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Provisions and Troop Movements For Africa From Various Ports
The Evening Post reports Malaga and Alicante dispatches of corn and forage bound for Ceuta as 27 ships convoyed by two frigates depart. Burgo s regiments and five battalions head to reinforce garrisons in Africa, with warnings to march at a moment’s notice. Fortifications repaired in Vigo as magazines stockpile corn and forage for the expected Cadiz ships. Paris notes highwaymen seized near Arragon and Rome-bound couriers, with new appointments and potential changes to the India Company and royal finances. London covers fear of plague in Dauphine and Isle of Man reports while Londoners hear of measures to shield towns from infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilencia
Alicant
Caguari
Madrid
Ceuta
Denia
Africa
Vigo
Cadiz
Paris
Patrick Laules
Spain
Cambray
Arragon
Bayonne
Bourdeaux
de Polignac
Biff
Mailly
Rome
Cardinal de Rohan
Law
Duke of Orleans
Pelletier de la Houffaye
Saesheurs Crozet
Samuel Bernard
Our India Company
Farris
Ee P. S
Fis Maers
Plige
Marquis de Lede