Dispatch on Dunkirk assault and death of Lt General Dalton
The August 28 1793 London Gazette Extraordinary reports Sir James Murray's dispatch on the Dunkirk operation. British and Hessian losses include Lieutenant General Dalton killed and Colonel Eld among the wounded or slain, with officers such as Abercromby and Werneck praised for their roles.
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Dalton
Eld
Coldstream Regiment
Leigh
Mathews
Wurmth
Abercromby
Werneck
Wurmb
Fit Regiment Foot Guards
Williams
Coldfream
Royal Artillery
Wilson
Leger
Royal Levee and Council at St James's in London
The King left Kew Palace for St James's where a Levee was held, then broke up at 2 15, with a Council at 5. Presentations included The Earl of Moira and Comte Harrowe. Lor Darts, Austrian general, was killed. French Queen trial reportedly set for the 27th. English dragoons escorted colours from Valenciennes to Ostend for transport to London. A bomb vessel from Ostend failed en route to Dunkirk.
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Kew Palace
St. James’s
Earl of
Moira
Comte Harrowe
Hun- Hay
Symers
Duke of York
France
Darton
Brussels
Valenciennes
London
French Anabaptists and Quakers Citizen Status Debate
In the National Convention a letter seeks French citizen status for Anabaptists who refuse oaths and arms. Roux Faxiflie supports Committee referral. the debate notes liberty as gospel. Report details an attack on Indret near Nantes with Brigades of Lower Loire defending the foundry. few casualties.
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Committee of Legislation
Encroix
Giller
Brest
Nantz
Chevette
Painbeuf
Rau
Loire
Indret
Lower
la Manche
Dubouchade
Nantes
Martin
Lower Loire
French Revolutionary Decrees Rally Mass Support and Military Deeds
Amid dramatic sessions Barrere outlines confiscation of Frenchmen’s property for Spanish redress and urges a universal alarm and mobilization. Delegates praise the Republic as battles redound to victory with an army victory over Brest coast threats and calls for sweeping requisitions.
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Barrere
France
Republic
Paris
Committee of Public
Army of the
North
Cambray
Barvere
Committee of Public Welfare
Engagement at Lyons Between Republicans and Royalists
Barrere reports Lyons news with action at Galviere on the 8th when Republicans seized the post. On the 16th a procla mation called Lyons to oath, answered by artillery fire. Through the 5th, musketry ensued as patriots left the city to join the fight elsewhere. 200 cannon and 30,000 soldiers man the Saone border batteries. The Convention ordered publication and dispatch of Vaugien garrison to the Army of the Alps to quell Lyons rebels.
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Rochelle
Lucan
Brittany
Anjou
Poitou
Funk
Tank
Bourdon and
Goupilleau
Barrere
Lyons
Galvire
Republic
Saene
Vategciennes
Alps
Royal Drawing Room Attendance Amid Illness Rumors
Yesterday at two o clock the Queen held a drawing room. attendance included Lord Chancellor Macduffson and Naples envoy. Princesses did not appear due to Lady Mary Howe’s illness. The Camarza Commandant sent a standard to the Convention, claimed as English. Local officials mock grand displays as creating imaginary triumphs.
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Evizabeth
Kewpalag James’s
Macruerson
Naples
Buaynprire
Countess of
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Ondon Gazette
Whitehall
James Murray
Henry Dundas
JA. Murray
P.S
Freytag
Warmarthe
Eckelfbech
Lefferinck
Hocke
Foot Guards
Flan Battalion
Dunkirk
Lberty
Arrere
Beauharnois
Army OF the Rhine
Landremont
Landau
Alexander Beauharnois
Bulletin
Turreau
Angers
la Vendée
Brisac
Calvados
England
Depaux
Ci-Devant
de Villeroy d’Autichamp
Bonchamp
Stophlet
Maulevrier Calbert
Lefcure
Prince de Coxps
Laroche Jacquelin
Royal Piemont
Agra
Vischt Bank
Rebners
Grena Pré
Legion of Lombares
Convention
Section d’Arcis
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