Military Dispatches Describe Allied Movements and Siege Plans
Brussels reports rapid troop and artillery convoys moving to a major front. Dutch Hanoverian regiments arrive with cannons and baggage as English forces prepare for attacks on Dunkirk and St. Quentin. Prisoners and wounded are transported, and libels circulate urging a Belgic army to defend constitutional order amid ongoing clashes near Valenciennes and Maubeuge.
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Brussels
Valenciennes
Dunkirk
St. Quentin
Lend
Luxembourg
Mons
Counsellor of
Brabant
Jongus
Price of Stocks and War News From The Flanders Mail
The Flanders Mail reports stock prices at one o clock with various yields and notes a lack of major intelligence. It cites military activity in Condé Valenciennes and Perpignan, with Austrian and Russian moves in Bavaria and Poland. Fortunes in forage orders rise as troops prepare movements toward Flanders, Tunbridge Wells, and Chichester under Lord Mornington and Mr Exton.
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Bavaria
Russia
Poland
Dantzic
France
Kent
Essex
Flanders
Duke of ‘Ricumont
Tunbridge Wells
Chichester
Earl
Mornington
Hos
Extor
India
Cemaussioner
Ostend News and War Skirmish Returns Across the Coast
An Ostend report notes a fleet anchored off the roads believed to be Thames artillery, with French forces pressing Dunkirk. Skirmishing near Purnes appears to have ended as troops retreat. Details cover Danish, Paris, and London items including the India House ballot, tax plans, Botany Bay updates, theatre casting, and bread pricing. The piece also mentions Major Concrete and Major Ritter movements to join the Duke of York, and a Braunston Canal work start with labour figures and a new earth-cutting machine.
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Apmorarty Board
Concrete
Artiller
Ostend
Tournay
Duke of York
Leith
Hull
Ritter
Louvain
Hamilton
3D. Regiment of Foot Guards
Halbert
Saddlescomb
Devil’s Dyke
Duke of Rich Monp
Wick
Brighthelmistone
India House
Dean Swift
Botany Bay
Paitres
Falmouth
Atlantic
Bowen
Metmouth
Courtney Memouts
Crarmers
Harlequin
Covent Garden
Georer
Fennel
Broaphurst
Philadelphia
French fleet shelling Turin area as defenders repel attack
In a letter from M de la Place the Commandant of Oneplia reports a French fleet of two ships of the line four frigates four bomb sloops and an armed brig appeared near Turin on the 18th and prepared to bombard. Local forces fired back as the ships exchanged shots. Meanwhile French forces in Nice are in dire straits with horse fish eaten in Menton Monaco and Nice and peasants reportedly skinning cats. Skirmishes continue between volunteers militia and French advance posts with the French posture repeatedly repelled.
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Quievrain
Low Countries
DuarrFayt
Vicogne
Valenciennes
St. Amand
Fresmes
Old Conde
le Cocq
Beuvrages
Bruay
Conde
Prince de Cosoure
Scheldt
Rombies
St. Sauve
Sebourn
Sauttin
Curgies
Honnelle
Count de la Tour
Betigny
Sambre
Maubeuge
Bavay
Vas Jenciennes
Prince of Waarem Mbers
Hermitage
Fic
Maulde
Thurnay
Donain
Hannon
Oneplia
M. de la Place
Nice
Menton
Monaco
Portsmouh May Intelligence Accounts of Warships and Privateers
Arrivals include the Hillsborough East Indiaman and other ships under War flag from the Downs. A fleet under Vice-Admiral Lord Hoops is to operate in the Mediterranean with 60 pén dants and 35 ships, plus Spanish vessels. Intelligence from Captain Hooxer reports French privateers detaining the Nancies near the Soundings, with two English cutters aiding escape.
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Abuveral
Weazel
Downs
Porcupine
Treland
Brigabesti Ta Pataurell
Guernsey
Brilliant
Jugo
Spitire
Nymph
Venus
Lord Hoop
Mediterranean
Long
Soundings
England
Hooxer
France
Arrival of the Earl of Abergaveny and Indiamen from the Downs
May 21 reports the Earl of Abergaveny and the Ceres Hart Indiamen arriving from the Downs. The fleet is expected to proceed to St Helen's tomorrow morning.
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Earl of
Shipping Arrivals and Naval Vessels at Dover
May 20 arrivals include the Harmony from Jersey and the Mary Ann from the South Seas. The Diadem, a 64-gun Man of War, and a convoy proceed Eastward with a southwest wind.
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Harmony
Garner
Jersey
S. W
Dover
Munro
South Seas
Coriolanus at Haymarket and Road to Ruin at Covent Garden
Yesterday evening Coriolanus played at Haymarket with no song or supper. Covent Garden presented The Road to Ruin with a Divertisement. This evening How to Pros Rich with a Divertisement.
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Haymarket
Coriolanus
Covent Garden
Haldane-Maria Helm Romance Ties in Calcutta Union
In Calcutta on September 29, Captain Henry Haldane aide to Marquis Cornwallis-Wallis married Miss Maria Helm in a formal private ceremony. The match links military service with colonial administration, signaling a notable social union within the expatriate community.
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Calcutta
Henry Haldane
Marquis Cern- Wallis
Maria Helm
Mayor of Red Lion Square Tenby Pembrokeshire
Sunday, at his house in Red Lion Square Lately, at Tenby, in Pembrokeshire, mayor of that place.
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Red Lion Square
Tenby
Pembrokeshire
Ship News From May 20 Downe Wind and Sailed for Dublin
Maritime notices recount vessels starting from Middleburgh and tending toward Ostend Waterford and Dublin with names such as Ceres Admiral Pigott Sulano Thompson and Minervy. It notes calm winds NAN-E and a holiday affecting stock exchange fines and guardons.
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Drat
Ceres Lidiat
Admiral Pigott
Palmoutt
Nan-E
Thompson
Ae Beghorn
Dublin
Hope
Penfonlymouth
Cumberland
Adrattal
Meride
Minervy
Ostend
Hunt
Middleburgh
High Water The Day At London 823DGF Morning
London reports rising waters affecting daily life with rainfall battering the river area. Authorities warn residents to prepare for potential flooding as streets and low-lying areas see rapid water levels and transport disruptions.
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London
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