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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 24, 1796
Page
4
A fragmentary OCR note describes a military action where Kel forces sent 25 Husars to disperse peasants. The peasants received 160 reinforcements, then waited and surrounded the attackers, who were completely cut down.
DURLACH October 8 reports Prince Enténstary's advance guard at Haguenaus while General Petrarseh's patrols sit at Schaffhansen. Moreau's retreat grows harder as Arcubuse HQ moves to Renchen. A heavy fringe rumor emerges from Landaymity vicinity.
Fragmentary Milan dated Sept 26 reports General Bertier and General Balageet de Hellert detailing advances near Governolo Mantua with Warmser commanding. It notes Mantua defenses hold, with enemy attacks repelled on several points and limited supplies clogging the fortress.
The Evening Mail reports from Hamburg and Paris via Calais and Mantua that Buonaparte’s forces face resistance as General Moreau’s troops maneuver along the Danube and Rhine. Austrian counter moves, sieges near Mantua, and exchanges around Biberach, Zwiefalten, and Schaffennried shape the military scene with varied prisoner counts and shifting headquarters.
The Corn Planter and other ships are seized by the French, with several vessels burnt or carried to Guadeloupe. Arrivals include Felicity from Havre and Four Brothers from Dunkirk.港
From Gibraltar Oct 4 an extract from a letter reports Admiral Manis sut anchoring with his squadron. Spanish warships chased the fleet for three days but did not engage with the English. A lugger was captured two days ago and yesterday the Grand Bay was taken with officers baggage and about £0 sick aboard.
A letter from our Agent dated September 28 reports French forces destroying all at Chateaux Bay and Temple Bay. The Good Friends was attacked west of the Belleisle Straits and passed as an American. Reports say two seventy fours and a frigate visited, suggesting Richery split his fleet.
Birth notices from Leicestershire at Gaddeby and Edmonton and Westminster indicate noble and notable families welcoming a daughter and a son. Tower Hill and Trinity House brothers noted. Scots Ardrowan reference to Sir Michael Stewart succession. Market report from Corn Exchange highlights English wheat sales, barley, malt, peat and oats price shifts amid Privy Council distillery permissions, with price lists and stock quotes.
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