Defeat of the French by the Duke of Brunswick in the Saar Campaign
Official bulletin recounts Prussian advances near Saar and Blies fronts from Nov 26 to Nov 30. Prussian generals Kalkreuth Knobelsdorff and Kalkeuth push across the Blies and Vosges mountains toward Landau and Lautern. Carmagnols suffer heavy losses, several engagements, and a near-total rout in the Oberrhein theater. Reports mention captures, sorties repulsed, and ongoing negotiations at Landau with fortress garrison intact.
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Prusian
Knob. Ilorff
Kelkreuth
Saar
Billingay
St. Imbert
Lombard
Kalkreuth
Kno- Lelsdorff
Prince of Holiulohe
Kalkeuth
Erbach
Deux-Ponts
Babenhausen
Bies
Wehieh
Hornbach
Babenhausén
Prince Honentowe
Vosgesian
Landau
Pirmasens
Landstuhl
Proffian
Lautern
Carmagnes
Martinthohe
Lanftuld
Randstuhl
Szetti
Vogelweg
Duke of Brunswick
Wartensleben
Mobexlobe Keirchberg
Treves
Knobelsdorff
Glorious German Far-Righting at Lautern and Ramstein
In a Neighbourhood report, Bruns wick defeats a 30 000 strong French force at Lautern and Ramstein with heavy losses. The Duke then pursues remnants to Hanbourg, leaving Landau undefended and prompting a likely surrender. General Wurmser gains advantage near Strasbourg.
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Duke of Brunswick
Landau
Lautern
Duke of
Hanbourg
Wurmser
Strasbourg
Declaration of Brunswick Elector at Empire Diet on Unpaid Debt
The ambassador from Prussia as Elector of Brunswick delivered a declaration at the Empire Diet on November 15 urging payment of a long‑standing debt owed by the German Empire for aid in the War of the Spanish Succession. The debt, 1 934 990 florins and 40 kreutzers in 1733, has risen since, with liquidation urged by a 1734 decree. His Majesty hopes swift Diet action to grant the due sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
Brunswick
Militia Route Met by Sir Enward Knatchbull at Hatch
A Wiltshire militia unit marching from Hythe to Eastbourne was greeted at Hatch by Sir Enward Knatchbull who provided bread cheese and strong beer for near 400 men. Officers received a fine collation and an elegant dinner before dispersing. A Rotterdam subscription funds widows and children of officers and soldiers left in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiltshire
Hythe
Kent
Eastbourne
Sussex
Enward Knatcn- Bull
Hatch
Rotterdam
Prices and Royalist Movements Reported From Guernsey
London stock prices at one o clock show a 3 percent fall to 74 18. An officer in Morne’s expedition from Guernsey says the Royalists are on the coast and that departure will be immediate to join them. The Lord Mayor has the same Jersey news.
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Earl of Morne
Guernsey
Jersey
General Wurmser Notches Three Victories Over French
Reports say General Wurmser defeated Republican troops in three successive engagements and routed the French army at Ajace after battles near Deux Ponts with the Duke of Brunswick.
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Duke of Brunswick
Deux- Ponts
Wurmser
Ajace
London Hears French Defeat News From the Dutchy of Deus Ponts
A Mes senger from the Duke of York arrives in London with confirmation of the French defeat in the Dutchy of Deus Ponts. Reports from Guernsey and Ostend note possible French disembarkation attempts. Jacobins face internal threats as Robespierre's influence wavers. Dispatches describe Hessian and Spanish troop movements, naval actions near Sardinia, and mutinous press commentary. The Dutch Rear Admiral Van Boot drowns. public chatter defends Lord Howe's leadership while awaiting his return.
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Dietrich
Duke of York
Zournay
London
Deus. Ponts
Guernfy
Earl Morra
France
Paris
Jacobins
Fea
Barrere
Committee of Public Safety
Tribune
Briffotine
Robepierre
Robespierre
Oftend
Britanny
Portsmouth
Jamaica
St. Domingos
Aziredalais
Cape Frangois
Ando
Tland
Sardinia
Azamemion
Tunis
Melpomene
la Minerva
la Fortunee
la Fouchet
Agamemnon
North Seas
Ottend
Dover
Admiralty Board
Lord Howe
van Boot
Zeafland
Shipping News Roundup From Yarmouth and Nearby Ports
A barrage of ship movements and fates across the Atlantic and British coast. Vessels foundered sunk captured or towed, including Penelope and St Pedro Telmo near Yarmouth, Betsey from Africa to Jamaica, and many others like John Adamton Gustaf Adolphus Minerva and President Penrose among arrivals at Brest Plymouth and Baltimore.
