Camp at Canes Provance Plans Sardinia Attack
In Provence on March 29 details reveal readiness to strike King of Sardinia's entrenchments at Nice and Montauban, cross the Var with two bridges, form a mountain line at Piot, and dislodge 106d men at Apremont. potential sea passage to Monaco and four English frigates challenging French coast.
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Monaco
Turkie
Villafranca
Antibes
Hague
States General
Trevor
France
Mann
The
Robert Trevor
Military shipments and dispatches from Woolwich and ports
London reports last Saturday 30 pieces of battering cannon shipped at Woolwich for royal forces abroad. Sixty matrons and twenty gunners drafted from Woolwich train for Flanders to man siege weapons. An ambassador from Holland may visit Paris with peace proposals. King William and Queen Mary crowned in England after proclamation in Scotland. Paul Simpson, esq. dies at Shoreham. Rev. Mr. Thomas installed rector of St Peter's Cornhill. A Surrey cow yields three calves in one birth. Admiral Matthews sails from Port Mahon with 17 ships. French and Spanish warships depart Alicant and Barcelona. Sprackling arrives in the Downs after five weeks from Leghorn with news of the Nancy brigantine.
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London
Woolwich
Majjesty
Flanders
Holland
Paris
William
Mary
Scotland
England
Shoreham
Sussex
Paul Simpson
Thomas
St. Peter’s Cornhill
Richard Andrews
Martin
Surrey
Port Mahon
Matthews
Alicant
Barcelona
Downs
Leghorn
Privateers and diplomacy amid Atlantic tensions in April
Reports from Dover and London detail Bristol merchants fitting out eleven Privateers at their own expense to threaten French and Spanish shipping. A Venetian envoy note discusses Rome disputes and English policy while HMS Solebay pursues and damages a French Privateer near Cape Spartel. Bankruptcy notices close the record with names and trades.
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Bristol
Dover
Richard, Woolson
London
Gibraltar
Sandgate Castle
London Gazette
Whitehall
Pietro Andrea Capello
Republick of
Venice
Duke of Newcastle
Rome
Lezze
Tate
Republick
England
Europe
Mott
Vienna
Paris
Madrid
Admiral Ce
Bury
Cape Spartel
Afernoon
Chace
Pedro Point
London Bridge Weather and 1743 Stock Prices Report
High water at London Bridge eight minutes after eight in morning and no price for South Sea stocks. Annuities and bank figures listed with fractions. Fire losses prompt General Quarterly Meeting notice for Trustees on April 6 at ten before noon with claims to be made for losses and ongoing councils for insuring houses and goods.
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London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
London
India
Royal Exchange
Craig's Court
Charing-Cross
Great Britain
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Canes
Provence
Utrecht
Duke of Lima
Berwick
Charg
Dr. Williams
Gour
Mediterranean
M. van Hoey
Ireland
Dublin
Parkgate
Isle of Man
Duke of Devonshire
Arri Gate
Armagh
Chichester Fortescue
Downe
Port News
Portmouth
Spithead
Edward
Littler
Liverpool
Anne
Betty
Leatham
Souley Snow
Pennington
Sea
Deal
His Majesty
Jersey
Etna
Supe
Hudson
Richard Hutchings the Elder
Woolmistone
Crewkerne
Somerset
Sarah Bothell
Castle Street
St. Saviour Southwark
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