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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 03, 1798
Page
3
The article describes a tense plan led by the Grand Mufti and a large escort of Janissaries and Spahis to Mecca, aiming to restore credibility of the holy place. It notes Paffwan Oglou rejecting the Porte’s conditions and the Divan ordering 13 000 regular troops to advance.
In Greek Salonichty Mecedonia the Pacha reports to the French Consul that he and all his countrymen are under his protection yet warns that no Frenchman may leave the town or be held responsible for accidents. French merchants cannot remove goods and an Austrian ship is detained over contested lading. Ragusan merchant accounts mention FE Trench.
Lifton August 18 report expresses cautious optimism for approaching peace with France. English forces are relocating an arterial hospital to Gibraltar and preparing troops to move as readiness improves.
Spain dispatch from Madrid notes growing authority of Mr. de Malio, with the health of Don Saavedra, the present Premier, deteriorating daily. Added entries mention generals and nobles exiled or detained, including the Countesses of Galve and the Marchionesses of Santa Cruz, amid shifting political tides.
In Copenhagen on September 12 a seven man war squadron reached the Baltic and anchored at the bay of Kiege. The village of Ordrup near Co achanen, a summer retreat for city chamber residents, was largely burned in a two fire outbreak during the night with this year's grain crop harvested nearby destroyed.
Dublin reports reveal Alderman Exthaw, Captain Commandant of the Dublin yeomanry, told his corps that he commands from the Lord Lieutenant to relieve permanent duty as English troops arrive. Some volunteers may remain on pay while watch-guard is disbanded. Cornwallis reorganizes Ireland into four grand brigades with detachments to guard tranquillity, akin to tactics used by Hoche in suppressing La Vendee. Holt orders Wicklow county-wide conscription under threat of property loss.
Fragment of a Dublin era report recounts rebel-officers removed to Kilmainham, a guard withdrawn at the Royal Exchange, and an affidavit enabling a Heath official to retire to Hamburgh. It lists English militia totals in Ireland for the winter, notes Humbert officers punished, trials and pardons, and an execution at Arbour as General Humbert’s expedition unfolds.
Reports detail Holt's marauders plundering Lamb near Old Bawn and other countryside depredations. A large force, including yeomanry, seeks to crush Wicklow rebels as General Eustace and troops reconnoitre Aughrim. Deserters shelter in Killoughran wood. atrocities rise, with a Protestant killed at Clonee and riders transported from Liverpool landing at Skerries.
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