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Edinburgh Chronicle

Location

Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 22, 1759

Page

3

Edinburgh Chronicle 1759 Military News Sept 22

The periodical notes Voltaire on Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon with armies within three leagues and warned of an inevitable engagement. Dutch reports from Amsterdam and Hague discuss Prussia’s losses at source and requests for 18 000 to 20 000 troops, English ministry stance, and Baltic naval concerns.

Netherlands Amsterdam London Spain Engand Brufeh Fleury M. d’Armentieres Hague Bondon Prussia England Mr. Pi Lord Holderness Republic Amterdam Brufehy C. x. Agua Sth Berlin King of Laudohn

Invasion fears and naval movements across Europe

Letters from Vigo report French Gascon invasion hopes aimed at England and Spanish prisoners aiding a breakout. Rome notes Cardinal Rezzonico to Naples and Jesuit ties. Lisbon reports Card. de Saldanha installed as Lisbon Patriarch. Broader dispatches cover Paraguay unrest, British naval patrols off Cadiz, and French attempts to reinforce or sail to threaten Britain. A Quebec excerpt describes 8000 Allied troops landing near Quebec City with large French camps nearby.

Etter Vigo Europe Spain England Rome Rezzonico Naples Lisbon Card de Saldanha Rio de Janeiro Paraguay Cadiz Broderick Toulon M. de la Clue Streights His Majesty Edgar Princess Louvisa Gibraltar France Great Britain Paris Mediterranean Gergy M. d'Ettrees Hamburg Prince Henry Count Dobnais Francfort Marquis of Brandenburg Brussels London Ieland Admira Boscawen Hawke Brett

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