Prisoners at Fort George enjoy walks and books
Friday report notes Irish State Prisoners in the garrison of Fort George Scotland receive six hours daily walks in a walled square, government funded wine, and a variety of books, with postal letters subject to Governor inspection. It also recounts multiple local thefts and scam robberies across England, including Ackland brothers, a tax collector, Lady Nelson hoax, and highwaymen near Bristol, Uxbridge, and Beaconsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort George
Scotland
Ackland
Tetbury
Lord
Bristol
Jennins
St. Paul’s Church
Leech
London
Uxbridge
Beaconsfield
Duke of Portland's Wall
Capitulation terms at Vienna 1799 reported in London Gazette
Dispatches from Vienna dated May 8 1799 detail Serrurier's capitulation proposals to Vukovitch as French and Piedmontese troops surrender with officers allowed swords and baggage while soldiers keep their packs. Immediate on field exchange denied until a general exchange occurs. Paroled officers may return to France or Piedmont. soldiers and non commissioned officers remain prisoners. Ferderic 7th year of the Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serrurier
Vuk Fowich
France
Piedmont
Ferderic
Siege talk and prisoner exchange amid Italian theatre 1799
Observation reports Gen Vukaffowich promising non return of POWs beyond the Ex-Venetian States until rank for rank exchanges are arranged by General Serrurier. Dispatches from Vienna and Lindau detail Suwarrow’s successes near Cremona, Peschiera, Mantua, Ferrara, and Modena, with Austrian advances from the Upper Engadine and unrest in the Upper Valais.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vukaffowich
Craufurd
Lord Grenville
Lindau
Bellegarde
Engadine
Coire
Albula
Upper
Splugen
Valais
Wii
Admiralty report on naval actions near Cape Roxo and Porto Rico
From the London Gazette May 25 1799 an Admiralty letter from Sir Hyde Parker to Evan Nepean records a successful cutting out of a ship and a schooner near Cape Roxo under a five gun battery. It notes eight armed vessels and 67 merchant vessels taken or destroyed since February 10, plus a Vesey letter about further captures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty Office
Hyde Parker
Evan Nepean
Queen
Port-Royal
Famica
Otway
Trent
Cape Roxe
Admiralty
Vesey
Amaranthe
Sam, Sir
C. H. Parker
Porto Rico
Cape Roxo
Belchier
Balderston
M‘ghee
Lieut. Wylie
Sir Hyde Parker
C. R.w.otway
St. Jago de Cuba
Jeremie
Samuel Miles
Jes. White
Piers Johns
Geo. Montgomery
Kat
Cha. Wollaston
Sloop of War
Euan Nepean
Yarmouth
St. Abb
Chace
Scarborough
Castle Bearing
Leeward
Deux Freres
Jacques Bellet
Calais
France
Norway
Sam
Sir
C. Cha
Wollaston
Privateer captures and naval actions reported abroad
Reports from March to July 1799 detail captures of several privateers and merchant targets by British ships. Le Vengeur and La Lione privateers are taken. L'Amaranthe and L’ Amaranthe’s Le Vengeur noted. A letter from Captain Wollaston describes pursuing Deux Freres and Tippoo Saib, with casualties and prisoners landed at port. Public notices of tradesmen hearings follow in Guildhall and Manchester venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surprize
la Lione
la Prompte
Arca-Garaodora
Havannah
Maranzzs
Lark
L’amaranthe
le Vengeur
Also Mentioned on This Page
London Gazette Extraordinary
Downing-street
Morton Eden
Robert Craufurd
Foreign Department
Vienna
Perchiera
Maidstone
Europe
East End
Jamaica
S.S.W
Bankrupyts
J. Durand
Stratford
Freeman’s Court
Cornhill
Guildhall
J. Bradley
J. Richmond
J Wilkinson
Manchester
Lancashire
Royal Oak Inn
E. Dunmore
Stanton Wyvell
Leicestershire
George Inn
Harborough
J Bacon
Anthony
M. Williamson
Leeming Mill
Yorkshire
Black Lion
Stockton
Durham
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