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Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
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Joachim Murat's expedition from Corsica to regain his Neapolitan crown failed; he landed in Calabria on October 6, was defeated in battle, captured, and reportedly shot after a military trial, per reports from Leghorn.
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An expedition under Murat to regain his crown had proved abortive. He embarked at Corsica on the 28th Sept. with about 250 men in a number of barges &c. and after encountering severe weather, they succeeded in landing on the coast of Calabria, about the 6th October, but the people being averse to him, he was met after a few days and after a hard fought action, was defeated and taken prisoner. It was reported at Leghorn on the 17th, that he had been tried by a military tribunal and shot.
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Calabria
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28th Sept. To About The 6th October
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defeated and taken prisoner; reportedly tried by a military tribunal and shot
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An expedition under Murat to regain his crown had proved abortive. He embarked at Corsica on the 28th Sept. with about 250 men in a number of barges &c. and after encountering severe weather, they succeeded in landing on the coast of Calabria, about the 6th October, but the people being averse to him, he was met after a few days and after a hard fought action, was defeated and taken prisoner. It was reported at Leghorn on the 17th, that he had been tried by a military tribunal and shot.