Armies and diplomacy swirl around Savoy and Bohemia
News from Chamberry to Hague details Don Philip marching 10 000 foot and 4500 horse near Savoy with 20 000 preparing for an expedition, while Imperial and French forces move toward Bohemia. Mediation talks press Vienna to evacuate Prague and Munich, with a congress planned. Meanwhile Piedmont and Spanish reinforcements bolster Savoy's defenses as Britain readies transport for the army in Flanders.
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Don Philip
Savoy
Montmelian
St. John de Maurienne
Coe
Adévices
Turin
Aost
Baron Lornay
Suza
Thonon
Philip
Lombardy
Rimini
Duke de Montemar
Spain
Duke de Castellar
Ratisbon
Martha Count Seckendorff
Kevenhuller
Hungary
Trieste
Bavaria
Bernelau
Francfort
Kingdom of
Bohemia
Empire
France
Prague
Vienna
Bolhemia
Munich
Thal
Upper Austria
Rieinfelden
Sickingen
Leuffenbourg
Walifhut
Black Forest
Switzerland
Prussin
Great Britain
United Provinces
Holland
Marshal Belle-Isle
Tix
Paris
Austran
Panaro
Garrif
Modena
Reggio
Parma
Piedmont
Milaneze
Hague
Utrecht
Marty
Flanders
Port News Dispatches of Septembers From Falmouth and Dover
Shipping news from Falmouth and Dover reports several vessels failing or arriving. The Teresa Gally and Jewel failed. Providence arrives at Deal. royal ships Lynn and Queen Caroline reach the Downs from India. Dover notes Duke of Cumberland and Sasannah sailing for London and South Carolina. Gravesend logs Royal George Kent King William from India and Esther from Norway with Veale from Dunkirk.
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Falmouth
Teresa Gally
Cook
Rotterdam
Penzance
Jewel
Bristol
Liverpool
Providence
Blundell
Deal
Lynn
Birkhead
India
Downs
Godlee
Norway
The
Veale
Dunkirk
Poll books show Benn and Hankey leads with 361 vote gap
London report notes Alderman Benn 1662 to Hankey 1301 majority 361. Also in Croydon a farmer lost money hidden in a sack of walnuts. Mitcham Mercer’s shop broke into for goods valued above 30 pounds. A refiner Swift was robbed by three footpads on Hlington Causeway, stabbed but not fatally.
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Wattlingftreet
Sedgwick
Croydon
Mitcham
Swift
Hlington Causeway
Gaol Commitments and Market Notes from London
Joseph Knibb is committed to the New Gaol, Southwark, by Sir Charles Vernon for stealing two mares and a gelding, and confessing the robbery before a Justice. Peter Sheppard is committed by William Hammond for assaulting Mrs. Judith Applegate on the King's Highway and taking 4s 6d. Also listed are import and export items from various ports, theatre announcements, high water timings, and stock market quotations including South Sea stock, annuities, bank circulation, and other financial indicators.
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Joseph Knibb
Southwark
Charles Vernon
Peter Sheppard
William Hammond
Judith Applegate
King’s
Oporto
Petersbourg
Dunkirk
Helland
Jamaica
New England
Virginia
Troy
Lisbon
Barbadoes
Casalina
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Miser
Manild
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Chamberry
Port News
London
Benn
Hankey
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Aca
Hank
Royal Exchange
Ostober
Craig’s Court
Charing-Cross
Vintners Hall
Thames-Street
Iayor
Middlesex
Robert Godschall
Sam
William Brenn
Dept
City of London
William Benn
Alderman
Fletcher
George