Petersburg to Vienna dispatches on Finnish losses and Hungarian reply
The latest mail from Petersbourg reports M Geffenoff and Cossacks returning from Finland with about 160 prisoners 76 horses cattle and sheep as inhabitants retreat westward. Vienna notes the Queen’s reception Presbourg and plans for Austro armies while a Hungarian reply defends the Pragmatic Sanction and vows support for the Queen and Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Geffenoff
Finland
Sweden
Vienna
Presbourg
Count Kevenhuller
Marshal Kevenhuller
Upper Austria
Merk
Mercy
Lobkowitz
Pilseck
Frawenberg
Budewits
Bohemia
Svenens
Bavaria
Ireneus C
Stephen Szahoft de
Szahad-Szava
Irenens
Hungary
Rhine
Italy
Silesia
Ditcord
Elettor
Anne
Ferdinand the
Ferdinand
Port News from Deal and Surrounding Waters
Deal news reports ships arriving and departing on December 18 and 19. Vessels named include his Majesty's Ship Dover bound for India, the Susannah for Oporto, the Benjamin for Portsmouth, and the Prince William for Dublin. Outs of Unnamed ships sail westward from the Downs as a wind shifts north by east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Rose
Barker
Havre-de-Grace
His
Dover
India
Susannah
Bradshaw
Oporto
Benjamin
Pidgeon
Portsmouth
Prince William
Grout
Dublin
Gravesend
Daniel
Richard
Hooper
Amsterdam
Neptune
Paterson
Dunkirk
Peter and Mary
Prince
New-England
Downs
East-India
Provinces debate Neutrality amid Prussian demands and naval news
The Provinces resist a France backed Neutrality with conditions, while States General favor neutrality if France clarifies engagements. Prussia presses restitution of Nimeguen and Zutphen as Haddock watches Cadiz. Admiralty notes Capt Rogers taking over a ship, Malt contracts for Navy victualling, and Cadiz fleet concerns. Obituaries and marriages anchor the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republick
Franze
States General
France
Marquess de Fenelon
Trevor
Italy
Haddock
Cadiz
Great Britain
Hungary
Spain
England
Prussia
Nimeguen
Zutphen
M. Ransfeld
Hanover
Board of Admiralty
Rogers
Bridgwater
Pict
Victualling Office
Port Mahon
Elizabeth
Martha
John
London
Henry
Sally
Parham Club
Gibraltar
North Afton
Oxfordshire
Francis’ Page
Court of King’s Bench
Charles Adams
Manningford Abbot
Wilts
Duke of Somerset
Joseph Harvey
Duke of Dorser
Maudlin Dover
Essex
Woodham Mortimer
Lewis Owen
Bev
Barking
Wexham
Wexham, In the County of Bucks and Diocese of
Lincoln
Jaft
Rolls Chapel
Chancery Lane
Thomas Pochin
Loughborough
Brentford
Middlesex
John Stephenson
Lisbon
Holford
Westminster
Southwark
Mint
Blackmian Street
Tool
Newgate
Justice Poulson
John Ellis
Customs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Petersbourg
Kingdom of Hungary
Edenbourg
Leopold
Joseph
Charles
Europe
Anns
Port News
Hague
Paris
A Lamain
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