Rumor of French defeat shocks stocks in Paris
A circulated letter claims Generals Beautieu and Cuararayt attacked near Menin, with 1500 Frenchmen drowned or captured. Markets rose briefly on the tale, then steadied as no confirmation arrived. Cabinet shifts and French decree fears ripple through London society and mercantile sectors. English residents in France face anxiety as trade stagnates and conscription spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osrenn
Beautieu
Cuararayt
Menin
Lys
Camp near Brighton Campaign Warnings and Royal News
Reports from Brighton note limited campaign progress with tents to mid October. Royal gathering at Hicks's Brighton with Prince of Wales. Duchess of Devonshire and others travel to London and Devonshire House. France fortifies Dunkirk, Dutch losses at Menin and Ypres, and Royalist movements in La Vendee. Indian regiments prepare to sail and recruit. Scottish harvests suffer from drought with light crops and blight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Ricu- Mond
Hicts’s
Brighton
Royal
Prince of Wales
Duchess of Devon Shire
Elizapetha Foster
Dover
Ostend
London
Sittingbourne
Kent
Devonshire House
Bzstorouen
Italy
Duchess of Ancaster
Ostenp
Dunkirk
Coldstream
Menin
Ypres
Furnes
India
Nantes
la Vendee
St. Domingo
Chesapeeak
Europe
America
Scotland
Mid-Lothian
Ingliston
Kirkliston
Toulon, forte town in Provence, famed naval arsenal
Toulon, a historic Provençal port now under British flag, guards a major Mediterranean harbor with two 7000 pace moles and strong fortifications. The note recalls its siege attempts, defenses, and strategic value, plus swept-up items on British, French, and English figures, ships, and local curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Provence
Mediterranean Sea
Aix
Marseilles
S. E
Paris
Toulon
Ollioudes
la Malgue
French Expedition Against Lifle and Lisle Report
Intelligence reports General Beavitzeu leading a two‑pronged French expedition beyond La Marque toward Lisle. Right wing stormed Afq and Anappes while left wing moved toward Lezenne under heavy fire. Hussars of Esterhazy aided encirclement of the enemy. Garrison at Lifle sorties with cannon. enemy losses about 700 killed and 20 taken prisoners with 46 French dead and wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beavitzeu
la Marque
Lisle
Bouvin
Crufon
Afq
Anappes
Lesqui
Sainghin
Lezenne
Esterhazy
Lifle
Hellemar
Nasvaty
Hussars
Kreir
Cifoing
Templeuye
Lisbon and Gibraltar fleets delayed by Brest squadron
Corunna packets report outward-bound Lisbon and Gibraltar fleets put back as Brest Squadron sails. William Letter of Marque, Captain Scott, Bristol, captured and crewed by King's Road in four hours, bringing in the Juliana from Bourdeaux laden with wine.
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Fairmouth
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Brest
William
Scott
Bristol
King’s Road
Juliana
Bourdeaux
Lord Howe's Fleet Joins Eastward Reinforcements
Plymouth report describes Lord Howe gathering 24 sail of the line and eight frigates with six line ships from the Eastward and Belliqueux, 64 guns, Captain Bowen, sailing from the port. A Dartmouth privateer lugger Mary engaged a Bordeaux privateer near the Edystone in a dawn-to-dusk running fight. the French vessel withdrew. The Choice of London is detained at Plymouth for convoy control. Andrew Hitt elected mayor for the borough.
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Lord Howe
Belliqueux
Bowen
Dartmouth
Mary
Gross
Bourdeaux
London
Anthony Buck
Petersburgh
Waterford
Andrew Hitt
Ships Arrive at Spithead Under Convoy from Guernsey
Portsmouth report lists his Majesty's ship Eurydice of 24 guns under Capt. Coxs with convoy from Guernsey including William and Ann Bridekirk Brenthal Curtis Aurora Swails Eliza Davison and the Phoenix frigate of 36 guns Capt Stracuan returning from a cruise with troops aboard.
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Spithead
Eurydice
Coxs
Guernsey
William and
Ann
Bridekirk
Brenthal
Curtis
Aurora
Swails
Eliza
Davison
Phoenix
Stracuan
Arrival and sailing of British warships from Downs to join fleet
Portsmouth dispatch notes the Aquilon frigate of 32 guns under Capt Stopford arriving from Gibraltar with Cumberland and Vanguard of 74 guns each, Ac teon 44 and Comet 14 from the Downs. The Invincible 74 guns sailed to join Lord Howe's fleet.
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Portsmouth
Aquilon
Stopford
Gibraltar
Cumberland
Vanguard
Acteon
Comet
Downs
Lord Howe
Public notice on Antiscor rugic Drops at Soho Square
By the King's Parent dated February 4 1792 Mrs Lewis Bury announces that she continues the Antiscoréutica Drops business at Soho Square. She explains late Mr Spirnspury prepared them and that she has long carried on the work with royal patronage to reassure patients. A gentleman of the faculty attends Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am to 3pm to answer letters and advise.
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Spirnspury
Lewis
Bury
Soho Square
Sux
N.B. A
Marriages and obits across cities in Britain and Ireland
Among Monday weddings in Matham Yorkshire and Seamer Warwickshire to Ireland by Cork and Edinburgh notices record several marriages. Also listed are deaths including Mrs Susannah Rush in Piccadilly and Dr Benjamin Cooke in Westminster with other obituaries and clergy notes from Gloucester Dublin and Edinburgh.
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Matham
Yorkshire
Robert Marthen
Bartho Omew-Lane
London
Elizabeth Wrather
Wm. Wrather
Seamer
Robert Lawley
Bart
Canwell
Warwickshire
Maria Denison
Seph Denison
Efa
Robert Williams
Winkfield
Berks
Jane Cunningham
Within
Essex
Thomas Evans
Chester
Boydell
Joseph Boydell
Alder
Man Boydell
Edinburgh
Wm. Rae
Stuart
Col. Stuart
63D Regiment
Kinsale
Cork
Ireland
John Bullen
Pearson
Salisbury
Susannah Rush
Ville-Street
Piccadilly
William
Gloucester
Benjamin Cooke
Parliament-street
Orginisl
St. Peter’s
Westminster
Buthey
Her
Ibbetson
St.Alpan’s
Roth
North Castle Street
Andrew
Mackenzie
Wm. Crasdock
St. Patrick
Ship News: Vessels Sail Eastward from Ostend
On Sept 18 the wind was eight, the Echo, Otterington, General Elliot, and Ratenel along with several transports set sail for the Eastward. Centurion and Sheerness arrived from Ostend and stay in the Downs with the Itrefittibie and multiple frigates bound for Jamaica and Sierra Leone. On Sept 19 a north wind sent the Diomende man of war southward while outward-bound ships remained the same with Speculator and Remain toward Sierra Leone and Westward destinations.
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Dear
Otterington
General Elliot
Ratenel
Majesy
Centurion
Sheerness
Ostend
Downs
Itrefittibie
Arta
Brilliant
Cowley
George
Jamaica
Harp
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Sir John Sinclair, Bart
the Agricultural Board
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Portiano
Duke of Ricamont
Pir
Lord Hawkesbary
Burke
Beaconsfield
Gilbert Evy Lior
National Convention
Louis the Seventeenth
Washincron
Mount Vernon
Payne
Otterham
Somerset
Jennings
Durham
York
Clerkenwell
Fe’nnight
Fairfeld
Longnor
Staffordshire
William Billings
General Cadogan
Billings
England
Langstone Harbour
Portfea
Ship News
Plymouth
Dublin
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