Turbulent court intrigue and military preparations spill over
Reports from Constantinople Cadiz Madrid and Stockhard detail a reshuffle of high officials the removal of Reis Effendi and execution of aides amid fears of renewed war. Meanwhile Austrian forces march through Silesia toward Neisse with 11 regiments plus cuirassiers dragoons and hussars and expect a general engagement. Coast defenses in Cadiz and Seville brace for ships and embargos as Dutch and Danish naval measures unfold and Greenland trade rights are debated.
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Ferirs
Reisbikndt
Pau
Cep Eemenaeesapee
Saint Haaggilin
Belgrade
Russia
Perce
Reis
Reis- Effendi
Raghil-Effendi
Medouphi
Reis-Effendi
Drogueman
Scutari
Cadiz
Seville
West Indies
Madrid
Pardo
Don Philip
Italy
Lichtenworde
Engelsberg
Silesia
Olinuiz
Arriv
Sternberg
Braunfeiffer
Ditteldorff
Freudenthal
Einfidel
Neiss
Og Stockhard
M. Burpaby
Great
Gatignex
Port News Dover and Gravesend Arrivals and Winds
Dover and Gravesend report arrivals from St Kitts St Remo Gallipoly Leghorn and Oporto with multiple ships listed. Winds vary with westerly and northwesterly indications. Several prizes and privateers noted and outward-bound ships named along with ships remaining in the Straits.
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Port News
Dover
Arriv
St. Kitt’s
St. John
St. Remo
Bristol
Wind W.see
Deal
Hajefty's
Lenox
Advice
Deptford
William and Mary
Etherington
Gallipoly
Figueira
Kebble
Peter and Mary
Prince
Leghorn
Hope
Smyrna
Joseph
Gadon
Oporto
Wind's
Adwice
Leopard
Hardy
Phenix
Buckley
Gibraltar
Anne
Marshal
Jamaica
Elizabeth
Tamer
John
William
Fithborne
South Carolina
Allen
Lambart
Joséph
LONDON Extract of a Letter from Petersbourg March 29
London reports a Petersbourg dispatch noting Swedish troop motions in Finland prompt orders to Veldt-Marshal Lacy in Livonia to Wybourg and command the army there. The Duke of Courland and Lisbon correspondence hint at intrigues affecting empire trade and a broader Baltic naval movement.
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Petersbourg
Finland
Grand
Courland
Je Js
Lisbon
Tyrawley
Litho
London
Harid
European tensions flare amid Saxony and Prussia moves
Reports from Turin and Berlin describe Austro-Saxon tensions with Prussia, troop buildup in Saxony, and plans to reinforce frontier towns. Multiple dispatches note French squadrons returning to Europe, possible Corsica treaty activity, and naval movements as Dover letters cite Dutch vessels and British Captaincies.
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Vienna
Vaennay
Bavaria
Pavaria
Cmt
Cologn
Turin
Sandia
Novis
Baron de ‘Eacy
Marthal
Corsica
Berlin
Prussia
Neiss
Dresden
Torgau
Wirtemberg
Belle-Isle
House of Austria
House of Saxony
Austiar
Netherlands
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France
Holland
Constantinople
Council of
Sas
Iff
Fe Bomi
Evans Stivare
Hirzel
Denmark
Greenland
Aland
Eeroe
Hinmiarek
Nordland
Ilands
Fias
Tfland
Drapers Hall
Broad-Street
Europe
Antin
Brest
West-Indies
Norwich
Leeward
Lakar
Admiralty
Feversham
Oates
Gibraltas
Callane ‘Greet
Fenchurch-ttreet
Lewis
Iseland
Rubel Street
Covent-Garden
Goddere
Funes
Dunkirk
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