Siege Strain as British Blockade Grips Seaside Town
The text describes a British fleet blocking a harbor trading to a standstill while French forces around 30,600 men threaten bombardment. Senate prayers call for deliverance as Italian and Austrian forces maneuver. Venice orders disarmament of Dalmatian forces amid invasion fears and the Sardinian king elevates the French ambassador’s precedence at Turin.
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Senate
Oneglia
Gener
Buonaparte
Man
Sardinia
Turinhall
French Bombard Ehrenbreitstein Fort As City Reads
Coblenz June 21 The French besieging army opened a tremendous fire from their howitzers on Ehrenbreitstein fortress. A large number of troops entered the fortress, but no fire was set. The Ehrenbreitstein valley suffered in several places and flames were visible in the market-place at night. Tomorrow bombardment expected from seven batteries of fifty pieces.
Wurzburg July 20 General: Perneck reports siege actions
A fragmented dispatch describes General Wurtzeneben mounting his horse at once to reinforce the ramparts as Austrian troops retreat into the fortress. Guns and supplies are moved, a Dominican convent depot is seized, powder magazines threatened, and French forces are advancing from Fulda toward Carlstadt. A battle is expected within days near Arnstein or Koertiach.
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Wurtzburg
Perneck
Grennadiers
Zelle Gate
Dominicans
Fulda
Carlstadt
Arnstein
Koertiach
Suabian Contingent Retreat and Austrian Movements
The Suabian Contingent troops retreat after an engagement and reposition to Haigerloch on the 16th. Austrian forces under Archduke Charles prepare a gradual retreat through Franconia into Bavaria, with heavy artillery arriving at Donauwerth and orders to halt near Munich. A French column advances on Heilbronn while the court of Louis XVIII resides at Lindau.
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Tsuabia
Hohenzollern
Haigerloch
Ulm EE
Cwaries
Franconia
Bavaria
Schellenberg
Donauwerth
Ausitria
Swabia
Munich
Heilbronn
Lindau
Arrival of English Merchants Displaced by War
The text notes English merchants arriving at a coastal island after embargoes on Leghorn and mentions a large shipment of artillery and ammunition bound for Gibraltar. It states many English families forced to leave Leghorn plan to embark at this location, Disbon.
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Leghorn
Gibraltar
Army orders amid naval and militia movements in civil defences
The report notes naval action and land defences with the Engh part active in defence. Provincial Militia and a volunteer regiment are mentioned with plans to suppress the Noblege unit, indicating tense military rearrangements and security measures in progress.
Mantua siege and Franco Austrian actions reported
Dispatches describe a French plan to assume leadership against Mantua's siege with the king at the vanguard. Reports from German Gazettes recount a Mantua sortie with 400 French dead, 690 captured, and many wounded. A Geneva insurrection is denied as magistrates are dismissed. Archduke Charles allegedly offered an armistice after the Essingen battle, which was refused. A Paris note notes privateers taking English vessels and convoy progress from La Belgique. A 300 Deputies toast celebrates reconciliation amid Jacobinism’s fury in Aix and Mantua bombardment begins July 28.
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Nez
Mantua
Ule
Geneva
Cologne
Franckfort
Cuarxss
Essiingen
Moreau
la Belgique
Baltic
Aix
Directory
Mantua siege report from Buonaparte letter to Directory
Military dispatches recount Buonaparte’s orders and French actions around Mantua in July 1796. Attacks by Fiorella, Dallemagne, and Marat disrupted Austrian defenses. floodlit batteries and heavy cannon aided burning the town. Mantua’s command warned of surrender risks. a separate letter notes fort Kiengtstein surrender and garrison parole, while Ernout reports Austrians retreating and French advances in the Sambre and Meuse region.
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Sambre An
Meuse
Ernout
Sambre and
Prandort
Hermidet
Kienig¢tein
Vererayia
the Sambre
Herstein
Thermidor
Armistice and Operations on the Rhine and Moselle
The document details French military actions around Stuttgart and nearby towns, with General Moreau reporting attacks on the Neckar frontier, advances at Esslingen and Ludwigsburg, and pursuit of retreating forces. It also covers a Council of Five Hundred discussion on forced loans, and Swiss-broadcast papers on Austrian defeats and a proposed armistice with Württemberg, including troop movements and payments.
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Wurtemburg
Duchesne
Duke of
Esslingen
Réathinéen
Sindhngen
Bechingen
Ami
Rhine
Political proceedings and debates in the Directory
The Directory debates language teaching and public office abuses. Felix Falcon moves discussion on the Mer. tier report and the 1795 Constitutional Act. Calls to remove offenders from public offices pass, and a petition to authorize National Banks renounces is sent to the High Court. A commission to replace two Bureau Central members is ordered.
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Phermidor
Zulnigonas
Felix Falcon
Mer
Directory
Tomo Dopteds
Philip, Dellehille
Walready
Accukbets
High Court
MM Ar Feilles
Tgbiek
Bureau Central
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Marat
Chapeloup
Coronel
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la Favorite
Colloredo
Staf
Ware
Innes
Asthaffenbourg
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Wartensleben
Prince Charles
House of Austria
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Moselle
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Tiver
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Deaix
the Ems
Saxenhavene
St. Cyr
Zaponier
Lambert
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Berg
Laroche
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Monnot
High National Court
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Haltingen
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Saly
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Sechingen
Lauttebourg
Waldthut
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Twrtemburg
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