Murder of the Chancellor's Steward At Mountshannon
An old Englishman and the Lord Lorne Chancellor’s steward named Atlen was murdered in his bed at Mountshannon near Limerick. Entry by ladder and strangling, body found downstream by the Shannon river bank. Reports of unrest around Limerick persist amid yeomanry anniversaries and police recoveries of robbed houses. A coach was robbed between Baggotfrath Castle and Waterlane by footpads. calls rise for metropolitan patrols to aid public safety.
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Lorne
Limerick
AtLen
Shannon
Dublin
Medlicot
Russian forces clash with French near Buefingen in 1799
A dispatch from Stokach reports Korsakovs Russian corps attacking French positions near Dieffenhofen and Schliessungen. The assault targeted the tete de pont at Buefingen and Dieffenhofen, with Russians driving back French detachments before a cavalry and infantry counter to repel them. The action ends with a Russian retreat to their camp as Dieffenhofen repulse French efforts.
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Downine-Street
Ramsay
Lord Grenville
Foreign Department
Stokach
Korsakof
Zurich
Eglizan
Constance
Dieffenhofen
Téte De-Pont
Korsakos
Rhine
Schlatten
Tublikon
Maffena
Téte-du-Pont
Buefingen
Wornoff
Desperate Defense at Constance and Losses Reported
Royal report details siege actions at Constance where the Prince of Condé’s corps faced a superior force. A hidden attacking column crossed vineyards to seize the left flank before the rest could retreat. Grenadiers of Bourbon praised for bold action. About 1,500 British casualties and several cannon captured, with the bridge at Constance retaken. enemy losses not yet known.
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Wnonstance
Prince of
Bourbon
Constance
Korsakof
Téte-du-Pont
Loth
Buefingen
Dieffenhofen
Schlarten
C. John Ramsay
France in October War Movements Near Rhine
Paris reports massive troop movements toward the Rhine with Basle to gather over 20 000 men. Mare na plans to cross the Rhine into Swabia as Francoia armed forces swell Austrian Empire contingents. Saxony's elector may back the Empire raising 12 000 men amid talks of a new Congress for peace.
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Paris
Rhine
Basle
Marena
Swabia
Franconia
Empire
A’dbini
Saxony
Austrian Minster
Congress
Vienna
Neapolitan and French Forces Exit Rome Amid Turmoil
The article describes the withdrawal of French troops from Rome, with the Neapolitan army entering the city on the 36th. Citizens cut trees of liberty, Jews' quarter surrounded, and the Roman and French troops evacuated. A provisional government junta is formed, and the Pope election plans shift to Rome. A sermon criticizes societal corruption and religious decline.
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Civita-Vecchia
Rone
Ponte- Milvio
Ocober
Bourcard
Quirinal Palace
Vatican
Brutus
Axpore
Civita- Vecchia
Venice
Rome
Minster of Police
Church of Notre Dame
Roger
Convention
Paris
St. Paul
Cefar
Council of Five Hundred October Sitting Leads to 59 Million Loan
In the October 28 sitting Deftren moved the second reading of a resolution from the Secret Committee. It proposes a provisional levy of 50 million on arrears to fund year eight, with repayment in ten monthly instalments and a 5 million monthly deduction from year eighty three contributions starting March. The treasury would track arrears receipts and loan use, with 30 million credited for auxiliary battalions carried on the loan and arrears funds. The plan does not alter Vendemiaire six hospital relief law. Defrem opposed, then the council adopted the resolution.
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Deftren
Defrem
Corps of Corps in Russian uniform reported in October
The Directory reports the Corps of Corps wears Russian uniform and questions whether Emigrants seized at Constance will be tried by a Council of War or treated as subjects of a hostile power. General Gardier and French troops seize Civita Vecchia and Rome vicinity with British admiralty involvement in an exchange negotiation.
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Russia
Constance
Marena
Belangon
Rome
Civita- Vecchia
Gardier
Lord Nelson
Civita Vecchia
Garnier
Corfini
Frascati
Bearcard
Paris Papers Describe Rhine Transfer and Movements
From the Paris papers. Army headquarters move to the right bank of the Rhine while forces occupy Schwellingham and Heidelberg and push toward Swabia. Lecourbe orders Ney to press the enemy, Maffena to cross the Rhine, and Thoreau’s division advances into Piedmont.
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Army of the Rhine
Frankenthal
Rhine
Schwellinhinen
Heidelberg
Fontiers
Swabia
Prince Scowabey Gene
Ral
Lecourbe
Ney
Helvetic
Maffena
Thoreau
Piedmont
Secret Talks Reported Between France and Austria
Hague reports that secret negotiations are underway between the French Directory and Austria with broad belief that peace will soon be concluded between the two powers. The capital city quivers with rumors of a swift settlement and a potential end to hostilities.
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Austria
Austrians shift magazines as fronts move in Swabia
In Swabia on October 15 sources report Austrian magazines moved from Bregenz Lindau and Feldkirch toward Memmingen while Soworow’s HQ stood at Feldkirch on the 12th and Archduke Charles at Donaueschingen. French forces in Switzerland burned bridges severing linkages between the two regions.
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Swabia
Constance
Bregentz
Lindau
Feldkirch
Memmingen
Soworow
Archduke Charles
Donaueschisigen
Switzerland
Suabia
Hamburgh Crisis Spreads Through Baltic Trade
From Hamburg and nearby ports in October reports detail a mercantile crisis. Bankruptcies rise at Altona Copenhagen and Hamburg while magistrates appoint sworn administrators to preserve credit for four months. Rises in Rye prices continue and measures consider suspending Bills of Exchange to ease strained commerce. The Elector of Saxony funds Leipzig merchants to deter trade disruption.
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Holland
Elbe
Metf
Thoanton
Altona
Copenhagen
Zamburgh
Hamburgh
Otober
B. H. Maark
Joseph Getting
Leiwig
G. H. Wagner
Metirs, Witt and Co
Dantzte
Liebaw
England
Scotland
Lisbon
Lubeck
Sersy
Kyw
Herr
Frankfort
Elector of
Saxony
Leipzig
Operations in Switzerland near Schaffhausen collide with French forces
From the Neighbourhood of Schaffhausen the Condé corps fights the French with no side yielding. Night sees repeated assaults and stubborn defense at Constance, with casualties on both sides. Russian and Bavarian troops mass in Vorarlberg, while Suvarnov’s army campaigns in Feldkirch and the Baden frontier as an Allied plan to seize Italy via Switzerland advances.
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Schaffrausen
Condes Corps
Confiance
Bourbon
Rhine
Suabia
Italy
Grifon
Vorarlberg
Lake of
Como
Spewerow
Arcapuke
Nauerdorf
Wirtemberg
Suwverow
Prince Conatar- Tine
Arcuouke
ArcHpuke
Donaueschingen
MS. Jena
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