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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 22, 1758
Page
1
Reports from Prague, Dresden, and Hamburg detail Prussian and Austrian clash forces, river crossings, and fortifications as French and Russian alignments shift. Naval moves out of Antigua, Martinique, and Hastings highlight expanding conflicts, with privateering, convoy, and captured cargos surfacing amid a widening wartime geography.
On Wednesday last a French prize brigantine named Le Semidote was brought in after being taken on May 16 off Cape Francois by Captain Chaloner in the brig Defiancé of this port and the privateer sloop Grey of New York. She sailed from Bordeaux at the start of April with fifty five sail of ships bound to...
News from Winchester Portsmouth and Chatham report lively celebrations after Louisbourg fell. Crowds cheered and lights, bells, and bonfires marked the occasion as Colonel Boscawen's regiment distributed beer in honor of his brother the Admiral. Prisoners of war and expected transfer of the fortress garrison noted. Ships from Lord Anson brought provisions, with further rejoicing on the common and at Gosport.
A London letter from Spithead details troop embarkation at Cherbourg and the arrival of brass cannons on Danish ships. It lists damages to enemy piers forts ships and timber amounting to thousands, notes prizes from privateers, and reports sights of ships off Cherbourg with prospects for further action. The Antigua dispatch adds that little has changed except privateers’ impact and expected cruising.
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