French and Dutch ships restored as war drums beat
A fragment from a late 18th century periodical describes European conflict lines. It notes the French have ordered republic restoration while others oppose, mentions naval moves, the Duke of Brunswick and Hanoverian troops assembling near Weser, and royal travel plans. It also reports on graft fraud inquiries at Deptford and the Duke of York’s health and upcoming troop review at Brighthelmstone.
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Heim
Llanes
Guunedey
Delle Ogilvie
Init
Ugerel
Duke of
Crate i
Madrid
Holster-Aucusrexrsuren
Denmark
Copenhagen
Norway
Dublin
Sesfion
Brunswick
Weser
Minden
Prince “Lewis
Prussia
Duke of York
Prince of Wales
Brighthelmstone
Mark-lane
Deptford
Arratt Stawnore, Esq
Foreign Letter Office
Daniel Brathwaite, Esq
Portsmouth
Fed
Channel
Wiillram Bircnatt
Santa Margaretta
Plymouth
Barston
Leas
Croth
Tom
Swords
Belfast
Sévieral
Thames-street
Bancor
Shrewsbury
Official account of battles near Wetzlar and Uckerath
The Austrian report on the Uckerath engagement notes heavy losses possibly up to 3000 men and several officers, with the enemy retreating two leagues beyond the river on the night of the 22d pursued by light cavalry. The Wetzlar dispatch records six cannon pieces two howitzers and a standard captured, crediting Saxon Lt. Gen. Linpt for decisive quick troop movements.
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Uckerath
Yond
Linpt
Italian affairs from Court Gazette report
Vienna June 22 accounts from General Beaulieu dated Cagliano the 13th indicate nothing of importance in Italy. Patroles extend to Vicenza. The citadel of Milan is not besieged but observed. Mantua defends vigorously but is blockaded. Our troops resist and expect reinforcements to resume active operations.
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Beaulieu
Cagliano
Italy
Vicenza
Milan
Mantua
Inhabitants Ordered To Leave Ehrenbreitstein Valley
June 25 report states valley inhabitants must stock provisions for five months or evacuate. An agreement aims to prevent firing on wagons and travelers along the Rhine from Coblenz to Zoll-Engers. Colonel Count de Merelde, noted for actions on the Lower Rhine, was sent by the Archduke to General Keser and returned to Hachenburg the same day.
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Archduke
Keser
Hachenburgh
French Garrison Proposed at Leghorn Port
Paris papers report the French Republic declares a garrison needed at Leghorn to defend the port and thwart English efforts. Naples dispatches note edicts and letters futile amid armistice negotiations by the King of Naples.
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Naples
French forces fortify Duffeldorf as Austrian attack looms
Brussels dispatch notes General Foudan visits Bonn and Duffeldorf and orders stronger defenses. Helas leads a 25,600 strong corps from Hundtruck to the Lower Rhine, with troops crossing bridges near Duffeldorf. North Army divisions join with the left wing of the Sambre and Meuse as Archduke Duartes advances with columns to strike entrenchments.
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Foudan
Bonn
Dufféldorf
Helas
Hundtruck
Lower Rhine
Rhine
Duficidort
Sambre
Meuse
Duffeldorf
Archduke Duartes
Naval and coastal dispatches from July with captures and arrivals
The Mercury reports arrivals and captures near Plymouth and Dover including the Apollo and Doris frigates bringing in the Legére from Cork and other ships from Cadiz. The Melpomene and the Danish ship Carlotta are noted with cargo, while the Hind sails with coasters for the Downs. Milford notes the Excise cutter Resolution capturing the Alive and troop movements to Gibraltar and the Cape of Good Hope, plus garden, rice, wheat price concerns, and game bird breeding reports.
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Cadiz
Amsterdamn
Hind
Gins
Bazely
Martin Flosp
Downs
Milford
Resolution
Parurr Stowenam
Lifracomb
Mevagiffey
Chace
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Gibraltar
Cape of Good Hope
Royal Artillery
Portsmouth
Vauxhall Gardens
India
England
Norfolk
Suffolk
Duchess of Norroux Hosts at Greytock Castle Scene
The Duchess of Norroux hosts at Greytock Castle in better health and spirits, while references to the late Duchess of Argyle and Countess of Coventry mix gossip with genealogical notes. A disputed paragraph about Lady Jennixcuawm and General Arthur Diriox is debunked, and remarks on the Dittons and Irish Brigade are mentioned. Tacitus is cited on republican France and its flood of laws, noting 24,000 statutes in four years.
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Norroux
Greytock Castle
Duchess of Argyze
Countess of Coventry
Ireland
Hemingford Abbots
Huntingdonshire
King’s Bench
Capt. Donettan
Prexens
Argyle
Jennixcuawm
Arthur Diriox
Buit
Paris
Continent
Lord Dillon
Corsica
Hamburgh
Yarmouth
Viscount Ditton
Arthur Ditton
Henry Druox
Irish Brigade
Tacitus
France
Marquis Cornwallis Visits Landguard Fort and Militia Camp
Harwich July 13 report says Marquis Cornwallis inspected Landguard Fort works and crossed the Har Dour to visit this place then in the evening toured the Hertfordshire Militia camp. The next morning he began a visit to the Bilax ecatt.
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Cornwallis
Landguard
Har- Dour
American Papers Note Feniffé State Arrival This July
Amerigan Intelligence from Belfast on July 4 reports a Sixthteenth State named Feniffé joining the Union with about 67,000 inhabitants. Its government mirrors universal suffrage like Pennsylvania. The Charleston diary also notes a Surinam voyage with 11 French warships and 17 prizes taken. Samuel Adams reportedly wins re election as Massachusetts governor despite French alliance criticism, defeating General Sumner by about 4000.
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Theresa
Charlestown
Union
Feniffé
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Phillips
Aurrora
Surinam
Cape ‘Francois
Massachusett An
Samuel Adams
D-Very
Sumner
Adams
Calumny Case Against Goldsmid in Forgery Suit
The trial centers on charges that Dickenson forged publications in L Eclair to damage Abraham Goldsmid, a prominent stock broker and government contractor. The plaintiff asserts the defendant knowingly spread a vile calumny, seeking jury justice and public vindication of Goldsmid’s character.
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Goldsmid
Sbickenson
L’eclair
Ersxine-daid
Fea
Abraham Goldsmid
Stock-Bréker
Dickenson
Hontour
Goldfield
Goldsid
Stock Exchange
Shore
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vienna
The
Court Gazette
Leghorn
Brussells
Ship News
Dover
Cate
Satter
Charlestows
Iseemonger
Guernsey
Fox
Dockray
Georgia
Calais
Ramsgate
Harwich
Amerigan Intelligence
Ied Hall
Kenyon
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