Russian Turkish clash at Dnieper and Oczakow siege update
From Vienna a report in the London Gazette notes a third engagement between Russian and Turkish fleets on the Dnieper on July 19. The Turkish frigate and gun-boat were left, Nassau bombarded Oczakow burning portions of the town while Potemkin's land forces prepared siege. General bombardment near Chotzim continued through July 23 burning upper town magazines and fortifications.
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Gallitzin
Dnieper
Pacha
Pr. of
Nassau
Oczakow
Prince Potemkin
Chotzim
Braha
Baltic War Reports and Court Tensions Abroad
Paterson dispatches from Petersburgh and Haeuer report ongoing naval clash near Stockholm and Finland. Admiral Greig’s fleet clashes with Swedes while English sailors face employment bans amid disputes over court complicity. Gustavus Adolphus leads Swedish forces with the Duke of Ostrogothia aiding at sea.
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Petersburgh
Rusta
Greig
Stockholm
Haeuer
Holland
Finland
Gustavus
Ostrogothia
Sudermania
Royal return to Windsor amid neutrality assurances
London reports the royal family arriving at Windsor from Cheltenham after five weeks' absence with crowds cheering. Officials assure Russian Swedish neutrality in the ongoing dispute, and voyages of privateers are halted. News notes France's influence on Russia's position, Swedish movements toward Novgorod, and Spain funding Sweden's war efforts. Arch Bishop of Canterbury and others sailed to the Scarborough Meafiee-boat amid strong winds.
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London
Queen’s Lodge
Windsor
Cheltenham
Earl of Harcourt
Nuneham
Russa
Sweden
Great Britain
France
Rusia
Stockholm
Holland
Kimen
Vyborg
Petersburgh
Rusfa
Novogorod
Vhce
Nassau
Order of St George
Spain
Confuc
Mediterranean
Raffian
Elfineur
Elliot
Sarborough
Wide range of 18th century news items and curiosities
A long fragment covers ship arrivals and voyages to India and Europe, property sales at Shaftesbury, charity collections, and public notices. It notes Earl Cornwallis’s governance, India Company finances, a Dublin heiress suit, Wolfe’s death, a deserter’s confession, a brutal slave incident in the West Indies, and a Westminster School anecdote about Lord Say and Sele.
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Scarborough Pier
Shaftesbury
Dorsetshire
Chrisne’s
Holland
Prince of Wales
London
Colle
Howard
County of
York
Lansdown Indiaman
William Storey
Portland
Mr. King
Rodney Indiaman
Alen Chatfield
East India House
Portsmouth
St. Helena
Europe
Rodney
Horncastle
Bombay
China
Earl Cornwallis
Presidency
Bengal
Indostan
India Company
India
Trinity College
Dublin
Baldwin
Wolfe
Agereslor
Brish
Crown Point
Say and Sele
Westminster School
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The
London Gazette
Vienna
Austria
Lthus Far Lond. Gazette
Bristol
Oward, Wright and Co
Bath
W. and Co
Broadstreet
Christiana
Dantzig
Hirt
Eacres
Roucn
Canon’s Marth
J. Bonbonous
Somersit-Price
HS Majesty
John Brettell
LN. B
Charles Frederick Seymore
Waite Lyon Inn
Broad Itreet
J. Kirby
Neal
His Majesty
Royal Hospital of
Chatham
Wm Browne
Tolzey
Lulropius
John Stirling
D. D
J. Rivington and Sons
B. Law
G. Robinson and Co
R. Baldwin
W. Browne
Asia
Africa
America
W. Salmon
King’s Authority
W. Goldsmith
J. Bew
W. Richardson
J. Rivington
FP. Longman
Robert
Thomas Sourney
Robert Southey
Thomas Southey
Brillol
Dinggort
N.B
John Robert Lucas
Crown Glass
Nicholas-street
Calvert and Whitebread
West Indies
Guildhall
Bryant
Toghill
Jer. Osborne
Antigua
Joan Norman
William Randolph
Kingston
Jamaica
Orange-Valley Curuiert Warsey
Patlive
WIE& J. Gordon
Ree
Barcelona
Genoa
Leghorn
Diligence
Peter Broon
Mafler
Parthen
W. Pollard
Livesey, Hargreave and Co
Manchester
High Court of Chancery
John Oid
Abingdon Arms-Inn
Westbury
Wwilts
Bradford
Trowbridge
Steeple-Ahhton
Bradley
Ridge
Beckington
Berkley
Upton- Scudamore
Brattan
Haywood
Hawkenridge
Brook and Maudits
Ligh- Priors
Ligh-Merth
Arundel
Brembridge
St. Maure
Wilts
Meffrs
Beardsworth
Burley and Moore’s
Lincoln’s-Inn Square
Daniel Vine
Somerset
Brent
Lympsham
Resecca Lane
William Cook
Balon
Balton Common
Norton Field
Hodge
Joseph Tranter
Lane
Emplefield
Rosear CuHametton
Admmerwarth
Joserh Rogers
College
Grow
St.Thomas Flyeet
Small-Street
Britol
Market-Place
Cross- Keys
Wood-Street
Saracen’s-Head
Snow-Hill
George and
Blue Boar
Holborn
W. Potter
Wo. Hodges
BROWN
Reading
Walker
Hountlow
Mountain
Ibberson
White-Bear
Piccadilly
Apriera
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