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Edinburgh Chronicle

Location

Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 25, 1759

Page

8

Edinburgh Chronicle 1756 highlights and war news

The Edinburgh Chronicle notes a court martial to probe Gen Zaffrow’s conduct after a failed through with hunters and Munister surrendering to the French. It reports mass Protestant emigration, royal marriage changes, Quebec siege dispatches, Russian and Prussian maneuvers, Belleisle rumors, and Hawke potential actions as fleets sail from Brest.

Maximilian van Breidenbach Scheiter Zaffrow Munister Germany Prince of Brandenburg-Bareith Prussia Louisbourg Quebec Pofen Gth Poland Hamburg Dohna Cologn Belleisle de Contades Brest Adm Hawke England Ireland M. Confisus

Embden Rumor on Prussia Victory Circulates in Edinburgh

The Edinburgh report notes a shipmaster claiming news of a decisive Prussian victory over Russia with King Frederick and his brother Henry allegedly involved. Officials in Edinburgh meanwhile appoint merchant counsellors and trades counsellors for the coming year. About 100 French prisoners are moved to the Castle as Inverness circuit court opens with various indictments and bail appeals.

Embden Borrowstounness Prussia Henry Holland Wuntch Marquis of Tavistock Rigby Hopetoun-house Ireland John Fordyce William Hutton John Brown Thomas Simpson Peterer Thomas Clarkson Baker Dundee Inverness Mary Balmanne Buchanan Cecilia Johniston William Anderson Wick Advocate-depute America John Roy Cowfoords Spey Thomas Roy Inchberry Duncan Murray Balham Abernethy Lords Lords of Justiciary Tolbooth Edinburgh John Thomas Roys John Burgess John Grant Andrew Cruikshanks Alexander Macteattith Meikle Scatwell John Cameron Ferintosh Duncan Mackearlich Hugh Macdonald Ailieas Maceachin Arifaig Macdonald

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