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Siege of the Isles Reported as Allied Bombardment Intensifies
From the General Quarters of the French Army at Cannes dated May 26 the bombardment of the Isles continues with mortars and cannon. Reports state French and allied officers witness the siege and preparations for a possible dawn landing while British ships observe from nearby. Disturbances rise as Forages and troop movements unfold along the Scheldt and Brabant front. The London Gazette notes further fleet movements from Brest and Antwerp garrison adjustments as Britain credibly eyes a broader European war. A London observer recounts various marriages, deaths, and local governance notices amid wartime urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isles
Chevalier de Belleisle
M. de Chevert
Croisette
Grenadiers
Picquets
St. Marguerite
P.S
Chevalier de Belleitle
Schynder
Antwerp
Marshal Bathiani
Maastricht
Empire
Lefser Nethe
Lier
Schelde
Bergen-op- Zoom
Temesvaer
Kingdom of Hungary
London Gazette
Ulm
Count Cobentzel
Burrish
Swabia
Hague
Fune
Paris
Versailles
Lisle
Cambray
Count Maurepas
Coarts
Cardinal Tencin
Lyons
Count de St. Morentin
Brest
Rochelle
Brussels
Saxe
Prince Clermont
Gomes Serra
Jacob Gomes Serra
St. Mary-Axe
Esy
Britain
Lambeth
Preist
Conduit Street
Anne Powis
Edgar
G. Perceval
James Earl of Abercorn
Ford
Sussex
Clymping
Stockholm
Order of Peasants
Blackwell
Madrid
Genoa
Italy
Don Philip
Naples
Ratisbon
Elector Palatine
Franconia
Vienna
Triers
Manheim
Hambourg
Magdebourg
Count Browne
Vare
Thomas Robinson
Admiral Medley
Mitchel
Zealand
Middlebourg
Mitchell
France
Liege
Halen
Haffelt
Germany
Holland