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Stralsund siege report from Amsterdam and Edinburgh
Long dispatches detail the siege works before Stralsund with Swedish defense and Prussian support. Reports of cannon fire, hornwork damage, and a possible surrender within days follow muttered moves by Croiffy and British ships. Mention is made of Altona tolls, Danish and Polish actions, and arrivals in Leith and Montrose.
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Amsterdam
Sieur Kiehl
M. Opperman
Collonel
Altona
Staden
Elbe
Amsterdam Courart
Gripsmald
Stralfurd
Rugen
Sweden
Stralfund
Schonen
Swedeland
Franken Gate
Long
Frank
Semlower
Sieur Fabricius
Count de Croiffy
Prusia
Lubeck
France
Stralsund
Hamburg
Paris
Pomerania
Scots Courant
Edinburgh
Leith
Leith Road
Dunbaron
North Berwick
Earl of Morton
Edinburg
Stanhope
Dragoons
Dalkeith
Newton
Dunie
Stirling
Lord Elcho
Earl of Weems
Cadogan
Earl of Sutherland
Inverness
Perth
Montros
Aberdeen
Duke of Berwick
Norway
Frome
Peterhead
Newcastle