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Sidelights on 1759 War News and London Notices
Letters from Paris and Hamburg report military setbacks as British forces retreat through Hesse after defeats at Minden. Paris pamphlets attack Marshal Saxe. meanwhile journalists in Pittsburgh and Hamburg note peace talks with Native nations and private dispatches about Prussian aid. Lord Barrington dismisses Sackville. guildhall fundraising continues. news of Montier surrender and Marburg siege circulate.
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Paris
Engts
Great Britain
France
Minden
Wwe
Landgrave of
Hesse
Rhine
Pittsburgh
Croghan
William Johnson
Mercer
Adm
Boscawen
Broderick
de la Clue
Streights
Ceretain
M. de la Clue
Toulonquadron
Treland
Lord Barrington
Lord George, Sackville
Lord George “Sackville
George
Waldegrave
Iment
Élta- Bihment
Marsis
Granby
Ordnance
Sackville
Ville’s
theBey
Whitefield’s
Tabernacle
Moorfields
Gand
Sind
Montier
Ferdinand
Brunswick
Marpurg
Marspurg
Bostawen's
Toulon
Dunkirk
Plymouth
Edward
Hawke
Guadalupe
Derbys
Siba
Jefly
Granigdé
Hiss
Jehty
Aifians
shecAine Guita