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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 31, 1756
Page
1
The letter notes a spreading dif temper among horned cattle in the neighborhood with daily losses and a separate outbreak harming horses, especially those recently arrived from Stuffelburgh and Novo good fare. It reports allied military and naval dispatches from Vienna Breslau Berlin Ratisbon and Toulon, with cautions about troop movements and engagements, plus local accidents and legal notices.
Newcastle reports a Dunkirk privateer cruising off the coast fired on a fishing smack then pursued and plundered a vessel, bringing it to a boat’s harbor where a crewman went aboard. The privateer, now with six swivel guns and many men, has since captured another vessel offshore. Richard Ridley, son of Alderman Ridley, becomes captain in the Welsh Fusileers. A local notable was found to be a woman traveling with Lord Charles Manners's regiment and released after returning lodging money, though displeased.
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