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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 07, 1799
Page
4
Fragments indicate the House of Commons debate on domestic and foreign news will be deferred to the next issue. The disrupted text shows missing content and unclear details about the postponement and topics discussed.
A late evening dispatch from Hamburg reports General Morau defeated on the 13th and Masena preparing for a stand near Zurich. The piece notes Mantua’s capitulation shift and French positions, with uncertainty over Horze’s communications and ongoing movements of Piedmont and other forces.
A long dated dispatches and letters recount battles across Italy and the Rhine. Suwarrow defeats Moreau at Valenza and Mantua considers capitulation while Ney and Paillard press the French left bank near Alessandria. Reports from Zurich and Carthage mention Franco-Austrian-Russian maneuvers, Swiss loyalties, and continued upheaval in France with Sieyes to direct.
From Turin May reports Morece's headquarters sit at Coni with 12 000 troops arriving via Nice. A peasant militia formed by priests and nobles proclaims itself the Christian army, rallies French detachments under Moret, resists surrender, and pillaging is noted. Despite chaos, authorities claim growing tranquillity and continued French sea control near Pelchida with various garrisons and exchanges of prisoners.
London news item notes a legal or ceremonial posting. Salisbury is referenced with Brackissars context. J Bonsony appears as a person name linked to the document. The fragment suggests a civic or court notice with scattered Latin phrases and place names.
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