Pursuit and execution of Swedish Major and French Merchant
A Captain and his Dragoon force pursue a Swedish Major and a French merchant through Silesia, seizing papers and a map of planned missions. The Major is killed after being forced to surrender, and the French merchant is carried away. The operation, led from the Regency, involved two officers, four dragoons, and a pursuit across Saxony, with dispatches indicating wider military preparations and imminent naval contracts.