Celebrating 200 years of news on the Rock
         


THE BIRTH OF A NEWSPAPER

On 4 May 1801, a bulletin headed, "Continuation of the Intelligence from Eygpt received by His Majesty's ship Flora in three weeks from Alexandria," was printed

 
 


 

 



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