malta
Leghorn
Fara
Buonavante
Admiral Neyson
Totton
Adm
Piepsan
Toulon
Trowgerace
European News Roundup From Berlin to Jamaica
Maritime fleets set sail from Jamaica toward the end of June. News from Walmer Castle notes Mr. Pitt’s Wednesday arrival and stay. Berlin negotiations stall since June 27. Dutch and Nassau affairs, Orange claims, and counts of Merrernien's indemnity emerge. Vienna and St Petersburg dispatches discuss Cobentzel, Paswan Ocur, and Russian plans in the Crimea. Italy’s king of Sagornia struggles under French guardianship as France strategizes. Reports aboard Seahorse mention Candia, La Sensible, and Candia’s proximity to key points. Harsh rains affect horses at a Windsor camp, with illness rising among the mounts.
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Jamaica
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Walmer Castle
Berlin
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House of Orange
Cipeulagin
Fleckeroe
Norway
Vienna
Viena
Seahorse
la Sensible
Candia
Alexandria
Tland
Pentaliria
la Sensble
Sicily
Malta
Cape Bon
Africa
Windsor
Private correspondence from Etr Angst: Revolution Day Observed
Report from July 5 in Etrasbourg notes festival pomp in Place of Arms with troops and Bastille model. Yet few city residents attended, largely of low status, and public enthusiasm waned. Observers blame lingering costs of revolution and oligarchic government for anti republican sentiment and public weariness.
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Etrasbourgy
Vn Olen
Enis de la: Partie Servi
Straits of Messina Navigation and Pilotage Details
The Straits of Messina present tricky navigation with variable currents tied to lunar changes. Calabrian Scylla and Sicilian Charybdis anchors frame a dangerous pass where ships shoot across against northern winds aiding the voyage. Naples maintains 24 pilots aiding entering ships, with safer passage amid frequent traffic and navigational advances.
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Messina
Italy
Sicily
Scylla
Calabria
Charybdis
Cupiens Vitare Charybdia
Archduchess Christina's Farewell Letter To Duke Alpert Of Saxe Teschen
Vienna correspondent reports a genuine letter by the late Archduchess Christina to her husband Duke Alpert of Saxe Teschen delivered after her death. The missive bids farewell and entrusts to him custody of a precious deposit named Charles, praising his care and urging steadfast advice.
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Christina
Alpert
Saxe-Teschen
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Charles
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Fox
Shexian
O’connor
16Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Harcourt
Ashford Commons
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Dunpas
Gascoyne
Garry
Staffordshire
Windsor Little Park
Westminster Volunteer Cavalry
Ettiott
Hyde Park Py
Lord Hearthryp
William Fawcett
Stevens
St. Margaret and St. John’s Association
Lord Beccrave
Roureston
Pimlico
Royvan Westminster Volunresas
King’s Meuse
Harley’s Field
Portland-place
D’oey
St. Pancras
St. Ann’s Volunteer Association
Lord Hargineron
Harley Street
State of public affairs at war’s critical juncture
A lengthy analysis laments the perilous state of empires amid French Republican aggression. It condemns regicide policies, praises cautious monarchies, and warns of imminent dangers to Britain, Austria, Prussia, Naples, and Sicily. It notes Vienna and Berlin stances, naval controls, and shifting European alignments, with American dispatches signaling defense of rights against French tyranny.
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Europe
Texel
Garonne
Seine
Tiber
America
Great Britain
Rastadt
Sez
Raffadt
Rhine
Germany
Austria
Berlin
Prussia
Baron de Recx
p’Arwhm
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German Empire
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Frazee
United States
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Talley
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