French Detachment Attack Fails, 500 Killed in Battle
In the midst of the detachment, French forces attacked from ambush, killing about 500 French and capturing the rest along with wounded captives. Meanwhile, Lady Dunpeace dies at Prestonfield near Edinburgh at age 91 92. Port news from Deal reports ships and wind conditions, with several vessels heading to Dublin and Portsmouth and the Prussian Hero Wharfle bound for Jamaica.
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Deal
Downs
Chatham
Revenge
Lamented Princess Governante and naval updates in December letters
Extracts from The Hague note the Princess Governante regaining strength after a near recovery from a head disorder. MeanwhileRoyal state affairs delay discussions on English war actions. a Plymouth man o war enters Brest, and privateers capture French ships. Reports cover ships taken, Jamaica bound prizes, and Caribbean trade losses, plus Oxford University election results and military promotions among British regiments.
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Lun D
the Hague
Governante
States General
Plymouth
Cruize
Brest
Thomas
Mioneferrat
William Phillips
Cape
France
Jamaica
Good King
Calin
Martinico
Lady Augusta
Falmouth
Leeward Islands
Dublin
Blundell
Liverpool
Helbree Island
Stretham
Antigua
London
St. Croix
Portsmouth
Falkland
Downs
Spithead
Admiral Holborne
Col
Gordon
Regiment of Foot Guards
St. Cas
Clarges-Street
Oxford
University
Earl of Arran
Earl of Westmoreland
Durham
George Savile, Bart
County
Joseph Dunbar
Alexander
Hanny
Brudenell
Regiment of Foot
John Skinner
Gray
61St Regiment of Foot
Elliot
Richard Drakeford
George Sladden
Wolfe
Foon
Whitley
Boscawen
Donald Cameron
Highland Battalion
Foigt
Simon Fraser
John Parker
82D’ Reg
Berkeley
James O’hara
Guerpsey
Lucy Weston
Caprala
Obituary Notices From London to Oxford in Late April
Last week a resident of St James s Church Cape Otway died in Hertford from a toe nail injury. Thomas Drewett once a prominent Grocer in the Straid leaves a large fortune to his nephew James Harris who resided with him since infancy. On Monday James Bletfoe son of cabinetmaker and upholsterer Mr Blerfoe of Oxford died. John Edwards Esquire secretary to the Turkey Company died at his house opposite Bloomsbury Church.
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St. Jaihies's
Cape Otway
Matham Street
Westmster
Laft
Oxford
James Bletfoe
Blerfoe
Bloomsbury Church
John Edwards
Turkey Company
Postscript from London to the author on war and union
A London reader writes urging support for the continuing war as the people’s policy and peace a future risk. He argues that home affairs and colonial security require unity, warns against factional misrule, and notes shifting European powers and a new unity ahead of possible peace.
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England
Europe
Commons
Great Britain
Prient
Simon Speaktruth
Life of a Castilian prisoner and promoted estates
Fragmentary notice notes a man once imprisoned in Antwerp, whose life is summarized as curious, then details his heir John Jolliffe Juffnell MP Beverley. A Copenhagen private report mentions Englishman John Norcross died aged 71 after three years in the castle. The document lists various stock, annuities, and bank terms with prices and years of purchase.
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India
Faue
South S& Beck
Jdicta
Tedia
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Samuel Tufnell
Datgleps
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Burd
New- Street
Shoe-Lane
Searland
Baldwin
R. Bal Dwin
R. Baldwin
Paternofter Row
Georce Books
Pym
Judus Caesar
Aix-la-Chapel
T. Smollett
Willliam Pitt
James Rivington
James Fletcher
Oxford Theatre
Rose
Paternoster Row
Dr. Smollett
Ogtavo
Socor
Man
Holy Communion
Bible and
Avemary Lane
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Hitch
L. Hawes J
J. Rivington
S. Crowder
P. Davey
B. Law
T. Longman
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