European War Fears Rise as Armies Mobilize in 1740
From Berlin to Brussels reports trace growing military preparations as 1740 conflicts loom. Poland, Hungary, and Saxony tense amid Austrian, Prussian, and French moves. News notes shipments, troop dispatch plans, and suspected expeditions targeting Quebec and Europe with fleets and land forces.
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Dantzick
Poland
Hungary
Holstein
Berlin
Count Kaunitz
Vienna
House of Asia
Silesia
Europe
Empire
Carthagena
France
Port-Mahon
Streights
Gibraltar
Paris
Morlaix
England
America
Quebeck
Brest
London
Liege
Givet
Cologn
Luchefi
Bohemia
Rhine
Neuwied
Dresden
Address from Chester Loyalists to the King on Crown and rights
A Chester County address presented at Kensington urges redress of grievances against taxation, misapplied funds, and the loss of colonial defenses. It calls for a militia on English constitutional footing and an inquiry into those who failed to prevent losses, asserting loyalty and fear for the realm's liberties.
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County Palatine of Chester
Kensington
Samuel Egerton
Thomas Cholmondeley
Elgis
County Palatine of Chetter
Minorca
Europe
City of
Chester
Richard Grosvenor
Bart
Thomas Grosvenor
Torun
Alex
Nero
Rome
Berlin
Poland
Dresden
Lentilus
Pirna
Prussia
France
Hungary
the Hague
Westphalia
Barcelona
Poole
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Schimmelman
Keith
Tetschen
Count Thun
Saxony
Magdeburgh
Brussels
Austrian Netherlands
Metz