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News from Lisbon and Europe amid corn shortages in 1757
Letters report Lisbon ground bursting into a chasm with a volcanic surge and retreat, while Europe eyes battles near Bohemia and Prussia. Messages from Rome, Vienna, Hamburg, and Osnabrug describe military movements, fortifications, and strategic charges as grain prices rise and public unrest grows.
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Cadiz
Lisbon
Rome
Florence
Corsica
Paoli
M. Matra
Peter Fourgh
Riga
Courland
Apraxin
Vienna
Count Brown
Bohemia
Ratiston
Prussia
Osnabrug
Munster
Lipstadt
Rittberg
Bielefeld
Count de St. Germain
Fischer
Hussars
Lingen
Muntster
Teckleburgh
Wredenbruck
Rheda
Fischer’s. Hussars
Verfmold
Ravenberg
Munters
Cleves
Gueldres
Feldt
Buntzlau
Jung-Buntzlau
Anhalt
Desfau
Hague
Newcastle
Tyne
Stockton
Danizick
C. Salisoury
Gloucester
Tewkesbury
Birminghamy
Bewdly Market