Fire harms Saint Peters Church in Fortress of Russia
From Hamburgh May 28 reports say lightning struck the steeple and roof of the fortress church at Petersburgh, all the gilded copper spire, roof and interior paintings burned. No foundation for Swedish and Danish squadron joining actions. cattle and horse diseases spread in Holstein. coffee, sugar, ginger prices rise in London. May 27 to 31 dispatches note German king elections, Manheim birth of Maximilian Joseph, taxes on clergy for Barbary wars, and naval build efforts at Bourdeaux and Rochefort with new docks and ships under construction. Mobile Creek skirmish headhunting by French and Indian forces recorded. News from the Mississippi reports transport arrivals at New Orleans and fort-building progress. Siege of Fort St Philip includes Belleisle and Byng engagement and Galiffoniere preparing repairs.
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Peter the Great
Rusia
Caresfcroon
Holstein
England
France
Francfort
Palatine of
Deux Ponts
Manheim
Bavaria
Maximilian Joseph
Naples
Regiment of
Nice
Minorca
Toulon
Carpentiers
Bourdeaux
Rochefort
Add
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Martinico
Mobile
Sotcha
Voulouse
Conde
Coutra River
Ohio
Rochelle
Europe
New Orleans
Nightly Harbour Robbery and Great Fire At Bath
A sloop was robbed of sails and gear while Join Tiled is AfaRer. on the following day the Water-Baills searched ships, finding two live sheep and other loot on the Witham at Brownsea. Three men confessed to further thefts. they were imprisoned. A fatal fire at Mrs Fleming's on South Parade killed a young lady and a groomed gentleman, Dickenson, son of a Dublin banker, burned to ashes after being hurried from bed. The Bath incident caused widespread alarm and looting of goods during the confusion. In London, the Militia Bill faces debate amid war anxieties and political commentary. Nearby Hampton-Wick notes a memorial victory for free passage through Richmond Park. Paris dispatches discuss counter-memorials on England-France hostilities and colonial moves in America. The Rose Frigate captured an English ship from Gallipoli worth 190,090 Livres. Perrier de Salvert's expedition is awaited.
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Witham
Scarborough
William Lee
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Holloway
Dickenson
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Nath
Orchard-Street
Cuppaidge
London
France
Hampton- Wick
Middlesex
Hampton-Wick
Tim. Brunet
Richsnond
Burgess
Richmond Park
Europe
England
America
Aix-la- Chapelle
Braddock
Montreal
Cape Breton
M. de Coftebelle
Minorca
Gallipoli
M. Perrier de Salvert
Madrats
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Marshal de Belleists
Dunkirk
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Royal
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Marthal Richelieu
Provence
St. Phillip
Thiese
Count de Maillebois
Marquis de Curfay
Brest
Duke
Marseilles
Marruis de la Galillonnieré
Byng
Cre Zord
de la Galiffonniere
M. de la Galiffonniere
Mr. de la Galiffonniere
Fort St. Phillip
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