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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 31, 1792
Page
2
The August 28 report confirms Longwy’s fall on August 23 under Count Clairmartray’s command, with 1200 siege troops marching out after a capitulation. Observers note minimal besiegers’ losses, fires quelled, and provisions inventoried. Vienna dispatches detail other frontiers moves, evacuations, and arrests as Austrians and Prussians redraw lines.
London dispatch notes Mr Pitt sending a steward to seize Deal Castle and his own planned September residence there. It also reports Lord Grenville at Camelford's Cornwall seat, and Mr Dunpas handling foreign affairs in his absence. The Hindoffan sails to Spithead tomorrow. Topics include Dutchy disputes, Prussia, and the French upheaval with Morval Fayette's shifting popularity.
Reports from Paris and Arras describe suspensions of officers, seizures of Lameth property, and rising mutiny amid the August upheavals. A mass proclamation calls for 30,000 National Guards to the front while trials continue and executions occur in Savoy and Paffy related to the Dylan events.
Berlin reports official news from the Prussian army camp near Ellingen dated August 13 recounting the capture of Scierck. Marquis de Luccwesius, Poland’s envoy, has arrived from Warsaw and may be succeeded by M. de Buckholtz. A doubtful tale suggests the King of Porano may abdicate and retire to Italy.
The paper reports on the capture of Longwy by Prussian forces after a 15 hour siege, with 3500 garrisoned troops and 71 cannons. Ministers discuss treachery charges against the Longwy commandant, the defense potential of the town, and calls for a Court Martial. Montmedi citizens vow vengeance and decree gates stay shut, while debates on arming volunteers and passports for deputies unfold.
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