Naval action off Boulogne 1811 captures La Ville de Lyons
Rear-Admiral Foley reports Capt Carteret's Naiad leading a night assault against the Boulogne flotilla. La Ville de Lyons, a 12 24-pounder pram, was captured after boarding near the batteries. Casualties include several officers and seamen. Captain Carteret commends officers and crews for skill and courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boley
John Wilson Croker
Monmouth
Downs
Carteret
Naiad
la Ville de Lyons
Praam
Boulogne
Jean Baptist Coupe
Jean Barband
Thomas Foley
H. M
Natad
Sin
Rinaldo
Redpole
Baste
Hi. M
Conigans
Praan
Rimalda
Grant
Mons
Barband
la Coupe
Praams
Ander
Greenlaw
Royal Marines
Re. Peete
Charles Cobb
Castilian
Naval action off Porto del Infreschi captures convoy
Rear Adml Boyles reports Thames and Cephalus off Calabria. Captain Clifford silences eleven gun boats and an armed felucca, captures convoy of 26 merchant vessels and 36 spars for Naples, with 281 men and 14 feluccas. Wounded list, praise for Clifford and Lt Richardson. Ballasteros and Suchet operations noted in Cadiz mail.
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Boyles
Thames
Porto del Infreschi
Clifford
Palemiro
Porto Dei Dascoschi
Naples
Tower
M’adam
Waldegrave
Richardson
C. Napier
Charles Napier
Cephalus
A. WJ. Clifford
Calabria
Pizzo
Lieut. de Vaisseau Raudhen
Enseignes de Vaisseau Martines & Rock
Enseign de Vaisseau Teisseau
Magesty
A. WS. Clifford
Hood Douglas
Wm.Holmes
J. .Gordon
Robert Lewis
J. Renny
Congress shifts control and fast presidential dispatch
American Congress shows democratic majorities with a new Speaker and Clerk. A Boston paper notes the President's message arrived in four hours after leaving Washington, covering about 500 miles by land. A London forged stock certificate seller arrived aboard the Justina and was imprisoned. In the Leeward Islands, fears rose of a potential insurrection among the enslaved population at St.
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America
Congress
House of Representatives
Boston
Washington City
United States
London
Justina
Liverpool
Dover letter reports Naiad captures four privateers and Boulogne action
Letter from Dover dated yesterday describes the Naiad frigate capturing four privateers with 50 men and sending them up river. It notes the Admiral’s prize ship heavily damaged with 75 killed or wounded, claims 340 killed or wounded in the action, and recounts Bonaparte’s cautious move toward Dunkirk with English confined and a steel plated carriage weighing 800 pounds.
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London
Dover
Praam
Boulogne
Bonaparte
Dunkirk
General Bailesteros Reports Complete Victory in Spain
Dispatch dated Sept 25 from Fields of Ximenes details Gen Regneaux leading 300 grenadiers in a surprise defeat of an enemy force on the road of St Roque after nine days of maneuvering. Prisoners include a Captain of Grenadiers and the Colonel of the 4th Polish infantry. Enemy losses described as dreadful. Troops pursue toward Alcais.
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Alcala
St. Roque
Alcais
Island unrest and European diplomatic tension reported
Reports note Curaçao in distress with halted trade and a standoff over Venezuela independence. Bonaparte presses Russia for Dutch loan payment triggering market unease while privateers target Atlantic shipping near Penlee Point. Britain enforces Orders in Council as Perceval clings to cabinet stability amid royal expectations.
Failures and rumored movements threaten Valencia siege
From Gibraltar reports claim Suchet’s three Valencia assaults failed and French losses from illness are noted. Marmont may send 10 000 men to Suchet while Wellington's forces prepare, with D Orsenne set to join Marmont. Movements hint at French withdrawal from Gijon and activity at Astorga.
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Moxnay
Spain
Gibraltar
Suchet
Valencia
Adicant
Escape from the Talbot Sloop in a North Atlantic Gale
An 1811 letter from a midshipman aboard the Talbot describes a perilous voyage from Lough Swilly to Ireland. Severe gales and a hurricane force the crew to attempt to reach shore with breaking seas and near-miss guidance as night falls.
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Talbot
Dublin
H. M
Falbot
Loughswilly
Saldanha
Leeward
Loughewilly
N. W
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P. Carteret
of the Red, &c
Aest Cee Etors
Narap
John Ross
James Draper
William Morgan
James Dover
Richard Dover
William Black
John Wise
John Leece
John Tally
Wiliam Jones
William Hodges
John Holston
James Wall
Daniel Harley
Edward Humphries
Macdonal
Brimer
Cobb
John Collett
Anderson
John Swinard
Admiralty Officee
Scerr
Cadiz
Ballasteros
Ballesteros
Xymenes
France
Prussia
Russia
Koningsberg
Baltic
Massena
Dantzic
John Stuart
Sicily
Ellice
Bowes
Cormorant
Mediterranean
Liverpool Mercury
Curacoa
Venezuela
England
Miranda
Corp
Petersburg
Alexander
Portsmouth
St. Maloes
Penlee-point
Cawsand Bay
Plymouth
Nigmen
Perceval
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