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Rebels Ambush Lancaster and Bridge Breakage Reported
Broadside details enemy movement and shortages as rebels press toward the northwest. News items include Warrington bridge destruction, Lancaster plunder by 7,000 rebels, and reports of Highland forces marching toward Preston and Manchester. Letters from multiple towns describe fear, naval actions, and royal support measures amid a winter campaign.
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Montrose
France
Ratcliffe
Rome
Clithero
Lancashire
Lancaster
Cranford
Lonsdale
Leeds
Kendal
Warrington Bridge
Wade
Rhine
House of Austria
Denmark
Petersburgh
Netherlands
Antwerp
Mons
Don Philip
Deptford
Pett
Wales
Eac
Ludlow- Csille
Yarmouth Roads
Scotland
Kingston
Jamaica
Womens Cloaths
Dartford
Sheerness
Flemming
Winchester
Hampshire’ Regiment
Merril Flill
Crown Tavern
Royal Exchange
Guildhall
Wiliam Yorge
England
William Yorge
Rishard Hoare
Ward of Cheap
Cheap
St. Kitt’s
Townsend
Antigua
Stockport
Mercy
Warington
Barton
Liverpool Royal Blues
Manchester
Marshal Wade
Ligonier
Preston
P.S
Lord Semple
Bland
Paris
Prussia
Holland
Howard
Manchéster
Cheshire
Barton Bridge
Newcastle
Perth
Sopeneenbements
Lota
Dunkirk
Dover
Lord Drummond
Vernon
York
Chester
Lancastar
Irwin
Catey Godbey
Chudley Dering
David Maitland
Ulysses Fitdmanthe
Charles Houghton
Eustate
Peter M‘laughlin
Josiua Presto
Otway
Fittt Camp
John Leader
Theopt
Clemcam
Jond
Trevor Clarges
Blundell Dalton
Eaton Otway
Thomas Laitland
Homas Pearce
James Moore
Thomas Montgomery
Francis Hay
John Home
Charles Pain
Philip Townsend
James Barclay
George Warburton
James Knos
John Jocelyn
John Lyons
Joseph de Gennes
Robert Jocelyn
John Folliot
Ruben Roberts
Dan. Swan
Robert Wright
Charles Woolley
Secord
Charles Bucknall
Charles Evans
Recry Folliot
Robert Dallway
Ralph Caulfield
Shemin
May
Armagh
Cat
Countess of
Kinsbury
George's Lane
Cork
John Egan
Kevin's Port
Digge-Street
Stockholm
Botanical Society
F. Butler
Duke of Cumberland
Mariuss Wade
Chevalier
Naas
Maryborough
Edward Gray
Physico- Historical Society
Parliament-house
Waterford
Austhor
Ignet
Marshall