French privateers captured by Royal Navy squadron
A Royal Navy brig and armed schooner captured the French privateer Le Capitaine and Le Dauphin Royal while they sailed from Aux Cayes to the Caribbean. The report lists the capture date as the 18th and notes the privateers' vessels and routes. Numerous surrender notices from Guildhall and other locations follow, naming merchants and tradesmen required to surrender assets between January and March.
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Bei Nepeans
Brunyeaich
Mole St.Nicholas
St. Domingo
Is Majesty
Aux Cayes
Bothing
Marquis Gongwarris Leads Voyage Back to India
Reported acceptance of Marquis Gongwarris to return to India with East India Company forces. Discussion notes political divisions, imperial admiration for the Emperor, and subsidy treaty terms tied to 661,900 troops, following the death of the Queen Mother.
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India
East India
Company
Gongwarris
Lusamnezow
Lord Hosantat Maedras
Paris Gazette Reports Archduke Ill, Moves to Tezeof Hartoghens
Morning dispatches indicate the Archduke, reported gravely ill by French papers, has departed to command a Tezeof Hartoghens unit. a Dunkirk fitting expedition gathers vigor with vast transports and troops, including hundreds of Austrian deserters. Fraternité frigate and Admiral Moraxp pz aboard are noted amid unfolding events.
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Paris Gazettes
Cr Arles
Tezeof Hartoghens
Kekl
Dunkirk
Fraternité
Moraxp Pz
Duel in the Wood of Boulogne and Bank Plan Abandoned
Reports state that two Deputies, Scevela Bentabole and Goupilean, dueled in the Wood de Boulogne with one wounded in the arm. Meanwhile a plan for a new bank is said to be abandoned as it could not be carried into execution. The coast of Ireland reportedly saw ships described as Se Servant and Liapatiente frigates in the vicinity.
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Scevela
Bentabole
Engagement to the Mediterranean
Reports from Berlin confirm the King of Prussia’s condition as serious and indisputable. A Greenat Count presided over a vote at the East India Mount on establishing a depot for Company recruits, with the question passing 92 to 470 against, and 179 majority against. Admirals sail for Lisbon, with fleet refits and reinforcements, while Parliament details and local court matters abound.
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East India Mount
Court of Directors
Coute
Drredors
India House
Jamestto Rncas
Prince/s Royal
India ‘Company
Peror
Jeavis
Lisbon
Porte Ferrajs
Tuftan
Péruguese
Mediterraneans
Arid
France and Brussels dispatch on army movements in January
A Brussels letter dated January 14 reports the Army of the Sambre and Meuse in the Hundfruck will not winter in the Moselle, with main cantonments along the Nahe to Seltz. Prisons, religious deportations, Dunkirk naval prep, and Austrian deserters noted. Geneva and Stockholm cables mention Persia losses and Sweden's plan. The Executive Directory to the Council of Five Hundred urges establishing fixed military pay, half and quarter pay, and pension reforms, to stabilize soldiers and end dilapidation.
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Paris
Brussells
Sambre
Meuse
Hundfruck
Moselle
Nahe
Seltz
Ci-Devant Provinne
Luxemburg
Geneva
Persia
Porte
Stockholm
Ruffa
Paul_ I
Peter
Caturrine
Baratinski
Markoff
Council
Fivz
Phe
Xin
Tranquil Front Shifts as Allied Troops Move Between Rhine Sectors
The message reports British and allied forces advancing positions between the Upper and Lower Rhine. It notes the right wing under General Feriby patrolling Huningue and Devix Ponts, with Defaix to command the army of the Rhine. the fercq advances, reducing enemy options toward Italy.
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Strasburg
Upper
Lower Rhine
Italy
Pe ‘Iscarcely
Feriiby
St. Cor Yétirés
Devix-Ponts 3
Dubem
Defaix
Movement Toward the Mountains Reported by Austrians
A dispatch from Rivolla dated December 17 reports Austrian forces moving toward the mountains. General Foibert was ordered to attack the enemy, who were repulsed with heavy casualties. From Verona, French reinforcements have arrived indicating increased allied strength.
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Milan
Bertier
Rivolla
Foibert
Verons
Shipping News From Gibraltar To Bristol French Privateers Sighting
Shipping news reports several captures and retakings by French privateers and privateering actions around Lisbon Guernssey Vigo and the Baltic area. Ships mentioned include Ann Jones Ranger Maria St Lawrence Mary Lively Amity Aspinal and Britannia with arrivals at Cork Vigo Dover and Portsmouth and departures for Cape and the River.
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Ann. Jones
Gibraltar
Faro
St. Lucar
Ranger
Dobson
Gulf
Brothers
Twohig
Lisbon
Bristol
Vigo
St.Lawrence
Shaw
Quebec
London
Belair
Mary
Leith
la Bonne ‘Citoyenne
Guernssey
Potts
Shields
Whitby
Lively
Bell
Africa
Antigud
Amity
Burdon
Martinique
Guardian
Beaton
Dover
Barbadoes
Painted y J. 3 WALTER PrixtTune House SQUARE
Painted area near Blackfriars referenced in a 3 note jumbled line. Sparse readable names include Walter and PrixtTune House with Square location.
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Walter
Blackfriars
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