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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 07, 1800
Page
4
Reports from Rastadt Vienna and multiple cantons describe large troop movements and fortification work as armies gather near the Kinzig Offinburgh and Lake of Constance. French, Austrian, and Russian forces shift positions while political actions include arrests in Wirtemberg and consular dispatches in Prague and Frankfurt.
News from Constantinople warns of alarming accounts from Egypt as a clash over command between the Grand Vizier and Ghezzar Pacha strains harmony. British diplomacy proposes Koehler to lift the Grand Vizier, with armies in Austria Italy and on the Rhine planned for the coming campaign. Recruitment surges continue, and a Philipsburgh treason plot ends with executions and hangings.
The dispatch from Ireland reports a heated debate in the Irish Parliament on a Legislative Union, with strong anti union opposition and a large military presence in Dublin. London and continental intelligence discuss Bonaparte, mass conscriptions, Russian troop movements, and potential shifts in the war, with reports of naval actions near Babelmandel and a lost English sloop.
An extract from a Brune letter reports ongoing clashes with Chouans in the departments of Upper Garonne and Gers, with a 3500-strong force attacking Forulletonrk and a French retreat to Mans after stiff resistance. It notes engagements near Grandchamp and Elven, signals restored at Rhuis, and an English boat at Quiberon云
From Muzillac to Vannes General Grigny reports a small force of 800 defeating the Chouans, scattering them near the Loire. Letters from the Banks of the Loire claim Brune led a vigorous attack on Gorges, with Brune repeatedly engaging the rebels, results not specified. Descriptions of conscript threats and pardons follow, urging return to duty. In Draguignan 1200 troops desertion led to a siege, arrests, and the insurgents retreat to Nice with seven leaders imprisoned.
General Marriawnnp and Colonel Twiss returned from a confidential mission to assess Royalist forces in insurgent French provinces. Rumors say Sir Abercrombie will command an expedition to Brittany with battalions from Foot Guards and Russian troops in Jersey and Guernsey. Advices from India hint a resumed Mania expedition. Dr Surron and the Dean of Curist Cuurent reportedly refused the Ireland primacy. Cambridge Vice Chancellor selects Sir Ven Browne medal subjects for present year.
A fragmented trade notice from London mentions printers J Walter and Bonsor Salisbury Square with instructions for submissions and communications, indicating an offer or printing arrangement relating to a paper. The garbled text references Printing-Horse-Square and Lackfriars, suggesting a historic printing context.
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