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Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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After fleeing Naples following the second Bourbon restoration, Joachim Murat sought refuge in France, Corsica, and Piombino, where he attempted to rally support but was captured, tried, and executed by a military tribunal.
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By a Florence Gazette received in this city, (by the General Jackson from Leghorn,) we learn that Murat sought shelter in his flight from Naples, in France. After the second restoration of Louis, he fled to Corsica, where he was received by Vescovato. That he meditated an attack on the town of Bastia, which had already submitted to the Bourbons, where a proclamation was issued to apprehend him. That Murat then fled to Ajaccio, and organised a body of 600 men. That the public papers announced his arrival, and Murat fled from the latter place. He escaped to Piombino, where he attempted to excite sedition, by announcing himself as their legitimate king, Murat. He was surrounded by an indignant and loyal populace, and his retreat was cut off from the boat in which he landed. He was conducted, under a strong guard, to the fort of Piombino, where he was tried by a military tribunal, and shot.
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murat was tried by a military tribunal and shot.
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Murat fled from Naples to France after the second restoration of Louis, then to Corsica where he was received by Vescovato and meditated an attack on Bastia, leading to a proclamation for his apprehension. He fled to Ajaccio, organized 600 men, but escaped after his arrival was announced. In Piombino, he attempted to excite sedition by claiming to be their legitimate king, but was surrounded by loyal populace, captured, and conducted under guard to the fort where he was tried and shot.