Brest Fleet Threat to Ireland Rumors Sweep Ireland
A Paris to Cork dispatch reports Brest squadrons under Admiral Monaro, Gaines, and Kingstown preparing for an Irish invasion. Capt. Keats pursues. Briare enforces sea lanes as Britain bolsters coast defenses with 12,000 English Militia and multiple ships patrolling the Western Coast and Lough Swilly. Proclamations urge Rutland and Irishmen to join the French effort with arms and liberty.
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Brest
Keats
Boadicea
Admiralty
Trenant
Monaro
DE. Gaines
Ireland
Qme
Brianort
Torbay
Kinesmith
Cork
Lord Briafort
Portsemouth
Plymouth
Kears
Kingsmiel
Lough Swilly
Sligo Bay
His Majesty
Polyphemus
LyMspaine
Phenix
Hansen
Thequadron
Rowtery
Fox
Cape Clear
Irith
Iréland
Liberty or Death in Ireland Arouses Army of Rebels
A bold proclamation urges Irishmen to resist British concessions and wage a war of liberty against tyranny. Reports detail 25,000 forces landing at Killibggs, raids in Wicklow, and French support, with Allied officers named. Government measures fortify bridges, canals, and camps as uprisings and incursions unfold across Mayo, Clare, and Kildare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Terg
James Narezr Tanpy
J. NS. Tandy
Trishmen
Sandy
Helt
Wicklow
Kintava
Tris
Mayo
Humpert
Kildare
Killala
Liverpool
Dublin
van Tromp
Ireland
Humnert
Savazin
Fonraine
Litchfield
Oxfordshire
Naval Movements Reported Amid French Threats
Torbay and Plymouth mark rapid fleet movements as British ships sail for sea. Reports claim a French squadron and 4900 troops from Brest are en route to Ireland, with several 60 to 74 gun ships and frigates cruising offshore. A British squadron under Gardner refits, while other vessels sail to join or cruise around the Thames and Downs.
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Torbay
Lord Brloeowr
Anan Garpner
Brest
Ireland
Saturn
Repuls
Poiyphemus
Aumbec
Lord Briororr
Bellona
Wilson
Pierre- Font
Anson
Dunnam
Frazer
Plymouth
London
Portsmouth
Marcou
Zafon
Baber
Thames East Indiaman
Minerva
Calais
Yarmouth News Details Naval Fleet and Astronomy Notes
Reports from Yarmouth describe a large naval fleet with Admiral Lord Duncan's Monarch and other ships preparing to sail for the Texel, plus the homeward-bound Quebec fleet dispersed after a gale. The piece notes a charity subscription by Madras crew prisoners of war and a City Artillery field day, with a forecast of Mercury near Venus due to favorable conditions for morning observations and Arcturus nearby.
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Yarmouth
Glateton
Agamemnon
Circe
Ranger
Nautiiles
St. Paul’s Miand
Madras
Chatham
France
City Artillery Company
Sydesham
Mercury
Venus
Arcturus
Mr. Grey
Broadley-street
Hull
Lowdon
Pringspey J. Walter
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Bondon
Therano
Iaft
Anactéon
General Rey
Hoterious
James Rapper
Landy
Rutland
Kiljaia
Tandy
Paris
Rey
Blackwell
Directory
Avengers
Liberty
Killibiggs
County of
Clare
Napper
Reem
Rutland: ‘Hiandy Goth: Frustidor
Yland
Citoyen
Island
D. B
Sé Ametl
Desjardin
Joseph Borie
Adjt
Luxembourg
D’artillerie A Cheval
LE Due
L’ Echo de la Republique Franceise
Dunkirk
Falmouth
Mount Vernon
Mazick
Baltimore
Scilly Sands
Chae
Ambussade
Stag
Lord Bripfort
Kines- Mill
Scorr
Duke of Portland
Pitt
Walmer Castle
Duke of Portianp
Bulstrode
Weymouth
Prince of
Wares
Thas
Canterbury
Fitzwiiyiam
Buxton
Buonaparte
Egypt
Constantinople
Buona- Parte
Cairo
Svex
Tower Ward
Lambeth
Alderman Cuaris
Southgate
Sept
Beadicia
Cornwall
A. Gardner
Cowland Bay
St. Zammony
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Phaeton
Aréthusa
Success
Meleager Friigates
Deal
S.W
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