Crumbling Saga of Naval Movements and Europe War News
Petersburg and Petersbourg report Swedish and Russian fleets maneuvering near Cronstadt and Helsingfors, with Count Lacy and General Keith watching as winds hinder attacks. Copenhagen notes Swedish ultimatums, Baltic fleet movements, and a planned embassy to the Empress. Geneva, Lucca and regional dispatches cover battles, troop prescisions, and fortifications across Lombardy, Bavaria, and Pfalz, with comparisons of French, Austrian, and British positions as the 18th century campaign unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cronstadt
Count Lacy
Helsingfors
Neral Keith
Petersbourg
Abo
Sweden
Count Gallowin
Bartch
Revel
Rogerwick
Thomas Koulihan
Hambourg
Copenhagen
Getle
Hangoeud
Aland
Geneva
Frue
Don Philip
Savoy
Sardinia
Piedmont
Gerot
Lombardy
Trieste
Kingdom of Naples
Aquila
Ratibor
Stadt-am-Hoff
Ingolstadt
Fortis
Charles ‘of
Lorrain
Ulm
Friedberg
Pavaria
Swabia
Hungary
Port News Arrivals and Vessels Departures Abroad
Dover reports failed sailings of Golden Eagle and Cork, Swan for Maryland, Leopard for Boston, Eagle for Dublin, with Greyhound, Granada Bomb, Galloper Tender, Matilda for Gibraltar. Dukes and ships arrival from Rotterdam, Petersburg, Amsterdam. Barbadoes, Barbadoes ports see multiple ships from London, Madeira. Ships arrive at Lancaster and Falmouth from Barbadoes. Cowes and Hull list arrivals from South Carolina and Barbadoes.
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Dover
Hinton
Cork
Maryland
Boston
Dublin
Gibraltar
E. Gravesend
Petersbourg
Margaret
Jacob
Berwick
Bilboa
Mary
Barnes
Elizabeth
Bredimus
Amsterdam
Lancaster
Corwen
Barbadoes
Falmouth
Boon
Mitford
Row
Freare
Lindsey
Loretta
Husbands
London
Francis
Diddear
Madeira
Manchester
Crookshank
Africa
Cowes
Vernon
Industry
Johnson
South Carolina
Hull
Dispatch
Chapman
Wood
Secret War Stores and Naval Appointments in London and Woolwich
London reports a large shipment of balls and shells from Woolwich for army service and ordnance orders for brass and iron cannon. Admiralty appoints Capt. Stapleton to command the Prince of Orange, with Lt. Lloyd as first lieutenant, as ships and privateering activity surge along the coast. Also notes deaths of noblewomen, royal outings at Vauxhall Gardens, and a raid incident near Crayton with theft of cattle proceeds. Reports of Spanish privateers damaging British vessels off West Africa and privateering actions, with high water at London Bridge noted.
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London
Woolwich
Board of Ordnance
Royal Foundery
Admiralty
Stapleton
Prince of Orange
Lloyd
Lord Carteret
Hanover
Alneger
Godstone
Surrey
Catherine
Donegal
Kingdom of Ireland
Derry
William the
New Bond Street
Countess of
Castlehaven
James Youcner
Audley O. Helegh
Earl of
Crayton
Northamptonshire
Tomlinson
Fenny Stratford
Buckinghamshire
Isaac Batton
Southwark
Justice Nichols
Scor
Barterleajs
Snr
Sonik
St. Kitt’s
la Vera Cruz
Havanna
Edinburgh
Tarlten
Africa
Swallow
Hughs
Liverpool
Cape
Green
kLagle
Wickam
Rhodesiand
St. Jago
Hungary
Fox
Snow
Axim
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Arriv
Holland
Petersburg
Parfy
Bernelau
Landsberg
Aelheim
Prince Lobkowitz
Almanstein
Neustadt
Charles of Lorrain
Danube
Braunau
Straubingen
Ekwangen
Bavaria
Marshal Broglio
Neubourg
Rhine
Count de Segur
Count Seckendorff
Ingolrstadt
Duffeldorp
Donawert
Seckendorff
St. Francfort
Doringheim
Hanau
Earl of Stair
Aschaffenbourg
Hood
Marshal Noailles
Miltenberg
Great Britain
Nassau
Pritannick
Cologn
Kreuberg
Erpach
Baron Trenck
Port News
Br.dge
South Sea
India
Rgg
Royal Exchange Assurance
Ditco
Exchequer
Prem
Di‘c
Adams
Salisbury-Court
Fleet-Sereer
Henry Montague
High Court of Chancery
Lincoln’s Inn
Nathaniel Faden
Thomas Shaw
Shipston
Scower
Warwick
Wiltam
Walter Evans Clerk
Gil Masters
Lincoln’s
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