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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 16, 1744
Page
1
An 18th century dispatch highlights the Empress' favorable stance on British demands for aid, while reports from Warsaw Prague and Furnes outline troop movements, sieges at Ypres and Menin, French actions against fortifications, and Austrian, Sardinian, and Prussian maneuvers. Commodore Anson returns to London with treasure as privateers disrupt Atlantic routes.
Letter from Limerick dated the 8th reports that the ship Valentine of Liverpool, John Hughs, commander, with 44 men, 12 carriage, and eight swivels, sank after a whale struck her on the 7th or 8th near Carlingford while bound for River Bonny. The crew escaped in a boat with limited provisions, clutching compass and scant supplies.
Last week Edinburgh reports the most prodigious inundation in the North Highland region. Thunder and lightning accompanied the flood as rivers rose, washing away low houses and destroying two fine bridges erected by General Wade. Damage widespread in the area and notable destruction to infrastructure.
In Bristol on June 16, reports say the Bremen Factor captained by Titehurst and the Port Boy bound for Carolina were seized and carried into Galicia in Spain. The Port Boy, Irish owned, had taken cargo at Bristol. Letters from Calais dated June 17 claim French forces seized control of the cover’d Way at Ypres with heavy losses, and a large privateer from Dunkirk with 170 men was sunk by a collier with all hands lost.
London reports the Northern Constellations remain clouded toward the Queen of Hungary and allies despite political astrological predictions. In Holland expect delays, while in Flanders the French seize the barrier. Army correspondents note in Lincoln a remarkable horse race. An order from the War Office calls four regiments of foot and two of horse to embark for Flanders.
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