Vendée Siege Reporting Revolutionary Frontline Moves
Dispatches describe bombardment plans against a rebellious town with marked batteries at the gates. Casualties: two Marseillois. Northern frontiers shaky, but Bourdeaux and Lyons reports lift morale as Republican troops advance. Commune council to burn old tapestry linked to Marie Antoinette. Arrests total 1,100. bread prices cruelly high. new administrators hailed as sans culottes.
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Bourdeaux
Lyons
Commune
Marie Antoinette
la Vendée
King visits English squadron in port of Naples
The King went on Wednesday to view the English squadron anchored in Naples harbor aboard the Aquilon and the Rodney, where he was greeted with a Royal Salute. The squadron sailed the evening of the 6th or 7th. M Magau, French minister with his entourage, arrived in the city on the 8th by order of the Sovereign.
Turins Army Victories Reported Amid French Retreats
Dispatch from Fontana HQ details fresh successes in Savoy with the King and Royal Prince present. Sardinian columns seize Haut camp redoubt and Lamorca heights, capture cannons and tents, many prisoners, heavy casualties. Var river advance and St Martin valley secured, French abandon camp and burn several towns as Savoyards face subsistence crunch.
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Var
Peggetat
Duke of
Austr
St. Martin
Savoy
Assembly in Westminster Anniversary Sparks Government Critique
The piece derides Treasury agents and notes a large Assembly celebrating Mr Fox’s Westminster victory. It forecasts an intense Irish winter campaign amid war petitions, cites rising factory hardship, and questions Cabinet willingness to continue the war. It also mentions Mr Dunpas joining a Commons committee on Scottish royal burgh debates and Irish reform inquiries, contrasting England’s restraint with broader reform chatter.
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Rous
Fox
Westminster
Ireland
Dunpas
House of Commons
Royal
Scotland
England
Duke of Riehmonn reviews brigades at Brichthelmstone Camp
The Duke of Riehmonn in the field with the fourth brigade and the Prince's regiment, ordered to engage the infantry, as horse and foot units clash in a brisk action. Cannon balls fire along the bank as the day proceeds.
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Duke of Riehmonn
Theatre scene at Brighton features royal couple and benefit nights
His Royal Hickness and Mrs. FitzHerbert attended the Theatre at Brighton all night. Indle and Yarieo with the Romp were performed decently and had been bespoke by Mrs. FitzHerbert for the benefit of Thomas the late box keeper. Epwin had a good benefit Tuesday night. The Play was The Belle's Stratagem with Peeping Tom. Williams and Eown sang as Damon and Chloe and delivered humorous duets including Oh thou wert born to please me. Eown also sang Let us all be unhappy together with a new verse about his benefit, praised by the audience.
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Royal Hickness
New Theatre Covent Garden Night Review
The principal attraction was Mr. Ber Naird as Lord Ogleby with solid stage presence yet limited vocal flexibility. Mrs listen fails to match Miss Farren as Fanny, and the overall company receives scant praise as the audience endures a weak performance in a poor season show.
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Mr. Bernaird
Lord Ogleby
Acher
Mrs. Listen
Miss Farren
Fanny
Lord Muterave and the Brighter Castle Scheme
A satirical roundup mocks Lord Muterave boasting of endless courage to guard Toulon without an army. It lampoons courtly figures funding wild schemes, polygamy jokes with the Ottoman envoy, clerical livings, and a Kennington inn farce where sharpers dodge a bill by a disappearing quartet.
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Muterave
Treasury
Toulon
Hamuet
Shakspeare
Kennington
Original Correspondence From Vienna on Prisoner Exchanges and War Movements
Reports detail orders to exchange French prisoners and transport others to Guntzburg for sea passage to the Banat. Descriptions of shifting French positions near Bliefcastel Frauenberg Schweigen Hornbach and Rimschweiler with allied troops advancing and French retreating off German soil.
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Guntzibourg
Danube
Banat
Temefwaers
Mediterranean
Funnd
Triste
Pruffian Camp Surrounds Landau and Lines Near Weiffembourg
Extract from a Sept 19 letter from Manheim describes the Pruffian Camp extending from Epingen to Godramstein surrounding Landau. The text notes entrenched positions along mountain fronts to Weiflembourg, reports possible Allied action on Weiffembourg, and mentions ports Steinfeld and Langenchledel near the lines with French entrenchments in Bienenwald. German forces reportedly drove Republicans from unfinished trenches near Lauterberg, with 200 killed versus 7 killed and 15 wounded for the Others.
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Landau
Epingen
Godramstein
Weiflembourg
Wuoarmser
Weiffembourg
Steinfeld
Langen Chledel
Bienenwald
Lauterberg
Count Ficraisa Branca Sentenced Miti gated to Pampeluna
Count Ficraisa Branca, once confined in a dungeon, has had his sentence mitigated and is moved to Pampeluna for better treatment. The passage references political figures and public notices. it notes guards officers quarters being prepared for Christmas and soldiers dispatched to Exeter to restore order.
