Royal Army action near Cloonee details battle praise
A dated dispatch describes a mixed force under Lieut Col Innes and Lord Viscount Gosford repelling a French rear guard near Cloonee. British units including the 3d battalion of light infantry and Armagh militia pressed the attack, with over 200 French surrendering. Generals Cradock and Pakenham praised officers, commended Lieut Col Crawfurd and others for courage, and thanked Brig Gen Taylor and Lord Roden for leadership.
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Eibtetight
Drapouns
Roxburgh Fenctbie
Creer
Unnder
Chapman
Maxwell
Earl of
Iniries
Gosford
Mo' Aes
Harrale
Crawfurd
Pakenham
Cradock
Connnon
Fries
Armagh
Innes
Sudlement
Taylor
Lord Roden
T. Chapin
Kers
Ferguson
Marwell
Packenhami
Kerr
Packenham
Clinton
Lord Cornwallis
Meade
Hardy
Eustace
Engineers
Nicholson
Col. Crawfurd
General Orders From Cornwallis After Surrender of Trench Forces
Lord Cornwallis praises the army for zeal and spirit since beginning operations against the invading enemy and congratulates them on the meritorious exertions after the surrender of the trench forces. The message notes the perseverance in supporting the marches necessary to check the enemy's progress.
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St. Fobnstown
Lord Cornwallis
London Gazette Summary of military losses and prizes
From the London Gazette details the battle of Ballinamuck on Sept 8, 1793 and 1798, listing killed, wounded, and missing for King’s forces, French prisoners, and captured arms and cannon. It also notes British intelligence on Hindostan tranquillity, a prize capture by Captain Fellowes, and a stream of bankruptcy notices and local civic matters from Guildhall.
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Rettern
Ballinamuck
Hesses
Lieut
Stephens
Carabineers
Hindostan
Maritime Dispatches and Court News From Aug Sept
Letters from sea detail the John Bull’s capture of a vessel carrying Gen Pichegru and deputies, with Pichegru transported to England aboard L AIMable. Margate reports a severe storm, lightning, and wrecks near Ramsgate. Clerkenwell Sessions convict three soldiers of riot. a hackney coachman faces trial for stealing corpses from St. Luke's and assaulting a constable. bodies found in a prisoner’s coach and three sacks in a churchyard.
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St. Helena
England
Foun
Pettis
John Bull
Picheery
Barthelemy
Cayenne
Pichegra
L’aimabile
Cémme ‘Dove
Margate
London
Ramsgate
Dover
Broadstairs
Clerkenwell
Somer’s Town
Hunter
House of Correction
S. Taylor
St. Luke’s
Irkthole
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Batlinamuck
Roach
Blake
Teeling
Lake
James
Baltinamuck
Humbert
Sarazin
Fontaine
Laferure
Dufour
Aulty
Ide Batalliony
Touffainé
Babin
Dito
Silberman
Meniu
Ordonnateur
Brillier
Commissaire Des Guerre
Thibault
Payeur
Puton
Aid-de-camp
Framair
Moreau
Gapitaine Warmestre
Ardouin
Brigade
Serve
Mataillon
Hais
Mauchaud
Ditto
Hrand and Matsonnet
Officiers de Santé
P. Ardouin
THE
London Gazette
E. Moore
Newgate-market
Cartafe-Hutcher
Guildhall
W. Brooks
Bolton
Lancashire
Fuftian-Manufacturer
Nag’s-head
Bulton
Simpson
Careye Street
Virtualler
O&t
C. Filby
R. Cront
Ludgate-street
Haberdacers
Guildhead
Miles
Gloucester
Leaver
Overbury
Worcestershire
Simerons
Bilston
Staffordshire
Japannes
K. Staveley
Fenchureh-fiicet
J. Cowper
Penrith
Cumberland
Benjamin Hammet
Portfolien
Aldgate Church
Dreffings
Sarmundham
Suffolk
Fusiliers
Carabiniers
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