Genoa News Reports Ongoing Austrian Threats and Allied Movements
Dispatches describe Austrian advances near the Levant and sieges around Crete Hill, with peasants and militia joined by regular troops opposing Imperial detachments. Reports also note contingents marching from the Rhine and Meuse regions, British diplomacy shaping alliance signals, and Genoa facing ruin with Austrian defences and shifting desertions.
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Sestri
de Ponente
Crete
Parthcian Onicari
Terrazzo
Count Schulemberg
Raxia
Chiavari
Levant
Fontana-Buona
Andreasi
St. Francis
Polsevera
Col
Franchini
Francfort
Upper
London
United Provinces
Vienna
Meuse
Maestricht
Hague
Dutch Flanders
M. de Contades
Lowendahl
Waes
Paris
Duke of Cumberland
Antwerp
Wallem
Middlebourg
Amsterdam
Hungary
Genoa
Vogthern
Sarzana
Spezzia
French Privateer sacking livestock near Dingle
In Tralee on April 28 a French privateer docked at a place called the Blakets near Dingle and seized ten bullocks and twenty sheep owned by Mr. Peter rant. The raiders then threatened to rob the town of Dingle. A Glasgow-style note from Dublin dated May 17 reports a brass statue gifted by the Duke of Cumberland arriving for Birr’s new pedestal to honor a great deliverer. A death from pleuretick fever is recorded for Mr. Alfred.
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Treland
Tralee
Dingle
Peter Rant
Dublin
England
Duke of Cumberland
Birr
Alfred
Deaths of James Hallyburton and Countess of Marchmont
Edinburgh May 11 reports James Hallyburton of Piccart in Canongate died Friday morning at his house. He leaves eldest son Capt James Hallyburton MP for Orkney and Zetland. May 12 notes the death of the Right Hon Countess of Marchmont at Redbraes, with three daughters.
Brief May 19 Gloucestershire Assault Case
A man was sent to Gloucester Gaol after abducting a woman in the fields and stripping her, then taking her clothes. He claimed this was not his first offense, indicating a pattern of such acts.
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Howard
Commons
Guild of Merchants
Bluecaat Hospital
Robert Feltham
His Majesty
S High Court of Chancery
Henry Meredyth
Hias
Gloucester Gael
Centurion Leads British Fleet Against French Line of Battle
Anson pursues a French fleet off Cape Finisterre after dawn action. Namur, Defiance, Windsor engage, French rear surrenders by early evening, many ships carry marks of battle. Monmouth, Yarmouth, Nottingham chase convoy. Namur and Defiance suffer, Grenville killed, Boscawen wounded.
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Cape Finisterre
Anson
Centurion
Denis
Namur
Defiance
Windsor
Saila-head
Yarmouth
Devonshire
Prince George
Monmouth
Nottingham
Falcon
Gans
Math le Serzieux
M. de la Jona
Quiere
Grenville
Bostiwen
M. de Ke Fonquille
Prince Frederick
Spithead
Plymouth
Warren
Belle-Isle
Cape Ortugal
E.S. E
Naan
Admiral Anson
Invincible
Serieux
Jason
Gloire
Canada
Boscawen
Hull
Ning A
Ditto
Chace
London
Gaxet Admiralty Office
Bentley
West
Aee
Harrison
Norris
Princess Louisa
Saumerez
Pembroke
Fincher
Rele Xu
Falkland
Barradell
Bristol
Wm. Montagu
Ambuscade
John Montagu
Gwynn
Vulcan Fireship
Pattigrew
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