Army Moves and Skirmishes Across Europe in July News
Reports from July detail Lobkowitz planning retreat to Tivoli as Spaniards and Neapolitans fortify coastal camps, while Austrian artillery pounds Velletri. French and Spanish forces press Piedmont passes, with heavy casualties among Piedmontese. Across regions, Prussian and Hessian maneuvers unfold, and Silesia reports Prussian movements toward Brandenburg as European theaters pulse with shifting alliances and riverfront bombardments.
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Two Armes
Faletra
Albani
M. de Thun
Lugano
Tivoli
Vietville
Velletri
Gorani
Soro
Vergas
Sinigalia
Fermo
Prince Lobkowitz
Sermonett
Geneva
Gorges
Piedmont
Cezena
Strafund
Princess Royal
Sweden
Rugen
Count Taube
Vienna
Silesia
Brandenbourg
Heidelberg
Rhine
Laurel Bourg
Bavaria
Brisgau
Alsace
Fort Louis
Frarcfort
Duke d’Harcourt
Metz
Chevalier de Bellende
Bufthe
Charles of Lorrain
Cetacii
Bufche
Martha
Leith Vessel Margaret Seized by French Privateer
Leith on July 16 reports the Margaret captained by Thomas Young from Arundale in Norwy laden with wine and fruit was taken by a French privateer twenty five leagues off the coast. Ransom of scoll and fifteen pounds paid to the master. one roe pledged. Cabins pillaged and sailors stripped of clothes and master’s silver buckles. Vessel parted with last Tuesday.
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Leith
Margaret
Thomas Young
Arundale
Norwy
French Privateer Captures Turner Sailor Near Sunderland
Nearcastle July 18 reports a French Privateer that captured Capt Turner of Sunderland several days ago has since cruised off the harbour. Credible informants name the shot mate killer as Byers, a Blyth- Noah pilot of the Privateer. Brifel July 21 a ball of fire fell on a haycock at Twerton near Bath, entering the earth and striking two men nearby without harming them.
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Nearcastle
Turnér
Sunderland
Turner
Twerton
Bath
Port News Update From July 22 Maritime Movements
Deal on July 22 reports His Majestys Ships Vernon Manley Tryton Dragon heading to Jamaica Port Mahon Gibraltar and remaining with the Worcester. Gravisend notes Bridgeton pass and ships Ben and Mary Iredale arriving from Virginia for London at Newgate.
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Deal
Success
Vernon
Manley
Jamaica
Tryton
Saunders
Port Mahon
Dragon
Foot
Gibraltar
Wischester
Wind N.E
Gravisend
Bridget
Righton
Ben
Mary
Irédale
Virginia
London
Admiralty actions and privateering chatter in wartime London
In London yesterday feint orders from Lords of the Admiralty on Devon hire and Windsor rebuild at Woolwich to launch next spring. Treasury appoints Mason collector of customs for all ports in Isle of Wight. Obituaries note Edward Knee a 117 year old weigh farmer and Cornelius Stapleton of the Board of Ordnance. Reports tell of Privateer exploits off Weymouth and Dunkirk, captures near Rotterdam, and French seizure of British vessels. Weather indicates high water at London Bridge.
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Admiralty
Devon
Windsor
Woolwich
Tréaiuiry
Mason
Ise of Wight
Joe So Kent
Edward Knee
Cornelius Stapleton
Board of Ordnance
Cape Lel
Weymouth
Arael
Patatees
The
Phoenix
Wilson
Whitehavenny
Dunkirk
William Pottier
Feote Bitsy
Stich
Potter
Saul
Fragmentary financial note with obscure figures and terms
A partial OCR of a financial snippet shows scattered terms like Asics 344 nos Prige, Annuities, 7 percent London, and various percentages and loan references. The text is garbled, with unclear names, dates, and entities. no coherent event or figures can be reliably extracted beyond a general money market mood.
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Spock
Was
Spack Sea
Bakere & Teg
London
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Maubeuge
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Valenciennés
North
Waffenaer
d’Argenton
States General
M. Waffenaer
Tournay
Brufje
Forté
Sambre
Saxe
Lys
Aagne
Count Podewils
Berlin
Count Watfenaer
Stockholm
Great Britain
East Frizeland
Paris
Marquess de la Chetardie
Lorrain
Scotland
Port News
London-Buidze
Wmikiites
St. Bartholomew’s-Close
West- Smithfields
King’ Vutualling
Tower Hill
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