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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 08, 1793
Page
4
The piece mocks fashionable female charm as it lampoons peers and suitors. It notes swelling trends and public padding as a canvass for social pressure. The narrator questions Town fads and urges restraint in appearance to avoid depravity.
Prices for stocks and bonds stand at 1 o clock with varied yields. Reports from Brittany describe unrest in the province, royalist and émigré movements, and general insurrection. Maritime orders warn of Spanish treasure being sent to London, while Indian War setbacks and political marriages populate the gossip column.
French troops joined by garrison elements attacked advanced posts at St Sauve Saul tain and Curgies at 3 am. After cannonading from four points the enemy retreated toward Valenciennes leaving 11 cannons and 17 others captured. Light troops harassed the retreat as villages burned and few prisoners were taken. Count Crartrayr’s force between Raimes and Aufin was simultaneously attacked.
Intelligence from Condé reports a French offer to surrender with honors of war, rejected. French advances approach Le Pine near Lisle as cannonading follows. 100 prisoners taken. Woolwich ships battering artillery for continental use. Exchequer Bills to be issued next week, with Manchester manufacturer to receive 2000001 relief funds. Defence of 74 guns at Chatham and Invincible at Sheerness commissioned. Lord Hood’s fleet to the Mediterranean. Debates in Parliament, privateering losses, and trade disruptions across Europe frame a day of military and economic mobilizations.
Ship news reports arrivals at Fortsmouth with the Suffolk 74 guns and Fox frigate in convoy to the Downs. Other arrivals include the Anna Helena Bruce from Fredesrickstadt and several ships from Sunderland, with transports under convoy of the Ganges. Plymouth & Liverpool notices mention various arrivals and sailings, plus courtship announcements and marriages in London and Westminster.
A courier from the city to Vienna reports Austrian generals calling the first infantry action the most important so far. The French left with heavy casualties and 1400 prisoners. Imperial forces occupy Hauflin entrenchments threatening Valenciennes and other Hainaut towns. CrarrFayt and Cosoure praised officers for their valour.
Reported deliberations from Paris on charges against Dumourier and the Mountain, naming the Facebins as targets, plus insurgent actions in Angers Mayenne and Loire, a Royalist emblems find, and a Royalty propaganda crackdown. Also notes on a naval tragedy near Cork with several deaths and missing persons.
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