Genoa Letter Reports Siege Actions and Prisons
A Genoa dated Une 5 contains detailed reports on military actions. The French losses totaled around 250 with 50 prisoners including Signior Grimaldi, while the enemy attacked Voltri and were repulsed. Boufflers mobilizes 6000 regulars and 10,000 peasants. British Admiral Medley’s force and French guards at ports feature in ongoing defense and skirmishes near Bifagno.
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Bifagno
France
Voltri
Medley
Bochetta
Provence
Frantfort
Heise-Caffel
States-General
Swabia
Upper
Lower Rhine
Count Cobentzel
Prince of Furttembergh
Smugglers and Adherents Targeted in County Meetings
Southern counties urge public purge of smugglers and adherents as candidates for Parliament are summoned to publicly justify positions. Sussex leads with emphasis on trade safety, while Kent Essex and coastal areas are urged to respond to the Gazetteer query.
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Funéty
Kent
Essex
Suffolk
Sussex
Great Rainfall in Scotland Slows No Damages Reported
An Edinburgh dispatch notes continuous rain over several days swelled rivers but caused no major damage. A Brechin visitor says no rain north of Cupar in Fife, while privateer captures and ransomings are described from May. Ships Thetis and other vessels prepare to patrol the North Channel to safeguard trade.
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Dyet
Olmutz
Tour and Taxis
Charles VII
College of Princes
Prussia
London Gazette
Herenthout
Comte St. Germain
Hallen
Comte de Clermont
Prince
Maestricht
General Trips
Rosendahl
Dyle
Pont de Walem
Trips
Calnoky
Hussars
Pont de ‘Valemoo
Haffelt
Meuse
Scotland
Edinburgh
Fune
Brechin
Cupar
Fife
Sutherlandshire
Rae
Duirness
Dunkirk
Pierre le Febre
Irvine
Marly
Craig
Blossom
Ranken
Mary
Jean
Gentlemen Voters of Minehead Faced with Election Talk
A patriotic appeal to Minehead electors criticizes parliamentary factions and the upcoming general election. The note mentions fear of opposition to a Mr Carew, hopes for reformers, and rumors of future peerages. It also reports a marriage at Lincoln's Inn, royal processions, and a series of 1747 bills on taxation, Scotland, legal reform, licenses, and treason.
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Great Britain
London
Ertco
Navy
Army
Senate
Henry Lyddal
Jacob Bouverie
Duncombe
Archer
Rolles
Lincoln’s Inn Chapel
Cranston
Johnston’s Court
Fleet-Street
White
Jos. White
Fetter-Lane
John Freeman
Edwards
Walter Edwards
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Freeman
Gloucestershire
Enfield-Chace
Kensington
House of Peers
Duke of Richmond
Lord Fauconberg
Commons
Scotland
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London Evening-Post
Genoa
Corporation of
Minehead
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