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Despatches From Lisbon and Vienna Chronicle Events
Reading notes recount Admiral Haddock’s squadron at Carthagena and in the Pimps Isles, with forts firing and casualties. Reports of the Ton Squadron heading west for Indies and orders to Gabaret to return to Toulon. Emperor Charles VI dies after long illness, Vienna convulsed. Danish frost and rising prices threaten winter scarcity. London thanks to civic leadership and calls for unity despite political tension. Lisbon letters mention Goa defense fears and Angria’s pirates’ influence on locals. Copenhagen records freezing weather and grain controls to avert shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goa
Cadiz
Toulon
West-Indies
M. Dé Ja
Roche Allard
Carthagena
Haddock
Pimps
Engliffy
Madrid
St. Ildefonso
St. Andero
Inoies
Loujon
Mariness de la Roche Allard
Iles of Hieres
M. Gabaret
Perseus
Aquilon
M.gabaret
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Halbturn
Noosa
Charles VI
Vienna
Copenhagen
Kingdom of
Denmark