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Ficraisa Branca
Pampeluna
Lord Auckranp
Gisexr
Fox
Gippert
Shakespeare Tavern
Datrox
Stronghold Forts and Mountain Passes Guard Toulon Approach
The town of Pouton near Toutomties sits among high mountains with two entry roads from Marfolles and the Coast Islands. Fort Malgue commands the route to La Valette, and a covered way supplies the town. Marseilles route crosses a marshy two league expanse, while a narrow pass at Cullivales allows refitting a large army. Toulon Arsenal is famed as Europe’s finest, with a harbor that could host over 1500 ships.
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Toutomties
Vila
Siles
Marfolles
Toulon
Malgue
la Valette
Marseilles
Cullivales
Europe
Defences arrive and ships sail for Plymouth
On Oct 10 Portsmouth reports the Defence a 74 gun ship under Capt. Game Btzx arrived, Diadem a 64 gun ship under Capt SutTHERLAND, and Blonde a 92 gun ship under Capt MARKHAM. The Orion a 74 gun ship under Capt Dueenwearrin sails for Plymouth to refit. Aquilon a gs gun ship under Capt Stoprurs proceeds on a Westward cruise. A well dressed man was found drowned on South Sea Beach with no clues to his identity.
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Defence
Game Btzx
Suttherland
Blonde
Markham
Orion
Dueenwearrin
Plymouth
Stoprurs
Westwerd
South Sea Beach
British frigate Hebe sails for secret Westward expedition
Plymouth reports the 98 gun Hebe under Captain A Hood arrived from Lord Howe's feet and to sail tonight or tomorrow on a secret Westward expedition. Dutch ships Noop of War and Hannibal with Admiral De Ruyter remain in the Sound. The Ranger cutter, Swiftsure, and other fleet units are occupying the harbour and approaches.
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A. Hood
Lord Howe
Torbay
Texel
Hannibal
de Ruyter
Ranger
Coverave
Main
Swift
Public Office Bow Street Charge Sheet
Yesterday at the Sitting Magistrate Sarah Halfwright faced charges for suspected theft of a guinea from Ant Lucas and was committed for re examination. James Rigby and Christopher Curles were charged with stealing pipe lead and a brass water cock, committed for Quarter Sessions. Thomas Smith fully committed for trial on a great coat theft from Robert Trapp. Thomas Young charged with feloniously taking silk from the Talbot East Indiaman belonging to the East India Company. Fane Cackley and Fane Berares re examined for stealing four red curtains from John Norris’s lodgings, fully committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions.
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Sarah Halfwright
Ant Lucas
James Rigby
Christopher Curles
Thomas Smith
Robert Trapp
Thomas Young
Fast-India Company
Fane Cackley
Fane Berares
John Norris
Suppressed Gaming Houses Anger Oxendon Street Parish
The parish laments magistracy neglect of Rouge et Noire tables in Oxendon Street. Years of nuisance have ruined numbers and one man defrauded a property near the Admiralty, admitting he left 2001 at these gaming houses. Captain Morais criticizes government for a false War of existence amid rampant carnage.
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Oxendon-street
Admiralty
Marriage of Whiteside and Owen at St Dunstan's West
Married on Thursday at St Dunstan's in the West, Mr. George Whiteside of Fleet Street, to Miss Owen of Fleet Street.
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St. Dunstan’s
West
George Whiteside
Owen
Fleet-street
Death of Hon. Henry Erskine in Edinburgh
The Hon. Henry Erskine, fourth and youngest son of Alexander, Earl of Kellie, died suddenly Sunday morning in Edinburgh after breakfast. The Rev. William Hodson M A, Senior Fellow and Vice Master of Trinity College, Rector of Stevenage, and Master of the Free Grammar School there, is noted as presenting the obsequies.
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Edinburgh
Henry Erskine
Alexander
Earl of Kellie
William Hodson
Trinity College
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
Free Grammar School
Correct Price of Stocks and Market Notes
Correct price figures for stocks listed Friday include Bank Stock 3 per Cent reduced to 744 74 Ex. div. g per Cent. Confols 75 of 7 per Cent. Confols fhur 907 33 Ex. Div. per Cents. 1063 Long Ann. 213 5 16 Ex. Div. Short Annuities 9 9 16 Ex. Div. India Stock 202 64 Navy and Vi uidling Bills 9 2 div. Exchequer Bills 23. prm. Lottery Tickets 14 8s. trift Tickets gl. 119. per Cent. Scrip 764 Commerrcian Excite tes Bitch Fourth Class 6s. High water at London Bridge this day Mora 59 Min after6 Even go Min after qs.
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India
Scrip
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