Aug 30 1790 Siege Report From Camp Dunkirk
An officer’s letter fragment describes ongoing siege works near Zircoin and Dun kirk. Dutch evacuation of Genin?? and nearby posts noted. Reinforcements arrive. ships and artillery landings at Alexport and Zeyacoote. Blues reinforce Furnes. four companies march to Freytac. six cutters engage the enemy fleet off Dunkirk. One soldier slightly wounded. 37th regiment moves from Oilend to camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zircoin
Prince of Oranget
T4eninz
Alexport
Forges
Friyrac
Fraser
Nieuport
Army of Observation
Freytac
Blues
Furnes
Park of Artillery
Zeyacoote
Dunkirk
N. W
Oilend
French threats loom as Piedmont forces advance toward Chamberry
An Aug 19 report from Geneva details a large Piedmontese force descending the Alps into the Istre valley toward Montmelian and Chamberry. French batteries near Bramont are abandoned. Savoy royalists move from the mountains to Lalenche, with many locals ready to join. a skirmish favored the royalists.
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Chainmberry
Chamberry
Moxxt Couis
Montagban
Bramont
Eunenbourg
Mount Denis
Montmelian
Chamoune
Lalenche
Savoy
Brabanit
France 1790s Trial of Cuftine Condemned to Death
The Paris Commune council ordered requisitioning citizens aged 18 to 25 not to obtain civism certificates but to take arms. The tribunal pressed three questions on enemy manoeuvres, leading to Adam Philip Cuftine's conviction for aiding the enemy. He was executed at the Place de la Revolution after a tense sentence process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Francfort
Mentz
Conde
Valenciennes
Cufire
Brecher
the Cordeliers
CufAine
Cu?ine
Brochet
Felix le Pulletier
Revolutionary Tribunal
Adetter
Marie Antoinette
Briffot
Vergniaud
Genfonne
Amar
Committee of General Safety
The
Rhine
Westembourg
Lower Rhine
Lauterbourg
Secf of Liberty
Arlande
Limboz
Barrere
Committee of Public Safety
Paris
Commisssioners of Public Safety
Executive Council
Ve Tallin
Commission of Provisions
Committee of Agriculture
Convention
Section du Mail
Brest
Pitt
Ourquadron
Vendée
Tere
Caen
Breard
Threenard
Citizen Burk
Dunkirk
Committee ‘of Public Safety
Bergues
Ghivelde
Caffel
Gestral Toe Garrion
Garrisom
Ghivede
Houchard
Herault Sechelles
Mont Blanc
Alps
Lyons
Piedmonteré
Faucigny
Tarentaise
Maurienne
Termignon
Soliere
Bramantin
Sez
St. Maurice
Montmelian
Fort Barrau
Mear Blanc
France
National Convention
Cone
Simon and
Dumas
Ifere
Ee Dubem
Gifkin
Commmunes
Savoy
Barrece
Ruttia
England
Condé
Moufeur
Austria
Sardinia
Alsace
Lorraine
National Convention Debates Papers on Ferrand Prisoner
The National Convention discusses Ferrand detained in the Abbey, seeks examination of papers from his house, and considers confiscation of the East India Company’s property. Barrere voices alarm over Brest and provisioning laws, while the Assembly debates Mont Blanc defenses and Savoy’s allegiance to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferrand
Valenciennes
Oswn House
Letvintre
Caisle d’Escompte
East India
Companys
Julien
Letter from Frederick Duke of York to Dunkirk siege
A dated August 1836 dispatch from Frederick Duke of York as Commander of the Combined Army before Dunkirk. He orders Dunkirk’s surrender within twenty four hours or face assault, offering terms not to injure Britain’s interests or Allied aims. The missive cites human blood concerns and the city’s lack of real defence.
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Rus
Funantons
Duke of York
Mand
Dunkirk
Armas
Great Britain
Manchester hosts numerous recruiting parties amid social tension
A jumble of fragmentary notes reports 37 recruiting gatherings in Manchester, a quarreled dispute in CALcuTTa over table precedence, and a series of local misdeeds including a Suffolk parish church burglary, a Cheltenham Rooms robbery, and the drowning of Captain Watson from the Alexander after a fall into a river near Matersburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Calcutta
Syenexy Cove
Lord Hood
Penzance
Stoke
Suffolk
Cheltenham Rooms
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Camp Serort Dunkirk
Geneva
Aucus
Sustan
Frederick Duke‘of York
Anny
Duirkirk
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