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Penelope
Fron Pates
Yarmouth
Sunderisna
Pedro Telmo
Bristol
Gbiboa
Betsey
Witpaniola
Iphigenia
Hermoine
Jae St. Joseph Animas
Bilboa
Eee Bilboa
Roebuck
Duggan
Cork
Port Bar K
Opor
Roman Eagle
Dixon
Newcast
Lisbon
Harriot
le Mesurier
Bacco
Guernsey
Genoa
Dyball
Man Privateer
Liverpool
Sharp
St. Ives
Brest
John
Adamton
Leith
Lithon
Ceres
Mount’s Bay
Gustaf Adolphus
Blomster
Stockholm
Spain
Penzance
Minerva
Snow
Penrose
Philadelphia
Dispatch
Walrace
Virginias
Fane
Moss
Polly
Smith
Newbury Port
Ofwe Branch
HaMeBteron
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
George, Taylor
Newport
Rhode Iland
Cooper
Gloucester
America
Hope
Bunnnam
New York
Rotterdam
Thomas
Newman
Boston
William, Bruce
London
Cleopatra
Donovan
Hamburgh
Plymouth
Pilgrim
Walstram
Maryland
Barbadoes
Baltimore
Fleet Movements and Arrivals at Plymouth Harbor
Incendiary fire ship from Lord Howe’s feet and the Black Joke lugger arrive. Admiral Kingsman raises flag aboard the Swift in the Sound as Severn sails from Quebec after losses to fend off French warships. Quebec reports no French ships on station and hidden expeditions nearby. Plymouth records a sequence of arrivals from Oporto Lisbon and St Andero with light winds.
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Lord Howe
de Torbay
Kinesmriut
Swift
Fure
Corron
Kingsman
Severn
Mincuin
Quebec
French sloop of war prize drifting into harbor
The La Nymphe frigate of 36 guns from a cruise arrived with distress signals joined by Harvey transport from Guernsey. The L’Lipeigle French sloop of war, bearing 10 guns, was taken as a prize by the Circe frigate and entered the harbor.
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Portsmouth
la Nymphe
Sir Edward Peltow
Harvey Transport
Guernsey
Circe
Vegetable Breakfast Promises Relief for Nervous Health
An advertisement offers Noabie Fields in Chelsea as contact for a Veget able Breakfast claimed to aid nervous life fatigue and various complaints. It promotes Mr Appleby’s remedy sold from Camden Street Islington with prices cited and free postage in a provincial address.
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Noabie Fields
Chelsea
Islington
Camden Street
Loddon
Panrielt
Fragmented Note Depicts Unclear Social Scene
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a Lady, Thomas Neave, and others in an unclear social context. Names and details are partially garbled, preventing precise reconstruction of events or identities.
Obituaries and Shipping Notices From Ailing Town
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs Ann Duthoit of Lamb-street Spitalfields aged 34 and Miss Elliagt daughter of Lady Averry with a surgeon note from Le Katherine's near the Tower. Shipping news lists vessels like Neptune Ailesbury and Foster Mastam with routes to Jamaica and New Providence amid wind conditions.
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Marrier
Benjamin Harrison
le Katherine’s
Elliagt
Averry
Begingtoin-hall
Derby
Ann Duthoit
John Newman Duthoit
Lamb-street
Spitalfelds
Awerethe Charlottes-Rebelli
St. Abe's
Lifson
William
Nancy Byr
Thamy Gille
New Providence
Neptune
Ailesbury
Foster Mastam
Spencer
Jarmaica
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Bulletin
Prufin
Ramstein
Lauterecken
Kuill
Szetuiz
Duke of Brunsiwick
Duke of BrunAsvick
Lorrainhoute
Fautern
Neustadt
Gravenhbausen
Siegelbach
Rodenbach
Kulenbach
Sulzgbach
Katzenweiler
Hombourg
Burgerfeld
Ottenbere
Erlenbach
Brentavick
Galgenschantz
Kalkreuts
Frankfort
Winweiler
Hoheneck
Sambach
Rohnbach
Manheim
State Paper
Posscript
Ship News
DEC
Johanned
Simey
Oporto
Hoop
Smeer
Hendrick
Martina
St. Andero
Port Rotaway
Withart
Etterday
Thomas Neave
Cblails
Erivenr
Pablin
Atenford
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