19 Mar 1757
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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 19, 1757
Page
1
An Austrian force attacked Hirschfeld in Upper Lusatia, capturing a redoubt and two cannon after repeated assaults. Prussians pursued, suffering casualties and taking prisoners. The report notes 500 Austrian losses per their own accounts and describes subsequent skirmishes and dispatches from Dublin and London on military, political, and personnel matters.
March reports From Cambridge Chalmers bound for Leith was captured by a French privateer and ransomed at sea. The Solebay and Squirrel convoyed London trade to Leith. Agnes Crichton sailing from St Kitts to Glasgow was captured by two French privateers after a failed voyage. The Silver Club golf prize in Edinburgh awarded to Robert Clark, merchant.
Yarmouth reports a ship named Grenadier with all souls saved after a shoreward grounding near the town. Cambridge notes windstorm damage tearing trees from roots, toppled chimneys, and barn losses in colleges and surrounding counties. Canterbury records a wedding at Maidstone Church, while Bristow, a merchant, dies in Bristol. Newgate felons attempted escape but failed. coal pit collapses in Hankam and Bath injure a passerby.
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