Rumours of Lord Howes Fleet Hit by Danish Lugger Reports
London dispatches recount rumours around Lord Howes fleet with claims of five French warships captured by a Danish lugger. A high official cites a letter from Sir John Jervis's secretary aboard a sea voyage mentioning the sighting. No independent confirmation or authentic details have arrived since Montagu left the Grand Fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Hows
Sir John Jeavis
Lord Howg
Ciarves Grey
Montague
Grand Fleet
Lord Howe News Delays. Enthusiastic Marl of Morea Praised
The piece notes delayed Dover to Ostend packets amid easterly winds and lauds the Marquis of Morea for hosting officers at a large table in Portsmouth. It warns about ongoing Commons actions against clergy and public worship, alongside local market and crime notes from Pool Montgomery and Shadwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Ceara
Board of Works
Joan Woire
Dover
Ostend
Lord Howe
Morea
Portsmouth
Commons of
Pants
Commons
France
Panwa
Ligeénie
Lea
Feauple
Lruth
Mounins
Esxyvon
Pool
Montgomeryhikre
Worcester
Shadwwell
Shadwell
France News and Paris Political Turmoil
Reports from Paris note a revived motion to move prisoners to common gaols but adjournment persists. Genoa cites a plotted Allied agents scheme to seize fortifications, with executions and an ambassador at its head. Jacobin power grows as the Convention’s Public Safety Committee seeks lists of qualified citizens. Lyons reports 5000 confined, daily patrols by the Military Commission, and a moving Tribunal drawing desolation through nearby towns. Saverne’s Municipal Body is sent to Mtrecourt by Revolutionary Commission order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Anate
Miny
Genoa
Jacobin Club
Committee of Public Safety of
Convention
Blanchet
Bourdon
Committee of Public Safety
Lyons
Military Commission
Collet
Samébre
Boffut
Saverne
Strasbourg
Revolutionary Commission
Mtrecourt
Ofelin
Revolutionary Committee
Robespierre
Pir
Duke of York
France
Orleans
Gexer
le Bran
Republic of France
Rosespierre
United States of America
Billaud Vareanes
Europe
St. Severi
Department of Paris
Renzes
Craon
Fougeres
Rockele
Caxelos
du Bayet
Franc Capel
Caen
al. de Cayles
Cathlic
Bayeux Deslarges
Revolutionary Tribunal
Granville
Calvados
Avranches
la Roche Facquelin
la Manche
Calvadgsy
Brest
Raffan
Normandy
le Roche Facquelin
d’Autichamp
Hoffitt’s
Lalmont
Manche
Mayenge
Ren
A . Bernard
Department of Vaucluse
Varascon
Gaiety
Montaut
Houchard
Roland
Gilbert Des Voisins
Herantt
Colmar
Fox
Sans Crortes
Fangiticifn
Mélujeum
Thuilleries
St. Germain Des Auxerrois
Louvre
Louis Calas
Anne Calas
Mary Calas
Calas
National Convention
Callas
Alecree
Banas
Department of
Hedeard
Aurillac
Popu Jay Society
Republic
Unité
St. Roch
St. Germain de Prés
Notal
Friends
Reason
French Convention debates empire plots and republican zeal
November discussions reveal Robespierre Pir schemes for backing the Duke of York, plans to fund propaganda in Europe, and zeal to cement Franco Swiss American alliances. Rebels siege Granville ends. executions and arrests loom as cantons pledge loyalty and children vow devotion to liberty.
Brisk executions mark Chartres Cambray killings
At Chartres the birthplace of Petion a bust of the former Paris mayor was guillotined. Lellier secretary to the Commons of Cambra y has been executed for maintaining correspondence with emigrants and burying a large amount of plate and specie in his garden. Prisoners at Cambra y now number four hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chartres
Petion
Paris
Lellier
Cambray
Arbitration Decree Adopted After Routine Letters
The record notes a proposal by Gafain after reading unremarkable letters and an agreed decree set for Fréneire next, with January mentioned as the start. The passage is fragmentary and indicates a formal decision in a setting dated November 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gafain
ST Ft
At Fréneire
Prussian Attack Preparations Near Saarbruck Reported
Nov 18 Saarbruck dispatch says Talat and Echman ready to attack with the Army of the Mozelle as events near the National Convention unfold. Nov 21 notes forces at three points and Saarbruck camp troops poised for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echman
Mozelle
National Convention
Talat
Saarbruck
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!