News fray from Holland to Sardinia and Silesia
Post from Danizick and Hanover report Courland nobles oppose a new Duke and secede into palatinates. Sweden remains neutral in Silesia, while Sardinia sees a royal birth and a long court celebration. Prussian Austrian clashes near Lichtenberg yield 140 killed, 64 captured with light Prussian losses. Weather cheers harvest prospects and Low Bristol society notes two deaths.
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Lithuania
Courland
Poland
Ligonier
Café
Empire
Wefst
Bremen
Breslin
Baron Rudenschield
Stockholm
Sweden
Silesia
Turin
Sardinia
Nere
Frince
Ciabjais
Bras
Deaths and promotions in Ireland and royal circles
Ireland Dublin June 30 reports the death of Richard Parsons Earl of Ross at Molesworth Fields and succession to his son Lord Oxmantown. Also Colley Evans dies near Philipstown and Thomas Ashe High Sheriff of Kildare dies of spotted fever. Promotions in General Cope's Dragoons include Wynnefull to Captain Lieutenant and Reynolds to Lieutenant. The Goodwin of Liverpool reports loss after a shipboard incident near Stringer's Rocks, with 300 hogsheads of tobacco damaged.
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Ireland
Dublin
Molesworth’s Fields
Richard Parsons Earl of
Ross
Lord
Oxmantown
Kildare
Cope
Regiment of
Dragoons
Wynnefull
Montegomery
Reynolds
Cornet Darby
Ellis Covner
Goodwin
Liverpool
John Dermot
Harris
Stringer’s Rocks
Edinburgh Regimental Review Marked by Soldier Fire
Edinburgh reports a Glasgow stationed regiment under review during which a commanding officer was killed on the spot by a bullet from private soldiers musketry. The county sees a harvest fair with growing corn barley and wheat prices named. Barley meal from the crop was exposed for sale at Alnwick in Northumberland last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Alnwick
Northumberland
Broadside on naval and political tides from Exon
News from Exon dated June 25 reports a Royal Navy 20 gun ship avoided a privateer near Gibraltar while warning of steady war and peace rhetoric. British plans for Germany loom, a Reverend author drafts a history of current negotiations, and a sea port press gathers sailors. Also noted are a Dutch mariner’s capture in the river, William Smyth named Sheriff, Lady How’s death, Mr Summers’s demise, and a London cricket match between London and Chislehurst.
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London
Germany
Potterniy
Tuli
Hans
Guildhall
William Smyth
Esg
Middlesex
Francis Matters
Willimott
Chamber of London
Holt
Hampshire
Lady How
General How
Prince Rupert
Mr.Summers
London Bridge
Annery Ground
Chislehury
Keit
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London Evening-Post
Fterday
Holland
Danizick
Beftruit
Neifs
Hussars
Lichtenberg
Groikau
Brieg
Ouiau
Bremy
King of
Festititz
Voluntiers
Pruffians
Feftititz
Vienna
Bavaria
Hungary
Presbourg
Peter Grimani
St. Mark
Republick of
Venice
Marseilles
Tunis
Leghorn
Toulon
Winchester
Exon
Fuly
Karley
Bristol
Hotwell
Fairfax
Walter Churchman
Broadinead
Neptune
Painter
Gibraltar
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