When was it published?

December 22, 1781 in The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Foreign News December 22, 1781

The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

War Report, Military Campaign, Diplomatic

Q: What keywords are associated?

Maratta War, American Defiance, Maratta Councils, British Distresses, Leadenhall Street Dispatches

Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

Britain's involvement in the destructive Maratta War, ignored warnings, faces Maratta Councils' obstinacy and refusal of future ties; also mentions indignities from American defiance amid national distresses.

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The Maratta war is not the least destructive measure in which this country in its complicated distresses is unhappily involved; its consequences were foretold, slighted and despised, by our wise rulers, and the hobby-horse of war mounted with all the eclat of certain conquest. We have long since smarted under the indignity of insulted Commissioners and American defiance: while the last dispatches received in Leadenhall-street, deplore the inflexible obstinacy of the Maratta Councils, and their insuperable objection to all future connections with this country, &c.

What sub-type of article is it?

War Report Military Campaign Diplomatic

What keywords are associated?

Maratta War American Defiance Maratta Councils British Distresses Leadenhall Street Dispatches

Where did it happen?

Maratta

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Maratta

Outcome

inflexible obstinacy of the maratta councils, and their insuperable objection to all future connections with this country

Event Details

The Maratta war is not the least destructive measure in which this country in its complicated distresses is unhappily involved; its consequences were foretold, slighted and despised, by our wise rulers, and the hobby-horse of war mounted with all the eclat of certain conquest. We have long since smarted under the indignity of insulted Commissioners and American defiance: while the last dispatches received in Leadenhall-street, deplore the inflexible obstinacy of the Maratta Councils, and their insuperable objection to all future connections with this country, &c.