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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 28, 1799
Page
2
Proclamation denounces French conduct at Rastadt and in Germany, urging Imperial states to provide instant aid and free gifts to support war effort. Describes French aggression, sieges, and calls for subsidies in money, corn, forage, and goods. Mentions Gibraltar, Malta, and Navy movements, with notes on European banking, trade, and political honors.
Reports from Vienna detail Russian General Rosenberg's rear-guard actions near Mugte, with heavy enemy reinforcements and decisive Russian counterattacks. The combat inflicted over 500 enemy casualties and 1,020 prisoners, while the Russians suffered hundreds of losses. The army then moved through Semft to Elm, destroying artillery and reassembling at a staging point after difficult mountain roads. Separately, Melas and Kray led columns against Forfano, Savigliano, and Fosiano, reclaiming posts and repelling assaults with disciplined regiments and drum charges. The engagement left substantial enemy losses and captured materiel, with continued pressure on strategic passes.
Reading shows a list of names and professions such as surgeon and linen-draper under headings like Charterhouse lane. The fragment mentions individuals including J Price, Belay, Stubran, Lincolshire, and J Hedgeland of Exeter, with scattered dates like November 21.
From Schagen Burg on Oct 24 the dispatch reports an agreed cessation of arms between British and French forces. General Orders detail evacuation of the country, with troops to remain on posts and baggage to be sent to Helder. Reports note provisions exhausted, horses and cattle to be destroyed or embarked, and England-bound units prepared for embarkation by month’s end.
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