26 Jun 1738
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 26, 1738
Page
1
The fragment notes mail arrivals from France and Holland reaching the loft, reflecting a dated communication or publishing quirk. The text is sparse, offering minimal explicit event details beyond origin of letters and the place of arrival.
From the Camp near Temeswar Fane 7 general Count Neuperg commands regiments of Dumbar Hohenzollern Hohenems and Palfy plus cuiraffiers and twelve battalions. Reinforcements from Prince Eugene arrive for Belgrade. Turks besiege Orfova, but garrison of 16 men resists while Neuperg and Königsegg plan to unite with 40 000 troops for a wider thrust toward Mendia and Temeswar. Report notes famine forage scarcity and a 4900 strong Walachian raiding party that destroyed copper mines and killed miners, while Turkish forces threaten Orfova and fortifications are strengthened. The midday and evening dispatches detail troop movements, expects combined forces to march toward Orfova and Mendia, with weather hampering operations. Additional notices include a church blessing procession in Vienna and various ships sailing to destinations such as Jamaica Carolina and Lisbon amid a naval situation off Cape St Mary’s with several vessels inbound or outbound.
In the Downs the Dutch ship for East India the Forward Major for Virginia she Marsha Elwood for St. Kits the Duke of New-
From Petersbourg to London the sixth instant dispatches detail a 29th last month march toward the Dniester by a force under the Velde Marshal Count Munich with artillery and war implements. Romantzow holds the Dniester flank with a strong detachment while Turks are believed to oppose only lightly, about 35,000 regulars, mostly along the river. News from Florence, Vienna, and Havana note papal excommunication against a reform society and ongoing British diplomacy seeking peace on Turkish terms, with Saxons remaining in imperial service. In London, aldermen discuss royal congratulations on the birth of a prince and sheriffs being chosen for Middlesex governance, alongside various local notices and an update on the Westminster bridge project and other urban matters.
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