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Article CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES ← Page 22 of 34 →
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
3 . L Ayenturier French corvette , of 12 guns , cut out of the port of Congiou by the boats of his Majesty ' s ship Melpomene , after some resist , ance . Sixteen men belonging to the corvette were wounded , many of them mortally , on this occasion . 4 . Advice received of a mutiny having broke out on board his Ma jesty ' s ships Suffolk , Arrogant , and Carysfort , at Columbo ; which , how ever , was soon suppressed , by fourteen of the ringleaders having been taken into custod "
y . A large privateer of 16 guns captured by the Indefatigable . 6 . Lord Henry Paulet , who had been dismissed his Majesty ' s service , bv the sentence of a Court-Martial , for striking his Lieutenant , reinstated in ins former rank . 7 . An alarming riot at Somers Town , near London , caused by some disputes between the populace and a party of Irish recruitsThe / fray
. a was terminated by the interference of the St . Pancras Association . 8 . Some of the scattered remains of the rebels appeared in the mountains of- Wicklow , under the command of a desperate marauder , ofthe name of Holt , who for a considerable time continued to annoy that part of the country .
9 . Advice received that the troops of the Grand Seignior , in an attack upon Widden , had been repulsed with great slaughter by the rebel army of Pass wan O glou . _ A French corvette of 20 guns , called the Valliant , captured by his Ma . jesty ' s ship Indefatigable . -10 . Accounts received in town of a naval warfare having commenced between America and France ; and that a schooner of the former had and sent into the river Delaware
captured a privateer belonging to the latter The Marquis Cornwallis fired at , by mistake , in the Phcenix Park , Dublin , but happily received no injury . 11 . Two privateers captured b y his Majesty ' s shi p Lynx . - _ 12 . A Republican armed ship , with troops on board , captured by his Majesty ' s ship Hazard , after a sharp action , in which the enemy had between 20 and 30 men killed and wounded , while the Hazard bad only six wounded . ' Official advices fro America
m announced that the Congress had resolved upon a material increase of their military forces . _ 13 . The Prince of Wales ' s Birth-day celebrated with much joy and festivity in various parts of the kingdom . 14 . Inteliigencerecoived that some alarming symptoms of discontent had . been manifested by a few British corps in the East-Indies . 15 . Advice received that an epidemical disorder had for some time prevailed in the Islands of Jamaica and Demerara .
16 . I he Pans papers announced that the French Direftory had recalled ( lie commissions issued to privateers to capture American property . Mr . Garret Byrne , one of the Chiefs of the Wicklow rebels , surrendered himself to General Moore . 17 . Accounts received of several seamen and marines having suffered death on board Lord Sr . Vincent ' s fleet , for mutinous behaviour . 18 . His Majesty ' s ship Leanderof 50 Captain Thompson her
, guns , , on voyage from the Nile , with dispatches from Lord Nelson , attacked by the . Genereux French man of war , of 74 guns , one ofthe ships which escaped from the battle of Aboukir , and , after a long and spirited resistance , foiceel to surrender to the enemy . The loss of the Leander in this action was 3 officers , . 24 seamen , 1 serjeant , and 7 marines , killed ; 7 officers , 41 seamen , and 9 marines wounded : —that of the Genereux , zoo men killed , and u * wounded .
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
3 . L Ayenturier French corvette , of 12 guns , cut out of the port of Congiou by the boats of his Majesty ' s ship Melpomene , after some resist , ance . Sixteen men belonging to the corvette were wounded , many of them mortally , on this occasion . 4 . Advice received of a mutiny having broke out on board his Ma jesty ' s ships Suffolk , Arrogant , and Carysfort , at Columbo ; which , how ever , was soon suppressed , by fourteen of the ringleaders having been taken into custod "
y . A large privateer of 16 guns captured by the Indefatigable . 6 . Lord Henry Paulet , who had been dismissed his Majesty ' s service , bv the sentence of a Court-Martial , for striking his Lieutenant , reinstated in ins former rank . 7 . An alarming riot at Somers Town , near London , caused by some disputes between the populace and a party of Irish recruitsThe / fray
. a was terminated by the interference of the St . Pancras Association . 8 . Some of the scattered remains of the rebels appeared in the mountains of- Wicklow , under the command of a desperate marauder , ofthe name of Holt , who for a considerable time continued to annoy that part of the country .
9 . Advice received that the troops of the Grand Seignior , in an attack upon Widden , had been repulsed with great slaughter by the rebel army of Pass wan O glou . _ A French corvette of 20 guns , called the Valliant , captured by his Ma . jesty ' s ship Indefatigable . -10 . Accounts received in town of a naval warfare having commenced between America and France ; and that a schooner of the former had and sent into the river Delaware
captured a privateer belonging to the latter The Marquis Cornwallis fired at , by mistake , in the Phcenix Park , Dublin , but happily received no injury . 11 . Two privateers captured b y his Majesty ' s shi p Lynx . - _ 12 . A Republican armed ship , with troops on board , captured by his Majesty ' s ship Hazard , after a sharp action , in which the enemy had between 20 and 30 men killed and wounded , while the Hazard bad only six wounded . ' Official advices fro America
m announced that the Congress had resolved upon a material increase of their military forces . _ 13 . The Prince of Wales ' s Birth-day celebrated with much joy and festivity in various parts of the kingdom . 14 . Inteliigencerecoived that some alarming symptoms of discontent had . been manifested by a few British corps in the East-Indies . 15 . Advice received that an epidemical disorder had for some time prevailed in the Islands of Jamaica and Demerara .
16 . I he Pans papers announced that the French Direftory had recalled ( lie commissions issued to privateers to capture American property . Mr . Garret Byrne , one of the Chiefs of the Wicklow rebels , surrendered himself to General Moore . 17 . Accounts received of several seamen and marines having suffered death on board Lord Sr . Vincent ' s fleet , for mutinous behaviour . 18 . His Majesty ' s ship Leanderof 50 Captain Thompson her
, guns , , on voyage from the Nile , with dispatches from Lord Nelson , attacked by the . Genereux French man of war , of 74 guns , one ofthe ships which escaped from the battle of Aboukir , and , after a long and spirited resistance , foiceel to surrender to the enemy . The loss of the Leander in this action was 3 officers , . 24 seamen , 1 serjeant , and 7 marines , killed ; 7 officers , 41 seamen , and 9 marines wounded : —that of the Genereux , zoo men killed , and u * wounded .