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26 Jun 1809
Page 1
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Newspaper
Morning Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 26, 1809
Page
1
The readable line shows fragmented letters and numbers with no clear event or names. No identifiable persons organizations places dates or outcomes are present to produce a fact-based summary.
A June report from off St. Andero describes Spanish Patriots under Gen Ballesteros seizing the town as French troops surrender. Capt. Irby notes ships including Statira and Amelia aiding the Spanish cause, with several prizes sent to port and multiple French vessels listed with armament and crews.
Captain Goate reports to W. W. Pole two letters from Lieut Mansel detailing the Patriot gun- vessel capturing a Dutch national cruiser of one gun with swivels and ten men in the Jahde river and a Danish privateer of one gun six swivels and twenty three men off Langerooz, plus the destruction by the Patriot and Alert hired vessel of two French privateers and a sloop in the Jahde.
A Gazette item reports an Order in Council extending, after the next Michaelmas, for six months, prohibiting export of pig and bar iron hemp pitch pine turpentine anchors cables cordage nests yards bowsprits oars oakum sheet copper and other naval stores.
A dense list of bankruptcy cases and surrender dates with names, occupations, and addresses. Entries include P Tanne ship-builder Dartmouth and many others from London and Yorkshire with hearings at Guildhall or specified venues and dates in June July and August.
June updates report Bonaparte’s retreat after heavy losses and Viennese maneuvers along the Danube. Proclamations announce King Charles XIII of Sweden amid royal processions delayed by rain. 9000 enemy troops near Engerau are driven back by Hessian sharpshooters and 12th infantry.
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