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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 09, 1747
Page
1
A letter from Rotterdam discusses news reports and Dutch policy amid French hostilities. The writer questions why the Dutch did not appoint the Prince of Orange as Stadtholder after his marriage, critiques press accuracy, and asks how war aims and balance of power fit with public understanding, urging clarification by wiser minds.
London Gazette recounts May 16 letters from Brussels on Marshal Saxe’s night march to Hulst to inspect conditions, then return to Brussels as Noailles heads to Antwerp. It notes the French army in cantonment, battle order across 247 battalions and 284 squadrons, and Paris reports of Dutch ships in ports. It also covers Prince of Orange’s reception by Holland’s estates, plans to raise 30,000 men, and his Zealand voyage. Further, Hulst capitulation terms, Dutch and English troop positions in Beveland, and Axel’s surrender and naval movements near Sas van Ghent and the Schelde.
Extract of the May 12 resolution directs all governors and officers under the Lords States of Zealand to seize or sink ships from French harbours or coasts. It orders communications to voting towns and Admiralty deputies and to English Commodore Michell to align actions against the enemy. Signed J. Pr. Recxftoot.
Glasgow and Edinburgh date line report that the Earl of Leven is appointed High Commissioner for the upcoming General Assembly of the Church of Scotland meeting next Thursday. A separate notice from Glasgow records the marriage of Dr. Robert Hamilton to Miss Mally Baird at the university, noting her handsome fortune.
A London report notes plans for a forthcoming Treatise of Military Arithmetick to teach when to count by battalions or by thousands and hundreds, aiming to mislead enemies and aid generals with memory arts for handling artillery and assembling an army. A letter from Plymouth Sound details prize captures and naval actions, including the Two Crowns and La Measure, plus ship losses and recaptures.
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