Fortifications Update and Alsace Movements Report
In Vretna and Spire reports dated July and August, Austrians and French Imperial forces clash around Alsace. Troop movements toward Strasbourg, Haguenau, and Fort Louis unfold as Charles of Lorraine strengthens positions and engineers prepare siege plans. Contributing abbeys in Lower Alsace face heavy levies while Maurepas drafts a regulation to shield merchants from French privateers.
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Kevendullery
Wencelans de Lichtenstein
Palfi
Hungary
Rhine
Motern
Sor
Brumpt
M. de Barchoski
Efterhaf
Huffass
Brumprt Forest
Count de Groilier
Imperiil Hussars
Prince Charles of Lorrain
Haguenau
Lauter
Drufenheim
Lampertheim
Strasbourg
Prince Charles
Fort Louis
Marshal Vauban
Fribourg
Count de ’Aigle
Sollingen
Berendau
Count Traun
Alsace
Herse
Foor
Bitsche
Lurzelsteim
Phalzbourg
Buschweiller
Saverne
Cardinal de Rohan
Queich
St. Leonard
St. Walbourg
Ebermunster
Marmoutiers
Altorff
Bilbesheim
Order of St Bennet
Seckendorff
Coigny
Louain
Flanders
Duke
Rarcourt
Chévalier de Beliere
Hague
Paris
Count de Maurepas
France
Commissioned Officers and Naval Actions Reported in Ireland
In Ireland on July 31 His Majesty signed commissions for NeVille's Regiment of Horse with Joseph Preston Ely and Henry Seamer as officers and others named. News from Limerick cites a Bremen ship arrival and a British squadron action taking a Martinico ship and a privateer with 12 guns and 170 men, plus loot from a captured Dutch dogger.
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John Jonsonby
Ely
Ireland
Limerick
Bremen
Shannon
Privateer Sun of Dunkirk Engaged Off Shore
From Aberdeenshire we learn the Privateer Sun of Dunkirk was taken after a long engagement. A Peterhead gentleman reports great firing off the shore for hours with two ships observed in close combat. An island letter notes a Dutch-leaning three-masted ship ashore on Tyrie loaded with joists and deal boards, all crew dead or gone.
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Edinburgh
Frly
Aberdeenshire
Dunkirk
Peterhead
Aull
Tyrie
Canna
MacQuaid
Liverpool
Holland
Clyde
Orkneys
St. Kilda
Oldest Man of Wooler Dies at 112 Years
Adam Turnbull died in Wooler Northumberland aged 112. He worked at the Keels in the town since the early 17th century reign of Charles II. He had four wives, the last married near age 100, and within three years prior to death could walk twelve to fourteen miles daily with ease.
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Country News
Neertafle
Wooler
Northumberland
Adam Turnbull
Charles the
Port News Arrivals From Leeward Islands Listed
Dover April 4 reports arrivals including Minerva Jones Lion Devoke Neptune Mitchelson Katharine Acott Atlanta Frank Radford Smith Edinburgh Larston and Arran Benson from the Leeward Islands in port today.
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Port News
Dover
Ate
Arriv
Minerva
Jones
The
Lion
Devoke
Neptune
Mitchelson
Katharine
AL Ccott
Atlanta
Frank
Radford
Smith
Edinburgh
Larston
Arran
Benson
Leeward
Ifldids
Navy Arrivals and Movements Reported at Sea
Deal August 3 news notes ships arriving from the Westward and Shoreham include the Harwich Man of War and the Prosperous Encreasé with augers. Plymouth bound Lamb Geog. remains underway with Lenox Harwich and Borough Men of War nearby. A galley from London, the eyalill, under Gorman, reached Antigua as wind shifts north.
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Deal
Harwich
Shoreham
Lamb
Geog
Plymouth
Lenox
Angmm
Eyalill Galley
Gorman
London
Antigua
London D Fri ings and Naval Dispatches from the Admiralty
Admiralty orders sail for Jamaica under Admiral Davery as soon as possible. Reports of marriages and deaths in London include Capt Launcefoot at St George’s Rathbone Way. Mr Obutton a Lime Merchant at Millbank injured in a chair accident. Local authorities seize wine and tea. highwaymen attack in Lewes. Privateer actions near Dartmouth and Jamaica show French prizes and naval movements. multiple ships captured or freed en route to Newfoundland and Caribbean, with listed vessels and cargos.
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Admiralty
Davery
Jamaica
Ae Friday
Treafi
Rae
Southampton
Portsmouth
St. George's
Rathuft Way
Polly Fanner
Fanner
Taft
Woolwich
Millbank
Wesbminster
Ely
Westminster
Inns of Coure
Lambeth
Jwon Halsey
Wich
Diocée
Forster
Bland
Southwark
St. Ives
Themias
Hitchendy
Dartmouth
Don ¥ Smith
Amsterdam
St. ” Sebastians
Mauger
Artiv
Downs
S. Sie
Behie
Martinsco
Dixto
fromeAngla
Domingo
London Bridge High Water Report Morning Notice
A dawn report notes rising water levels at London Bridge with conditions affecting the Thames area. Local observers warn of potential street flooding and demand caution for river traffic and early commuters.
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London Bridge
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