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News from Civita Vecchia and Neapolitan Dispatches 1759
Letters from Civita Vecchia report Maltese galleys sinking three Turkish vessels and taking a fourth with tribute purses worth 80 009 crowns. Naples notes rumour of the Spanish king’s death, Conte Contades’ retreat, and Italian realignments under France and Vienna. Admiral Rodney threatens Dunkirk while Boscawen returns with French prisoners. various maritime items and local incidents follow.
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Civita-Vecchia
Barbary
Leghorn
Constantinople
Efclavonia
Naples
Spain
Dunnersdorff
Marshal Contades
Minden
Casfel
Gieffen
Colorno
Isabella
Joseph of
Austria
de Ochecouard
Italy
Two Sicilies
Sjenois
Ferrara
Parma
Grand Duchy of
Tuscany
France
Vienna
Sardinia
Placentia
Infanta
Hobella
Joseph
Duchy of
Lorraine
Dunkirk
Rodney
Dresden
Prussia
Magdebourg
Brussels
Hamburgh
Ruta
England
Duke de Belleisle
Hesse- Catiel
Copenhagen
Marseilles
Hannibal Camoux
Nice
Efe
St. Nicholas