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European Power Plays and Military Moves in 1747 Rumors
Hambourg reports discuss shifting alliances among Sweden Prussia Denmark and Russia and the potential sending of 30000 Russian troops to Vienna. The article notes renewed Turkish Austrian and Russian negotiations behind the scenes and hints at delays in troop movements affecting France and the balance of power in Europe. It also covers British political news from Oxford and Westminster elections and local notices in Devon and Kent, including a marriage, excise revenues, and colonial actions in Annapolis Royal amid ongoing colonial struggles in North America. The piece ties European diplomacy to the North Atlantic theater with updates on naval actions and Caribbean postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Vienna
France
Petersbourg
Sweden
Prussia
Denmark
Great Britain
United Provinces
Ruffia
Porte
Ruffi
House of Austria
Petersburg
Breda
Italy
Danube
Hungary
Austria
Hambourgers
Maelstricht
Oxford
Thomas Rowney
Philip Herbert
Ely
Knowles
St. Alban’s
Peter Thompson
Barr
James West
Hertford
Nathaniel Braffey
George Harrison
Ryegate
Philip Yorke
Charles Cocks
Guilford
General Onslow
John Elwell
Windsor
George Beauclerk
Harry Fox
Great Marlow
William Ockenden
Meyrick Burrell
Efars
Sandwich
George Oxenden
John Cleveland
John Sackville
Thomas Revell
Comb-Pine
Devon
William Walrond
Bovey
Sally Oke
Andrew Stone
Court of Chancery
Jamaica
William Leach
Vendue-Matster
Maid Island
Maidstone
Kent
Legge
Mr. Panton
Nice
Chevalier de Belleisle
Paris
Wirtemberg
Montbelliard
M. Puyfieux
Flanders
John Cook
Hawkhurst
Newgate
Thomas Burdus
London Gazette
William Crosbie
Cox
Courtney
Wafer
Godfrey
William Kettlewell
York
South-Sea-Castle
Plymouth
Jackson
Limerick
Downs
O ‘Hara
Gosport
Barbadoes
Cayeton
Montero