British Dispatch on Freytag’s Actions Near Bergues
A dispatch from Sir James Murray reports Field-Marshal Freytag attacking a port at Arnecke, with heavy losses for the enemy and several towns retaken by British and Austrian forces. Major Moncrieff is wounded. names of officers killed or wounded listed. return of casualties provided. Also notices bankruptcies, dividends, and certificates.
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James Murray
the Duke of York
Henry Dundas
His Majesty
Home Department
Freytag
Arnecke
Bergues
Caffel
Warmouthe
Efckelbeck
Bambecke
Rousbrugghe
Poperinghe
Dunkirk
Ross
Doyle
Starray
Jordis
Wath Regiment
cCaptain
Aq Regiment
Enfien M'Donald
Garnier
M'Kenze
Hirington
Smith
Williams
Day
Magarth
Alex, Hope
Siege near Dunkirk expected after six days
Dispatches from the front report that ships under Adm. Macsrive reached Nieuport safely. Siege of Dunkirk may begin within a day or six. The weak garrison and inhabitants’ wish to spare the town raise uncertainty on duration. General Bennet, former Savoy commander, is sent to Paris.
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Lauzun
Yorx
Jan Accownt
Adm
Macsrive
Nieuport
Dunkirk
Jes
Gan
Bennet
Savoy
Paris
Darcey Wagnot
National Convention Debates Subsidies and Bourdeaux Rebellion
Deputation from Belleville demands succour after bread shortages. Bourdeaux rebels faced accusations of counter revolution led by merchants. Decrees allocate 25 million for army subsistence and recall generals. Reports from Nantes note coastal army advances and rebel defeats as Paris Menace debates Public Safety accountability.
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Belleville
Ibres
Bourdeaux
Bornelais
Chabot
Marseilles
Lyons
Committee of Public Safety
Ferrano
Goupilleau
Niort
Boursette
Rossicnot
St. Maixent
RossicNou
Goupitteau
Robeypierre
LETTERS ON MARSEILLES AND LYONS FROM FRENCH COMMISSIONERS
Reports from La Pave and Marseille describe continued bombardment by rebels and republican successes. Marseilles is captured, with 600 prisoners and artillery. Toulon remains volatile as counter revolution spreads. Letters from Gasparin and others recount testimonies, arrests, and calls for purging the Marine while Paris organizes archives and public instruction.
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la Pave
Calaire
Marseilles
Mont Blanc
Lyons
Gasparin
Granet
Aix
Marseilois
la Republique
la Montagne
Toulon
Italy
Albite
Paris
Aristocrates
St. Andre
Bourdeaux
Committee of Marine
Legerdre
Seine
Barrere
Rouen
Eure
Couppe
Legendre
Lower
Barrerg
Aire
Artois
Committee of Public Safety
Goffain
National “Archives
Lakanal
Observatory of
Observatory of the Republic
Battle Report at Bergzabern Frontline Clash
A Guilay battalion faced a seven o clock French assault lasting half an hour. By eight the army lined along Dierbach with Frankenfeld and the Scheldt on the left. Laféy Kaader Huf Szek ler and Marafdin challenged Bergzabern amid heavy cannonade. Tomorrow a general attack is planned with forces from Bergzabern to Hagenbach.
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Guilay
Kampf
Dierbach
Frankenfeld
Scheldt
Laféy
Kaader
Huf
Szekler
Marafdin
Bergzabern
Prince of
Ecclesiastic Arrest Reported Over Anti Civic Exhortations
Reports from Paris on August 31 say the ecclesiastic who attended CusTine has been arrested and his papers sealed. He is accused of delivering anti civic exhortations.
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Paris
CusTine
Revolutionary Paris Session Debates Lottery Suppression
The Convention at Lisle orders a holding area for suspicious prisoners as prisons overflow. A new lottery is set for destruction of games of chance and a decree to suppress it is urged. The tocfin is proclaimed for five days amid enemy advances, prompting frontiers departures and a push for patriotic zeal.
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Lisle
Committee of Public Safety
Leonard Bourdon
Dujaxix
la Meurthe
la Moselle
Paris
Marseilles
Vendée Rebel War Talk and Jacobin Scorn in Club
In a heated discourse at the Club of the Cordeliers in Paris, delegates claim Republican arms prevail in Vendée and urge harsh measures. Accusations fly against Bourdon and Gozpilleux for brutal actions against prisoners, while Brutus Digourn and Hebert call for executions and statewide heads to roll, targeting Marat and Robespierre.
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Momeoro
la Vendée
Bourdon
l’Oire
Gozpilleux
Rosignol
Brutus
Digourni
Marat
Roebexsp Serre
Jacobins
Hebert
Cutine
Briffos
Fergniaux
Lan
Convention
French demand 1500 men from Basil. reluctant Basilians form revolt
From the Upper Rhine Ave 2 report that 1500 French troops demanded from Basil meet stiff local resistance as young men refuse to fight Austria. Villagers flee to mountains forming a local corps led by experienced officers. Deputies seek Austrian aid while awaiting Confederate armies' success in Lower Alsace.
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Principality of
Basil
Prince Bishop
France
Gattonin la Vendée
Brisgaw
Rhine
Lower
Alsace
Hessians Move From Mayence to Join British Army
Mayence August 29 report that 6000 Hessians in garrison depart for Hanau and then the Netherlands to join the British army. They will be replaced by 1400 Mayéncet troops and a circle detachment. Only two battalions of Prussian troops and one of Darmstadt remain.
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Hanau
Netherlands
Darmstadt
Imperial troops take two redoubts near Weillembourg
In Francfort on August 30, after defeating the French on the 27th, Imperial forces attacked Weillembourg lines and, after a severe contest, carried two redoubts. They found 12 cannon in one redoubt, with posts sheltered by French artillery.
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Grenoble
Marseibles
Weillembourg
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