Prussian Movements and European War News 1756
Report from Berlin Dresden and Leipzig details troop buildups 40,000 strong with 10,000 new recruits and 200 cannon along with Saxon auxiliaries. Mentions King and Queen departing for Poland, Prussian occupation of Pirna and Dresden, and plans for Hanover Brunswick troops. Dutch and French naval considerations surface from Hague and Paris intelligence. Dublin and Waterford reports note shipwreck near Tramore with loss of crew and cargo. Meteor sighting in Dublin described.
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Leghorn
Modena
Bohemia
Ancona
Morea
Turkish Islands
Prussia
Berlin
Mr. Mitchel
Great Britain
London
Co. Lentulus
Hanover
Brunswick
Empire
Dresden
Poland
Count de Bruhl
Leipfic
Sibirski
Pirna
Rutowski
Chevalier de Saxe
Order of St. John of St. Jerusalem
Malta
Konigstein
Zonnestein
Francfort
Pergen
Darmstadt
Wurtzburgh
Germany
Hague
Netherlands
Humble York Address Doubts Public Trust In Authority
The mayor and commonalty of York urge the king to order a strict inquiry into recent misfortunes, seek justice against those who caused them, and push for a well regulated militia to defend the realm. They note failures in America, call for restoration of the British name, and report military and parliamentary rumors from the period.
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Gazette
Oracle of
Byng
Rafesten Ketiment
Britannicus
City of York
Kensington
George Fox Lane
Parliamint Ser
Maetty
Mlajetty
America
Matty
York
Majyetty
County of
Lincoln
Thomas Whichear
Ely
Robert Vyner
Gentlerman
Mittake
Hussars
Sir Charles Howard
Hodsdon
Enfield
Broderick
Smith
Union
Medway
Chelsea Hospital
Oswego
North America
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Dunkirk
Paris
M. Galliffonniere
Toulon
Irelan
Waterford
Glasgow
Cork
Port Glasgow
Alexander Hannington
Domore
Tramore
Strand
Dublin
Baron Bowes
Viscount Jocelyn
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