Saxe at Chambord advances plans for winter operations
London Gazette reports Marshal Saxe at Chambord likely to return by month end. Details nick a wide tempo of French army movements toward Antwerp and Bergen op Zoom. Recruits, horses, and provisions flow to support convoys, while Lowendahl and Lowendahl’s escort prepare for Dutch Flanders actions amid enemy probes.
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Bruffels
Arshal Saxe
Chambord
Brufals
Antwerp
Ghent
Stewart
France
Lowendahl
Namnur
Marshal
Alos
Jergen-Op
Trips
Esterday
Es Hague
Gefcuim
Schaffhausen
Breda
de Jowendahl
Bergen-op-zoom
Count de Gages
Marshal Belleisle
Marshal Coyne
Sas-van-Ghent
Dutch Flanders
Marshal Saxe
Count Lowendahl
Namure
Versailles
Ministry
Oubinlachs
Tholen
Bergen
European and Scottish Dispatches From Madrid and Edinburgh
Foreign affairs report describes missions in Calan and Lithuania, with Muslim and Pagan converts counted at 285,357, and marching orders for maritime corps. Madrid notes councils on the coming campaign, possible postings for Gages and de las Minas, and tensions with France over Dutch settlements and Italy. In Scotland, news of military stores heading north, deaths of Archibald Cockburn and William Douglass, with plans for a statue to Duncan Forbes of Culloden. Greenock arrival of the Margaret from Maryland and Potomack encounters, and traffic with ships from Philadelphia and Boston.
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Lithuania
Madrid
San
M. de Las Minss
Count Gages
Italy
M. de Las Minas
Aix la Chapelle
Catalonia
Kingdom
Rennes
Holland
Don Philip
Netherlands
France
Spain
Scotland
Edinburgh
Fort Auastus
Archibald Cockburn
Cockpen
Faculty of Advocates
Odge
Duncan,Forbes of
Glasgow
Greenock
Margaret
M‘dun
Maryland
Dreghorn
Andrews
Philadelphia
Potomack
Boston
Bay
Thistle
Coulter
Birth of aKildare heir heralds new lord in Ireland
Dated Dublin January 16 reports the safe delivery of a son to the Right Hon Countess of Kildare at Suffolk street. The birth introduces the future Lord Ophale, eldest son to the Earls of Kildare, whose line traces to the first peer created in 1316. Obits note deaths of George Babe MP Edward Dean junior and others. parliament adjourns to February 25.
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Trelan
Kinsale
Falcon
Hampshire
Bridgwater
Dublin
Countess of Kildare
Suffolk-street
Ophale
Kildare
Earl of Kildare
Earls of Kildare
Edward II
George Babe
Edward Dean
Ennisteage
Kilkenny
Jacob Philips
Crane= Lane
Balliboughridge
Paul Reed
Trinity College
Elizabeth Preston
Plunket Preston
Cafton
Afton
Stephen’s Green
Weller
Deeg
Mourning for Widow Gore and Legacies of Viscountess Middleton
The widow Gore mother of William Gore of Woodford died on Saturday and was greatly lamented. Four Kilkenny and Meath criminals were captured and sent to Trim. Legacy allocations by the late Viscountess Middleton include 503 pounds to the Blue Coat Hospital, 300 to Charter-Schools, 200 to the Charitable Infirmary, and funds to Mercers Hospital. Smaller grants of 501 pounds to the poor in four parishes: St Paul Dublin Hillsbury Brada Middleton.
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Gore
William Gore
Woodford
Kilne
Meath
Viscountess Middleton
Mercers Hospital
Dublin
St. Paul’s
Hillsbury
Brada
Down
Middleton
Cork
Shipping News From Plymouth and London Ports
A Plymouth dated letter reports a Dutch East India Ship from Batavia with a captured Bourdenay captain aboard and the Prince of Wales privateer retaking a prize after being chased by two French privateers off the Edystone. Additional arrivals include the John and Ann from London and the Hope from Guernsey, with ships sailing for Plymouth and New England and arrivals at Boston Londonderry Glasgow and Plymouth from various destinations.
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Plymouth
Batavia
M. Bourdenay
Prince of Wales
Pool
Fan
Dolphin
Gray
George
Dewey
Fon
Tin
Boston
Sarfth
Elizabeth
Fadre
London
Londonderry
William
M‘connell
Philadelphia
Glasgow
Margaret
M‘cunn
Fritarinia
Hamilton
London News Summary of Military and Parliament Notices
Ex press reports from Vienna state magazines at Carchaw Upper Hungary are full and quarters will be ready by February. Paris letters note eight and a half million livres remain to be subscribed in the lottery, money scarcity pushes subscriptions over trade. General St Clair heads to Vienna then Turin. Viscount Middleton meets the king in London. Parliament may quicken prize money payments to sailors. The Earl of Traquair faces trial. Macdonald, the Pretender’s banker, could be admitted as evidence. Guildhall subscription aims include sizable donations to St Bartholomew’s Bath hospital and other charities. surplus funds to support committee reports. Sunday Hilary term saw judges at St Paul’s, then Grocers Hall entertainment. Next Thursday a court at St Bartholomew’s Hospital to elect a vicar, beadle, and parish reader. A dispensation passed the great seal.
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Jast
Vienna
N.S
Carchaw
Upper Hungary
Paris
St. Clair
Turin
Viscount Middleton
Kingdom of Ireland
Earl of Traquair
Macdonald
Roog
Bath
Richard Hoare
St. Paul
Grocers Hall
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Little Wakering
Essex
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