Descriptive cavalry clash and siege operations in India
A detailed nineteenth century battle narrative describes British forces engaging a large French and allied army at Chittiput near Arcot, with seapoys and artillery aiding the left flank. It lists captured cannon, prisoners, and casualties on both sides, plus subsequent moves toward Arcot and fortifications, and notes broader European hostilities and naval movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brereton
Draper
Sally
Grenadier
Draper’s
Buffy
le Chevalier Godeville
Lally’s
Murphy
Lorrain Regiment
India Battalion
Marines
le Chevalier de Poete
Malta
M. Buffy
India
Col. Drager
Collins
Brown
Knuttal
Halfpenny
Thompson
Horler
Stuart
Fraser
Tyd
Heron
Honourable Company
Ensign Evans
Cornet Kuhn
Lally
Chittiput
Gingey
Pondicherry
de Vafferot
Grand musical week with London bands perform in city
Sept 3 report notes concerts at St Maurice and St Johns house with Te Deum and Coronation Anthem, and the oratorios Alexander's Feast and Either heard by hundreds. Performers include Cox Baildon Shenton Arnolds Jiardini Gordon. notable solo by Jiardini. Also brief Newcastle Hexham letter on harvests and militia discharge. Winchester mayoral election mentioned with Penton elected. General court martial planned for Warwickshire soldiers over secret French prisoner talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guchefir
Our City Haller
London
Bath
Salisbury
Chichester
St. Maurice Church
Alexander
St. John’s House
Newcastle
Hexham
Northumberland
CS Salisoury
Winchester
Henry Penton
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British ships report captures and arrivals amid Atlantic convoy actions
London dispatches note Arundel under Captain Middleton sending sixteen days to the Seward Islands with seven French vessels laden with provisions and coffee. One burned with a village on Martinique. Middleton shifts to Emerald due to Cornwall’s illness. Defiance with Captain Baird reaches Barbados as convoy returns under Lion and Chesterfield. Mars reaches Portsmouth after straining sail, aiming for Quiberon Bay. Commodore Douglas with eight ships and six frigates patrol Antigua, Echo captures a fourteen-gun privateer and sends it to St John’s. Details cover arrivals at Portsmouth, Madeira, Jamaica, and St Kitts, plus minor actions and convoy movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arundel
Middleton
Seward Islands
Martinico
Emerald
Cornwall
Defiance
Patrick Baird
Barbadoes
Lion
Chesterfield
St. Christopher’s
Mars
Portsmouth
Quiberon Bay
Antigua
James Douglas
St. John’s
St. Christophers
Thompson
Downs
Jamaica
Prince of Wales, Venables
Seahorse
Elizabeth
Smith
South Carolina
Fiman
Comyn
Guadalupe
Prince George
Fairweather
London
Madeira
Patfey
Nancy
Wilson
Hawke
Dillon
John
Cornish
Penelope
Kerr
Gibraltar
Royal Exchange
Wireham
St. Kitts
Eagle
Christall
Zant
Stangate Creek
Errington
Barras
Ise
Man
Ostend
Truman
Forrest
Amsterdam
Gambia
Plantation forces prepare to attack French near St John s and Crown Point
Reports from Plantations note 2600 French troops advancing between St John s and Crown Point. They boast two row gallies with heavy guns and 1000 infantry, while British plans include a brig with eighteen nine pounders and floating batteries. Allied commanders Murray Amherst Johnson Monckton Haviland assemble near Montreal as reinforcements gathered from Quebec and Crown Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
Crown Point
Amherist
Oswego
Montreal
Murray
Quebec
Amherst
Oswegatche
Sir William Johnson
Niagara
Gen. Monckton
Iroquois
Col. Haviland
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Danny Reorster
Commerce Sand Intelligence
Leo Chevalier de Tilly
Arcot
Brent
Timmery
Monson
Mac Mahon
Reynolds
Munden
Iren Cork
Righard
Robert
Batson
Oporto
Molly
Miller
Africa
Hibernia
M‘shane
Philadelphia
Lisbon
Pitt
Bremen
Cadiz
Curtis
St. Kitt’s
Jason-man
Hyer
Lesward Islands
Leward Islands
Regee
Charles Town
Speedwell
Weymouth
Abigail
Pickering
Piscataqua
Seward Hlands
Brazil
Rostock
M. Maubert
Colberg
Holland
Portugal
Lifton
Spain
Count de Fuentess
France
England
Prince Ferdinand
Montpelier-row
Twickenham
William Lightborn
Manchester
Edward Dymmock
Matthew Leicester
Burwell Park
Leicestershire
Lincoln’s Inn
Vout
Plantation
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