Army advances in Tiagar region amidSouthern ally support
East India News reports the army moving north from Tiagar with strong health and morale. Allied native powers provide a protective barrier, boosting confidence in an imminent decisive operation. Supreme Government efforts multiply, while enemy movements grow perilous and must be harassed by harsh terrain and strategic dexterity. The foe reportedly pushed heavy stores toward the Ghauts, remaining in notable force below the passes.
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Tiagar
Ghauts
British Army Advances Northward Through Devastated Trinomaly
A dated dispatch describes British troops marching from Tiegar to Trinomaly on the 7th, finding the town in ashes after barbaric outrages by Tippoo’s forces. A Bramin defense at the Pagoda failed, with mass killings and plunder. The army moved on to Arn-e and Arnee, while Tippoo’s forces split toward Chittapet and Trivatore, with further contingents slated for Conjeveram and the Presidency zone.
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Tiegar
Trinomaly
Bramin
Tippoo
Cummer-ul-deen Khan
Arnee
Chittapet
Trivatore
Arnce
Wandswath
Musgrave
High Majesty
Conjeveram
Presidency
Army march from Arnee to Vellour encampment briefed
Mapras Courier reports General Musgrave’s force moved from Arnee to Conjeveram then re crossed the Pahiar to Ayamool Jam to join with the advancing wing. By the 24th the full army encamped near Wood's Choultry and expected to move to Vellour for a grand encampment, with a strong garrison left at Arnce.
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Arnee
Musgrave
Conjeveram
Pahiar
Ayamool- Jam
Wood’s Choultry
Vellour
Presidency
Arnce
Tippoo Withdraws Forces From Carnatic Campaign
Reports say Tippoo has withdrawn his army from the Carnatic and may have retired through the Changama Pass. Observers claim he left only a few hundred horsemen below the Ghauts to monitor our army’s movements.
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Tippoo
Changama Pass
British Plans and Movements Against Tippoo in Carnatic War
General Medows abandons Coimbatour to defend Carnatic as Tippoo’s forces ravage toward Madras. Rodney sails from Fort St George while Cornwallis joins the main army, with Abercrombie preparing to advance toward Mysore through Coorg. Hartley moves north from Tellicherry to join or headquarter near Canannore, and Abercrombie camps between Cannanore and Décani to march in January.
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Medows
Tippoo
Madras
Rodney
Fort St. George
Presidency
Lord Cornwallis
Carnatic
Cockerel
Col. Hartley
Malabar
Tellicherry
Abercrombie
Cannanore
Mysore
Coorga
Decla
Royal Exhibition visit and Parliament prorogation summary
The royal family attended the Royal Academy Exhibition in London with the Queen and princesses then headed to Windsor for summer. In Parliament, King George III prorogued the sessions after attending the Levee. Reports cover church appointments, political tensions, and foreign news from the Pelew Islands to France with church and legal debates.
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Royal Academy
St. James’s
Windsor Lodge
House of Peers
Hyde Park
Foot Guards
Duke of Gloucester
Prince of Wales
Prince William of Gloucester
Ambherst
Dover
Sauissary
Durham
Laure Barrincton
Mayesty
Lansdown
Salisbury
Pelew Islands
Panther
Endeavour
Bombay
Madras
France
Paris
Prince de Coupe
St. Asaph
Protest of the Lords on the Jury Libel Bill delay
The Lords publish a protest against delaying the jury bill on libels. They argue that juries must decide guilt in libel cases and not be directed by judges, defending press liberty and the peoples right to a Parliamentary declaration. The protest notes delay undermines justice and risks dangerous uncertainties in governance. STANHOPE. For the first and second reasons.
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Commons
Stanhope
Debts and maritime notices clutter coast to coast
Debts near half a million sterling are noted as a fall sloop sinks near Tambarton with passengers from England feared to lose much property. Vessels speak of French disturbances settled, ships bound for Liverpool and Newfoundland report arrivals, and price drops for rum and sugar from Jamaica. a fire in Fladbury destroys eighteen houses. a couple ages total 200 years, and royal birthday celebrations show scant illuminations beyond two sites.
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Greenock
Tambarton
England
Leeward Islands
Lé Yiddel
St. Lucia
France
Carteret Packet
Leeward
Montferrat
Trutty
Laforey
Squire
Gipsey
J. Burn
Grenada
Liverpool
Belmont
Glasgow
Newfoundland
Harmony
Amsterdam
New York
Jane
Elizabeth
Waterford
Poole
Jamaica
Sarah Crofts
Freet-itreet
Guildhall
Newgate
Fladbury
Evesham
Worcestershire
Sandgate
Newcastle
Portsmouth Dispatch of June 8 civics and naval orders
Portsmuth June 8 This morning arrived at Spithead the Chichester Captain J Price and Dover Captain J Drummond 44 gun ships armed and on voyage from Jamaica with the 14th and 16th regiments of foot to be paid off when wind allows This morning Captain S Laforey was appointed to command the Fairy and Captain W Elliot to the Bonetta of 16 guns both ordered to fit for foreign service This day failed on the impress service the Savage Squirrel and Scout tloops June 9 Arrived the Anna Dorothea Christian from Christiana Came into harbour the Dover and Chichester Men of War from Jamaica with troops
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Spithead
Chichester
J. Price
Dover
J. Drummond
Arrived ships from London and Waterford and frigates sail
PLYMOCTA arrives Lamb Miles and Three Sisters from London Charlotte from Waterfords and Druid frigate from Torbay. Inconstant and Perseus frigates sail on a cruise.
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Lamb
Miles
Hogg
London
Charlotte
Waterfords
Druid
Torbay
Shipowners Arrivals Across Global Ports Listed Inlet
Shipping arrivals from Georgetown to Barbados London to Jamaica and Virginia, with vessels named and origins noted. Includes Down to the Downs Newry and other ships, plus sailings from Africa and the West Indies. lists June dates, ports in Ireland England and Scotland, and related passenger and crew movements. Also records births marriages deaths and stock market updates with several named individuals and ships.
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Maryland
Rute
Georgetown
Riga
Grenada
Fanny
Webster
Africa
St. Vincent’s
Pegev
Manduracmahe
Liverpool
Portland
Morrison
Jamaica
Deal
Jones
Wind N.E
Remsin
His Majesty
Marlborough
Ardent
Nemesis
India
Diana
Robertson
Charles Town
Bremen
Deary
Wind
N. F
Mary
Ritchie
New Providence
Sully
Stocker
Smyrna
Lark
Bishop
New York
George
Coggershall
Charletown
Lucy
Coward
Oporto
Enterprize
Colman
Newfoundland
Roberts
Chatham
James Tylney Long
Drayeut
Wilts
Chester
William Nicholls
That City
Mats Ruffel
Sir Peter Leicester
Tabley
Bart
Charles Mattenloe
Miss Hurrell
Foxton
Cambridgeshire
Bath
Thomas Sctherby
Sarah Antley
Christopher Antty
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B.c. Matron
Leeson
Hyde
Sch. m
Portsmouth
Anna Dorothea
Christian
Christiana
Plymocta
Mary Alder
Caroline Street
Bedford Square
Burbank
David Muir
East India Company
St. Andrew's
James Gillespity
St. Mary's College
Scotland
Miller
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Old Bond-street
Doncaster
Norwich
Barnard
Samuel Barnard
Kofton
Lincolnshire
Cavan
Ireland
Colby Nesbit
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John Baron Dillon
Kentish Town
Job May
Thomas. Townsend
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Putney
Edward Lewis
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