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Plague of Distemper and War News From June 1759
The Empress recovers from a dangerous distemper as Allied forces move against French positions in Germany and India. Reports detail Prussian and Austrian maneuvers near Meissen and Zittau, naval actions at Pondicherry and Wandewash, and a sieges in Bengal. Also covered are coinage reforms in the Netherlands, naval patrols off Norway, and local church promotions and marriages.
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Hague
Fune
Col
Luckner
Butzbach
Marshal Broglio
Friedberg
Weteravia
Germany
Dantzic
Magdebourg
Prussia
Meiffen
Prince Henry
Segan
Salomon
Klefeldt
Naumbourn
Laudolin
Beck
Zittau
Reichenberg
Bohemia
St. George
Bengal
Lally
St. David
Lorraine
Wandewalch
St. George's
Brereton
Wandewash
Monson
Congiveram
Wandewah
Neapatam
Pocock
R6th
Pondicherry
Col Coote
R Gordon
Trivesar
Wandewath
Congjveram
Comifit
Bombay
Col. Coote
Teade
Spain
Madrass
Marulipatam
Carrakat
Buffy
Ford
Mafulipacam
Ngal
Salpetre
India
Clive
Caillaud
Dover
Norway
Yarmouth Sands
Chevert
Fulvie
Dunkirk
Onslow
Francis
Liverpool
Old Cala'ar
Forreventura
Canary Islands
Thomas Watson Ward
Wilbreham
Cambridgeshire
Pemberton
Girton
Winchester
Hoadly
St. Mary’s
Southampton
Redfoet
Alresford
Diocese of Winchester
Overton
St. Cross
Shipley
Silchester
Sherborne
Chilbolton
Robert Ath
Cheriton
Church of Winchester
Thomas Pyles
Blackfryars
Surrey
Thames
Nun- Head
Hugh Ruffel
Southwark
Carter Gibbs
Putney
Whitehall
William Freind
Canterbury
Lynch
Jonathan Shipley
Cheney
Samuel Squire
Brisol
Warburton
Gloucester
Edward Barnard
Royal College of Eaton
Castle of Windsor
Richard Blacow
Allen Bathurst
Beverston
Kingscot
Thomas Savage