Genoa and Lombardy War News From Venice to Paris
Letters recount Genoa's defense against Austrian pressure with Boufflers directing, coastal supply ships reaching Corisca and Porto Fino as Italian fronts shift. Reports cite peasant unrest, strategic sieges, and misfires by Austrian forces while rioting in Liege and Paris gossip about court promotions and East India Company strains.
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Marquess de Saumarie
France
Crete
Polfevera
Republick
Graffo
Marquess de la Faye
Francis Grimaldi
Porto Fino
Savona
Corsica
Cornigliano
Monaco
Duke de Boufflers
Isles
Genoa
Marshal Belleisle
Rome
Naples
Lombardy
House of Austria
Voghtern
Lanvanza
Alps
Parmezan
Leghorn
Sarzana
Schulemberg
Transports with Earl of London's Regiment almost failed
Edinburgh reports the Transports with the Earl of London's Regiment nearly failed today due to wind. The regiment, well staffed with 30 extra private men, is described as one of the finest in service with no officers absent. A Fra zersburgh dated June 1 letter notes French privateers on the coast for ten days, wreaking damage to fisheries, nets, and stock, with sighting near shore and coastal raiding of lines and nets.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Earl of London
Frazersburgh
Death of William Atkinson at sixty in Appleby vicinity
From Appleby comes news that William Atkinson of Kirkbythere died after a short illness aged 60 leaving no issue from his late marriage. He planned a second wedding dinner after burying his first wife on May 8, hoping for an heir and to satisfy several relatives. A letter to Mr. Matthew Carr in Sunderland reports his generous action regarding the Amity of Sunderland and the widow’s share.
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Italy
Liege
St. Margaret
St. Wallburgh
Mr. Fauconet
Privy Council
Maestricht
Clermont
Paris
Fuierz
Brussels
de Bezones
de Malevrier Langeron
France
de Brancas
Sirrac
d’Antin
Marchioness
de la Riviere
Marshal Belleisle
M. Noailles
Af. du Theil
Aix la Chapelle
East-India Company
Gill
Count de Maurepas
Country News
Newcastle
Appleby
William Atkinson
Kirkbythere
Matthew Carr
Sunderland
W—fim
Uber
Maefricht
Windsor
Richmond
Kensington
Sandwich
Gaul
Falmouth
Klaas
Bayonne
Bourdeaux
Portsmouth
St. Helen’s
Downs
Gibraltar
Lifton, &c
Dobson
Hearne
Ipswich
Rotterdam
Westminster Bridge
Stangate
Newington Church
Flanders
Churchill
Welch Fusileers
Brentwood
Essex
Edward Elliston
East- India Company
Miss Kerridge
Richard Kerridge
Shelly-Hall
Suffolk
Ely
Folkes
Martin Folkes
Royal Society
Dean’s Yard
Heyling
Westminster Abbey
New Church
the Strand
Abby Sandys
Hampshire
Elizabeth Villars Pitt
William Pitt
Earls of
Grandison
Londonderry
Maiden-Lane
Temple
Steward Cargworth
A. M
Earl of Grantham
Newcomb
Lincoln
Arthur Butler
Dresden
N.S
Bavaria
Mary
Prince Royal of
Poland
Munich
Baron Wesel
Leghorn
Viareggio
Sarzana
Voghteren
London Extempore on Sir John Barnard Statue Anniversary
A youthful London oration honors Sir John Barnard on the Royal Exchange anniversary of the king's accession. The piece reflects on Cesars image and virtue, notes the king's reign length, and touches on public concerns from education to military events and notices from Westminster to Leghorn.
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Sir John Barnard
Royal Exchange
Cesar
Virtue
Addison
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Stockholm
P. S
Richard Burleigh
Wheatly
Wey
Swan
Flushing Road
J. Russel
London
Commonwealth
Barnard
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