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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 28, 1796
Page
3
The report notes about 2000 armed peasants passed in review near Kehl, now deployed into regular battalions. The Kehl blockade extends to roughly 14,000 men on that flank, as French advance ports near Kehl faced attack and retreat into trenches.
A French courier arrived in Vienna yesterday with Imperial officers accompanying him. Buonaparte allegedly seeks peace terms, and a wide mobilization is reported with two extra men per battalion, potentially enlarging the Imperial army by about sixty thousand infantry if no peace is reached.
In Manheim the report notes French actions on October 8 with advances and retreats. Austrian troops hold Hombourg and Pirmafens as the Rhineland front shifts. By October 14 French abandoned Kayserlautern Landstuhl and Deuxponts, retreating behind the Saar. Impr e took Kayserflautern Hombourg and Pirmafens yesterday.
Reported despatch notes a large garrison and 500 artillerymen in Landau. French troops destroy Germersheim and Lauterburg lines, levy contributions, and empty magazines while officers are tried for self enrichment. Treaty talks near completion. General Pachegru departs for Rothsheim as the Directory supports buying the Abbey of Arbois.
In Zurich a swift mobilization proceeds to defend neutrality. General staff and officers set posts at Adel fingeri while troops from Berne Lucern and other cantons join to form a cordon. Some French refugees were handed over to Imperial forces at the frontier, honoring Swiss neutrality.
Report from Hesse Cassel dated Oct 16 describes a fierce clash near Gelnhauffen as Landgrave forces attempt neutrality. Several killed on both sides. Meanwhile 117 German hostages in Givet from Franckfort Nuremberg Bamberg Wurtzburg and other Franconian cities suffer distress as aid is blocked by Archduke Charles prohibition.
Francefort October 15 Swiss troops total about 25 000 men at the frontier. Imperialists positioned at Rheinfelden twelve miles from Basel with forces concentrated along the Rhine line.
Copenhagen reports a Rear Admiral will sail back to England at the first favorable wind with three ships of the line and several frigates. The Admiral himself left on the eighth with eight line of battle ships and three frigates for Cronstadt.
On October 18 at The Hague Citizen Block, the newly elected President of the Convention told the assembly that our squadron, commanded by Admiral Lucs, consisted of three ships and was ready for further actions.
The ships of the line and five frigates have been sent in bad condition off Rio de la Plata on their voyage to the East Indies. The ruinous state of our finances grows clearer daily. Yesterday a debate in the Convention addressed provisions for military men who lost subsistence during the revolution, showing that without support all public vaults are empty.
Private correspondence from Francefort dated October 18 notes General Moreau reaching the Rhine between Offenburgh and Frieburg and Huningaen 5, signaling a retreat. It also reports Imperial forces planning a winter campaign on the Upper Rhine with earth huts, and Archduke Canarves’s army driving the French from Frieburg on the 15th. The King of Sweden is said to have joined the Triple Alliance with Russia, Austria, and Great Britain.
Vienna reports the French Messenger arrival causing high spirits at court and ministry. He invites select guests to dinner only with special leave. Baron Zwanziger, Franconian envoy, has arrived on important business and met the Empire’s Vice-Chancellor and Prince Coloredo.
The letter suggests the Directory seeks peace terms after French defeats and Buonaparte's pleas for reinforcements. It notes the Emperor's strict travel limits for the Messenger, reports on Polish support plans for 30,000 troops, and Milan’s wartime inactivity with 15,000 French sick and wounded and Austrian prisoners arriving.
Excerpted letter notes a Court Gazette report discussing actions to pressure the enemy around the Upper Rhine. It mentions a diversion for Werneck's corps on the Lower Rhine and to hasten Moreau's retreat, according to a dated report from Archduke Duarte.
Reported operations describe Buhl the seventh unit reinforced by light troops to cross the Rhine near Mannheim and push detachments toward Landau and Kaiserslautern. Captured include Mayer near Landau and Metternich at Frankenstein, with enemy retreats noted at several locations and multiple French officers taken prisoner.
Extract from an October 16, 1796 Vienna letter reports Exclusive French Courier present and suggests high level intelligence concerns. It states the Directory may see need for action while Roveredo Trent and other Tyrolean towns still in French hands. French rarely offensive. Mantua siege not yet raisable by our troops.
Oct 22 report from Hague notes a Special Committee has drafted a new constitution plan to be presented on the November 1 report. Dispatches from Gen Bournonville say his army is organized and ready to resume offensives to relieve forces at the Rhine and Moselle. A treasurer and secretary will be appointed to manage the Prince of Orange estates with salaries of 4000 guilders and 2500 guilders respectively. The Duke of Brunswick has relinquished command due to ill health.
Milan October reports that France declared war on the Duke of Modena for supplying Mantua garrison during its blockade. English troops totaling 700 landed at Castiglione in Tuscan lands as 1000 Republicans march from Leg horn to expel them.
Ebingen in Suabia reports Imperial hussars capture the archives of the French head-quarters at Salmansweil and seize several clerks. Peasant forces in the Black Forest reportedly capture the reserve artillery near Reinfelden from Mereau's army.
From the Mayn dated Oct 17, French forces press three days of assault behind the Nahe and at Kreutznach Meiffenheim and Laute recken targeting Alzey Kirchheim Hochstadten. Imperial troops repulse two Hochstadten assaults with heavy French losses.
Paris on October 24 reports several journals announce the death of Collot d'Herbois while Le Partillon des Armées contends he is still living in the capital.
From the Paris papers: Austrian forces occupying the Sieg banks retreated last night. French advanced posts moved into the vacated positions, signaling a realignment of control along the river.
Austrian General Neu detached a strong column after crossing the Seltz and driving French corps back to the Nahe. On the 12th, Austrians advanced against General Poncet's division near Bingen, threatening an attack on Republican positions.
Reports from the front describe Austrian movements around Cobents and Bacharachs near the Rhine, with Bournonville detaching 6,000 men to Kaiserslautern to pressure Austrian forces. Discipline deteriorates as troops plunder and harm civilians in Berg and along the right bank of the Rhine, prompting stern orders and executions for rapine.
Strassburg dispatch reports the Army of the Rhine and Moselle moved from Rheinfelden to Loetrach while Arcupuke remained at Offenburg. Kinzig overflow split Allied lines with no loss of life. Heavy firing near Fribourg as Austrian generals Petrarch and Nauendorf try to join Arnould. French counter-efforts noted.
The Council of Five Hundred debates Camtraceret's plan allocating 450 million livres for year five permanent expenses, 0 mis snes for war liquidation, and outlines tax measures. It assigns permanent costs to year-five contributions, raises extraordinary funds from arrears and national domain revenues, and proposes land sales to cover shortfalls. A provisional monthly tax lift is planned plus an indirect tax to cover remaining deficits, with national domains sold except forested lands and public buildings.
A powerful reinforcement is sent under Admiral CotPoys to join his ship at Plymouth after leaving Bath. The Times notes believed entry of the King of Sweden into an alliance with Britain Austria and Russia against France. In Yarmouth the Corporation once more won, returning two members general Lorrvs and H J Jopraxt amid election results showing votes for General Lortus and Sir Jervis.
fragmented OCR text shows bank stock rates and navy bond prices with percent yields and coupon details. mentions Conf and annu for Nov, with scattered figures and ticket references.
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