Baltic Front News Mixes War Moves and Royal Recovery
The letter from Copenhagen reports brisk naval and land armament activity around Riga and along the Polish frontier. Regiments are ordered to join, officers prepare to sail, and rumors of alliances and cautious precautions persist. The King’s health improves and the Princess Royal’s pregnancy advances, while dispatches note French and Austrian maneuvers and alarms near Antwerp and Breda with scattered troop movements and fortifications as campaigns unfold.
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Riga
Poland
Lubeck
Copenhagen
Mediterranean
D’ Ar
M. Holstein
Medley
Garthagena
Cremona
Gross
Sardinia
Naples
Count de Gages
Maullebois
Lefertérs
Rome
Genoa
Darmstadt
Modena
Mentzel’s .Hussars
Count Schulenberg
Uim
Swabia
Heilbron
Vienna
Prince Lobcowitz
Nuremberg
Franconia
Heidelbourg
Dia
Fems
Itheyi
Berborough Galley captures Scotch Smuggler near Carrickfergus
Captain Mercer of the Berborough Galley seized a ship off Carrickfergus that resisted signaling. The vessel proved to be a Scottish smuggler bound from the Isle of Mann to Ireland with brandy and contraband for rebels. Crews are in irons at Carithiergid jail.
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Ireland
Dublin
Mercer
Berborough
Carrickfergus
Isle of
Matr
Hipplandss
Nowlin Irons
Carithiergid
Morsing
Bennet’s Bridge
Grenadiers
Highland Revolt Updates From Inverary May 2
Letter from Inverary reports Major General Campbell dispatching about 800 men to Lochabar to disperse rebels led by Lochiel. A French ship with 12,000 arms is feared near the northwest coast. Barra prisoners, regimental movements, and Highlander temper are noted with captives destined for London.
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Inverary
Campbell
Fen
Lochabar
Bland
Aragyllshire
Anverness
Pans
Amsterdam
Ferguson
Barra
Mac Neil
Inverness
Cloithing
Mordaunt’s
Handafyd’s
Blakeney’s
Batteraurs
Invesness
Royal
Sempil’s
Pulteney’s
Highlands
Parcies
Lochiel
Edinburgh
Distin@ion
Perthshire
Fenr
London
Marquess of ‘Tullibardin
Eltham
Fort William
Royal assent to attainder bill and London news
London reports the king will grant royal assent to the attainder bill for High Treason suspects unless surrender by July. Glengarry seeks terms through the Duke of Cumberland, who demands absolute submission. Admiralty orders pontoon and gunboat embarkation for Holland. London Sheriff nomination and Westminster Abbey surveyor appointment noted. Plans for two London Bridge arches to save lives discussed amid social notices and obituaries.
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House of Peers
Glengary
Cumberland
Woolwich
Holland
John Knapp
Waxchandler
Fuckinghamshire
Middlesex
Hinton
Westminster Abbey
John James
Deceas
D. Ee
London-Bridge
Richard
Salwey
Efyan
Turky
Mary Weyland
Daughner
Mark*Weyland
Esq
Gocal
Duke of Ormond
Ormond
Henry the Seventh
Lord Gower
Nicholas Fazakerly
Preston
Lancathin
Nesterday
Little Febn
Mr. Panton
Bedlam
Ch. Eafe
Little Moorfields
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Petersooirg, May
Florin
Nitiport
Leis
England
Terbeyde
Marshal Bathiani
Yteghem
Lier
Nethe
Rupel
Emersem
Hanover
Englaind
Hoopstraten
Kleene Warande
Breda
Mede
Gertruydenberg
Prince Waldeck
Terheyde
Kid
Hoogstraten
Haffelt
Hague
Antwerp
Meuse
Rochefort
TULF
Brest
Aic
Rochelle
Anville
Chestertiel
Thomas Foster
Trinity College
Clogher
Dennis
Biabaron Disney
Foftes
Scotland
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