Victory at Octakon Attacks and Surrender Report
Mail from France reports Empress accorded a victory as oblique letters describe the assault on Octakon. The garrison of about twenty thousand men yielded after a feint and fierce fighting. Bravery of officers like Prince of Brunswick and General Rumianow noted amid casualties. further dispatches outline movements near Crimona Bridge and diversions by flotilla forces. Bosnia reports a defeat of the Bashaw of Banjaluka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count de Munich
Octakow
Octakon
Felicite
Prince of
Hesse-Hombourg
Prince of Brunswick
Rumainzow
Biron Ax
Burow
Kaite
Lowendahl
Arrakzyes
Lacy
Crimona
Cadziss
Arrabet
Kerez
Bredal
Batey
Vienna
Bosnia
Bashaw
Banjaluka
Presbytery Faft Planned at Linton and Ochil-hills
Edinburgh reports that the associated Brethren formed a Presbytery and set a Faft for next Wednesday at Linton Camburnethen and Ochil-hills in a region chosen for fasting due to crowding expects Vic tuals to a tenth part of attendees. Also note the death of the Right Hon. Earl of Carnwath at Kirkmichael and the loss of the Concord’s ship and cargo near Leith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Linton
Camburnethen
Ochil-hills
Kirkmichael
Dumfries-shire
Robert
Earl of
Carnwath
Dalziel
Lawfeld
East Lothian
Alexander Hay
Marquis of
Tweedale
Police
Tfe
Gona
William
Philip Anstruther
Concord
Leith
Pater
Matter
Storms fires thievery and death noted in Canterbury
A Saturday seizure of three anchors of brandy and two of rum occurred in a pleasure boat brought to the Custom-house. A fire at South Gates Oil Mill consumed structures and two tenements. A cathedral window blown out during a storm. A funeral in Canterbury recalls John Gray a physician of 50 years.
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Lynn-Regis
Excise
Gool
John Gray
Lady Lutterell Delivers Heir at Cranford Manor
Sunday afternoon the Lady of Simon Lutterell of Lutterells Town, Esq born a son and heir at Cranford in Middlesex, seat of the Earl of Berkeley. Last week Mr King ran a distiller’s shop in Tooley street before the liquor retail act began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Simon Lutterell
Lutterells-Town
Earl
Berkeley
Cranford
Middlesex
King
Tooley-street
Distillers Face First Court Challenge as Hat Makers Seek Warrant
A historic notice reports a distiller pressed over an occupation claim by a hat-makers company. The case moved to Kingston for a show cause hearing with delays due to unpreparedness. The piece also covers a coffee house disturbance in St George's Fields, a fatal bricklayer accident near Knowle's Court, royal visits and court entertainments at Hampton Court, and various transport and obituary items.
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Kingston
St. George’s Fields
King’s Bench
O’glock
Knowle
St. Baratholomew’s Hospital
Amelia
Caroline
Hampton Court
St. James's
Princess of ‘Wales
Hampton-Court
Robert Walpole
West Chester
Ireland
Evans
Northfleet
London
Harlow
Essex
Richard Harrison
Hodsdon
Hertfordfordshire
Edward Leigh
Edward
Lord Leigh
Stonely Abbey
Warwickshire
Haemilton
Ake
Holstein
Holland
Gravesend
Nicholas Leeke
Sutton-Hall
Derby
Jace
Scarsdale
Devncoust
Sutton
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