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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 15, 1782
Page
3
Report describes Dutch POWs digging an underground passage from the yard toward a nearby street, reaching the exit but being discovered and fired upon. They were captured again along with accomplices and judged more securely.
Narrative recalls a North America campaign flare when Major challenged a Colonel over a dispute with Rochambeau. The Colonel refused personal satisfaction, the Major shot himself after denouncing the Colonel as coward. Officers seized the Colonel, tore his cross, and quit the service.
Extracts from a long letter report secret negotiations in the Hague with Holland and West Friesland. Waffenger de Twikelo sails to Vietima to present to the Emperor on fortifications of Namur. British naval losses and successes summarized with Dutch, French, and Spanish actions, Privateers and prizes detailed. Reports from Dublin and York Town era note arrests and defections, plus local crime and promotions.
A sharp critique notes conscientious clerical orders protesting proclaimed Fasts since the American war. It laments revenge and humiliation shaping the sermons and predicts thinner attendance at religious assemblies. The author urges rulers to heed the people’s sense and speak plainly.
A garbled OCR list details bankruptcies including Wm Robinson of Holborn Bridge London Haendrapray surrender dates January and February at Guildhall London along with Stephen Daniel of Norwich distiller and others. It mentions dividends to be made, with names like Joseph Bennett of Kidderminster grocer and Henry Ckckety of Ightham Kent, and various creditors and locations in London Norwich Kidderminster and surrounding areas.
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