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Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
line , and a frigate , with General Hoche and Admiral de Gallies on board , had reached Rochefort . 26 . Advice received ofthe loss of his Majesty ' s ships Amazon " and Curlew . - the former on the coast oFFrance , and the latter in the North Seas . . . 27 . Advice received that the Spanish Mediteranean fleet had put to sea ; -. . ' . - r 28 . The Neptunea new shiof warof 98 launched at
, p , guns , Deptford ; 29 . Government received advice of General Wurmser haviae made another successful sortie from Mantua . 30 . Dispatches from Petersburg !! announced that the new Emperor had determined to adhere to the terms ofthe treaties formed by his mother , the late Empress . ¦•¦ ,.- ¦ . J ¦¦ ' t . V' „ . L elIi gence received of the capture of La Liberie French privateer b y the Griffin cutter . r
FEBRUARY , _ - T . The Channel fleet returned to Torbay , from an ' unsuccessful cruize in pursuit of the French squadron off the coast of Ireland . —Le Sanspeur French privateer captured by the Syren frigate . —Colonel Frederick , son of Theodore , King of Corsica , shot himself under the porch ofthe west state of Westminster Abbey . ? Mr - A fthur O'Connor arrested in Dublin charge of havin
,. , , on a s published a seditious libel against Government ' . 3 . Intelligence received of the total defeat ofthe Austrian forces in Italy , by General Buonaparte ' s army , between the 19 th and 27 th of January . The loss otthe Austrians , as certified by the French generals , consisted of 6000 men kined and wounded , 20 , 000 taken prisoners , 60 pieces of cannon , 24 standards , some of which were worked with the Emm-ess ' s own hands , and all the cattle , gram , and other necessaries , destined for the relief of Mantua . Several also fell
important posts into the hands of the French A French privateer captured by , the Lion cutter , near the Downs . 4 . A Proclamation issued for a General Fast and Humiliation , to take place on the 8 th of March . - 5 . Advice received by the Paris papers , that a new royal conspiracy had been discovered and frustrated at Paris . "" , - 7-- Advice received ofthe Spanish troops having retired from the frontiers of Portugal , and that Admiral Jervis had sailed from theTagus , with the fleet under his command . - ~
9 . Sir Godfrey Webster obtained a divorce against his wife , in Doftors ' Commons , for adultery with Lord Holland , who afterwards married her La ; dyship . 10 . A dreadful earth quake happened in South America , by which 40 , 000 lives were lost . . . - 11 . The jeune Emilie , French privateer , captured by the Phoenix frigate . ' 13 . Intelligence received fion France tliat Mantua and several other for
, - tresses had surrendered to the French ; that the Austrians had possessed themi selves ot the post or Huningtten , on the Rhine ; and that Mr . Pincfcney , the American Minister at Pans , had received orders to quit the territories of the French Republic . - _ H- Ten sail of victuallers from Cork taken by two French privateers . ——The Buonaparte French privateer taken b the ion
y Esp sloop of war . —Admiral Sir John Jervis , with fifteen sail of the line , defeated the Spanish fleer , consisting of . twenty . seveh sail of the line and nine frigates , off Cape St . Vincent , and took four ships of the line , two of which were of 112 guns each . For this gallant atchievement the brave Admiral was soon after created Earl St . Vini
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chronological List Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences In The Year 1797.
line , and a frigate , with General Hoche and Admiral de Gallies on board , had reached Rochefort . 26 . Advice received ofthe loss of his Majesty ' s ships Amazon " and Curlew . - the former on the coast oFFrance , and the latter in the North Seas . . . 27 . Advice received that the Spanish Mediteranean fleet had put to sea ; -. . ' . - r 28 . The Neptunea new shiof warof 98 launched at
, p , guns , Deptford ; 29 . Government received advice of General Wurmser haviae made another successful sortie from Mantua . 30 . Dispatches from Petersburg !! announced that the new Emperor had determined to adhere to the terms ofthe treaties formed by his mother , the late Empress . ¦•¦ ,.- ¦ . J ¦¦ ' t . V' „ . L elIi gence received of the capture of La Liberie French privateer b y the Griffin cutter . r
FEBRUARY , _ - T . The Channel fleet returned to Torbay , from an ' unsuccessful cruize in pursuit of the French squadron off the coast of Ireland . —Le Sanspeur French privateer captured by the Syren frigate . —Colonel Frederick , son of Theodore , King of Corsica , shot himself under the porch ofthe west state of Westminster Abbey . ? Mr - A fthur O'Connor arrested in Dublin charge of havin
,. , , on a s published a seditious libel against Government ' . 3 . Intelligence received of the total defeat ofthe Austrian forces in Italy , by General Buonaparte ' s army , between the 19 th and 27 th of January . The loss otthe Austrians , as certified by the French generals , consisted of 6000 men kined and wounded , 20 , 000 taken prisoners , 60 pieces of cannon , 24 standards , some of which were worked with the Emm-ess ' s own hands , and all the cattle , gram , and other necessaries , destined for the relief of Mantua . Several also fell
important posts into the hands of the French A French privateer captured by , the Lion cutter , near the Downs . 4 . A Proclamation issued for a General Fast and Humiliation , to take place on the 8 th of March . - 5 . Advice received by the Paris papers , that a new royal conspiracy had been discovered and frustrated at Paris . "" , - 7-- Advice received ofthe Spanish troops having retired from the frontiers of Portugal , and that Admiral Jervis had sailed from theTagus , with the fleet under his command . - ~
9 . Sir Godfrey Webster obtained a divorce against his wife , in Doftors ' Commons , for adultery with Lord Holland , who afterwards married her La ; dyship . 10 . A dreadful earth quake happened in South America , by which 40 , 000 lives were lost . . . - 11 . The jeune Emilie , French privateer , captured by the Phoenix frigate . ' 13 . Intelligence received fion France tliat Mantua and several other for
, - tresses had surrendered to the French ; that the Austrians had possessed themi selves ot the post or Huningtten , on the Rhine ; and that Mr . Pincfcney , the American Minister at Pans , had received orders to quit the territories of the French Republic . - _ H- Ten sail of victuallers from Cork taken by two French privateers . ——The Buonaparte French privateer taken b the ion
y Esp sloop of war . —Admiral Sir John Jervis , with fifteen sail of the line , defeated the Spanish fleer , consisting of . twenty . seveh sail of the line and nine frigates , off Cape St . Vincent , and took four ships of the line , two of which were of 112 guns each . For this gallant atchievement the brave Admiral was soon after created Earl St . Vini