Campaign Plans Regard Siege of Widdin and Danube Fleet Threats
Vienna May 7 reports conferences on campaign strategy. The plan aims to force a Turkish engagement by besieging Widdin to draw the enemy from the Danube. 23 frigates guard the river above the fortress, threatening Imperial ships. Prince Lubkowitz gains larger command in Transylvania, with Veldt Marshal Khevenbulller to lead in his stead.
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Assur
Widdin
Danube
Lubkowitz
Transilvania
Khevenbuller
brigantine looted by French before Mercer pursuit
From Dublin dated May 9 letters from Kinsale report Captain Mercer cruising off the coast encountered a brigantine of Whitehaven that had been boarded by two French sloops. They placed 50 Frenchmen aboard and looted the vessel. A Kinsale fishing boat warned Mercer, the brigantine fled with its boat, Mercer pursued for eight hours but halted at night.
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Ireland
Dublin
Kinsale
Mercer
Whitehaven
Edinburgh gossip on appointing Ross governor and Hamilton customs
From Edinburgh May 9 a report says Lord Ross may become Governor of the Cattle of Edinburgh and Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick MP for Linlithgow might replace him as Customs Commissioner. Aberdeen reports last week 75 lb Green Tea 1045 Bohea 200 lb Coffee Berries seized by John Campbell and Excise officers.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
George Lord Ross
Alexander Hamilton
Innerwick
Shire of Linlithgow
Prince of Wales
Aberdeen
John Campbell
Man Charged With Coining Suspicions At Totterdown
In Briel May 13 report, John Hobbs, a former servant to a Tucker-street broker, was seized on a violent suspicion of coining bad money found in Totterdown Hay Mon. The arrest followed him leaving a wallet at Totterdown House, with a daughter of the housekeeper curious about the gin business on her way home from school.
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Country Newsbriel
Newgate
John Hobbs
Tucker-street
Hay- Mon
Totterdown
Burt
Jones
Essex-street
Isleworth
Middlesex
John Cheshire
King
Elizabeth
Roger Cave
Stanford
Northamptonshire
Anne
Thomas Lawley
Robert Lawley
Kensington
Francis Clay
Islington
Dulwich
Alexander Sheate
Ely
Bank
Laft
Ealing
Mangey
Miles Stapleton
Knights of the Shire
County of York
Waller
Edmund Waller
High Barn
Beconsfield
Great Marlow
Bucks
John Aiflabie
Mr. Waller
Top
Epsom
Mr. Greswood
Guilford
Dogmersfield
Southampton
Diocese of
Winchester
Richmond
Strate
Keene
Madrid
Grace Tozier’s
Black Heath
Crime ring unmasked as coiners and informers reveal plots
Report details a Waller stash found by a father after learning of coiners and a magistrate seizure of Hobbs and his accomplices. The narrative also covers informers targeting distillers, price abuses by West Country masters, and local distress from rising costs.
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London Evening-Post
France
Holland
Vienna
Hobbs
Salmon
Bridewell
Tiverton
Columpton
Banton
Silverton
Daverton
Norwich
Rebecca Swallow
London
Mons
van Loo
Arriv
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