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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 03, 1797
Page
3
Fragmentary report recounts Buonaparte’s Italian victory near Mantua with 3,000 prisoners and multiple cannon captured. mentions generals and the Council of Elders praising the army and planning honors. Simultaneously, notes unrest in France with arrests, police actions, and a fresh royalist conspiracy. Brussels and Brest deployments indicate ongoing naval preparations and political tension.
A shaky note claims General Villat to resign Marseille command with Pichégri to take over. Dutch representatives allegedly order Van der Noot freed. Citizen Poncelin of Le Courier Republicain was abducted by self described police agents from his country house and subjected to a brutal assault in the Luxembourg pavilion before escaping. Directory allies Italy send a courier to Vienna with peace overtures to the Emperor, prompting scrutiny of potential separate peace terms.
A list of naval misfortunes and actions along the coast and seas. Le Seduifant driven by currents on the Great Stewvens offshore. near 600 men delayed by local boats. Le Sozyola wrecked with crew saved. La Revolution, Les Droits de L Homme wrecked at Audiemne Bay with few survivors. Cape-Mi crew saved by an English ship. Bantry Bay saw La Surveillantes sunk with crew saved. La Tortue captured. La Mutine and Le Voltigeur captured or missing. La Ville de L Orient and La Justine captured. Le Suffrel missing.
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