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Intriguing Early 18th Century Military News From Europe
A long dispatch reports Navy actions from Gibraltar and fleet moves in Holland and England. It notes Spanish forts near a town with cannons, Imperial recruits arriving in Milan, and marshaling of regiments for Genoa. It covers Paris, Brussels, and London chatter on royal progresses, court audiences, and parliamentary prorogation.
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Gibraltar
Admiralty of
Great Britain
London
Milan
Hungary
Count de Mercy
Genoa
Stralsund
Rugen
Holland
Berlin
Prussia
Pruffia
M. d
Asféldt
Brussels
Duke of Lorrain
Count de Bamont
M. Buffan
Paris
Dunkirk
St. Omers
Flanders
Lord Mountague
Duke of Manchester
Louvain
Liege
Vienna
Noutre-Dame
Sto. Victor
Emblainville
Beauvais
de Smiricourt
Marquess de St.-Maur
France
Roch- Sort
War Office
Duke of Bolton
Duke of Argyle
Wade
Lord Viscount Cobham
Regiment of Dragoons
Gener Gore
Lord Carpenter
Evans
Honeywood
Gérardhill
Coronel Philip Ker
Kent
Prince of Wales
York City
Kenington
Lord Harrington
Hampton Court
Thomas Wyvill
Excise
Marmaduke Wyvill
Mr. Hoy
Robert ‘Duncan
University of
Wilks
Isleworth
Theatre Royal
Duaty-Lati
George
Barnwell
George’ Barnwell
Mr. Walks
Hampton-Court
Tris
Hampton Coury