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Article CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES ← Page 28 of 34 →
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
. A numerous and valuable fleet of East-Indiamen arrived in the Downs , under convoy of the Trusty and Chichester men of war . 19 . Mr . Grattan ' s name erased from the list of Freemen of the citv of Dublin . ' Advice received of the capture of a French ship of war by an American frigate ; Dispatches from Germany announced that an army of 40 .. 000 Russians had
entered the Ausiian territories , as auxiliary troops to the Emperor . to .-An Order of Council issued , proclaiming the Ligurian and Roman Republics in a state of warfare with Great Britain . Buonaparte , according to an account in the French papers , obtained a complete victory over the . Beys of Egypt , near Grand Cairo . ' A French frigate , railed Vlmmovtahtv , ( one of the ships which e .= caoed from Sir John Borlass Warren 0 : 1 the iidi ) captured by his Majesty's friyjate
Fishguard , after a desperate action , in which the loss of the enemy was 115 men killed and wounded , and that of his Majesty ' s ship 3 6 . 2 i . A French privateer , called L'Adol phe , which hael done considerable mischief to the British trade in the Mediterranean , raptured by the Ei Corso .
The Pans papers officially announced that ihe English troops had completely evacuated the Island of St . Domingo . The whole of the stoics and ammunition were removed to Jam . iic ? . 22 . His Majesty ' s ship Medusa , of 50 ' guns , laden with stores ; driven on shore in the Mediterranean , in a violent gale of wind : —the crew were saved , but ij was feared the ship and cargo would be lost . Advice received ot the capture of two French vessels ( one of which had
dispatches on board from the French Directory to Buonaparte ) near Alexandria , by his Majesty ' s ships Goliah ane ! Alcmene . 23 . The London Gazette announced that the Grand Seigni-.-r had made a present to Lord Nelson of a superb diamond aigrette , or Plume of Triumph , taken from one of the Imperial turbans , and a peliceof sab ! -. , fm- of the first quality ; together with a purse of 2000 zequins , to be distributed among his brave seamenin consideration of the glorious victory of the Nile . The
, same Gaze-tte also announced that the whole of the French mission at Smyrna , including Jean Bon St . Andre , had been arrested and sent off to Constantinople . 24 . The Lord Mayor and Corporation of London presented to bis Majesty an Address of congratulation on the glorious naval victory of Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson .
25 . Accounts received at the Admiralty of the capture of two Spanish ships of war by his Majesty ' s ship Aurora , off Lisbon ; and five French privateers and several merchantmen by his Majesty ' s cruizers on the Leeward Island station . 26 . Lord Kingsborough acquitted of several charges brought against him before a Court-Martial in Ireland . 27 . Another squadron of French frigates , with troops on board , appeared
in the Bay of Killala , on the North west coast of Ireland ; but on hearing of the capture of the Brest squadron by Sir J .-ibn Borlase Warren , the enemy left the coast , and , evading the vigilance of our cruizers on that station , got safe back to France . 28 . Sentence of death , which had been passed on a poor man of the name of Loftus , by a Court-Martial in'Dublin , reversed , at the recommendation of the Marquis Cornwallis , on account of the infamous character of the prosecutor . Two French privateers taken oft" the Downs b y Admii-al Peyton ' s ciuizers , one of which sunk shortly after she struck .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
. A numerous and valuable fleet of East-Indiamen arrived in the Downs , under convoy of the Trusty and Chichester men of war . 19 . Mr . Grattan ' s name erased from the list of Freemen of the citv of Dublin . ' Advice received of the capture of a French ship of war by an American frigate ; Dispatches from Germany announced that an army of 40 .. 000 Russians had
entered the Ausiian territories , as auxiliary troops to the Emperor . to .-An Order of Council issued , proclaiming the Ligurian and Roman Republics in a state of warfare with Great Britain . Buonaparte , according to an account in the French papers , obtained a complete victory over the . Beys of Egypt , near Grand Cairo . ' A French frigate , railed Vlmmovtahtv , ( one of the ships which e .= caoed from Sir John Borlass Warren 0 : 1 the iidi ) captured by his Majesty's friyjate
Fishguard , after a desperate action , in which the loss of the enemy was 115 men killed and wounded , and that of his Majesty ' s ship 3 6 . 2 i . A French privateer , called L'Adol phe , which hael done considerable mischief to the British trade in the Mediterranean , raptured by the Ei Corso .
The Pans papers officially announced that ihe English troops had completely evacuated the Island of St . Domingo . The whole of the stoics and ammunition were removed to Jam . iic ? . 22 . His Majesty ' s ship Medusa , of 50 ' guns , laden with stores ; driven on shore in the Mediterranean , in a violent gale of wind : —the crew were saved , but ij was feared the ship and cargo would be lost . Advice received ot the capture of two French vessels ( one of which had
dispatches on board from the French Directory to Buonaparte ) near Alexandria , by his Majesty ' s ships Goliah ane ! Alcmene . 23 . The London Gazette announced that the Grand Seigni-.-r had made a present to Lord Nelson of a superb diamond aigrette , or Plume of Triumph , taken from one of the Imperial turbans , and a peliceof sab ! -. , fm- of the first quality ; together with a purse of 2000 zequins , to be distributed among his brave seamenin consideration of the glorious victory of the Nile . The
, same Gaze-tte also announced that the whole of the French mission at Smyrna , including Jean Bon St . Andre , had been arrested and sent off to Constantinople . 24 . The Lord Mayor and Corporation of London presented to bis Majesty an Address of congratulation on the glorious naval victory of Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson .
25 . Accounts received at the Admiralty of the capture of two Spanish ships of war by his Majesty ' s ship Aurora , off Lisbon ; and five French privateers and several merchantmen by his Majesty ' s cruizers on the Leeward Island station . 26 . Lord Kingsborough acquitted of several charges brought against him before a Court-Martial in Ireland . 27 . Another squadron of French frigates , with troops on board , appeared
in the Bay of Killala , on the North west coast of Ireland ; but on hearing of the capture of the Brest squadron by Sir J .-ibn Borlase Warren , the enemy left the coast , and , evading the vigilance of our cruizers on that station , got safe back to France . 28 . Sentence of death , which had been passed on a poor man of the name of Loftus , by a Court-Martial in'Dublin , reversed , at the recommendation of the Marquis Cornwallis , on account of the infamous character of the prosecutor . Two French privateers taken oft" the Downs b y Admii-al Peyton ' s ciuizers , one of which sunk shortly after she struck .