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Want of Discipline in this Army of So many lines and events from Lisbon to Cadiz
A long London dispatch reports weak discipline in the army, scarce engineers, and delays in arming. News from Madrid notes arrival of Spanish warships with vast treasure. London guards double at St. James's and Whitehall amid quiet streets. Spain’s fleet embarks regiments for Oran and Ceuta, while Mon emar with transports waits at Leghorn. Messages from Naples and Vienna cover political maneuvers, intrigues, and princely marriages. Epidemics and crime punctuate the scene as military and naval preparations unfold across Europe.
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Alexander Hunter
Lisbon
Emanuel Dos Ajus
Emarac Braz Aja
Oporto
Madrid
Cadiz
Peru
Roy
Kensington
St. James's
Vile
Yard
Whitehall
Somertete House
St. James's Pak
Convent-Garden
Foote
Joseph Jekyll
Chancery-Lane
Bell-Barr
Spain
Africa
Fland
Majorca
Oran
Ceuta
Alicant
Duke of Monemar
Leghorn
Tuscany
Naples
Don Carlos
Vienna
France
Sardinia
Europe
Silesia
Petersburg
Munich
Precup
Marsgal Larc
Kile
Purkifa
Darube
Stucke Tolm
Vifterice Ware
Marshal de Noailles
Paris
Italy
Rome
Corefini
Frescati
Stanisleus
Arefonasle
Stanislaus
Augustus
Stanislauss
Poland
Specie
Smyrna
Dyck
Theodore
Cortica
Prusia
Burnswick Wolfenputtle
Dragoons
Genes’ral Gore
Campbell
Edinburgh
Barrel
Foot
Newcastle
Leith
Shephard’s Alley
Garrick Hill
Maddy
Ventris
Adaultry