French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)
Maps and prints of naval engagements collected by George III during the decade of war
Battle of Lincelles, 1793
Copy of the Gazette Extraordinary, / THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1793
published 1793Three pages of letterpress text on one sheet of paper folded in two | 33.0 x 40.6 cm (sheet; folded to 33.0 x 20.3 cm) | RCIN 735016.b
A map of the action is at RCIN 735016.a. The map and this text were formerly kept in rough buff paper folder with the old heading written in red ink, bottom left.
Additional text: [text begins:] Late last night, one of His Majesty's Messengers arrived with a dispatch from Colonel Sir James Murray, Adjutant-General to the forces under the command of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, to Mr. Secretary Dundas, of which the following is a copy. [The report is addressed from Menin and dated August 19, 1793.]
Condition: one fold line.
Sir James Murray (c. 1755-1811) (author)
Watermark: Britannia in crowned three-ringed circle
Condition: one fold line
33.0 x 40.6 cm (sheet; folded to 33.0 x 20.3 cm)
Printed title:
Copy of the Gazette Extraordinary, / THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1793.
Additional text:
[text begins:] Late last night, one of His Majesty's Messengers arrived with a dispatch from Colonel Sir James Murray, Adjutant-General to the forces under the command of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, to Mr. Secretary Dundas, of which the following is a copy. [The report is addressed from Menin and dated August 19, 1793.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Lincelles 18 Aug. 1793.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Lincelles A Plan of the Attack of Lincelles on the 18.th of August 1793, done by order of the Duke of York by the three Battallions of Guards commanded by Major General Lake: with a Copy of the Gazette containing Sir James Murray’s account of the Action.
Subject(s)
Linselles, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°44'13"N 03°04'43"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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