Prague and Prague defense in Charles of Lorraine campaign
In a Prague and Bohemia theater, letters report Prince Charles of Lorraine planning to attack the French army under Marshal Broglio, with Austrian reinforcements and a circumvallation ring around Prague. French defenses tighten as a new phase awaits reinforcements from Belle-Île and Broglio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Breslau
Faly
Saxe Weiflenfels
Bohemia
Charles of
Lorrain
France
Maijesty
de’ Maillebois
Belle-Île
Broglio
Proclamation and court case amid Dublin news from June
Ireland reports a Proclamation by the Lords Justices and Council enforcing wool and yarn export restrictions. A Galway county case before Chief Justice Marlay ends with a verdict for the plaintiff in a promissory note dispute. A Connemaugh Letter notes a second barley crop forming after an earlier harvest in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dublin
Lords Justices
Council of Ireland
Epre-Conaught
Gallway
Capture of Spanish Privateer by Lyme at Plymouth
On Wednesday last Captain Pritchard in His Majesty's Ship the Lyme brought into Plymouth a Spanish privateer of 12 guns and 112 men. She belonged to St Sebastian's and had only been out of port a few hours. The vessel carried three months provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Joseph Williamson
Ronald Dunbar
George Irvine
Walter Fogge
John Inglis
John Miln
Banff
James Wood
Norway
Lefe
Colican
Banff and
Frazerburgh
Gairden
Troup
London
Pritchard
His
Dover Letters Describe Spanish Privateer Cruize and Ship Details
Letters from Dover report a Spanish privateer seen on a four-ship cruise between Dover and Dunkirk. The vessel from St Sebastian’s, 26 days to Dover, carries 50 crew and mounts six guns. various ship characteristics and heraldry are noted. Additional dispatches describe two Spanish privateers at Havre de Grace with English prizes, deaths in London, royal appearances at Vauxhall Gardens, and notices of executions and reprieves at Newgate along with trade and financial data from the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Dunkirk
St. Sebastian’s
James Lindsey
St. John Baptist
Newcastle
Havre-de-Grace
Guernsey
London
Red-Lion Square
Snow
Strand
Mording
Lombardstreet
Stevens
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke of Queensberry
Lord Archibald Hamilton
Vauxhall Gardens
Carlton House
Serjeant Usling
Kensington
Newgate
Richard Cowley
Charles Newton
Edward Sarah
Eliz. Powell
Hammond
St. Martin’s
Samuel Wood
John Carpenter
Robert Rhodes
John Branham
Burnham
Fair
Michael Grant
Alice Buckley
Thomas Miller
Twickenham
Oporto
St. Kin’s
Antigua
Jamaica
C. Renier
New England
Portugal
London Bridge
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Holland
Naples
Coors
Picson
England
Rey
Villa Franca
Fune
Provence
Monaco
Antibes
Brionne
Englis
Prague
Prince Charles of Borrain
Marshal Broglio
Royal
Moravia
Prince Charles
Egra
d’Harcourt
Prince Charles of Lorrain
Konigsall
Horfelitz
Quarini
Saxony
Poland
Dresden
Charles
Hungary
Gimonitz
Moldau
Weiffenberg
Charg
Festititz
Konigshall
Port News
Deal
Joseph
Legsons
Montserrat
Industry
Jackson
Chester
Liverpool
Martha
Cooper
Gibraltar
Gravesend
South Sea
Bank
Ras
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Pram
Wzorhalf
Dito
Schequer
Ditto
Difc
Guildhall
Southwark
Southevark
N.B
Jos, Pickering
Broad-Street
Frese
Royal Navy
Perton
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