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Conflicting Reports From Continental Front and London Advertisements
From various notices and dispatches dated May 4 to May 6 the lettered items describe skirmishes near Valenciennes with forts and canals at risk, plus move and drill of 1000 foot 500 horse and 520 workmen. Other items report ship actions, court appointments, deaths, and a flood of advertisements for cloth, medicines, and books in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Amand
Valencienngs
Dowsy
Fagel
Schelde
Prufan
Saxony
Thomas Hardy
Kent
Romney
Berwick
Newfoundland
Portsmouth
Her
St. Hellens
Monmouth
Hovenden Walker
the White
Centurion
Scarborough
Roebuck
South-Sea-Castle
Olly
Gravesend
Gally
Streights
Naples
London
Duke of Shrewsbury
Salop
Earl of
Bradford
Duke of Northumberland
Berks
Lord Craven
Viscount Cheney
Bucks
E. of
Long Leat
Tilburg
Orvieran
K. Charles
Whitehall
St. James's Market
Holborn Row
Lincoln’s Inn