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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 14, 1793
Page
3
A reading from the Army on the Rhine letters reveals a weakening force and requests for aid. Reports describe maneuvers near Hornbach and Lauterbourg, with Gen Delfras appointed amid criticism of command. Additional dispatches recount the siege of Lyons, explosive contradictions among commissioners, and arrests of political agents as the Convention acts.
Barrere reports a misinterpretation of Sept. 5 law affecting Gens d Armes and other veterans of the Military College, with a Convention decree to reinstate those who fulfilled civism. Lyons news follows with siege reports, captives, and cannon captures as Republic forces claim key ports. Deputation of republican women addressed the bar of the assembly. Restorative calendar laws and Treachery in Toulon noted.
Marseilles reports that Port Ardenne, the water supplier to Toulon, was taken by advancing forces after the current had been turned. The situation escalates as attackers move toward Port Faron.
From the Camp of OLLIDULE near TouLON dated September 27 the report states the bombardment of Toulon will not yet occur despite English fire. The aim remains to drive English forces from ports and tighten entry, with redoubts near La Chine and fortifications at Faron Ardenne and Amalgame. Vice Admiral Sr. Jyress, who opposed the English port entry, has reportedly joined the Spanish after fleeing Toulon.
Yesterday the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Ricxton returned to town from Brighton. Odd notices speak of military lineage in court positions, the East India ships in Ostend, and various Dublin and Oxford appointments. A poacher is jailed, a Duke of Argyle marriage rumor circulates, and local crime cases involve robberies near Sadlers Wells and Stoke Goldington.
Six hundred additional foot-guards are to be drafted immediately to reinforce the detachment under the Duke of York, signaling intensified military manpower deployment.
In London Gazette notices, several individuals from Exeter, Bristol, Wakefield, Kingston upon Hull, and other locales are listed for surrender meetings at taverns or inns with corresponding attorneys. Dividends list payments to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire traders, with dates in November. Certificates to be granted by Nov 5. Names include James Stanley Taylor, William Grigg, Richard Jackson, Richard Rayner, John Bostock, Justina Sherwin, John Grimnhaw, John Corbett, Thomas Nath, Francis King, Henry Fyfon, and others.
Ostend reports transports for the 42nd 37th and 27th Regiments of Foot arriving for embarkation on Monday. Heavy cannonade heard this morning but sources unclear. A King's Messenger brings hopeful news from Confederate Armies on the Rhine via Lord Yarmouth at Langenkendal near Germerfeim.
In Warsaw on September 28 a note from M Buckholtz Ambassador of the King of Prussia was read. It states the King views the Deputies additions and conditions in the proposed treaty with Prussia as unfriendly and will not enter the commerce treaty with Poland until Cesion treaty ratification is achieved. The Cesion treaty was signed at Grodno on the 25th.
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