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Newspaper
Morning Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 24, 1793
Page
2
A Morning Post item notes a charge delivered by the Chief Justice to the Grand Jury in the District of Virginia and promises publication of thanks to the contributor. It mentions a Drunken Freak at Pentonville arriving for readers, with release to appear tomorrow.
London dispatch notes the Royaz Family leaving Windsor Lodge for Kew Palace to reside until Friday for the Queen's Drawing-Room. The Prince of Wales returned to Carlton House and will join his Regiment at Brighton Camp. Various official dinners and departures are listed, including Admiralty leave for Lord Conway and Sir James Murray heading to join the Duke of York on the Continent.
Report from yesterday indicates Combined Armies have joined fronts. Ducal and Dutch forces recover morale. French concentrate on Caffell heights and Dunkirk siege deemed impracticable. Austrian and imperial actions described with Bergzabern and Lyons campaigns. Lyonese counterattack gains cannon and territory.
The treaty with Prussia was signed at Grodno. An official Russian note dated August 28 to August 16 warned that Field Marshal Mottenport must march into Cracovy and Sendomir if no treaty or date was set. The Diet consented to set a date. Reports claim Motenport named governor of East West and Southern Prussia and Kalkreuth to Berlin.
In Stockholm Suez 6 the Judiciary Court of the University of Lund has sentenced ring-leaders of a student riot. The High Chancellor ordered the Senate to appear before the Gothic Crown tribunal to seek sentence mitigation. The Patriotic Society called citizens to donate for rewarding Affefsor Vox Acxen for his invention to extinguish large fires instantly at no expense.
A conference between local magistrates and Vienna's ambassador led to a camp of 2000 soldiers near the town, with forty cannon. Arsenal work rushes as Bern Freyburg and Solothwen cantons make tents. reports say they will march to Geneva to aid Sardinian troops in Savoy against the French Republicans. Official accounts confirm Sardinian entry into Savoy.
An extract from a Duke of York Army officer describes two days of incessant rain on the Menin camp, sick and wounded sent to Bruges, waggons lost on the sands near Nieuport, Hanoverians bearing the brunt, and hopes of a renewed engagement as Dunkirk remains a target. Five regiments reinforce the Duke's line, three more on the way.
Second letter from Prince of Orange reports marching from Deynie to Ghent with troops under his command, river Scheld cover, and right extending to Ghent. He notes slow reports, troops at Ypres, and identifies Major-General Gravemoor wounded and captured at Menin. Also mentions Feeverte of Orange conveyed to the Hague for wound care. headquartos at Ghent Sept 15, 1793.
From the Upper Rhine report both Prussians and French hold fortified posts in the Duchy of Deux Ponts with visible contact on the heights. French advanced posts lie at Rhineweiler and Wattweiler west of Deux Ponts. Mozelle river is too shallow to supply Deux Ponts magazines. Imperial troops near Brisgau have moved to Neu enburg under General Staper and seem ready to ferry pontoons to cross the Rhine into Alfacia.
Report from Frankfort notes all quiet on the Rhine as French forces swell in numbers and German troops await fresh reinforcements.
Danzex acting as Commissary from the Convention suspends Lavzaners in Landau and is seen often leading a German reconnoitering party before the town. A Congress of plenipotentiaries from belligerent powers is planned at Brussels after the campaign to discuss future actions and the partition of France. The King of Prussia is ill with war weariness and the cost of the conflict.
A damning royalist polemic condemns opponents of the Regency and expresses loyalty to the King. It defends the Duke of Yor and the Continental army, attacks Burke and Buxxe, and criticizes Treasury clerks for printing scandal. The piece laments Dunkirk’s status and warns clerks against treachery.
From Geneva the Hereditary Prince of Orance writes to the States describing the Dutch troops retreat in West Flanders after a vigorous enemy assault. The document notes strategic considerations and the impact of the engagement on local defense.
Dispatch from W F Hereditary Prince of Orange dated Sept 14 1793 reports Dutch forces repulsed by superior enemy and forced a retreat toward Harlebeck and Rousselaer. It notes brave troop conduct, lists wounded brother, Major-General Coung-WARTENSLEBEN, and Prince Christian of Hesse Darmstadt among casualties, with several Dutch Guards officers killed. Further details promised in a follow up report.
Private letters describe French attacks from the 6th to 12th that pressured Marshal Freyvrac and Duke of Yor, forcing a Dunkirk siege lift and retreat toward Furnes. Dutch forces at Werwick and Menin, about 8000 strong, faced three enemy columns. heavy fighting persisted four hours as French penetration reached Werwick and Menin, with Prince Freneaicx of Orange wounded and Dutch remnants fleeing to Ypres.
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