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The Birth of a Prince Shocks London and Europe
London reports the birth of a prince as crowds cheer in St James's and Windsor. Admiralty notes French privateers captured and ships seized. Military updates from Hesse recount Prince Ferdinand’s maneuvers against French positions near Marbourg and Melfungen, with Stainville ambushed at Morschen. Contemporaneous dispatches reveal Prussian sieges planned for Schweidnitz, and royal court ceremonies mark the infant’s baptism and forthcoming Knights of the Garter installation.
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London
Breslau
Schweidnitz
Gudensberg
Fulda
Caffel
Melfungen
Prince of Conde
Marbourg
Hamburgh
Berlin
Panin
Russia
Poland
Colberg
Hague
Hesse
Prince Ferdinand
Eder
Marquis of
Granby
Falckenberg
Hilgenberg
Sporcken
Schwalm
Harte
Nieder- Melrick
Lord Granby
Ferdinand
Melfantgen
Stainville
Rothensbourg
Morschen
Freytag
M. de Stainville
Silesia
Marshal Daun
Bohemia
King of
Frussia
Bogendorff
Hoff
Moravia
Werner
Matich Gratz
Beck
Beren
Sternberg
Olmutz
Iglau
Luckner
Luder
Mansbach
Hunefeld
Witter
Neu Métfien
Prussia
Prince of Bevern
Cofel
Neifs
London St. James’s
Commons
City of London
Duke of Devonshire
William Moreton
Erne
Great Britain
Chapel Royal
Charlotte
Princess Dowager of Wales
Stedman
Duke of Queensberry
Nares
Duke of Cornwal
Tunbridge Wells
Amelia
Scott
Scots Hall
Kent
Knights of the Garter
Windsor
North America
Guadalupe
Martinico
Belleisle
Newfoundland
Ligonier
Germany
Dresden
Prince Henry
Magdebourg
Sieur Balbi