Genoa Letters Describe Corsica Turmoil and Allied Movements
Reports from Leghorn and Milan detail Bastia’s citizens ousting Count Rivarola to a Capuchin convent with 500 men, plus daily skirmishes and a new battalion named La Morte marching toward Savoy. Dispatches mention Bourbon Cavalry, Extremadura regiments, and trains en route to Lombardy, with sieges and military maneuvers shaping the campaign.
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Republick
Rivarola’s
Genoa
Rivarola
St. Remo
Oneglia
Lombardy
Bourbon
Extremadura
M. de Gages
Villafranca
Pieve
Savoy
Milan
M.de Gages
Mantua
Count Brown
Empire
Mantuan
Arriv
Capraia
Stockholm
Gottenbourg
Hague
Great Britain
Low Countries
Prince Waldeck
Marshal Bathiani
Bohemia
Brabant
Louvain
Brussels
Thas
France
Zealand
Flanders
Scotland
Ostend
Paris
Cardinal Tencin
M. d’Argenson
Rebels Between Two Fires Near Inverness Threaten North
A UK letter from Aberdeen notes Duke's Army well supplied and marching north, with Hessians moving toward Wade's Road to Inverness to encamp to Badenoch. Rebels are seen as trapped between two fires, unable to retreat South as roads ahead are controlled by Duke's forces and Hessians.
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Newcastle
Aberdeen
Wade
Inverness
Badenoch
Dundee
Gloucester
Southgate
Hereford
Mary Bullock
Rochester
James Reynolds
His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer
Kent
Impartial critique of a political pamphlet on English interests
A reader writes to the author praising the pamphlet on England's trade links with the Continent and urging action against French arms in Flanders. The writer questions government steps, calls for stronger forces, and warns that inaction harms national interest while commending the author’s cool, impartial approach and sincere patriotism.
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England
Flanders
Scotland
London
France
Royal Society submission on military science and celestial cause
London print discusses ill success of arms with a satirical hypothesis linking Mars to military fortunes. Ephraim Bray argues planetary motion influenced battles at Preston Pans and Falkirk Green, urging patience until Mars moves forward before action. The piece notes Maundy Thursday alms distribution by Dr Wilson to 67 poor in Whitehall Chapel and the death of Thomas Saunderson, former Surveyor-General of Window-Lights, in Gloucester Street.
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Tournay
Republick
England
Brussels
Cardinal Tencin
Paris
M. de Muffchenbroek
Leyden
M. de Beaumur
Royal Academy of Sciences
M. de Monniers
M. Muffchenbroek
London
Royal Society
Ephraim Bray
Philomath
Preston Pans
Falkirk-Green
Mars
Wilson
Whiteshall Chapel
Holland
Laft
Gloucester Street
Red-Lyon-Square
Thomas Saunderson
Middlesex
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
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The
London Evening-Post
Leghorn
Pickenden Heath
Maidstone
William Pullin
William Chittenden
Henry Lindsey
Richard Crouch
Thomas Crouch
Francis Ladd
William Martin
Henry Griffin
John Pierce
John Cotton
Thomas Smeeth
Newgate
Thomas Hopkins
Edward Tabraham
Plato
Jeremiah Glennan
Mary
John
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