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Newspaper
Java Government Gazette
Location
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Date
Aug 01, 1815
Page
1
A brief official notice dated July 29 1815 from Batavia references Co ASSEY the Secretary to Government. The fragment notes an administrative context without additional details.
Advertisement announcing sale of edible bird nests at Hatavia government store houses on September 1st. Terms require payment in silver or treasury notes with a 10 percent deposit. sale may be disposed of earlier by private contract.
Reports from Europe describe rapid war preparations as Britain strengthens its position. General Wellington is appointed supreme commander in the continent while Napoleon's return to France triggers alarms. Transports move without convoy and Belgian troops face morale questions amid Allied measures. Lord Cochrane escapes and is recaptured, and Sir Samuel Gibbs dies of wounds in New Orleans context.
The London Gazette announces selection of fifteen Company Officers for Knights Commander of the Bath with unlimited Knights Companions. The Endymion engagement is described with the enemy only surrendering after another frigate arrived.
The piece surveys unfavourable conditions for Britain amid a shifting European balance. It argues that Sweden Austria and potential coalitions are unreliable, predicts a Russia Prussia Holland England alliance against Bonaparte, warns of militia calls and income tax, and condemns Allied folly while urging full resistance to Bonaparte.
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