Siege and Capture at Bathaw by Philippi and Seckendorff
Vienna reports that Count Philippi with six horse regiments and artillery advanced on Bathaw, demanding surrender. The Bathaw capitulated on July 25, Seckendorff then seized the town on July 28, finding 150 brass cannons and large artillery stores. The garrison received terms similar to Belade in a river town 50 miles from the Marave, 1158 miles east of Belgrade. Prince Lewis of Baden had earlier defeated 80,000 Turks nearby in 1689 and captured the town after a short siege.
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Esterday
Philippi
Seckendorff
Count Philippi
Bithaw
Belade
Nif& Slands
Marave
Widdin
Belgrade
Lewis
Baden
Royal Princess births and continental crime roundup
Gloucestershire rejoiced at the birth of a princess, while Derby reports affizes: William Walker sentenced to death for murder but reprieved. Daniel Young and Moses Chadwick convicted of thefts and ordered transported. one man acquitted. Northampton notes two executions for highway robbery, Reading records the execution of Watkins de la Fontaine Foreman and a reprieve for William Pullen.
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Gloucefer
Princess of ‘Wales
Derby
William Walker
Ignc Harrison
Belper
Daniel Young
William ‘Smith
Worksworth
Moses
Chadwick
Samiti Cope
Etwallie
William ‘Walker
Leicester
Northampton
Henry Wages
Jacob Medlicone
Reading
Watkins de la Fontaine
Duke of
St. Albans
William Pullen
East India Company Prefers Loading Prince of Wales Voyage
London reports detail the East India Company appoints Captain Pelly to command the Prince of Wales bound for Bencoolen and China. News swarms with marriages and treaties, a fierce critique of Spain over colonial boundaries, and notes on naval events, canal projects, and notable city honors and crimes. The piece mentions Kellasid Courtenay's marriage, contends over the Utrecht treaty limits, and notes social and military appointments, racing results, and a London public alarm over a purse and a Fire-reported incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
East India Company
Prince of Wales
Pelly
Bencoolen
China
Brooks
Stepney
Kellasid Courtenay
Cornwall
Spain
Florida
Carolina
West-Indies
Charles
St. James’s
Priffin
Duke of
Baxe-Gotha
Conifer
Lewes Downs
Sussex
Duke of Ancaster
Mr. Cole
Robert Fagp
Steers
Ireland
Newry
Dublin
Whitthaven, &c
Lough Neagh
Dubliss
Angria
Darby
CaprAafelme
John Barnagh
Pentack’s
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Vienna
Country News
Edinburgh
Christopher Teate
Thomas Pitt
Deceas
Lewis Difereau
Henry Gould
Gould
Difereau
Haines
Craftsirian
John Kelly
Fuesday Jaf
Stephen Coleman-street
Pinkney
City of York
Miss Locke
Locke
Laft
Cranbourn- Alley
Robert Granville
Lord Gower
Carteret
New York
Dunkirk
Leters-fron-Barbadoes
Chetwynd
Brown
Efe
Bartholsmete
Lothibury
Bun
Anthony Murphy
Cathet CohsBe- Weil
Sonn
Robert Cann
G. Grichard
Andiis
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