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Despatches From La Valette and Europe Near Thoulon
The Morning arrives two packets from Great Britain with news from the Camp at La Valette near Thoulon on August 9. Lord Dursley rode to anchors before the Heres isles and surprised forts then summoned others which surrendered. A dungeon prisoner freed after sixteen years of confinement speaks haltingly of state imprisonment. Venice notes Pepefumo dead and Count Martinitz made Viceroy with Austrian support. The Swedes enforce debts among officers, and Thoulouse reports Confederate forces in position for store landings. News from Basel, Thoul, and Sicily discuss Savoy lifting Thoton siege and powder magazines destroyed by a St Philip bombardment, forcing a retreat to regroup.
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Dursley
Isles of Hieres
Venice
Naples
Pepefumo
Charles
Martinitz
Abruzzo
Calabria
House of Austria
Dresden
Sweden
Vienna
Augustus
Bazil
Thoulow
Prince Eugene
Count Aedaii
Marshal de Thesfe
Duke of Orlance
Lyons
Kingdom of
Sicily
Monsieur Langeron
Monsieur Ponchartrain
Duke of Savoy
Thouton
Count de Teffe
Afarshal
Fort Louis
St. Philip