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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Tench | | | Rank/ occupation | Lieutenant | | | Unit | 3rd Ceylon Regiment | | | Death date | 1811 | | | Place of death | Dunkirk  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Feb 1811 | | | Page number | 188 | | | Detail | Lately. At Dunkirk, Lieut. Tench, of the 3d Ceylon regiment, who had saved himself from the wreck of the Elizabeth, noticed in our last volume, page 636. While he lay on the beach, exhausted with cold and fatigue, a garda costa, or French soldier, came up to him, to whom he offered six guineas in gold to carry him to some place of shelter. Another soldier then came in sight, and it would appear that the two agreed to murder the unfortunate officer for the sake of his money, the body having been found with several wounds upon it. The circumstance transpired in consequence of the assassins having quarrelled about their booty, and one of them confessed the fact to his priest, at the same time describing Lieutenant Tench�s dress and person so minutely, that no doubts could be entertained on the subject in the minds of his companions. The two soldiers are in custody, and the French officers at Dunkirk are exerting themselves to procure more formal evidence than the confession above alluded to, in order to bring the culprits to condign punishment. The wretch who confessed the fact now denies it, and says that he was in a delirium when he told the story. |
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