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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 13, 1799
Page
3
Reports from the French coast say Pari The and Chouans allied with Royalists were defeated by General Pimeur. Nantes prepares for siege while Mayenne’s forces retreat. The English fleet reappears off the coast, signaling renewed naval pressure and concern for northern shores.
The Executive Directory decreed a total of 166,903 livres be distributed as indemnity among the Representative of the People Jean DeSeY widow Ronggnyor the Daughters of Citizen Boxnizn Citizen RoseNTI EL Secretary of Legation and others. The Foreign Relations Minister notified agents at foreign courts of a new violation of the Law of Nations by Naples courts and sought neutral government interference.
General Darndels warns of perils as Anglo-Ruffians cut the Zuyder Zee dike. A 19 feet breach existed when Winkel entered, risking Holland’s inundation within 24 hours if enemy action continued.
Reports detail two women who killed their husbands, a Rohan prince's son executed at Grenoble for emigration, Villars exile events, a Rouen Lyon diligence robbery near Vaile, and Allied prisoners released by Admiral Mitchell. Archduke Charles weak, Andrians retreat, French Army of the Rhine advances, depots moved to Memmingen.
November 6 report states Bruix ordered to repair immediately to Bret with the naval officers at Paris. He would have joined the fleet already if not for the deputies of both Councils entertaining Generals Buonaparte and Moreau.
November 7 oo reports Buonaparte presenting Moreau a diamond robe from Egypt valued at 10000 livres. A lavish Temple of Vittory banquet honored the French Republic with 750 covers, high officials, and gifts praising unity and conquest. Kosciuka attended as music and decor impressed attendees.
An 18th century dispatch reports French forces driving the enemy from Rhine positions, capturing two cannons and 500 prisoners, including 9 officers. It notes the expulsion of troops from the Grisons river area, braced by a strategic bridge clearance and large siege artillery seized. Officers and generals are named in the executive notice from Strasburg.
The Council of Five Hundred notes that Royalists pressed attacks inside the Republic amid external victories. They planned to strike the department's main town of Ardeche to establish a Southern Vendee but were routed with heavy losses.
From The Paris Papers the Batavian Army declares a glorious and advantageous treaty. General Brune, chief of the Batavian forces, delivers praise for Brune’s role at Castricum and the subsequent pursuit. Embarkation of Anglo-Russian forces and Batavian deserters is noted as part of recent operations. Prisoners, officers, and matériel captured are tallied, with 2600 enemy casualties cited across multiple actions. News also covers Austrian fortifications at Ulm, and the Russian ambassador’s relocation to Munich amid Jesuit revival.
Reports describe allied and French forces moving toward Swiss borders and Swabian fronts. Allied detachments reinforce Mayence, Ulm, and Philipsburg while French fleets press into Dutch and Danish territories. Across Europe, signaling maneuvers, sieges, and political shifts unfold as winter approaches.
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