Port Royal and Guadaloupe Campaigns Reported In Detail
An imperial letter details the 1739 Caribbean actions with Commodore Moore and Commodore Hughes. British forces land near Port Royal Bay and Port St Pierre, face French entrenchments, suffer casualties, and burn houses with bomb vessels. Guadaloupe progress shows Forts silenced, town abandoned, governor resisting from the mountains, and sickness among troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Barbadoes
Moore
Port Royal
Martinico
Crump
Port Royal Bay
Pigeon Island
Port St.Pierre’s
Guadaloupe
Baffeterre
St. George
Cambridge
Norfolk
Grand Citadel
Burford
Panther
Berwick
Barford
London
Ostend
Sandwich
Gilby
Dunkirk
North Sea
Gottenburgh
Cores
Neptune
Roche'le
Calas
Enyglith
Puvacin
Silac
Havere-de- Ciace
Claalien
Isargh
Vorhan
Timon
Taxing Matters and Public Sentiments in a London Post
A late reading from the London Post argues for broader public input on taxation and criticizes absentee officials. It praises voluntary parochial contributions to fund the Crown and war effort, proposes clergy and parish officers collect money, and notes related royal and commercial dispatches, merchant actions, and naval intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
His Majesty
Nanhuntbérland
Cima
Topmar
Nancy
Johnson
Maryland
London
St. Paul’s
Scotland
Anne Wallop
Earl of
Portsmouth
Hampshire
Bridge-Yard
Roffiter
Admiralty
Old Baily
Thomas Lewis
John Hyre
High Seas
Dover
Nicholas Wingfeld
Thomas Kent
Thomas Wingfield
Adams Hyde
Ireland
Bremen
Nicholas Wingfield
Buiter
Hay
Thomas Salusbury
Justice Wilmot
Noel
Marty
Gould
Betterworth
Hulley
Nath
Sons
Prioners
America
T. A
Scatey
Liberty
Meanwell
Litchfield
Coventry
St. James’s Chapel
Ratisbon
Walkeniz
Germany
Prince of Orange
Walsall
Duke of Brunwick
Wolfenoutiel
Elector of Menz
Rovert Hamby
Ipswich
Suffolk
St. Olave
Harttreer
Mott Parr
Havre-de-Grace
Society of Merchants
East India Company
Portmouth
Martinico
Dorsetshire
Dennis
Jamaica
Spithead
Downs
Admiral Holborne
India
South Sea
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POST
Salop
John Corber
Che
Samuel Winnall
Svc
Church of England
Rancer
Daniel Fisher
Lyon’s Inn
Brucer
Asic Wall