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Article CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES ← Page 29 of 34 →
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
Letters by the Irish mail announced , that an action had been taught in the neighbourhood of Kilcock , in which the Rebels were defeated but with some loss on the part of his Majesty ' s troops . The I . land of Goza near Malta surrendered by capitulation to a detachment of the British squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson . 29 . The Paris papers brought the official details of the several actions fought by Buonaparte , from the time of his landing at Alexandria to his arrival at Grand Cairo . ' . The French Directory issued an arret , declaring all foreigners found on
board English or Russian ships to be traitors , and ordering that they should be treated as pirates . _ . . _ ' 30 . Advice received at the Admiralty of the capture of La Loire French frigate , of 4 S guns , one of the Brest squadron , by his Majesty ' s ship Anson } making the whole number of the captures from that division seven . The captive vessel , previous to the Anson falling in with her , fought a drawn battle , off the North of Ireland , with the Mermaid frigate , in which they
were both very severely mauled . La Loire had 4 8 men killed and 7 5 wounded ; the Anson 1 killed and 12 wounded . Great quantities of arms and stores , intended for the Irish Insurgents , were found on board the prize . 31 . Intelligence received at the Admiralty ofthe capture of two Dutch frigates ( the Whakzamheid and Furie ) . with troops and an immense quantity of arms and ammunition on board , bound to Ire-land , by his Majesty ' s ship Sirius , on the 24 th , oil'the coast of Holland . The enemy had 8 men killed and 14 wounded ; his Majesty ' s ship only one man wounded . ;
NOVEMBER . __1 . A French nrivateer of sixteen guns lost in Bigbury Bay , and several of the crew drowned . . 2 . Forty United Irishmen put in irons onboard his Majesty ' s ship Captain , in the channel , for a conspiracy . ' 3 Fourteen seamen drowned in Plymouth Sound , by the upsetting of two boats .
The merchants and bankers of London met at the Mansion-house , and entered into resolutions in favour of a general tax on Income . His Majesty's tender the Margaret wrecked on the Northern coast of lieland , and several persons drowned . 4 . Advice received at the Admiralty of the Arethusa frigate having driven on share and destroyed a French man of war , on the rocks of Cape La Hogue . A fire broke out on board his Majesty ' s ship Northumberland in Gibraltar Mould , which did considerable damage to the vessel , and blew up fifteen of her men , including a lieutenant and a gunner . ¦
5 . Accounts received oi his Majesty's -rugate Pearl having engaged for a considerable time four French and Spanish s i ' : ps of war , off Goree , on the coast of Africa , and effected her escape from them .. 7 . Official advice teceiyed of an Austrian army having entered the country of the Grisons , adjoining Switzerland , by invitation of rhe government , for the purpose of pro . ecting their territory against the apprehended hostility of the French .
8 . Mr . Trench , a gentleman of considerable property , executed at Athlone , in Ireland , for hig h treason . 9 . Sir Richard Carr Glynn sworn in Lord Mayor of London . In the afternoon there was an elegant dinner , and in tlie evening a ball , given at the Mansion-house . . . '•'¦¦ : ... . ... . .
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Chronological Account Of The Principal Occurrences
Letters by the Irish mail announced , that an action had been taught in the neighbourhood of Kilcock , in which the Rebels were defeated but with some loss on the part of his Majesty ' s troops . The I . land of Goza near Malta surrendered by capitulation to a detachment of the British squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson . 29 . The Paris papers brought the official details of the several actions fought by Buonaparte , from the time of his landing at Alexandria to his arrival at Grand Cairo . ' . The French Directory issued an arret , declaring all foreigners found on
board English or Russian ships to be traitors , and ordering that they should be treated as pirates . _ . . _ ' 30 . Advice received at the Admiralty of the capture of La Loire French frigate , of 4 S guns , one of the Brest squadron , by his Majesty ' s ship Anson } making the whole number of the captures from that division seven . The captive vessel , previous to the Anson falling in with her , fought a drawn battle , off the North of Ireland , with the Mermaid frigate , in which they
were both very severely mauled . La Loire had 4 8 men killed and 7 5 wounded ; the Anson 1 killed and 12 wounded . Great quantities of arms and stores , intended for the Irish Insurgents , were found on board the prize . 31 . Intelligence received at the Admiralty ofthe capture of two Dutch frigates ( the Whakzamheid and Furie ) . with troops and an immense quantity of arms and ammunition on board , bound to Ire-land , by his Majesty ' s ship Sirius , on the 24 th , oil'the coast of Holland . The enemy had 8 men killed and 14 wounded ; his Majesty ' s ship only one man wounded . ;
NOVEMBER . __1 . A French nrivateer of sixteen guns lost in Bigbury Bay , and several of the crew drowned . . 2 . Forty United Irishmen put in irons onboard his Majesty ' s ship Captain , in the channel , for a conspiracy . ' 3 Fourteen seamen drowned in Plymouth Sound , by the upsetting of two boats .
The merchants and bankers of London met at the Mansion-house , and entered into resolutions in favour of a general tax on Income . His Majesty's tender the Margaret wrecked on the Northern coast of lieland , and several persons drowned . 4 . Advice received at the Admiralty of the Arethusa frigate having driven on share and destroyed a French man of war , on the rocks of Cape La Hogue . A fire broke out on board his Majesty ' s ship Northumberland in Gibraltar Mould , which did considerable damage to the vessel , and blew up fifteen of her men , including a lieutenant and a gunner . ¦
5 . Accounts received oi his Majesty's -rugate Pearl having engaged for a considerable time four French and Spanish s i ' : ps of war , off Goree , on the coast of Africa , and effected her escape from them .. 7 . Official advice teceiyed of an Austrian army having entered the country of the Grisons , adjoining Switzerland , by invitation of rhe government , for the purpose of pro . ecting their territory against the apprehended hostility of the French .
8 . Mr . Trench , a gentleman of considerable property , executed at Athlone , in Ireland , for hig h treason . 9 . Sir Richard Carr Glynn sworn in Lord Mayor of London . In the afternoon there was an elegant dinner , and in tlie evening a ball , given at the Mansion-house . . . '•'¦¦ : ... . ... . .