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News from Europe and Atlantic in 1759 reports
Several dispatches describe actions in Flanders and Brittany. The text notes French advances, allied counterattacks, and casualties, plus naval movements from England and the Mediterranean. It highlights a Bay of Biscay courier, promotions at Westminster, and ships arriving at Spithead with news of Quebec and Brest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Gerany
Leters
Hefse
Caffel
Fay
Baterheim
Grombarg
Magdaline de Lys
Richard Falbot
Earl of
Ochterleny
North Beitain
Rapuilon
Great Britain
Louisburg
Newing-Green
Byshe
Feaucoasts
N. S. de Begena
Bilboa
St Sebesian’s
Offend
Falmouth
Venus
Fortune
Plymouth
Sir Edward Hawke
Duke of Marlborough
Gporto
Dover
Elisabeth
Morris
London
Africa
Jamaica
Martinico
Palmtree
Hult
Nancy
Foster
North Carolina
Wells
Norfolk
Andrew ‘Melberg
Maer
Galsh
Venice
Igiers
Malta
Den
John’ Woake
the Anna
Harlup
Rochfort
Rotterdam
Barrington
Maclauchlin
Arundel
Barbadoes
Rose
Lawson
Cefar
Gwin
Diders
Betsey
Bryan
Rom Staquebo
Befton
Peggy
Duncan
Dundee
Gibraltar
M. Thurot
Gotenborg
Sweden
Piercy Brett
Downs
Woolwich
Au;ora
Thomas Chitty
Kat
Guildhall
Westminster
Kensington
Firs
Col. Hale
Quebec
Brest
Portsmouth
Spithead
Havre
Deptford
Rodney
Jason
Saoners
Holbane
Ailettir
Guernsey
Lion
William Shakerley
Andér
Southampton
Boscawen
Lord Lansdowne
Lewis Baboon
Taylor
Toyman
Maria Theresia Hungary
Elizabeth Basikowitz
Britain
Pitt Tavern
Whitehall
La‘place de Victoire
Louis
Peru
Germany
Edward Hawke
Atea
Black-frings
Spe
Canada
Seine
White
Ferdinando
Minden
Piaure
Vessailles
Pittiani
Mary Vanbare
Westphalia
Mioden
Amsterdam
Antibes
Marseilles
Toulon
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