Extract of a Brussels Letter on Early War Movements
A Brussels correspondence from April 22 describes both sides in the conflict defending and delaying actions. Dutch and British forces move toward Ostend and Lille, while Austrians threaten Maubeuge and Valenciennes. Major assaults near Raismes and Lannoy are reported with heavy casualties. Dampierre is said killed and Maraffé rumored to have fled to the Austrians. The Hanoverian army advances toward Tournai as York’s headquarters shift from Courtrai to Tournay.
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Brussels
Mecklin
Courtrain
Ostend
Gaffel
St. Omer
Tottack Lille
Hainault
Kayagg
Bavay
Maubeuge
Viggaciénnes
Condé
Clairfait
Raismes
Ligne
Michalowitz
Lille
Valenciénnes
Conde
Aml Maubeuge
Bouchain
Tournay
Dampierre
Maraffé
Antwerp
Dumourier
Duke of “York
Courtrai
Austrian Army Bulletin from Quievrain and Bruges
Bulletin reports enemy attempts to alarm frontier posts near Quievrain with patrols, decisive ambuscades by German and Austrian forces, and captures of enemy officers. It notes Duke of York and English troops at Bruges Courtray and Maubeuge, with movements toward Mons, Landau, and Mentz. Siege details include demolitions, potential capitulations, and strategic aims in Alsace and Lorraine as Prussia and Bavarians converge.
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Quievrain
Apaly
Otto
Benefty
Bsterhazy Hussars
Count Clairfait
Bruille
Eithautpont
Duke of York
Bruges
Courtray
Count de la Tour
Maubeuge
Rder
Sterngrucer
Frinton de Wurmser
Baumnont
Colleretz
Carrifius de
de’ Latour
Heuge
Prince de Reuss
Colloredo
de Cobourg
Jerdts
Wurmer
Prince of Conve
Rhine
Wurner
Philisbourg
Prince DE ConDs
Marienfranck
Hauloffen
Landau
General Wurmser
Condé
Queifch
Ho-Henlohe
Turkeim
Cusine
Lower
Alsace
Ling
Prussia
Mentz
Lorrain
Deux-ponts
Custine
Wallis
Kalkreuth
Royal Drawing Room Attendance at St James's
Yesterday morning at Buckingham House the Queen held a drawing room at St James's attended by the Dukes of Montrose Marlborough Dorset Richmond Athol and Roxburgh Marquises Salisbury Abercorn Earls Harcourt Howe Aylesford Uxbridge Winchelsea Digby Mount Edgcumbe Parker Down Stopford Bayham Lords Elcho Dacre Penrhyn Cavendish Stawell Boringdon Amherst Rivers and many gentlemen. The event included up to dozens of titled attendees and presentations to the Queen.
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Montrose
Marlborough
Dorset
Richmond
Athol
Roxburgh
Salisbury
Abercorn
Duchesfes
Somerset
Beauort
Marchionetts
Bath
Donegal
Conntefes
Shaftesbury
Howe
Holderrefle
Bathurst
Mount Edgcumbe
Abingdon
Sydney
Malden
Parker
Falmouth
F. Marsham
Damer
J. Dundas
R. Manners
Bathursts
C. Somerset
A. Clavering
C.campbell
C. Bertie
C. Barham
Amherst
Elcho
Dacre
Grey
de Wilton
St. George
Steel
Campbell
J . Miles
Wilkes
Hamilton
Dundas
Ne- Wille
Millar
Manners
Etheringtons
Harleys
Chambers
Pelham
Seymour
Countess of Halpernesse
Mary Hower
Princess Royal
A. Murray
Counttess
Holderneffe
Haccerstons
Countess of Chatham
Miss Hamilton
Marchioness of
Hariey
Grey de Wilton
Duchess of York
Oatknds
Duke of Ricamont
Privy Gardens
St. James’s
Secretary of State’s
Rosset Ainstley
Constantinople
Lord AtckLanp
Hague
Geneve
Rotondo
Gatun
Swallow-street
House of Commons
Lords
Corps of Marines
Hans
Hamburgh
Tarsor
Straford Place
Germany
Vienna
Jockey Club Plate races and related entries
A detailed program of Tuesday racing includes the Jockey Club Plate with entries from several owners such as Dawson, Duke of Queensberry, O Realy, Lord Clermont, and Lord Bedford among others. The card lists purses, horses ages, and odds, followed by additional sweepstakes and entries for dogs. Also notes a robbery near Hounslow and a report of 20 houses with large undisclosed property holdings, plus press gangs and a post office mail sloop voyage from Falmouth.
