Board for the Encouragement of Agriculture and Internal Improvement Named
The London Gazette lists a board appointed under the Great Seal with members including Sir John Sinclair Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Loughborough and other nobility and officials. The roster covers high officeholders, bishops, and leading figures such as Pitt and Addington, along with various lords and baronets. Also noted are appointments for royal historiography in Scotland and the latest sugar price figures and bankruptcies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jere Bihe
Pasak
WII
John Sinclair
Baronet
John
Canterbury
Alexander
Lord Loughborough
Great Britain
Wiam
York
Charles Earl Camden
Council
Granville Leveson Marquess of Stafford
William Pitt
Treasury
John Earl of Chatham
Admiralty
Beilby
London
Shute
Durham
Willem Wyndham Baron Grenville
Rieht
Henry Dundas
Charles Duke of Richmond
The
Ordnance
Henry Addington
House of Commons
Speen
Joseph Barks
Royal Society
Sir John Cal, Bart
Arthur Young
First Day of Partridge Shooting and News from Dunkirk
Monday reports warn of a harsh start to partridge shooting as Cockney sportsmen disrupt hedges with gear and dogs. Abroad, Lord Adam Geaves and colleagues fill Scottish trustee seats while Dunkirk defenses harden. News of Jamaica fleet arrivals, East Indiaman departures, and Crown land surveys accompany notes on wounded officers and a curious diamond ring incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falanciennes
Pitt
Downing-tired
Walmer-castle
Faryrac
Fomaach
Dunkirk
Ostend
Duke of
Yor
Werthainis
Gaecory
Hwyenter
Barrere
Cave
Madagascar
Isle of France
East Indies
Aea
Treasury
Crown
London
Westminster
Chatham
Duke of York
Thomas Rumpolp
Darbar
Nabob
T Homans
Thomias
Dublin
Earl Morea
DeGor Victisimus Knox
Battle dispatches from Dunkirk and Lincelles reprint
A long war bulletin recounts British Army and Austrian forces near Dunkirk on August 24 to 27. It notes heavy enemy fire, losses including Lieutenant General Datos, Colonel Exp, and Major General Ager Crome, and heroic acts by Lieut Wilson and others. The report covers retreats, cannon captures, and fortifications, with praise for Lake and several officers, and mentions naval positions off Ostend and Nieuport as fleets maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
Furnes
Datos
Estimahié Vane
Exp, Aise
Light Company
Guards
Williams
Wilson
Oficer
Ager Cromeie
S. Aid
Sita. Bugnek
Frey Tac
Bergues
Gravelines
Calais
Ostend
Lake
Grinfild
Hurst
Pennincton
Wracur
Lincelles
Bos Vieles Jieut
de Peyster
Datrox
Ees
Allied Army movements and sieges near Ypres and Furnes
August 20 to 23 reports from Bermeratin and nearby fronts describe the Allied column marching toward the coast under the Duke of York and Marshal Freytra, French forces capturing a camp and eleven cannons, and a sortie from Quesnoy that left 18 enemy dead and 4 prisoners. note of executions and a controversial gambling game linked to streets and guillotine imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britosels
PHE
Bermeratin
Duke of York
Ypres
Elverelmghe
Cohamn
Farytac
Rouibrugge
Karackzay
London
Nieuport
Furnes
Quesnoy
Villeraux
Francy
Bebe Maison
Kimade
Camp Near Wormhout Describes Capture and Movements
Aug 26 report from Wormhout describes a capture with 4900 French garri soned and 1500 Hanoverians and Austrians plus the 2d Dragoon Guards attacking. The garrison offered little resistance. the area will host an army of observation while the French gather about 15090 at Calais to disrupt operations. Bergues remains holding as Dunkirk awaits fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wormhout
Caffel
Wornhout
Dragoon Guards
Hege
Bergues Till
Dunkirk
Camp at Ghievelde Under Fire Near Dunkirk
The camp at Ghievelde, Aug 27, near Dunkirk, faces shelling from enemy gun-boats this morning. The exposed troops report that shells have fallen into the camp, causing concern but hitherto no casualties. General Dundas commands the enclosing force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghievelde
Dunkirk
Dundas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prom
London Gazette
Whitehall
Whtehall
Doo John Gillies
Scotland
William Rodgertson
Fowler
Coventry
Leither
Phrbur
Robe-Mtaker
Pat Guild
Motherhead-bridge
Bucks
Guildhall
Kington
Surrys
Hite-Hart
Lancaster
Attornies
Bend Pearce
Paternoferrow
William Smnalley
Akersy
Lothbury
Chanbery-Lane
Ehinions
Burtoa Leddard
Tanner
Haddon’s Inn
Ripon
Gevs Aik-Dins Furnival
S-Inn
Bex
Ieee
Attamey
Wedtoris
Jones
Yidtualler
Ferider
Peterborough
Edmunds
Exchequer
Hamii
Cateaton-street
Artamies
Medics
Bilifon
Nares
Crane-court
Freet-street
Abraham Franca
Gower-freet
Bedford-square
Artomies
Thomas
Peirie
Peirsourgh
Darlington
John James
Tugtin-ucha
Cardigan
Mack
Mer Sa B
Lip Constable
Anmond Barripmingpin
Minewa
Slimbie and
Regaad
Samuel Darling
Bowling-street
Guaildhell
John Buchanan
Robert Walter Vaughan
Bristol
Richard ‘Taylor
Wiliam Youd
Liverpool
Mariner
James
Dimond
Biftol
Urwen Gale
Ly ‘Tidon
Fares” Oyle
Edward Ogle
James’ Dawson
Biller Jane
British Army
Azz
Bert Stamping
Tilly
Wielder
Catfel
Pres
Roesbrugg
Cett Capelle
Qued Ipres
3D Dragoons
Houndchote
Axem
Houndschote
Austriatis
Ceisant
Brusels Goxttte
Valenciennes
Cote-dier
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