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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 27, 1771

Page

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Calamitous Hamburg Flood Strains City Defenses

London Gazette reports Hamburg faces rising Elbe floods as walls fail to hold. City council orders three dyke slopes to drain water, suburbs under water and crops ruined. Prices rise. a public fast is set for July 28. Royal appointments and military promotions listed. ships arrive and depart for various ports amid weather and wartime activity.

London Gazette Hamburgh Senate Elbe Berlin St. James’s Thomas Whateley Edward Hatton Gremantier Guards William Earl of Ancram 4Th Regiment of Horse Bartholomew Gallatin Ad Reg. Dragoon-Guards John Honeybourne George Westby Coldstream Reg. Foot - Guards Wadham Wyndham Lord Bucie Ditto Henry Bristow 16Th Reg Foot Thomas Herbert James Hamilton Julius Sirk G2d Reg William Brown 14Th Yegiment of Foot Archibald Williams Sgth Reg William Powlett Duncomb Colchester Sir John Mylne Cowes Castle Ile of Wight John Maxwell William Jackson 1St Regiment of Foot-Guards Martha Foot-Guards Andrew Harper

Mails Report Turkish-Russian Battle After Danube Crossing

Dispatches from Holland and Flanders and Bucharest describe a June clash between Russian forces and Turkish troops near Giurgiu and Bucharest. Russians claim a five hour battle victory with 40,000 Turks lost or captured and 180 cannons seized, while Danube drownings are noted. Letters from Germany say seven Imperial battalions head to Panzova near Temeswar, close to Belgrade.

Holland Flanders Warsaw Bucharest Cronftedt Giurgievo Danube Prince de Repnin Hague Germany Panzova Temes Temeswar Belgrade

Cambridge Prebend Granted in Armagh Cathedral

His Excellency Lord Viscount Downshend presents the Rev. Mr. Lloyd Recitor of Pafyon in Northamptonshire to a Prebend in Armagh Cathedral with the rectory of Tynan annexed, crown gift, following Rev. Dr. Avarell’s promotion to bishop of Limerick. The Rev. Mr. Disney Fellow of Trinity College and Hebrew Professor will succeed Lloyd at Patton, valued at over 3001. per annum.

Cousul Trynew S. Cambridge Uly Viscount Downshend Lloyd Pafyon Northamptonshire Armagh Tynan Avarell Limerick Ireland Disney Frinity College Wir. Lloyd Patton Ansiuns

Windsor installation crowds and royal progress described

A London Gazette report covers His Majesty's Council order for preroquine to October, the Windsor installation ceremonies, and the royal progress to Richmond. It notes tents struck, guards marching, the Prince of Wales rewarding a servant, lodging shortages, and spectators' humorous excesses and disorder during the coronation-style event.

London Prince of Wales Onaburgh Windsor Streu Lower Park Richmond Round Tower Lord Pomfret Royal the Prince of Wales Cathedral Castle Yard Town Lord G———r Duke of Charles

Spectacle of Provisions Thrown from Castle Windows Scene

A chaotic festival scene described with people scrambling for food as provisions are dumped from castle windows. Lords and spectators laugh at the mêlée while bonfires and revelry mix with mishaps such as venison and ham collisions. News notes follow on ships, deaths, marriages, and bankruptcies.

Harier Andrew Prince of Nassau Isenburgh Scotland Conway St. George's Brats Crosby Corsica Greenland Liverpool Moore Cheapside Windsor Lincoln Harrow Fleet-market St. Andrew’s Mardy Leadenhall-street Red-lion Coppice-row Clerkenwell Thames Vauxhall Stairs Hicks St. Helena Charles Clark Miss Jones Nass Glouceforthire Doddridge Patrick Hampstead Church Ludovick Grant Knackandow Mit Guyon Séphen Cuyon Eig Hailpread

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