Naples and Spanish forces advance amid Neapolitan turmoil
Florence March 24 reports from Rome that Spanish troops marching through Abruzzo faced harassing Austrian horsemen with thousands of Neapolitan troops converging near Pescara. Despair and desertions rise as Italian and Austrian columns clash while Naples courts crack down on suspects. Across seas, Cadiz and Madrid witnesses French resentment, and British preparations for campaign in Flanders progress with transports and recruits sailing from Margate.
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Margate Road
PORT NEWS DEALS AND SHIP MOVEMENTS AT SEA
Port reports detail vessels in transit and combat support roles. Deal, Apikzepariv'd from a cruised vessel adrift with the Suffolk Man of War, Eina and Scipio Fireships, and King William under Phillips prepare for Batt India. Phenix, Honour, and Mary Galley also sail to Antigua and the Streights. Wind W by 8.
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London Land Tax Commissioners to Meet at Guildhall
The Commissioners of the Land Tax for the City of London are fixed to meet at Guildhall on Thursday next the 5th instant at ten o'clock in the forenoon to put in execution on the act of Parliament. They aim for the speedy recruiting of his Majesty's land forces and marines for the year 1744, marking the first general meeting of the commissioners appointed by the said act.
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