Duke of Yorks Army Reports on Dunkirk Front Line
Carpat Menin Sept 19 dispatch notes General Bravtzev driving back the French while British cavalry skirmish and rain hampers troops. Wounded sent to Bruges. Hanoverians suffer heavy losses. Dunkirk surrender rumors, fort defenses, and reinforcements described amid ongoing hope for a fair field engagement.
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Carpat
Menin
Bravtzev
Dunkirk
Bruges
Nieuport
Frey Tac
Furnes
Legion of French
Lifle
O’meara
O'Meara
Hovcharn
West Flanders
Beaugieu
Betill
Courtray
Duke of Yorx
Prince O France
Jans Culottes
Prince Warpeck
Brighton Camp News and War Dispatches Chronology
Reports from Ostend describe the first regiment of guards and Royal Artillery detaining actions. Brightness at Brighton Camp reveals ornate symbols, while military movements, captures, and deaths of foreign dignitaries unfold. News covers Prussian aid, Austrian injuries, and shifting artillery tactics affecting Napoleon era battles. The piece notes economic strains from horse and dog taxes and livestock impacts on prices, plus local robberies and fires.
Brunns exploit surrenders French near Pirmazens
A British aide reports the Duke of Brunswick repulsed a French force near Pirmazens, surrounding them and taking 3000 prisoners with 27 cannons. He burned baggage near Bitche while General Kalkreuth defeatedSans-Culottes regiment, taking 67. Bankruptcy notices list multiple debtors with surrender dates at Guildhall and other inns. Juridical notices end with liquidation deadlines.
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Whitehall
Earl of Yarmouth
Howard Grenville
Bis
Maze/Py
Department of Foreign Affairs
Maikammer
Duke of Brunswick
Pirmazens
Bitche
Kalkreuth
Es Sans Culottes
English vessels bring troops to Ostend port
The day before yesterday 23 English ships entered Ostend with many troops and large quantities of ammunition and provisions for the Army on board. Troops marching toward Tourhout included 200 Highlanders. Last night they moved through Tourhout to their destination and expect further reinforcements soon.
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Tourhout
Regicides clash with peasantry near Nantes
Over ten days regicides fought peasants with burning as a pattern. Escaped women and children are imprisoned naked, with villages from Nantes to Sorinières left burnt. The conflict drives desperate fighting as the Mayence garrison arrives and quarters among locals.
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Nantes
Sorinieres
Mayence
Troop Movements and Fire Incident Near Youghal and Cork
Reports detail regiments under orders for embarkation including the 64th and 76th against Martinique under General Grey. Militia movements at Youghal and Limerick are noted with ammunition shipments for King’s County. An explosion damaged Youghal barracks injuring Burrer and others, while a hot press incident freed over 140 mariners at sea. Additional dispositions involve the 44th, 12th, 56th regiments and independent companies marching to Ardee, Waterford, and Cork for foreign service and relief duties.
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Martinique
Grey
Tipperary
Bagwell
Youghal
King’s County Royal
Limerick
Carlow
Bennitt
Burrer
O3d
Kilkenny
Clonmel Cashel
Castle Comer
Cork
England
Siigo
Ardee
56Th
Waterford
New Geneva
Fancourt
Craic
Re-examination in Bow Street on two cases
Yesterday at Bow Street Magistrates Fohn Sxvinden, a Letter Carrier at the General Post-Office, was re examined on suspicion of stealing a 15 bank-note from a letter entrusted to him. He was committed for trial. William Davison, a master chimney-sweeper in St Clement's parish, faced charges of ill treating an apprentice whose life is in danger. he was committed for further examination.
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Board of Agriculture
Houdditch
Long Acre
Hotinflow Heath
Dyer-street
St. Giles’s
Phillp Stevens
Liverpool
Sarah
Barker
Cowes
Demarara
Leeward Islands
Foremost
Elliiott
Sherwood
Nancy
Harding
Jamaica
Nelly
Barton
Murdoch
Mary
Gault
Cecilia
Betty
Cathcart
Glasgow
Prince of Piedmont
Fort William
London
Charles
Whitehaven
Jupiter
Clarendon
Bristol
Fortitude
New Brimswick
Davis’s Streights
Denmark
Shields
Hudson’s Bay
Hudson’s Streights
Goodwin Sands
Prince William Henry
Peters
Falmouth
Philadelphia
Alexander
His Majesty
New Providence
Cape Nichola
Pokez
Brothers
Kingston
Sally
Henrietta
Betsey
Ann
Fohn Sxvinden
Potter Wedd
Cambridge
William Davison
St. Clements
Ferocious shark killed near Workington by fisherman
A ten foot shark, captured in a stake net near Workington, fought Mr Richard Graham and his servant for fifteen minutes before Graham killed it with a spear thrust to its head. A second shark appeared later but escaped. Also noted is a 104 year old resident of Skiffnall, Mary Yeates. A banking security suggestion follows.
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Count de HartzFeLtp Grierchen
Order of the Golden Fleece
Home Department
Vienna
France
Lord Hoop
Paris
Toulon
Lizce
Eden
England
Workington
Richard Graham
J.C. Curwen
Graham
Upton
Skiffnall
Salop
Mary Yeates
Nevetet and Durxford
Smith, Wricht and Gray’s
Justing
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Southampton
Oétar
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Cook’s-court
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Llanrathen
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O&1
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Public Office
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William Addington
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