18 Sep 1793
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Newspaper
Morning Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 18, 1793
Page
1
A brief notes that this day will feature a Levee at St James’s followed by a Drawing-room tomorrow, indicating a sequence of formal events. The entry reflects social schedule language typical of court or aristocratic circles.
Late night dispatches from the Duke of York report French reinforcements in Flanders, with Menin and Courtray in danger as Dutch forces suffer defeat. Austrians praise Cosouras maneuvers, while French losses at Jockrim and Mentz are detailed. Austrian and Prussian corps numbers, diplomatic mail, and Ottoman fears color an evolving campaign with fresh artillery and ammunition orders.
The Austrian Gazettes push for stronger treaties before the next campaign. Britain would pledge aid to Austria to conquer fortified French towns in Flanders and Hainault. Papers claim England’s interest lies in guaranteeing these fortifications for the Emperor. Holland reportedly supports the plan.
An extract from a Brussels letter discusses Royalist plans to seize towns before winter while others doubt the French mobilization. It labels Paris leaders as treacherous, cites Cordeliers figures, and accuses factions of driving civil war, disorder, and disarray in France and its army.
Letters from Genoa describe Dubois de Crance bombing Lyons on the 24th 25th and 27th with a 18000 strong French force defeated by Lyonnais on the 27th. French rise in arms feared to reach five million. Upper Rhine alarms grow as Valen ciennes and Dunkirk risks loom. impeachment moves anticipated in Parliament amid war blame.
Ostend reports describe the Duke of York's forces stationed between Furnes and Dixmude awaiting reinforcements as French attack looms. Hanoverians retreat toward Ghent, with Macazioz’s squadron off Nieuport, while orders copy to reinforce and defend Dunkirk amid costly losses and heavy artillery abandonment.
The State of Basle in Switzerland declines any breach of neutrality and rejects sending commissioners to monitor adversaries. It argues that neutral states cannot field forces equal to neighbors and warns that alterations to neutrality would harm both France and Basle. The letter, dated August 29, declares Swiss fidelity to neutrality and cites swift collective consideration with Helvetic representatives.
The Gazette of Amsterdam reports Philip Ecarite was delivered by the Martellots to the Admiral of the Spanish fleet who ordered him chained to the deck of a warship.
The principal European governments wield more influence over people in war than peace. Where a government rests on political finese, rulers must divert public attention from reform to weaken liberty, lest reduction of corruption strengthens the mass toward greater moral and political freedom.
The piece criticizes Sir James Murray for opaque army reports and a Treasury print's attack on the Duke of York. It notes rapid theatre construction at Drury Lane, with completion targeted by January. Mentions Lord Amherst succeeding as Master General and Commander in Chief, Earl Moira’s dinner with Duke of Clarence, and Cornwallis’s pending arrival.
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