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London and Europe Intelligence May 16 to May 24
Postscript reports Paris dispatches on Biscay detachment leader slain by Miquelets and negotiations with Col. Stanhope. Madrid hints at peace talks but Spain doubts accord. Vienna notes Princess Sobiesky rumors. Copenhagen says army encamped on Scheeperhide with imminent operation. Hague arrivals include Cadogan and Albemarle. Old Bailey sessions end with ten deaths and murder/robbery trials. sentences include manslaughter for William Gibbs and a crackdown on extortion under false buggery charges.
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London
Holland
Paris
Marquis de Lilly
Biscay
Hague
Great Britain
Bourly
Horse Guards
Schoonhoven
Helvoet
Maefland Sluys
Prince de Cellamare
Madrid
Col. Stanhope
Spain
Vienna
Sobiesky
Mears
Alpruck
Copenhagen
Norway
Scheeperhide
England
Cadogan
Albemarle
Simon Eylmore
Abraham Wood
Margaret Chapman
Henry Broom
Ruth Lucence
Richard Williams
Ralph Courtney
Stephen Margrew
John Wood
Elinor Bridges
John Mills
William Gibbs
Fisk
Stephen Margrow