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Newspaper

Evening Mail

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 24, 1796

Page

3

Naval Movements Report From Ruffia Port Passage

Part of the Ruiffian squadron at Ruffia with others at Sheerness ordered to Ruffia. The 66 gun Philip and Parmene and the 74 gun Helena refitting asap. Heavier ships expected from the Gulf of Finland in place. Philip undocked after repair. Gun-boats at the port rapidly fitted. Ville de Paris of 74 guns nearly ready to sail awaiting crew to Plymouth.

Ruiffian Sheerness Ruffia Graaf Orlof Philip Parmene Helena Gulph Finland Ville de Paris Plymouth

Patience and forbearance in France amid revolutions

A review of the French political state at year end 1795 notes the nation endured six revolutions, from 1789 to 1795, each varying in form and violence. It argues the Directory survives through military power, with the army backing both legislature and executive, foreseeing a stronger yet repressive rule. It contrasts Rome and Egypt guard concepts with France’s volatile military governance.

Hamburgh France Situation Politique Des Wiffances Europe Paris Rome Egypt Constantinople Ini Directory Husian'ty Liverpool Africa West Indies Haygrove Timibury R. Hinz Hawkstone Shrewbury Spain Portugal Italy Wollamser Franconia Republic Tt iv Deux ‘Ponts Prussia Barbantane Marseilles Barras Thoulouse Montpellier Lyons Naples Prusia Germany Nuremberg Franckfort House of Austria Fiveiion Lombardy

Drouet Letters and Prisons Amid European Turmoil

Letters from various fronts report a balloon survey mission for the Army of the Rhine and Moselle heading toward Ulm on the Danube while Solano joins the campaign. Milan silk hoards are said to have been bought by Swiss merchants. Drouet claims escape from the Abbaye prison and argues for legislative fairness, denouncing police overreach and urging constitutional respect amid a growing European conflict with arrests, conspiracies, and armistice chatter.

Stutgard Rhine and Moselle Danube Im. Solano Ulm Italy Milan Englis Feuille du Four Dronet Abbaye Corillex Patte Drouet Richard Babeuf High Court of Justice Vendome Paris

Drouet's Letter to the Legislative Body Proclaimed

The Journal des Hommes Libres prints a letter described as the Manifesto of the Jacobins. The Council of Five Hundred rejected its reading, and the piece signals a campaign against the government as Jacobins await the escape of their accomplices.

Drouet Journal Des Hommes Libres Council of Five Hundred

Legislative Session Reports Drouet Escape Details

The Executive Directory presented notes on Drouet s escape including a police report denying any federal prison break and a Commissary of Police process describing rope and iron bar findings in Drouet s room. Guards checked chambers and the directorate debated safety actions as the High Court weighed a letter from Drouet.

Drouet Drover Drezer Legion de la Fontaine de Grenelle Eviz Drei Ichamber High Court of Justice Draaer Merlin Thionville Diouets Esc

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