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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 03, 1799
Page
4
News items from Holland and Berlin report fear of war spreading, with French troops tied to Holland’s fate and Prussian mediation sought. Reports mention résumés of naval blockades, potential marches toward the Rhine, and recruiting despite tense international negotiations.
In Swiss and European war news from June 19 reports an Austro-Russian column of about 860 men attacking St Bernard ports and being repulsed by French troops at the Convent and Lemanese. Galling reports from Zurich note French prisoners and a broader Danube theater.
The article reports on European war intelligence with notes on French and Austrian maneuvers near Modena and Piacenza, Moreau and Macconato forces, and a possible allied advance. It cites Swiss conditions, Massena’s retreat, Mantua siege status, and naval engagements near the Mediterranean with St Vincent’s fleet off Toulon. It also mentions ships damaged after weather and an English coastal update including royal inspections and a Cyprus insurrection.
Marriage notices include T N Longman of Paternosterpotterton to Miss Mary Slater of Hotham at Horsham on Tuesday and Be Edmund’s at Bury St Edmunds, Rev T Merhold of Stonham to Miss Rafe of Bury, and Thomas Hsar v cote of Clacton to Sir William Heathcote’s daughter. Obscure obituary lines mention Benjamin Freeman of York Upper Canada and a reference to the late American Bank of Customs.
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