Preparations for Campaigns Near Straubingen and Wirtemberg Moves
The Daily Port notes Spainish campaign delays while Piedmontese reinforcements arrive. Ratisbon reports siege delays for Straubingen due to heavy artillery shortages as Lorrain’s forces reinforce and Dutch warfronts shift. Reports from Frankfurt Manheim and Worms describe British and French troop movements, sieges, and fortification activity across Swabia and the Rhine, with Swedish succession updates and Danish squadron provisioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratisbon
Straubingen
Upper Palatinate
Prince Charles of Lorrain
Count Seckendorff
Bernelau
Ingolstadt
Lye
Egra
Braunau
Mitterfels
Swabia
Wending
Keiléron
Wirtemberg
Rhine
Heidelberg
Francfort
Carteret
Upper Rhine
Grumbach
Erbach
Dybourg
Wingerberg
Manheim
Bavaria
Seckenheim
Neckerau
Marshal Noailles
Worms
Pavara
Spire
Neustadt
Hardr
Dusteltorp
Hanau
Charles of Lorrain
Great Britain
Canstad
Erlingen
Marchbach
Lantsure
Fry
Stockholm
Sweden
Adolphus Frederick of Holstein
Inflammations Claim Francis Lewis Ely Clerk of the Crown
Ireland Dublin July 9 Thursday Evening Francis Lewis Ely Clerk of the Crown and Peace for Ulster died at his lodgings Castle Yard after an inflammation of the lungs. On Wednesday Jaft died at his House Lower Ormon Quay in a very advanced age Timothy Forbes eminent Dublin merchant. Last Saturday William Westby Ef y married Miss Jones daughter of Brigadier Jones with 5000 fortune. Gyles Nesbit Ef y married widow Baker sister to Sir Robert Echlin Bart. On the 29th pat died en route to Monaghan John Murray Ely Knight of the Shire County of Monaghan.
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Ireland
Dublin
Francis Lewis
Ely
Province of
Ulster
Jaft
Lower Ormon Quay
Timothy Forbes
William Westby
Efy
Miss Jones
Brigadier Jones
Gyles Nesbit
Baker
Sir Robert Echlin
Pat
Monaghar
John Murray
County of Menaghan
Notable Losses In Bristol City Church And Civic Life
In Bristol City two sudden deaths are reported. Alderman Beecher, senior city official, died after a lingering illness at his seat near Stapleton. On Monday night the Rev Mr Weston, son of the late Paul Weston, a merchant and grocer, died in St Nicholas Church after a fit of apoplexy during sermon delivery. He was carried to the Vestry and bled, with hopes of recovery fading in coming days. Weston was respected by parishioners of St Peter’s where he served as curate. Earlier, John Partington, about 19, the private sentinel mentioned previously, was shot.
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Country News
Bristol
Stapleton
Air
Alderman Beecher
Mr. Weston
Paul Weston
St. Nicholas Church
St. Peter’s
John Partington
PORTNEWS From July 17 Arrivals and Vessels Sailings
Dover reports ships arriving from Lisbon and Treland with convoy updates. Vessels bound westward since the last note include Romney's Prize from Gibraltar and several packets from Middleborough and Zealand. Other arrivals include ships from Jamaica, St Kitts, Barbadoes and Cork with noted port standings and convoy details.
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Grazesend
Fune
Arriv
Romney
Puckett
Gibraltar
Middleborough
Moody
White Lyon
Ganifon
Zeland
Atriscals
Lancaster
Mary
Jamaica
Liverpool
Lyon
Woodward
St. Kitt’s
Barbadoes
Industry
London Updates on War Preparations and Local Marriages
London reports detail naval armament for Flanders including 60 pieces of brass and 40 of iron cannon and a 79 gun ship under Captain Byng ordered to a Fortnight’s cruise before joining the Channel squadron. Local marriages at Kensington and St. Bennet's Paul’s Wharf are noted along with quarter sessions clears in Guildford and executions at the Tower. Incidents include robberies in Fleet Street and Hounslow Heath, with arrests and committals continuing.
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London
Tower
Flanders
Byng
Spithead
Edward Andrews
Ely
Kensington Church
Elzabeth Turnor
Edmund Turnor
Stooke
Lindonshire
Bath
Henry Dathwood
Carey Street
St. Bennet’s Paul’s Wharf
Jenny Hickson
Newgate- Street
Guildford
Surrey
Samuel
Malcolm M‘pherson
Farquhar Shaw
Tower Church
Stanlby
Hanging-Sword-Alley
Fleetstreet
Blood Bowl House
Stantley
Bernard
Newgae
Viner
Whitechapel
Hounslow-Heath
Mark’d
John Mitchel
Bridewell
Juttuce Nicholas
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Holland
Chamberly
Bologna
Germany
Piedmont
Brussels
L’revence
Givet
Maefe
Dunkirk
Hungary
Genoa
Oxly
Mathews
Sicily
Levant
Leghorn
Messina
Clifton-Down
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