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London Evening Post fragment on 1757 diplomacy and battle reports
Readable portions recount Empress's mediation refusal, Britain’s envoy Williams delayed by illness, Russian troop movements from Smolensko to Warsau, and Parliament’s reply to Grand Chamber. Also includes Portsmouth letters on Blakeney and Minorca defense, plus captain Hervey’s narrative of signal actions and line battle observations.
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Great Britain
Vienna
Berlin
Dresden
Charles Hanbury Williams
Poland
Saxony
Warsau
Smolensko
Paris
Grand Chamber
Versailles
Grand
Ays
Furks Mount
Lord Blakeney
Gibraltar
Minorca
Edward Hawke
Blakeney
P.S
Boyd
Portsmouth
Hervey
Gilchrist
Buckingham
Lancaster
Sterhimoft
Deptford
Revenge
Louita
Trident
Louisa
Portland
Van
Intrepid
Chesterfield