Extract from a Hague Letter on European War Moves
The letter from the Hague discusses Count, embassador, and ministerial dispatches about the Franco Austrian war. It notes King of Prussia actions in the Netherlands and Rhine campaigns, Prince Charles of Lorraine leading 86,000 men, and Coigny with 70,000 preparing sieges. It casts doubt on Austrian and Russian support and questions future strategic moves and German state responses.
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Heim
Prussia
Palatine
Proffia
Waffenaer
Flanders
Rhine
Prince Charles of Lorrain
Coigny
Duke de Noailles
Merz
Strasbourg
Charles
Marthal Coigny
Arins
Bellenleays
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Firth
Bavaria
Bohemia
Myrhina
Fae
Earl of Glencairn Marries Miss MQuire in Edinburgh
A storm swept Edinburgh and surrounding districts last week with thunder, lightning, hail, and rain. Windows shook as hailstones hammered roofs, and a palace of Liberton Church and a house by the Water of Leith were damaged. The storm extended near Fountainbridge, but spared wider devastation despite hitting crops and a Linnet in a cage.
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Scofland
Edinburgh
Earl of
Castle Hill
Liberton
Water of Leith
Fountainbridge
Bear
Yorkshire Molly Captured by Privateer and Brought to Bayonne
Brisol August 18 reports that the Yorkshire Molly sailing from E1fton to Cork was taken by a fierce privateer and carried into Bayonne. King Witham privateer of this port is said to have sailed into Cork with prize ships. One prize of 60,0001 value was brought to Kinsale but escaped capture. Two large 30 gun snips sighted about 16 leagues off Cape Clear forced the captors to abandon the prize and alter course.
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Rynew
Brisol
Kinsale
Sc. Maloes
William
Cape Clear
Obituaries and Local Incidents Reported in Suffolk Notes
The piece notes the death of a senior Scot in Suffolk, the Governor of powder magazines along the River, and mentions aristocratic family connections. It records other deaths and various disturbances including a fatal incident near Hackney Marshes, a sheriff’s officer’s arrest, and fleeting market and trade details with prices and lottery notes.
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Jeveral
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Hayman
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Love
Holmes
Lancaster
Edward Earle
Cambridgshire
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Susanna Green
Green
Virginia
Suffolk
Earl of Dysart
Litle
Magdalen College
Wood
Alb Souley
Oxford
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Mercers
Ulberg
Bion
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Jaffias-Me
Lightfoot
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Ratcliff
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London
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