Protest Over Braunau Capitulation In Bavarian War
Letter from 1744 discusses Imperial troops in Bavaria and Upper Palatinate, protest against being treated as prisoners of war after Braunau capitulation. Morous Woerer signs while Prince Charles of Lorraine seeks clarity from Seckendorf about troops included in the Braunau agreement and transport to Hungary.
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Braunau
Baron Helfreich
Straubingen
Woerer
Prince Charles of Lorrain
Count Seckendorf
Wahldorff
Tide of War Drifts Across Europe and the Seas
Letters from Madrid and various capitals describe Admiral Torres preparing a sixty gun man of war fleet for sailing, while Austrian and Neapolitan armies skirmish near Piedmont. Reports detail Marshal Don Philip’s advance at Barricades, Prussia's troop movements, and French and British forces gathering for actions along the Rhine and Scheldt with plans to attack or defend key fortifications.
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Havannah
Torres
Rome
Miquelets
Lobkowitz
Spe
Don Philip
Brexel
Piedmont
Sambuco
Lady Viscount Iveagh Dies at Kilrath in 76th Year
Treland July 24 records the death of Margaret Lady Viscountess Iveagh at Kilrath after a long illness in the 76th year. She was daughter of the Earl of Clanrickard and the Earl of Clanarthy, first married to Viscount Iveagh then to the Hon. Thomas Butler, with a jointure now passing to her son John Butler. Also noted are the deaths of MPs Berridge Badham and Michael Cuffe, and news of the telemachus prize taken from the French with cargo of sugar, indigo, elephants teeth and gold, captured by the King William privateer under Capt. Cornish. The vessel carried 16 guns and 40 men, 36 captured here, and three other prizes taken in about ten weeks. The privateer plans further cruise for another ship from the same fleet.
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Viena
Dohna
Prusian
Silesia
Hambourg
Stockholm
Keith
Revel
Magdebourg
Berlin
Earl of Hyndford
Prussia
Pyrmont
H Nover
Great Britain
Hanover
England
Germany
Amsterdam
Konigsberg
Mariembourg
Elbing
Pillau
Nerva
Marquess
Sedan
Fuly
Flanders
Francfort
Upper Rhine
Fort Louis
Strasbourg
Cardinal de Rohan
Farthett
Petegkem
Scheld
Lys
Ghent
Rhine
Alsace
Moselle
Prince Charles
Maubeuge
Axembgrg
Treland
Catlin
Kilrath
Lippesbary
Margaret
Viscountess
Iveagn
William Earl of Clanrickard
Hellen
Earl of Clancarthy
Viscount Iveagh
Thomas Butler
Kilcash
Ely
Deceas
Rooo
John Butler
Efy
Berridge Badham
Rathcormick
Michael Cuffe
Longford
Kinsale
Telemachus
Rochell
Thomas Fisher
Guinea
St. Domingo
Hispaniola
Cape Ortugal
King Wiliam
Bristol
Thomas Cornish
Scottish nobility receive the Freedom of Edinburgh
An extract from Aberdeen reports the Duke of Hamilton the Earls of Strafford and Dalkeith and Mr Hynd Cotton were granted the Freedom of Edinburgh and entertained by the Lord Provost in July. A separate letter notes a Norwegian- bound sloop seized by a Dunkirk privateer near the English coast, its master James Burdget reporting harsh treatment and ransom of 150 pounds.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Duke of Hamilton
Strafford
Dalkeith
Hynd Cotton
John Hynd Cotton
House of Commons
Aberdeen
Norway
John Ord
Cooper
London
Cromar
England
Dunkirk
James Burdget
Zetland
Montrose
Ile of Man
Were capitally convicted at Durham but reprieved
Nearcastle July 25 reports that at the Affizes in Durham four men Roger Fergison Thomas Mills James Wetherer and Matthew Addison were capitally convicted for horse and sheep stealing yet all were reprieved before the judge departed. Bristol July 28 notes the Dispatch Privateer returning with news that on the 17th instant a French vessel laden with wine and fruit was captured off the Seven Islands but had to cut her prize adrift when chased by two French men of war.
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Nearcastle
Durham
Roger Fergison
Thomas Mills
James Wetherer
Matthew Addison
Bristol
France
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Hungary
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Saxe
Haguenau
Charles
Drufenheim
Trenck
Hasguenau
Count Seckendorff
Frague
Marshal Coigny
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