Operations on the Rhine report French gains and fortifications
Dec 18 dispatch notes a vigorous French right wing attack with Austrian forces retreating. Allied troops secure a strong winter position, creating forty redoubts. Dec 12 cannonade near Langau. garrison sortie repulsed with casualties. Prince of Watmuen holds Fort Louis rear. Duchy of Deux Ponts reports church bells and various goods looted by French.
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Landau
Roth
Geo
Prince of
Excerpt from a Ghent Letter on Allied Fortifications and Frontline Attacks
The correspondent describes strong fortifications along the main line from Vaincennis to Nieuport in Flanders, guarded by brave troops at Ypres and Nieuport. Republicans renew attacks on advanced posts but are repulsed. A Maubeuge garrison of about 1,890 men attacked Austrians near Quesioy and Landercy, while Lisle forces attacked Werwick. both assaults failed.
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Ghent
Vaincennis
Nieuport 5
Ypres
Nieuport
Flanders
Werwick
da'Vour
Landon-Vert
London Dispatches Describe Court, War Preparations and Genoa Crisis
London reports detail Lord Howe's Downing Street interview with Mr Piper and dinner at Wimbledon with Mr Dunvas. It notes Lord Charles Piceroy's arrival at Grafton House from Ghent and dispatches from the East India House. Genoa replies to Drake's notes, stressing neutrality and avoiding war while defending national dignity amid Coalition tensions.
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Lord Howe
Piper
Downing-street
Mr. Dunvas
Wimbledon
Lord Charles Piceroy
Grafton House
Piccadilly
Ghent
St. Helena
Bengal
Hatt India House
Parxisu
French Jacobin Terror Expands Seizures and Trials
Reports from Caen and Rouen describe seizures of royalist and emigrant wealth, executions of contractors and officers, church closures, and prosecutions by revolutionary tribunals. Officials like Leury Senlifac and Fouger face transport and banishment amid rising fear and discipline gaps in the army and cannoniers.
Paris Convention Debates and Decrees on Land Auctions and Assignats
The Convention reported citizens bidding up national lands beyond estimates with a woman paying 74 800 livres for land rated 2500. Soldiers plundered silverware. a monkish festival in Évreux triggered re-baptisms and a push for reason over faith. Decrees outlawed officials in invaded provinces unless forced by strong force. Carnot, Joyax, Garnet, and Cambon debated arms trade and assignats. circulation rules and false notes were analyzed.
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la Marne
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Department of the Moelle
Dumont
Ébeville
le Koi
la Pai
Carnot
Joyax
Paris
Garnet
Canton
Cambon
December 15 Dispatch on Loire Campaign and Charette
A December 7 letter from the Representative of the People describes the eighth victory of Republic troops on the left bank of the Loire against Charette’s banditti. The force, after retreating from the Poin, moved toward Nantes and attacked Leger port, facing two hours of heavy fire before the attackers broke. The troth regiment charged, the Gharante battalion swept the rebels, who fled into the woods. Merlin de Thionville notes troops lack shoes. Guil laume says his forces can deliver the last blow. Bentatolle urges shoes and vigilance over tan-houses for district administrations to seize hides.
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Planche
Buzot
Barbareaux
Caen
Wimpfen
Fouger
France
Rigat
Montpellier
Revere
Rochefort
Merlin
Republic
Leury Senlifac
St. Louis
Fermont
Vernin
Pierce du Chatelet
Roth
la Catozne
Grenoble
Popular Society
la Planene
Gaton
Paris
Zburean
Dagobert
Rouen
Cherbourg
Sepher
Vial
Douai
Lille
Brittany
Dugers
Malo
Rennes
Carrier
Loire
Charette
de Poin
Zéuvois
Nantes
Leger
Guilaume
Troth
Republick
Merlin de Thionville
Guillaume
Bentatolle
Descriptions of Revolutionary Measures Against the Vendée Rebellions
Barrere reports on Committee of Public Safety orders to crush the Vendée insurrection. He cites measures to prevent rebels from retreating to coasts and ports, surround them, and deny provisions. The dispatch condemns traitors, notes plots with foreigners, and praises patriots for quelling uprisings across Nantes Amiens and other locales.
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Marigny
Silveia
Hussars
Mensz
Apt
Lower
Alps
Revolutionary Tribunal of
Soles
Jurisdig
Fabre d’ Erlantine Thestalss
Ares
Committee of Publ Barrere
Commi
la Vendee
Committee of Public Safety
Felf
Barrere
Genesie
Prrr
Toulon
Guernie
Morbiham
Wimpfen
Department of the Cher
Coulominiers
Paris
Anc
Amiens
Carraux
Fufpeld
Geneva
Pitt
Nantes
Mucherd
Turenne
France
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England
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