War News From Warsaw and Vienna Couriers Hint Early Campaign Moves
The lettered dispatches describe preparations for a major campaign with the siege of Oczakow and a march toward Bender to draw the Grand Vizir into battle. Reports include detachments from the Russian army, arrivals of dignitaries at Kiev, and a tax edict in Vienna to fund war, with broader notes on diplomacy and earthquakes in Smyrna and Madrid.
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Port News Update From May Ninth Shipping Reports
Port News dated May 9 notes all outward-bound ships sailing early, no ship at the Downs. In Gravesend on May 9 the Young Green, Young from Lisbon the Levant Offall the Hope Carfteens and the Lady Anne Catherine Simpson all from Hamburgh, and the Unity Eades from Norway were reported arrivals.
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