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The
Jockey Club
Dawson
H. Buttter
Mr. O'Realy
B.h. Cardock
Lord Clermont
B. H. Pipator
Duke of Bedford
Mr. Wentworth
D. C
B. H. Coriander
B. H. Huby
Clermont
B. m. Voidnte
B. H. Eager
Egremont
Lord Grosvenox
B. H
Brobdignag
Highflyer
Moore
Hounslow
Shields
57Th Regiment
Macdouall
Falmouth
Coruanas
Beheading Demand and Bourbon Debarment Highlight Paris Tribunal
In Paris the Revolutionary Tribunal executed a sentence against ci-devant Prior M. Chinchawips at Clifflon. The Convention denounced Meropé as a pitying tale for prisoners in the Temple and ordered the Municipality to halt the representation. Bourbon Montpenier, Young Egalité, will be arrested and held in Marseilles with other Bourbon family members, while the Orxeass estates are sequestered pending heirs.
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M. Chinchawips
Holy Trinity
Clifflon
Genifieux
Meropé
Boursons
M. Bourbon Montpenier
Egalité
Marseilles
Bourbon
Orxeass
Army dispositions on the Moselle in late April
Sarre Louis report details 27000 troops on the Moselle with advance guard under General Lagge cantoned between Longwi and Thionville. The main body under Abbeville is positioned between Sarree and Moselle, with the reserve near Saarrebruck commanded by General Ludly.
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Sarre-Louis
Moselle
Lagge
Longwi
Thionville
Abbeville
Sarree
Saarrebruck
Ludly
Factional Strife Report From Flanders Front
REPORTS FROM FOURNAY APRIL 28 DETAIL Pruffians Enelifi and Dutch forces nearing Lille with near clashes and a village burned near Turkeim after inhabitants fired on them. A small engagement on the 16th between Lille and Tournay. Bourgeois and National Guards split in loyalties across Flanders and Hainault amid tension and potential occupation.
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Pruffians
Enelifi
Lille
Mouveau
Turkeim
Tournay
Flanders
Hainault
Pantzick April 1 Prussian town under military rule
The town becomes a Prussian garrison with 2700 soldiers quartered among residents. A Commissary arrives to regulate imports duties and excise while the old municipal government lingers for a possible rearrangement. Some leading citizens leave for Hamburg and other places rather than living under military rule. Acquisitions by Prussia are said to be vast though smaller than Ruffia, including 1061 square German miles and 1,136,389 souls across 262 towns and 8274 villages.
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Hamburgh
Trial of Warren Hastings Proceedings Continue
The court adjourned on Thursday after Mr. Poe’s remarks and sent a message to the Commons that trial proceedings would resume Monday next.
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Poe
Commons
Jockey Club Plate and Bolton Stakes Race Entries
Racing notes from Sporting Intelligencer list horses and entrants for the Jockey Club Plate and Bolton Stakes. Details include pedigrees, owners such as Lord Egremont and Duke of Grafton, and betting odds with multiple colts fillies and horses like Fifty pounds, Hal Rin, and Chigwell among entrants. The Judge places results for early heats and foreshadows outcomes with odds figures.
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Elb
Fihies
R. M
Mr. Smith Barry
Highflyer
Lord Ciermont
B. c
Diomied
Lord Grosvenor
Edwin Lord Carteret
Antoninus
Vernon
Terror
Me. Barton
Bullock
Gabriel
Wyndham
Monkey D
Bedford
Clay Young Grey
Panton
Fox
Smith Barry
Duke of Grafton
Lord Egremont
Taylor
B. h.Halkin
W. Clark
Ch. F. Bally
Gr.c. Silvey
Wilfor
Ch. H. Chigwell
F. Standish
Ch. c
Johnt
Joe Ccrates
D. of
Queensberry
B. H
King Ferrué
C. Sweder
H. Fetherston
Diomed
Dawson
B. c. Bluff
Galwey
B. F. Anne Ld
Grosvenor
Bec
Willian
B. H. HalRin
H. Ft
Raft
Ab. M. Ld
Bi c
Mr. Panton
B.c
Guy
Caby
Prince of Wales
C. Afton
Graham
O'Kelly
Sir
Standith
Sir John
Wilson
Chigwell
Mr. Barton
Lord Clermont
Anthony
Duke of Bedford
Exciseman
Mr. Fox
Mercutio
Eath
B.C. Zoogs. H. Ft
Duke of Bedfords c
Grey Diomed
D. I. Joogs. H. Tt
Hopeful
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Krve
Levee
Lord BorthGpey
Continent
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Lord Croxcurry
Major Howart
Mr. Burke
East Indies
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Lord Arpven
Smyth
Admiralty
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J. T. Townshend
Rooney
Hacker
Mincur
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ArrLeck
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Whitehall
India House
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Picot
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G. Stevens
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Curna
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Berchiny
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Chaffeurs
Cevennes
Braconniers
Santerre
Leuze
Mons
Thouvenot
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Munici
Roya
Buckingham House
Coriander
Huby
Ses
Ft. D.C
O’kelly
Rib
D. of Bedford
Grostenor
Cynthius
Olds
Glermont
Bunbury
F. Standith
Cittle
Job
Bowes
Eager
Heroine
Dungannon
Smith
THRE
Augutta
Paris
Afaflots
Pantzick
Warren Hastings
Sporting Intelligencer
Newmarket
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