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Received 31 July-1830[/center:2map4x2q]
After a three week campaign the city of Algiers falls to the French Armée de la Algériens on July 5th. The battle of Staouéli was the only major battle this reporter observed and it went as follows. The French forces set up in defensive positions as the Algerians and their allies approached. In the first hour of the battle the French artillery was seen to have devastating affect on the attacking forces, destroying one infantry battalion and hitting two more hard enough to cause them to try and flee the battle.
The Algerians continued to close the range and in the second hour the Algerian army managed to get into musket range and the flurry of musket fire began in earnest, with the French infantry having the upper hand. I observed two Algerian infantry battalions and two cavalry squadrons being destroyed by the relentless French musket fire while the rest of the Algerian army was taking horrible casualties as they tried to close within hand to hand range so their melee weapon armed infantry could engage the French forces. Unfortunately for the French Cavalry, the Algerian Janissaries managed to inflict casualties on the French forces. The I/2e Régiment de Cuirassiers took 34 wounded and 10 dead as casualties, while the II/1e Régiment de Chasseurs took 54 wounded and 17 dead.
By the third hour the Algerian artillery was finally in position and began to open fire on the French, inflicting several hits on the French Cavalry. Unfortunately for the Algerians they had not closed in enough to reach the French infantry. The Algerian dead began to pile up in mounds as whole units were wiped out by the devastating volleys of French musket fire. At last count fourteen Algerian infantry battalions were observed disentegrating under French fire. The biggest loss to the Algerians may have been their irreplacable artillery. To be able to fire on the French cavalry they had to position themselves within French musket range, and paid in blood by doing so. Two of the three observed artillery battalions were destroyed by counterbattery and musket fire, while the third was heavily damaged and seen to be falling back in disorder. The Algerian cavalry was hit just as hard with the loss of 11 cavalry squadrons.
The Algerains seemed to have had enough by this time, and were beginning to retreat in disorder while the French Armée de la Algériens once again began the advance towards Algiers in triumph.
On July 25th King Charles X of France issued the three ordinances of St-Cloud. They were issued, according to a statment by the King, to control the press, dissolve the Chamber of Deputies, and have anti-government voters removed from the electoral lists following the victory of the Liberal opposition in the previous elections.
On July 27th Revolutionary action flared up in Paris and other areas of France following the publication of the ordinances of St-Cloud by King Charles X. Parisians began revolting and blockaded the streets today. Among those manning the barricades were army units and former members of the National Guard, disbanded in 1827. Charles the X acted too late in annulling the new ordinances and dismissing Polignac to prevent the outbreak of unrest. Polignac was arrested and condemned to life imprisonment.
On July 31st Charles X abdicated as King of France, following continued opposition to his rule. He will be succeeded by his cousin, Louis-Philippe, the Duc d'Orléans.
[center:2map4x2q]London/United Kingdom
Received 31 July-1830[/center:2map4x2q]
The Government of the United Kingdom announced that one ship, the Lady Feversham, has arrived in the Crown Colony of New South Wales with their cargo of 128 female convicts to serve out their sentence for crimes against the Crown. It was also revealed that three ships have sailed for New South Wales. The Hercules II sailed from Dublin with a cargo of 200 male convicts on July 7th. The Royal Admiral sailed from Portsmouth with their cargo of 193 male convicts. And the Burrell sailed from Plymouth with their cargo of 192 male convicts. It is expected to take all three ships four months to reach the New South Wales Colony.
On the same note it was announced that The Sir Charles Forbes arrived in Van Diemen's Land with their cargo of 160 male convicts. While the Persian sailed from Falmouth with their cargo of 198 male convicts bound for Van Diemen's Land. It is expected to take 4 months to arrive in Van Diemen's Land with their cargo of convicts.
The Admiralty announced today, July 4th, that two ships had been purchased by the Kingdom of Prussia and the others will be broken up and sold as scrap. No further details were given.
[center:2map4x2q]Calcutta/Bengal
Received 31 July-1830[/center:2map4x2q]
On July 13th The General Assembly's Institution, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered in the Bengal Renaissance, was founded today by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.
[center:2map4x2q]Washington DC/United States
Received 31 July-1830[/center:2map4x2q]
It was announced on July 15th that three Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk, & Fox, have signed a treaty with the United States ceding to the US most of Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri.
[center:2map4x2q]Turin/Sardinia-Piedmont
Received 31 July-1830[/center:2map4x2q]
The Privy Council has announced the King's authorization of continued investments in the future of the Kingdom.
Most notably, this writer found that amongst the extensive list of projects to be initiated was a "Kings Highway", meant to radiate outwards from the Capitol to all points of our mighty kingdom. It is an incredibly expensive edifice of construction requiring truly permanent bridges made of stone and a roadway "meant to be traveled in all forms of weather throughout the year."
While no costs were included with this release, I can only say that stone is expensive, as are the masons to work it correctly. While I have not been exactly quiet about my suspicions about many people of persuasion, this has drawn my attention more than most of the recent spending projects initiated by the Merchants on the Privy Council. I simply can not see our King spending such large sums from an already threadbare treasury without significant persuasion from the Privy council. I can only hope that this will not end in a disaster with precious Kingdom resources wasted upon a mistaken dream or that it goes not to merely line the purses of the Merchants in charge of directing this massive series of projects.
I can only hope that his Majesty the King sees the future with a clear eye. May god bless his soul.
[center:2map4x2q]Athens/Greece
Received 31 July-1830[/center:2map4x2q]
On July 20th it was announced the provisional Greek government granted all Greeks of Jewish descent citizenship.
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