French Republican Forces Repel Royalist Attacks on Little St Bernard
Report details conscripted escort units fighting braced by seasoned veterans, recapturing posts on Little St Bernard after six hours of combat. Prisoners seized and many wounded as commanders like Generals Grenier Commes and Chaffey mobilize for further actions against rebels in Calmont Hauterive and Mantua. Paris reports siege and military shifts as republic hosts face persistent insurgent pressure and supply shortages.
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la Thuile
Grenier
Compani
Little St. Bernard
Tam
Embrin
Commes
Toulouse
Department of the
Tama
Republic
Department of
L’arriege
Carbonne
Chaffey
Commeés
Calmont
Hauterive
Pepe Mee
Bernadotte
Paris
Garner
Perouse
Monteflo
Ponto de Anfo
Peffera
Toscanella
Viterba
Civita Casstillaca
Trivoli
Albane
Mantua
Fano
Sinigaglia
Macerata
Monnier
Ponte de Anfo
Noth
Paulo
Contegobelle
Royalist siege and executions reported in France
Aug 7 dispatches recount brutal actions against patriots in Calmont and surrounding areas as royalist forces threaten a general pardon or fire on towns. Reports from Maintz and Genoa detail fortress works, hostages, and ongoing offensives with Joubert and Championnet resuming activity in Italy and the Mediterranean theater.
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Calmont
Toulouse
Paulo
Frankfort
Maintz
Buollet-friars
Rhine
Haute Garonne
Moret
Nailhoux
France
Joubert
Championnet
Prié
Ceva
Genoa
Venice
Gays
Senegaglia
Arteond
Riviere ‘de
Aricona
Malta
Admiral Villeneuf
Europe
Mediterranean
Wader
Te Os
Russian army massing near Galicia frontier
Vienna reports a 60,000 Russian force assembling on the Galicia frontier with 40,000 slated for the Rhine and Italy. Five thousand Russians are to follow monthly to keep the field army complete, while Westphalia notes the King of Prussia will enforce strict neutrality and prohibit magazines or troop rendezvous within the neutral line.
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Vienna
Gallicia
Rhine
Italy
Westphalia
Prussia
Hague war preparations in Batavian Directory report
The Batavian Directory with the Minister of War and of the Marine and General Brinn discuss frontier defense. A park of artillery is present, uniforms and arms will be distributed to national guards in Delft, with 0,000 regular troops and as many guards. Frontier defense preparations are renewed as danger grows.
Artillery and Ammunition Sent to Grave Works Begin
The report notes artillery and ammunition sent to the on ny quarter and describes the begins of works and redoubts at Grave as seriously undertaken despite widespread apathy among soldiers. It laments the lack of subordination and the insufficient ardor observed in the current case.
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Ony
Letter of thanks from Swiss regiment to Gen. Cuyler
A translated dispatch from Lifoon Portugal dated Aug 6 transmits Lieut.-Col. Baron de Carler's letter to Gen. Cuyler. The Swiss regiment thanks the British commander for kindness shown and pledges lasting gratitude and readiness to serve under his orders wherever they go.
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Lifoon
Baron de Carler
Portugal
Mediterranean
Cuyler
Baron DE Curler
Gen
Declaration of War and Far-Flung Campaign Notes
The Court Gazette reports Emperor Paul I declaring war on Spain and seizing Spanish ships, with orders to treat Spaniards as enemies. A correspondence from Ghezar Pacha describes Buonaparte at Jaffa, Gaza operations, and the crushing of Buonaparte’s forces amid siege actions and scorched earth tactics.
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Spain
Paul I
France
Capacello
Madrid
S. Petershoff
Paul
Butzow
Ghezar Pacha
Buonaparte
Jaffa
Gaza
Rima
Arica
Maffelim
Turkey report from Constantinople and Buonaparte exploits
Dispatch from Constantinople notes lack of advices regarding General Buonaparte. It suggests he may have fought through the deserts with a small remnant from the Egyptian expedition, estimated at around 1,500 men or fewer, though details remain uncertain.
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Consantinople
Fulp
Buonaparte
Desarts
Egypt
Niger
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Galacher
Chamayn
Leblondin
Mazeus
Germany
Holland
Russia
Turkey
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