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Grand Council at Compiegne Signals War Preparations
After news from France of a royal council at Compiegne marshals and officers were ordered to ready troops. Breostook reinforced fleets to join Toulon, while political doubts linger about Poland provocation and broader European war risks. Oxford proceedings noted as well as public ceremonies and London updates on court, parish, and governance.
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Compiegne
France
Guards
Poland
Europe
Brest
Toulon
Oxford
James Beauclerck
Itham
Lincoln
Ballard
C.C
Robinson
White
Merton
Bliss
Woresiter Goll
Ftrwell
Exeter
Cockman
University
Fanthaw
Green
Queen’s College
Physick
Alderfey
Manaton
Pitt
Petres
C. Ch
Handel
Athalia
St. Mary’s Church
Father Courager
Terreilius
Lord Barry
Earl of Barrimore
Gower
Viscount Castlecomer
Harry Furnese
House of Orange
Lord Romney
Yates
Viscount Rathcood
Kingdom of Ireland
Richard Newdigate
Snell
Baliol
Minorca
Richmond
Hampton Court
Earl of Pembroke
Flint
Lord Malton
Bath
Duke of Dorset
Ireland
Weston
Frecker
Manning
Walmssley
Wetton
Fisher
Peter Bevis
Batchelor
Silferton
Devon
Exon
Warkleigh
W Richard Chapman
Friendsbury
Kent
Rochester
Cobham
Thomas Hurdis
Laughton
Sussex
Chichester
Sutton
Seaford
Ford
Wookey
Somerset
Bath and Wells
Nathaniel Williams
Simon Lord Fraser
Lovat
Roseneath
Shire of Dumbarton
Mirg Primrose Campbell
John Campbell
Mamore
Duke of Argyle
Greenwich
Thomas Pelham
Lewes
Newport-street
John Trevor
Richard Steele
James Garrison
St. Stephen’s
Coleman-street
Peter Ellers
Chelsea
County of Middlesex
Guildhall
City of London
Michael Hillersdon
Board of Admiralty
Pool
Windsor
Thomas Legg
St. Thomas's Hospital
Llewellin
Hoffman
Hatton Garden
Bunhill Fields
Parker
Brentford
Kew Ferry