Courier of Lower Rhine) was one of the leading European papers of the late 18th century and the Enlightenment period.
[1] It was published in French language in Kleve (Cleves) (then a Prussian exclave east of the Dutch Republic[1][2] from 1767.
Unlike most contemporary countries, such as France, Great Britain or the Holy Roman Empire, there was little government interference (censorship or monopolies) there.
[4] Many Huguenots were exiled to the Netherlands during the reign of Louis XIV, and the numbers of French refugees increased with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
Several exiles begun publishing French-language (as it was both an international language and their own - see lingua franca) newspapers in various European cities covering political news in France and Europe.