Corsican War Progress and London Press Update
The Republick lifts three new regiments to fill Lombardy levies as 6000 recruits are needed. Corsica sees English aided sieges on Calvi with Artillery and stores as Vaudois incursions rise. Berlin reports 16,000 more troops en route to Italy. Sardinia hints at renewed campaign if reinforcements reach by February. Royal entries celebrate Frederick the Great with grand displays in Berlin and Boulogne prepares 10,000 embarkations for England-bound forces.
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Republick
Lombardy
Grimaldi
Bastia
Corsica
Hland
Calvi
Vaudois
Barbers
Final
Savona
Antibes
Sardinia
Kenna
Charles of
Berlin
Bohemia
Silesia
Prince of Lichtenstein
Italy
Count de Canales
France
Spain
Constantinople
Persia
Don Philip
Milan
Madrid
Prince of Prussia
Wursterhausen
Pritz- Heath
Frederick the Great
Prince of
Prussia
Ferdinand Ofrunswick
Count Rothemarp
Prince Henry
Fredericus Ren
Vitor
Augupus
Magnus
Felix
Boulogne
Normandy
Picardy
Ostend
Calais
Dunkirk
Utrecht
Bruges
Fan
Blankenberg
Nieuport
Paris
Brest
Ferrol
Hague
Sickness and naval alerts from Plantation News
The letter from Charles Town notes a deadly sickness in the province with Black Vomit and Yellow Fever. A Flag of Truce from St Augustine brings eleven masters and forty seamen. Capt La Favire reports Spaniards took the New River and aim to possess the Old One. News from New England cites Indian attacks and a Marblehead sailmaker fire. Maryland reports a brigantine found near Newfoundland with a horse head on board and Boston marked compass.
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Charles Town
South Carolina
St. Augustine
la Favire
Rattan
Bay of Honduras
Veffel
New England
Marblehead
Afaryland
Bibby
Potomack
Newfoundland
Boston
Highland Army Movements and Scottish Local Rejoicing
Edinburgh reports show Highland forces near Glasgow with main body at Hamilton and rear at Lanark while a Milford Man of War convoy takes prisoners to Berwick. Gloved by local militia, four Paisley companies join exercise as Glasgow inhabitants send a deputation to congratulate the Duke of Cumberland on royal success against rebels. Alexander Livingston, captain and Ardkinglass descendant, dies at Inverary.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Hanway
Lieth
Berwick
Glasgow
Hamilton
Lanerk
Clyde
Lamington
John Drummond
Lewis Gordon
Banff
Earl of London
Strathbogie
Borrowstouners
Paisley
Duke of Cumberland
England
Alexander Livingston
James Campbell
Ardkinglass
Inverary
Scots Royal Regiment Arrives and Presses Horses at Newcastle
In Newcastle on Sunday the Regiment of Scots Royal with General Woolf Col Battereau and Brigadier Fleming arrived. On Monday the Old Butts under General Handayrd and Fleming moved in, and on Tuesday Barrels Pulteney Blakeney and Chelmondeley followed. A hot press for horses occurred last Wednesday with hundreds pressed. Thursday morning officers and gunners mounted on pressed horses set out for Carlisle, carrying ammunition. meanwhile Scots Royal and Cholmondeley's Regiments advanced for Scotland.
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Newcastle
Regiment of Scots Royal
Woolf
Battereau
Fleming
Arriv
Old Butts
Handayrd
Fleming’s
Barrel
Pulteney
Blakeney
Chelmondeley
Marshal Wade
Carlisle
Scots Royal
Cholmondeley
Battereaw
Howard
Cotland
Rebels on Solway Sands and Dumfries March Reach Scotland
Extract from Edinburgh dated Dec 24 reports Rebel forces crossing the Solway Sands with 500 horse under Lord Elcho, marching through Dumfries toward Lanark and Hamilton. Details include clashes at Kendal, Duke of Perth actions, and alarms across Penrith with beacons lit as mobs clash with Highlander forces.
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Flanders
Picardy
Scotland
England
Netherlands
Edinburgh
River Elk
Solway Sands
Lord Elcho
Langtown
Dumfries
Brickstone Braehead
Elwinfoot
Coulterheights
Lanerk
Drumlanerk
Duke of Queensberry
Douglas
Hamilton
Dunnieden
Forth
Stirling
John Drummond
Price
Ligonier
Glasgow
Lord Hume
Borrowstowners
Leith
Marshal Wade
Perth
Dragoons
Lord Lovar
Inverness Castle
Kendal
Duke of Perth
Robert Slack
Wildman- Street
Penrith
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