The Prussian Troops and Their Noble Discipline
An account extols the King of Prussia’s army detailing its uniformity, gear, and moral order. It praises yearly clothing cycles, ample blankets, disciplined troops, and religious freedoms, noting elite Grenadiers and diverse recruitment as exemplary national strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruffia
Grenthiers
Flanders
Oudenard
Prussia
Dragoons
Hussars
Hosse
King of
Europe
Call’d Jortas
Pioieete
Huguetan
Guldenstein
Frederick the Fourth
Denmark
Port News Minute Dispatches and Arrivals
In Gravesend on August 11 the Port News lists arrivals and sailings. Ships include the Dispatch from Barbados and the Hill Galley from Antigua. Also arriving are the Sarah from Narva the London Post the Mary from Rotterdam the Trimmer from Genoa the Ozsar from Petersbourg the Alexander from Jamaica the Valentia and the Industry from New England. Several vessels are noted sailing to Havre Bristol Cadiz Lisbon and St Kitts while others remain in the Downs awaiting orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Downs
Matthew
Anne
Barnes
St. Kitts
Unity
Eades
Bristol
Webster
Stevens
Havre
Portugal
Hughes
Lisbon
James
Jordan
Cadiz
Fenny
Barbadoes
Hill
German
Antigua
Gravesend
Arriv
Sarah
Ketteridge
Narva
London Post
Wolfe
Mary
Harding
Rotterdam
Trimmer
Archer
Genoa
Ozsar
Robinson
Petersbourg
Alexander
Campbell
Jamaica
Valentia
Foot
Industry
Sheppardson
New England
Hector Put Into Commission and Capt Redith Appointed
The Board of Admiralty ordered His Majesty's Ship Hector to be put into Commission with Capt Redith named Commander. A MP’s wife delivered a son at Maidenhead, Berks. A Kennington Common cricket match drew a large stake, one player from Mitcham defeated by notable notches after a hard ball strike. George Middleton died recently at Litchfield, Staffordshire, aged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Board of Admiralty
Hector
Redith
Henry Liddel
Morpeth
Northumberland
Maidenhead
Berks
Kennington Common
Wandsworth
Mitcham
Litchfield
Stafford
George Middleton
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Daily: Post
Placentia
Harrow
Cox
Manchester
Lancathire
Turpin
Southwark
Bushill Row
Yorkshire
George
Tyburn
Christopher
Fetter-Lane End
Fleet-street
Sessions House
Qld
John Drinkwater
Wells
Warwick
Streights
Riga
Elis
Linnen
Holland
Elis of Linnen
Dunkirk
Sound
Bruges
New York
Els
Bermudas
Daily Post
Evy
Epitaphium
Thomas Hearne
Antiquarium de funGum
Menoria
Academia Rhodycinensi
Bibliotheca Bodleiana Exclusé
Illo
Tor4
Quasi
Academia
Taccant Archive
Vitai Integer
Ifi Literarum
Eternum
Patrocinium
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