Allied Army HQ Reports Luckner Reinforcements Near Gottingen
From Warbourg dated Aug 14 General Luckner strengthens incursions in Gottingen with 10 battalions and 12 squadrons. Hereditary Prince of Brunswick to command once recovered. Frankfurt Aug 16 suggests French Army may move to the Right toward Hanover. Hague Aug 21 reports shortages of quarters for wounded French in Franctost and use of churches. Utrecht Aug 21 notes bread delivery to French at Oberluftingen on the 14th for three 24 hour cycles.
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Warbourg
Luckner
Gottingen
England
Prince of Brunswick
Francfort
Warburgh
Electorate of Hanover
Hague
Franctost
Jast
Utrecht
Germany
Oberluftingen
Port News from Falmouth to Deal and Dover
Port dispatches note arrivals and sailings near Falmouth Plymouth Deal and Dover. Vessels include Lucretia from London with Turky, a Topsham brig under Captain Paul from Morlaix bound for Bayonne for English prisoners, Union Valiant Portland Men of War from the Bay, Argo and Baltimore Sloop on a cruise, Neptune and William and Mary from Gibraltar and Leghorn sailing toward the River and Havre de Grace with convoy of Dover and Woolwich. Names and destinations dense. wind shifts noted.
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Port News
Falmouth
Lucretia
Frankland
London
Turky
Topsham
Paul
Morlaix
Bayonne
Wind W
Plymouth
Union
Valiant
Portland
Bay
Deal
His Majesty
Argo
Baltimore
Wind S. W. Deal
Neptune
Knowler
Gibraltar
William and Mary
Thorokettle
Leghorn
Dover
Woolwich
Maria
Scott
Quebec
Pilewell
Roiliter
Charming Nancy
Coffin
Hopewell
Page
Portsmouth
Ice
Woodham
Newfoundland
Sparwen
Havre-de-Grace
Prussia
Houseman
Lancaster
Barker
Whitehaven
Downs
S. George
Barlow
Wind N. E
Victory News from Lignitz Parchwitz and Aftermath
News from the Haerlem Gazette reports a Prussian victory over Laudohn at Lignitz Parchwitz with about seven thousand Austrian casualties and over four thousand prisoners. Cannon and siege material taken, orders issued for reinforcements, militia ballots, and provisioning for Germany. Reports also note voyage movements, ships reaching Quebec and Plymouth, a drowning incident of the Hawke captain, and a captured French privateer by Launceston.
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Haerlem
Hamburgh
Baron van Hecht
Lower Saxony
Laudohn
Lignitz
Parchwitz
Breslau
Marshal Daun
Laudahn
Colon
Hale
Newcastle
Germany
Portsmouth
Quebec
England
Venus
Ogle
Diana
Montreal
Pomerania
Colberg
Portshey
Dorset
Plymouth
Sir Edward Hawke
Hawke
Peter Thomas Crooke
Guernsey
St. Antoine
Granville
Launceston
Affleck
Weymouth
Daring Privateers and Royal Naval Gambits Off Norway and Elsewhere
A small French Privateer is captured by the Hazard Sloop of War on the Norwegian coast. The Salmon, Capt. Ashton, from Liverpool to London loaded with salt, was taken off Barfeysland on the 8th instant and ransomed for 200 pounds. Four Lug sail privateers cruise in St George's Channel. Dunkirk privateers also took the Providence, Jean, Lady Janet, and True Friends, with ransoms ranging from 20 to 320 guineas. Reports say the Anna Maria was taken, traced through a Cadiz letter. Spain reports poor crops this year. At York, the Duke of Devonshire's horses defeated by Careless. odds noted. His Majesty appoints Hon. Richard Maitland as Adjutant-General to the Canadian troops with lieutenant-colonel rank. Marriages and deaths noted: Miss S John to Mr Baggott. Dr Barnard to Miss Haggett. Lord Viscount Hereford dies. an officer of the Guards dies. Mrs Matilda Postlethwayt cited.
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Hazard
Norway
Salmon
Ashton
Liverpool
Lordon
Barfeysland
St. George’s Channel
Dunkirk
Providence
Robertson
Thain
Christiansand
Gianeas
Jean
Wait
Limerick
Baniff
Janet
Leith
Cartiansand
Rulton
Sunderland
Sheidam
Royal Exchange
Anna Maria
Shaw
London
Leghorn
Mulan
Spain
Cadiz
Flanders
York
Duke of Devonshire
Auas
Canada
S. John
Lord St. John
Huntingdon
Baggott
Walter Baggett
Richmond
Surrey
Barnard
Eaton School
Haggett
Nathaniel Haggett
Montgomeryhire
Viscount Hereford
Guards
Benacre
Suffolk
Matilda Postlethwayt
Mr. Postlethwayt
Norwich
Thomas Gooch, Bart
Ely
The Rights of the Commons and Election Reform Discussed
BrITANNICUS argues the three fundamental rights of English Commons are property, legislative power, and juries. He warns that corruption and longParliament sittings threaten liberty and urges careful voter choices this election. Then wartime dispatches report Prussian victory, Austrian actions, and various European military developments with updates from Whitehall and Naples.
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London Eveninee-Post
T.e Kingdom
Henry the Third
Commons
Tam
Britannicus
Whitehall
Ivs
Prince Henry
Duke de Broglio
Dimel
Ferdinand
Brunswick
Mentz
Ratisbon
Vienna
Oder
Poland
Silesia
Thuringia
Duke of Wixtemberg
Naples
Sura
Count Neuperg
Turnour
Edward Turnour
Shillinglee Park
Sussex
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