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Newspaper
Morning Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 27, 1793
Page
3
A dispatch from Bruges notes Allied strategy to feign a siege of Lille while preparing weaker operations elsewhere. It reports Ghent unrest, Danish and Dutch unsteadiness, and Flemish ridicule of Dutch retreat claims. Irish artillery at Ostend is said to be indecisive for defense.
An extract from a letter reports 11 500 French troops marching to distract the siege, but Prince Cobourg attacked them with a chosen force, routing the attempt. About 5000 killed or wounded from Aveine le See and others, 23 cannons and vast supplies captured, pursuit ongoing on the field.
The piece rails at Empress Catherine for threatening force in Grodno over Poland a hostile war tone dominates the debate. It notes emigrants serving in the British cavalry and the mobility of French troops with pikemen fronting frontier actions. Col Evans of the Guards is reported dead from Lincelles wounds and Colonel Lelis returns to raise a regiment.
The text urges various groups to recollect their roles and duties to the people. It warns that rulers and enablers rely on public support, while oppressors face potential reversal of power. It stresses that truth resists prosecution and people must think for themselves to avoid becoming slaves.
A poem railing against gold as a false creed. The speaker questions whether wealth can revive the dead or ease pain, arguing gold corrupts virtue, social love, and pity. The speaker rejects Misso’s creed, decrying Mammon and urging loyalty to genuine virtue over money.
The dispatch dated Monday September 2 notes repulse of Lyonese from St Etienne, Lyon cleared now, many enemy fallen, and small combat at Mombrison. Succeeding days report continued bombardment until Valenciennes garrison arrives. Ketterman to Mount Blanc, Constarp takes command, Servan prisoner, and renewed morale boosts. Tuesday September 3 claims harmony in the armies, ammunition and mortars arriving, heavy cannon fire to continue through night.
A fragment discusses the French Convention and claims modern strategists prophesy its downfall. It argues the supposed demise results from Providence rather than Allied courage, criticizing alleged prognostications as subtly crafted. The language mirrors era commentary on political destiny and power shifts.
A jumble of social satire and dispatches about Botany Bay justice, French battle losses at Lincelles, a proposed inspector general, Grodno intrigues, potential Admiralty reshuffles, and Ottoman court rumors. Fragments mention a few officers, personalities, and the Torbay landing claim appears among gossip.
A twelve o clock court session opened after a recess with the Lord Mayor ill. Alderman Piomer acted as Locum Tenens. Aldermen Wilkes Boypett Le Mesurier Laxeston and Sterrs plus 80 Commoners attended. Watch-rate was postponed. The item to appoint a Clerk to the Lord Mayor and authorize Mayor's Court Attorneys was postponed amid absence of the Lord Mayor. Alderman Pickett moved to erect a gallery in the Court of Common Council but that and other business were postponed. the court adjourned at one.
Mr Fox's perseverance against the war gains him credit across the realm. Mr Bennett, Shaftesbury’s mayor, has named his son Duartes Fox. Sir Gilbert Elliot sails soon as Commissioner Extraordinary to Toulon to work with Lord Hood and reside there. The Glasgow Petition is mocked by administrators though North denounces it as merciless to merchants and workers. The British arms praise is muted. Toulon success follows intrigue while Dunkirk costs rise at home. A deal boat rescued five men from a wreck near Godwin Sairds, one died. seven aboard perished. Vessel Volgas Volkhause, from Stockholm to Dublin, carried iron.
Adjutant-General orders flank companies of every regiment in the Irish Establishment to march to Cork for embarkation to foreign service, each company to be raised to 160 men. Captain Bruce to raise a battalion in England without levy money, pensioners of the Royal Regiment of English Artillery urged to serve, four hundred more recruits landed from England, and debates in Philadelphia over American war alignments toward France. Winter prospects grim for the lower classes. high food and fuel costs loom due to fleet provisioning and unemployment.
The Dover report lists several light ships from Ireland and Bristol sailing for Ostend aboard the King's Packet under Captain Starts with a Messenger, Flanders Mail, and various officers and passengers. An American brig from Dieppe reports Havre de Grace and Rouen in grain distress, with some inhabitants ready to declare for royalty if England supports them. Wind 8.5 W. Blows fresh.
In a chaotic London notice, alarms over an attack on a fortress eased after crowds realized it marked the King’s Coronation commemoration. Errata correct a fable about drowning Frenchmen, and a petty law suit reveals a servant burned by boiling water. The sheriffs’ swearing in at Hastings proceeds, with hall crowds expected. Lord Mayor election chatter swirls around Aldermen Brooks Watson Sixower and Le Mesurizer. Weal and warehouses reshape Newington Causeway as a new court opens nearby. a mare and a gelding set distance records for wagers of 20 guineas and 10 guineas respectively. Magistrate Foro assumes Bow-stry duties replacing Major Mircurxz.
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