Vast European War Updates Across Fronts and Negotiations
A long dispatch from Constantinople notes the Shah’s three army corps forming toward Tarky. Earthquakes shake Leghorn and surrounding towns as Corsican rebels seize Corte. Vienna reports Cantacuzéna’s imprisonment and Moscow-Petersburg talks ripple through Europe. Charleroi capitulates. Breda congress rumored. Dresden peace terms debated amid Saxon troop maneuvers. Weather and drought in Prague worsen harvests while fires threaten forests.
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Leghorn
Lucca
Graffignana
Pisa
Sarzana
Republick
Three Crowns
Corsica
Corte
Genoa
Count de Gages
Madrid
Philip V
Don Philip
Asturias
Crema
Brown
Maillebois
Duke of
Nea Novi
Biffona
Lambro
Prague
Vienna
Cantacuzéna
Walachia
Hungary
Arad
Lower
Mordvia
Namur
Sarkar Ang
Lord Lovat Passes Through Newcastle Under Guard
General Hawkey rode through Newcastle toward London on Monday while Lord Lovat, escorted by Major Giardner and two troops of dragoons, arrived in a coach and six. He rested at lodgings aided by dragoons with his entourage, two prisoners accompanying for evidence, and was hissed by locals as he departed through town on Tuesday morning.
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Count Bathiani
Offein
Prince of Waldeck
Saarle
Wederin
St. Zambert
Boveffe
Saxe
Breda
Marquess de Puisieux
France
Charleroy
Paris
M. van Hoey
States General
Maastricht
Hall
Flanders
Brusels
Valenciennes
Amsterdam
Petersbourg
Livonia
Germany
Dresden
House of Austria
Chier
Vienna
Prussia
Berlin
Czarina
Silesia
Courland
Munich
Poland
Cour
Peterdbourg
Gemblejrs
Carlisle
Cholmondeley
Newcastle
Kingston
London
Cook
St. George's Dragoons
Lords of Session
James Sinclair
Harow
Major Hamilton
John Douglas
Kilhead, Bart
Hawkey
Arriv
Lord Lovat
Giardner
Speech of Cromartie on death penalty plea before Lords
The speech pleads guilty to treason and seeks mercy from the monarch, invoking remorse for allegiance to the government and appealing to compassion for his wife and unborn child, eight innocent children, and his son. He admits seduction by rebels, asks for clemency if not endangering public safety, and offers to sacrifice life, fortune, and family if required.
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Lee
Treifon
Court of Session
Scotland
Lam’ Fue
Fragmentary note on Confederate orders and Dutch neutrality
Incomplete OCR text references a Confederate general, orders not to fight in the Netherlands, and a nobleman's commission. The fragment hints at policies affecting wartime actions and possible attempts to quicken resolutions, with garbled terms about enemy dealings and product sales during conflict.
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Geeneralan
Netherlands
Ng Zor
Ealpshey
Garritts
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Ange
Tauaspay
Holland
Constantinople
Howard Sare
George Earl of
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