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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 10, 1758
Page
2
Rome reports discussions on the Pope’s pontificate and the College of Cardinals. Venice envoy submit decision to the Holy See as a conclusive step toward possible beatification of Cardinal Gregory, Bishop of Padua who died in 1693.
On Exiday the 7th of last month the Jean and Elizabeth of Aberdeen was captured off the Norway coast by the privateer Beilcile under M Thurvot. The prize was sold in Norway after crew dismissal. Thugot entertained shipmasters in his cabin before crew looted watches and money. Capt. Duncan notes the crew treated him well, then seized valuables. The Beilcile’s two tenders troubled the coast, with no English ships in reach to counter them. Chatham, fifty guns, capt. Lockhart, arrived at Leith from the North Seas. A boat from a Carron mouth accident left two dead and three saved. Harvest begins near Silvermills amid a promising, widespread crop outlook with farmers cutting wheat in favorable weather.
York August 8 reports strong turnout after Earl of Holderneffe’s notice for enforcing the Malina Act in the North Riding. Meeting at Richm Road shows progress toward execution with many offering service. A flag-staff at Flamborough Head will signal to Crown cruisers and vessels, red flags and pendants indicating enemy position at sea.
August reports list several His Majesty ships remain in the Downs including Revenge and Berwick with outward-bound escorts. Sloops Raven and Biddeford sail Northward after arriving from the Westward. Other vessels Berwick Otter and Happy arrive under convoy. Fappy Bawden Vaughan Unity Meyer and Sally Dick reach from Guernsey Swanzey Drama Virginia. Welley’s Resolution sails on private cruise for landfall.
Report from L O N D O N Whitehall notes Captain Hawker delivering details of King’s Troops under Lieutenant General Bligh approaching Bay des Marais two leagues west of Otterbury on the 7th. Fire from enemy and ships pressed the action as frigates and bomb-ketches supported the assault with a bombardment from Cherbourg road. An express from Commodore Hawke adds further timing of operations from Cherbourg, with fleets weighing anchor and joining in the bombardment as dawn broke.
A detailed July to August 1758 account describes the landing of Guards and Grenadiers behind the Sand Banks, the assault under Major Dury, and rapid advances toward Cherburg. It notes casualties on both sides, the capture of two brass cannons, and the fortifications of Cherburg with its strong harbor. The narrative covers troop movements from Spithead to Cherburg Bay, with Royal Navy support, the fall of Cherburg’s West Fort, and reports of captured colors and ships, including a Royal Highness voyage on the Pallas and Essex.
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