Savallow and Del Carmen arrive with prize Indigo and sugar
Kingston Jamaica dispatch reports Savallow with Del Carmen from Havannah bound for Cadiz carrying indigo cochineal and sugar as part of a larger convoy. A mutiny trial aboard Hermione results in two hangings at Port Royal. Admiral Harvey uses freed negroes on privateers while Guadaloupe’s new governor returns them to estates. A US frigate near St. Marc's brings French emigrants, amid Jamaica's long London fleet arrivals. News from St. Vincent, Grenada, and Grenada references ships of the line seeking quicksilver for mines and Spanish convoy movements. In Grenada, the death of Henry Palmer and an overseer Mr. Warren is reported with a dramatic account of Noel the slave’s assault and Palmer’s fatal confrontation. Details describe the alleged crime, pursuit, and ensuing wounding of Palmer and Warren.
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Kingston
Jambica
His Majesty
Savallow
Sampenson
del’ Carmen
Havannah
Cadiz
Hermione
Abergavenny
Guadaloupe
Harvey
St. Marc’s
United States
Tous- Saint
ST. Vincent
Martinique
Trinidad
Grenada
Spanish Settlements, With Quicksilver
Demerara
ST. George's
Henry Palmer
Houuse
George Warren
Palmer
Latante
Noel
Mr. Palmer
Neel
S Iil
Island Murderer Hanged After Conviction
A slave killer stalked victims on the Latante estate, murdering Mr. Palmer and Mr. Warren before fleeing. After a trial led by Hon. Samuel Mitchel, Noel was found guilty and executed by hanging, with his body to be displayed in chains. The ceremony drew a large local crowd and military officers.
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Palmer
Warren
May
Latante
Noel
Samuel Mitchel
Squadron sails to reinforce Irish Station in wartime order
The Plymouth ship news lists a squadron of warships Atlas Cear LImpetueux Mars Captain Lancafer Repulse ordered to sail for the Irish Station as soon as wind allows. Yarmouth reports the Excise Cutter Thorp arriving with cargo of Geneva tubs and the fleet from Holland, including Ganges Diretor America Prince Frederick. A court martial sits aboard the Ganges for Captain Wachts over the loss of his frigate Praerpine.
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Cawland Bay
Atlas
Cear
L’impetueux
Mars
Lancafer
Repulse
Yarmouth
Gunthorp
Geneva
Holland
Ganges
M‘douat
Diretor
America
Prince Frederick
L’epiegle
Borper
Wachts
Praerpine
Newmarket Racing Distances and speed claims
The article discusses Newmarket courses the long four miles four hundred yards and the round six thousand six hundred forty yards. It cites Childers as the fastest horse on record with seven and a half minutes on the long course and six minutes forty seconds on the short, claiming extraordinary courier-like speeds and hypothetical mile times of one minute.
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Newmarket
Childers
Emperor nominates Suwarrow to command Army of Italy
The Emperor of the Romans directs Marshal Suwarrow to lead the Army of Italy with 100,000 Austrians and 40,000 Russians. Suwarrow arrives at Mittau and meets Louis XVIII briefly, promising to aid the restoration. The envoy heads to Vienna to receive imperial orders and plan action. A Devonshire Assizes case found the defendant not liable for shooting on another's land without a certificate, while a Wicklow pig case claims the pig was Englishbred and to be called Irish.
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Russia
Suwarrow
Italy
Mittau
Louis XVIII
Vienna
Devonshire
Nasr Coosz
Wicklow
Pateley
Staffordshire
Austrian Forces Repulsed Near Feldkirch at Campaign Start
March 6 reports say Austrian General Motze repelled French forces near Feldkirch on the Vorarlberg frontier. The French feint allowed General Marine to seize Grifon country, arriving at Coire on the 7th. From 5,000 to 8,000 Austrians were captured, including Commander General Aaffénberg.
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Mamburgh
Motze
Feldkirch
Gde
Voralberg
Marine
Coire
Aaffénberg
Dijog
Grifon
Switzerland
Arcapure
Herze
Tyrol
Archduke
Jourdan
Suabia
Rand Algaier
Ratisbon
Munich
Rastadt
First Articles of Intelligence on Rhine Engagement
A report from Augsburgh dated March 14 describes early intelligence on the Rhine fighting. The French crossed the Rhine at three points but their main effort aimed at Brlzers and Reichenau. Feldkirch repulse by General Hotze was only a feint. Austrian forces under La Zur arrive with 20,000 at Ulm while Braunau and Ingolstadt fortresses are strengthened. Tyrol's first requisition remains active and the Griffon troops allegedly offered little aid.
