Battle and political measures amid Batavian crisis
Letters describe Dutch military and political actions as Britain’s Helder campaign shifts. Daendals reports no direct attack but enemy reinforcements. Batavian Directory imposes harsh penalties, export curbs, and empowered armed citizens. English officer letter notes Helder’s bombardment aftermath and Dutch retreat, with 13k–20k Allied force in Holland and 5405 Allied casualties versus about 1000 enemy dead. Russians reportedly reach Embden.
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Brune
Daendals
Ouge Sluys
Zuyder Zee
Helder
Holland
Ithmus
Alkmaar
Janttag Subiewe
Embden
Salt production in Bengal and Sundarbans timber wealth noted
Bengal reports salt output for the year equal to its dependencies' consumption. The Sundarbans forests border the Ganges Delta and are rich in timber for shipbuilding, with roads blocked by dense woods and tigers. An order lets supereargoes draw twelve lakh rupees in specie from Canton, with bills payable in Calcutta at 30 days sight and 38.5 head dollars exchange.
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Bengal
Ganges
Foubah
Honourable Company
Canton
Calcutta
Banditti Rise in Tullow County Carlow Terrorizing Neighbors
In Tullow, county Carlow, a band of ruffians led by a ruthless figure named Kennedy has emerged causing widespread mischief and fear, showing no regard for superstition or local loyalties as they terrorize nearby communities.
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Dublin
Tullow
County of
Carlow
Kennedy
Rebels Fire Chapel and Loot as Pursuit Intensifies
A report from Enniscorthy notes a rebel party attacked and ransacked a chapel, with valuables taken and the gang escaping through knowledge of terrain. Concurrent dispatches mention executions at Vinegar Hill and seizures of forged notes in Limerick and Dublin, highlighting ongoing anti rebellion measures and arrests.
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Hardihood
Enniscorthy
Robert Watts
Ardritkel
Tulow
Wexford
Behan
Vinegar Hill
Walter Dalton
Limerick
Watson
Carrol
Mary-Street
Dalton
Dublin
Duel for Continental Service Aboard Amethyst
Sunday evening the Duke of York with Lord Cavan sailed from Deal aboard the Amethyst and Monday morning their force in the Downs failed to join the Continent army. The grand fleet under Admiral Bridport sailed from Torbay. Intelligence arrives of 16 French transports captured or destroyed near Rochefort after engagement with Captain Keats of the Boadicea and frigates. Portsmouth reports ships for the Cape of Good Hope including the Lancaster and Penelope and assorted trade convoys. Jamaican fleet divisions sail from Port Royal and Port Antonio with delays through windward passages. Canton notes good prices but tin down and Chinese merchants pressing the Company for cash. Yarmouth reports Russian ships carrying 7000 troops reaching Holland redirected for British support.
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Duke of York
Lord Cavan
Deal
Royal Highness
Downs
Grand Fleet
Lord Bridport
Torbay
Inft
Sylph
Dashwood
Plymouth
Rochefort
Brest
Keatss
J. B. Warren
St. Helen’s
Cape of Good Hope
Lancaster
Sir Roger Curtis
Pitt
Queen
Highland Lass
Rambler
Houghton East Indiaman
Penelope
Blackwood
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Diana
Fraser
Calypso
Cap. Garret
Canton
Yarmouth
Elfineur
Holland
Sailor Lost Saving Midshipman Off Minorca
Royal Navy lieutenant Shermer perished July 6 while trying to rescue a midshipman from a fall from the foremast head off Minorca. He died a man of strict honour and good officer. Also news of several privateer captures: Ruyter of Bourdeaux sent a 280 ton prize to Gijon with cloth and textiles. Eagle of Jersey captured a French schooner en route to St Domingo. Goodwick and Aftrea taken off Danzeness and carried to Calais. Charlotte taken by La Conquest to St Thomas. Snor des Paffos and St Antonio sunk by a French frigate. Susannah bound Cork to Lisbon seized by Creole frigate bound for Orient.
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Shermer
Formidable
Minorca
Ruyter
Bourdeaux
Bachelot
Gijon
Spain
Himslf
Eagle
Jersey
St. Domingo
Goodwick
Richardson
Newcastle
Little Hampton
Ransom
Sunderland
Danzeness
Calais
Charlotte
Morris
Virginia
Martinique
la Conquest
St. Thomas’s
Snor Des Paffos
St. Antonio
St. Abe's
Cork
Susannah
Brown
Lisbon
Orient
Deaths and obituaries from Dublin to Weymouth church
Notices record the death of Right Hon. Nicholas Lord Cloncurry at Black Rock near Dublin with vast wealth and a son in the Tower of London, plus other obituaries from Dundar and Bath. Capt. Forster, Miss Helena Fraser, and Major Beavan are listed among the deceased. A funeral in Dundar included 300 paupers paid 6d and dinner. Grace Graham leaves endowments for a school and legacies. Sunday royal attendance at Weymouth church followed a sermon on Stand Fast in the Faith.
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London
Dundar
Carlisle
Grace Graham
Jonathan Sewell
Hood
Dover
Capt
Forster
46Th
Edinburgh
Helena Fraser
Simon Fraser
Farraline
Bath
Gilbert Berkely
W. Bryant
Ilminister
Mr. Thomas
Swansea
Glamorganshire
Wotton- Underedge
E. Pearce
Dr. Pearce
Chester
Hackney
Sarah Till
Stacey Till
Walthamstow
Hereford
Major Beavan
John Biggar
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East Indies
Ireland
Great
West India Islands
Res
Jamaica
Ametita
Nesa
Foundland
of Good Hope
Africa
Portugal
Weymouth Church
Mr. Gorton
Esplanade
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