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Newspaper

Weekly Register

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 24, 1799

Page

5

Vellachitz holds ground amid retreat and praise for contingent

Letters describe General Haddick's corps and Moreau retreating, with Ge neral Macdonald's defeat forcing changes. Captain Henry Digby reports chasing and exchanging privateers off Passage and Le Bordelais brig, while Vice Admiral Harvey details captures near Antigua and Ameland. Admiralty communications note Circe boats intercepting cargo and praise for captains including Winthrop and Digby. The piece closes with notices of appointments and royal grants, plus annuity dividend actions.

Vellachitz Broknen Gla Valdiss Venus Sen Rochfort Clarence Lisbon London Admiralty Office Harvey Leeward Ilands Euan Nepean Ekins Amphitrite Antigua le Buquerie Guadaloupe Barbadoesi Lord Dugcat Ewan Nepean Texel Winthrop Girce Améland Circe Pylades L‘espeigle Ameland Mackenzie Taij Boorder Searle Pawle Occasiah R. Winthrop Viscount Duncan Admiralty Offce Dickford Yarmouth Evan Nepean Wood A. Dickson East Rica S.S. We Lhirondelle Dunkirk Tam C.a. Dirkson Offce Fily Wollaston Cruster Leith Roads E. C. Wollaston Whitehall Sir John Scott Kingdom of Great Britain Eldon Palatine of Durham

Powder-mill explosion at Hounflow claims three lives

A Friday afternoon powder mill blast at Hounflow killed three men, including Benjamin Clements. The accident occurred shortly after the proprietor left his counting house. survivors describe mangled bodies and scorched skin. Investigations hint at possible incendiary activity, with prior incidents linked to local mills and a history of strict security measures by owners.

Hounflow Etswas Agit Benjamin Clements Weleara Hae Weitrult Hatker Falmouth Miles Londany Exeter London Edinburgh Birch Colchester Thetford Duke of Bedford Lord Clermont Charles’ Davers S. Bevan Norfolk Southdown Sussex

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