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Augsburgh
Rhine
Feldkirch
Hotze
Brlzers
Reichenau
Coire
Italy
Grifon
la Zour
Ulm
Braunau
Ingolstadt
Tyrol
EhrenAreitstein
France
Switzerland
Mass levy marched as hundreds of French prisoners arrive
In Vorarlberg on March 10, orders were issued for the first quarter of the mass levy to move. Several hundred French captives taken on the 7th near Feldkirch arrived at Immensstadt. A French general was killed in the engagement, described as a feint.
French Forces Cross Rhine at Ragaz in 18th Demi-Brigade
Report from Strasbourg on March 14 describes the 14th demi-brigade crossing the Rhine with water to their shoulders. French troops climbed rocks to Haldenstein and Coire, aiming at Lufie teign front, driving patriots to abandon pursuits as General Keflir mobilizes 19,000 Swiss under arms from Luzerne into the Rhinthal.
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Strasburgh
Ragaz
Rhine
Haldenstein
Coire
Lufie Teign
Cie
Keflir
Lucerne
Dhe Rhinthal
Sail to Egypt as Winds Favor Constantinople Observer
February dispatch reports Sir Syoney Smith to sail to Egypt if winds permit. Buonaparte failed to secure a deal with the Pacha of Crete as French negotiators were rejected. Intelligence from Egypt notes French officers marrying Muslim women following a decree influenced by Buonaparte. Sworaparte reportedly lost over 300 officers of various ranks.
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Constantinople
Syoney Smith
Egypt
Buonaparte
Pacha
Cre
Sworaparte
Imperial troops prepare as Italy braces for conflict near Verona
Marcus Venice reports rapid mobilization across Italy as Imperial troops concentrate at Verona and Legnago with four Piave bridges near Treviso. Fortifications rising at Pes chiera and Mantua while French forces amass along Adige and Po. Brescia forces push toward Salo on Lake Garda as Bergamo units advance toward Tyrol frontier.
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Venice
Marcus
Verona
Legnago
Piave
Treviso
Frioul
Adige
Ferrara
Austrian troop movements near Ulm and Danube
GUNSBURG MARCH to report that Austrian detachments have pulled back from Ulm to Geiflingen with Hussar patrols reaching Eibingen on the Danube. The advanced guard of Archduke Duartes’ army crossed the Iller near Aitrach and advances toward Leutkirch.
Turmoil in Deuxponts Over Market Day Law
Town erupts as Directorial Commissioner enforces market day rules under the Republican calendar. Women insult him with eggs, market crowds disperse by troops of gendarmes. A summer-house in the Commissioner’s garden is later set ablaze.
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Mentz
Marc
Deuxponts
Gentl’armerie
Beuxponte Troops Deployed After Wounding Incident
Fragmentary report from Childress mentions wounded parties and a government order directing General Beenaporte to send troops. General Crexin, chief of staff of the Army of Observation, arrived yesterday to assess the situation and coordinate response.
Citizen Bacher Leaves Ratisp on to General Diet
French Chargé d Affaires to the General Diet of the Empire, Citizen Bacher, departed Ratisp yesterday.
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Ratisbon
Marcorz
Bacher
Empire
Augsburg Report Notes Troop Movements and Pontoon Passage
Fragmentary dispatch describes large troop bodies and heavy artillery moving near Augsburg and Bavaria. It notes seventy five pontoons traversed the town yesterday and mentions Citizen Alquier, the French minister at Munich, departing from that place on the 7th.
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Augsburgh
Manca Iz
Bavaria
Almot
Circe
Sudbia
Citzen Alquier
Munich
French Armies Extend Lines Around Constance Lake
A dated dispatch describes French forces pushing toward Lindau and the Vorarlberg, with 18,000 of General Nauendorf's guard at Uberlingen and advances along the Danube. Austrian troops skirmish near Urach as Fortifications and troop patrols stir along Tuttlingen, Meßlingen, and Constance. Massena is said to occupy Constance and Jourpan Mersburg after a junction of French forces.
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Fourpan
Dasmube
Helvetia
Hosnzo LieRn-Heckincen
Prussia
Hornzuts
rrx-HeentnGen
French Republic
Jourpan
Viilingen
Arcapuke
Danube
Blanbeuren
Geiflingen
Weifensteig
Minzengen
Ehingen
Biberach
Schaffenried
Ravenspurg
Meiningen
Ochfenhausen
Tuttlingen
Massena
Constance
Mersburg
European conflict widens as Ottoman Sicilian pact urged
Vienna reports a treaty between the Porte and the Sicilian Majesty to send 12000 Albanian troops to Naples while Count de Lehrbach is recalled to Innsbruck as Extraordinary Imperial Commissioner. Russian units may join Archduke’s army amid French encroachments on Austrian borders and the Ehrenbreitstein fortress.
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Vienna
Constantinople
Naples
Count de Lehrbach
Rastadt
Tyrol
Austria
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