Imperial army marches toward Carantebes amid siege actions
From the Wei camp the Imperial army advances toward Carantebes while General Wartensleben alerts to support Meadia or Transylvania. In the Bannat on August 24 a 7000-strong Turkish force engaged Austrian positions near Czaplia, with heavy cannon fire and counterbattery by Wartensleben.
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Vigna
Aupiria
Wei
Carantebes
Klein Davan
Caranfebes
Wartensleben
Meadia
Fabris
Transylvanians
Hermanstadt
Tallmarch
Bannat
Czaplia
Berra
Count de Wartensleben
Taus
London Gazette
Seventeen Royal Officers to be Slaves in Cronstadt
The Queen's frigate La Keigopalte arrives near Petersburgh with seventeen delinquents from the Greig action against the Swedes. Admiral Greig orders their delivery to the Cronstadt hulks for perpetual slavery, names withheld to spare friends and noble families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburgh
Queen
Greig
Cronstadt
London News Roundup From the Admiralty and Abroad
Dispatches report Prince William Henry arrived safely at Halifax on the Andromeda frigate. Letters note royal audiences, honors, and a plan to reward officers. Dutch plots in Holland and naval movements in the Baltic are described, with weather and storms in Sunderland. A unique coppered yacht and a giant umbrella reflector illustrate British maritime ingenuity amid debt and Greenland whaling history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty Office
Prince William Henry
Halifax
Lord Heathfield
Dof
O‘leary
Lloyd’s
Holland
Orange Party
DeVits
Amsterdam
Hague
Sweabourg
Duke of Sudermania
Mediterranean
Hastings
Sunderland
Earl of
Greenland
Anderson
Cheltenham voyage muses and court news mix in brief
Reports from the week note Peter Pindar enjoying Cheltenham and Dr Ford resigning a share of Drury Lane property with Sheridan as purchaser. The Royal George launches at Chatham while Mrs Goodall visits prisons to distribute funds. The Queen Charlotte returns safely from China with tea. A key outlawry case against Barrington hinges on identity. Painter George Vincent faces mercy in a whiskey seizure case. Stock fairs report prices for sheep and lambs, and a large Edinburgh hand bill warns of fleet traps and deadly spring guns near St Bernard's.
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Peter Pindar
Cheltenham
Ford
Drury-lane
Sheridan
Royal George
Chatham
Goodall
Howard
Poultry
Wood-street
le Mesurier
Barrington
John Pardoe
Plympton
Devonshire
Graham
Brighthelmstone
Lewes
Pardoe
Horsham Goal
George Vincent
Old Bailey
John Quick
Excise
Pool
Dorfethhire
Winchester
St. Giles’s Hill
Wilton Fair
Norfolk
Bury
Ipwich
Edinburgh
St. Bernards’s
Stockbridge
St. Bernard’s
Navigating Rivers Shaped Empires and Great Cities
The text argues that commerce through canals and navigable rivers built wealth and power for nations. It cites Holland, Peter the Great, the Danes, and ancient Egypt as examples, noting canals linking seas and interior waterways fueled riches and grandeur, including Antony and Cleopatra’s era.
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Germany
Peter
Holland
Petersburgh
Egypt
Nile
Mark Anthony
Alexandra
Fitafelf
Cleopatra
Rome
Hops Produce Described Amid Large Harvest in Canterbury
Country news from Canterbury dated September 16 notes a very large hops harvest. The report highlights unusually abundant production and suggests robust market activity, with observers predicting growing demand and export prospects for the season.
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Country News
Canterbury
Memory of an Old Gower Estate and a Tragic Night
Fragmentary notes recount a long guarded memory of the late Lord Gower and a costly English seaside diversion. A tragic incident follows in Spalding where a laborer’s labor ends with a starving girl turned away, forcing a brutal trek to Crowland and a buried infant. Other items report Winchester music festival, Manchester inn openings, and a flood of legal notices and marriages with many named parties from London to Somerset.
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Gower
Crowland
Spalding
Stamford Mercury
Winchester
Manchester
High-street
Bridgwater
Delamere Forest
International alliance fears and European politics in gloom
London reports a growing Quadruple Confederacy behind England and Prussia stance. Danish and Prussian moves unsettle Denmark’s involvement with Russia and Sweden, while Naples refuses papal influence and a Milanese marriage null is declared. Turkey retains influence as imperial plans waver. France’s ministry shift signals monarchy fragile. Heathfield risks and Gibraltar command hinted amid war pressures. Cornwallis tightens finances, praises Hastings in India.
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England
Prussia
Holland
France
Spain
Tapis
Mont. de Montmorin
Count de Blanca
Versailles
Petersburgh
Copenhagen
Lond
Flint
St. James’s
Great Britain
Denmark
Russia
Sweden
Prince Royal
Betin
Office For Foreign Affairs
Berlin
Naples
Haguene
Rome
Duke of Maddaleni
Donna Marie de Cardenas
M. Neckar
Paris
Wybourg
Finland
Oco
Duke of
Branswick
Lord Heathfield
Robert Boyd
Gibraltar
India
Lord Cornwallis
Mr. Hastings
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Peter Kerrison
William Warren
John Jones
Livergoodymist
King’s Arms
Liverpool
Edward Willmott
Claverham
Yatton
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Bristol
Charles Abbott
Bath
Guildhall
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Weeden
Houston
Allen
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Hooper
Aiftley
Samuel Poundbury
Wokingham
Simmonds
Hungerford
Wm. Bloxam
Lombard-street
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Ludgate-hill
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India Service
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Cizv
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York
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Syrvacat
Wilts
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Marischal College
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The
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Tompson
Oxford
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David Meredith
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Nabob of
St.*James’s Market
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Bothforts
Robert Gay
Kingsdown
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Brunwick Square
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Houshold
Pembroke
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Queen's-Head-inn
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Grocester
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Exchange
Simon Scrace
Lotea
Merefield-court
Old Market
Set
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Jacob
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Faid Court
Thomas West
James Flicker
Job Harrisf
William Moore
Redcross Street
William Isles
George’s-street
St. Philip and Jacob
John Bryant Dyer
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Redcrots-street
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Cornstreet
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Foreign Affaar
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Rupril
Antre
Hobie
Leopold de Clary
Cannube
Vipalanka
Danube
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