Rebels routed in Vendée engagement near Tifauge
A brisk daylong battle between Republicans and Vendée insurgents at Tifauge yielded heavy losses on both sides. The advance guard of Mayence’s army claimed victory, four cannon captured, and 2804 prisoners noted. Messages warn of intensified actions, village burnings, and strict provisioning controls. Rebels estimated 3000 perished in the 6th affair. leaders Rossrenoz and Lechelle reassigned amid harsh measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saumait
Tsider
la Vendée
Tifauge
Mayence
Doué
Thouars
Niort
Brefluire
Cuatos
Rossrenoz
Brest
Lechelle
Nantes
Dubigny
Siege actions and losses at Maubeuge report from Grand Army
Bulletin from the Brussels Gazette details Oct 14 16 actions around the forest of Mormal and Beaumont. It notes heavy artillery exchanges, capture of twelve cannon, hundreds killed, and a strategic retreat to avoid division of forces. Enemy forces and reinforcements described, with several counterattacks by French divisions.
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Grand Army
DE Pont
Mormal
Beaumont
Maubeuge
Spleny
Latour
Busszur
Hedashe
Besszer
Koxowsky
French Victory Report From Landrecy Siege Action
The dispatch details a bayonet victory with the enemy completely defeated, ten cannon pieces captured, two howitzers, eleven ammunition wagons, six wagons with grenades, and a powder wagon. One officer, one surgeon, and twenty-five men were taken prisoner along with about 400 enemy soldiers slain by Latour's light horse. Our losses totaled one killed and several wounded. General WiNCKHEIM and Schwarzenberg actions near Landrecy are noted with prisoners taken and a wounded officer believed captured.
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Latour
Baron de Winckheim
Englefontaine
Landrecy
Prince de Schwarzenberg
Prince D’annaut Ko+HEN
Kisling
Imperial Court Celebrates Peace Festival in Petersburg
From September 2 to 16 the city of Petersburg hosted lavish celebrations for the peace with the Grand Seignior. The Empress appeared in imperial pomp on the balcony as sixteen thousand troops under Prince Repnin stood in battle order. General Rock led heralds and officers in proclaiming peace and distributing largess amid illuminations and galas for foreign ministers and crown officials.
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Prince Repnin
Rock
Imperial fortress Mayence to house five Austrian regiments
Vienna reports the Baron de Tsueur and the Count de Trautmannsdorff plan to accompany the superior to the Low Countries but hope to defer the journey due to discoveries in Lemonville’s papers. Mayence is declared an Imperial fortress with five Austrian regiments to garrison it, and funds are raised for the third campaign.
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Baron de T'sueur
Count de Trautmansdoriff
Fuperor
Low Countries
Brussels
Lemonville
Mayence
French emissaries push Gerano SeIGNOR toward war
Constantinople notes indicate French envoys will push Gerano SeIGNOR into conflict with RufGa despite Divan warnings. Court and dockyards are active as 24,008 sailors are to be reassigned in the Levant and Black Sea, with famed Pachas ordered to court and talks of recalling Jussur Pacha from exile to restore him as Vizier.
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Gerano Seignor
RufGa
Mattrasfes
Levant
Black Sea
Pachas
Jussur Pacha
Levee and Council Gather at Whitehall Amid High Officials
Reports detail a Friday morning in Whitehall with a foreign ministers levee at Lord Grenville’s office, a grand dinner for distinguished figures, and a Cabinet council lasting past three. News also notes the Earl of Farnham’s return to Scotland, and Baron An Garston’s appointment as minister plenipotentiary.
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Lord Grenville
Whitehall
Pirri
Lord Grenvitle
Lord Mornington
Lord B.coin
Mr. Ryper
Lord Frederick Campbell
Lord Gren Ville
Earl of Farnham
Scotland
Baron AnGarston
Stockholm
Great Britain
Peter Burreny
Ancaster
Italy
Poland
M. de Bucx Hobarz
Grodno
Cesfion
Leeward Islands
Brentwood Fair
Essex
Anglesea
Beechley
Bishopsgate Street
Epping Forest
Hewlett
New Bondstreet
Deptford Road
Raymond
Piccadilly
Hounslow
Extract From A Letter From The British Army
An account from a soldier describing two days in a small ruined village between Le Querrey and Landréecy, southwest of Valenciennes. He notes billeting at a milliner’s late, poor lodgings, straw beds, and the Duke of York’s dines room used as a soldier’s sleeping area. He mentions Hanoverian cooks and ambushing French forces while praising the weather and ongoing cannon fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lé Querrey
Landréecy
Valenciennes
Westminster Abbey
Duke of York
Ward of the Castle at Covent Garden in Comic Opera
The Ward of the Castle a new Comic Opera at Covent Garden yesterday featured a fortified Normandy castle setting. Cast includes Duke of Alberto, Sir Bertram, Geoffry, Jacquinetta, Matilda, with Feorry and Faguinetta drawing attention for character parodies. Music by Fiordexi and a strong operatic quintette left the piece with charm despite simple plot.
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Duke of
Walter
Carpenter
Polly Honeycomb
Miss Biddy Lipkin
Fiordexi
Siverary
Nottinghams Quarter Sessions Trial For William Burton
The Nottingham Quarter Sessions tried William Burton on five counts for alleged expressions against the King. Prosecution and defence clashed over juror attendance and oath taking. The jury, after delay and court guidance, returned a writing verdict finding Burton guilty of damning the King at the Cross, before mercy was requested. A separate note details Fazarp's hostler racing ten miles in 57 minutes and two seconds on Whitechapel Road, with large bets.
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William Burton
Nottingham
Burton
Killer
Pecklane
Peck- Jane
Pepestriian
Fazarp
Whitechapel
Ship News from Plymouth and Royal Hospital Tragedy
The Fairy sloop of war Capt Beicaés arrives with a convoy from Treland along with a fleet from the Baward. The Board of Ordinance orders Citadel defences improved and ramparts guns mounted next week. A violent incident at the Royal Hospital ends in a nurse’s death after a patient in frenzy attacked her with a knife, a sailor shouting for help could not arrive in time. The lunatic is confined.
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Plymouths
Beicaés
Treland
Board of Ordnance
Royal Hospital
Pecs
Riot and military action follow mass unrest in Litchfield
Within a week of constables leaving office a riot erupts at Wood's house in Litchfield. Barrs the constable attempts collection from Wood. crowds form, windows are wrecked, the Riot Act is read, and the 3d Regiment of Dragoons is deployed. Five or six injured, 24 taken into custody, later 10 discharged and 14 detained for further examination. A second outbreak near the dungeon leads to blunderbuss discharges. three wounded, one skull fractured, hospitalized. By afternoon calm returns as soldiers arrive from Kidderminster and more prisoners face magistrates.
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Barrs
3D Regiment of Dragoons
Welch Cross
Wolverhampton
Kidderminster
Murder at Redcross-street and shipyard riots in Liverpool
In Liverpool on October 21 a quarrel at Redcross-street left Captain Ferry M Ilroy mortally wounded by a pistol shot from a person aboard the Ann Tender. The assailant was captured and bound over to look to the charge. The coroner’s jury verdict was murder. Later that weekend a large sailors’ mob attacked rendezvous and New Quay houses, gutting interiors and destroying property, until magistrates intervened and the rioters dispersed.
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Redcross-street
Ferry M‘ilroy
Ann
Newry
M‘ilroy
Rendezvous
Strand-street
New Quay
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Sambre
Nies
Vienna
Constantinople
Angle Fontaine
Ocr
Theatre
Mrs. Clendinning
Ship News
Birmincham
Liverpool
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