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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 05, 1758
Page
3
A critical piece argues against appointing officers by favor or status, urging merit and service to king and country. It warns a mercenary army strengthens no nation and praises low fortunes and high spirits as Commonwealth defense. It highlights Pitt’s character, naval reports, and various local notices, deaths, and court items from the period.
Publication note describes a print titled A Mezzotint Print of the Hon John Byng, Admiral of the Blue, with a fourteenth line of description. printed for Ryall at Hogarth's Had opposite Salisbury Court Fleet Street. listing preliminary phrases and publication context.
Arrived mail reports Spanish ships and sea ports of this man pin named to keep Royal Navy sailors aboard ready to depart by March. Vienna notes General Stampa arrived from Silesia after which troops moved from Landshut toward Lubas to quarters. Dispatches from Dresden mention flour convoy for troops under Marshal Keith near Magdeburg. Letters from Ulrzen and Zell describe Ferdinand of Brunswick marching to confront the enemy, French dispositions near the Aller, and pursuit results with captures and provisions. Paris adds that Prussia’s king visited Stade after Rosbach. Richelieu may meet him soon as Austrians finish Silesia.
Letters from the fortress describe Harburgh capitulation with the garrison made prisoners. Paris dispatches say ships and frigates sailed for Louisbourg while a Dutch vessel laden with Bach and a 40 gun English warship were involved in a race off Alderney, with only 50 people saved from both vessels.
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