Namur Victory News and Continental Dispatches
The London Gazette reports the Namur fall to Count de Clermont and congratulates the king. French losses near Sofpello and Ventimiglia noted, with Bourbon troops advancing to Bettign and Besan. Paris and Hague summaries describe British actions in Brittany and Channel, plus trials and executions in Newcastle with a mayoral election.
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de‘ Villa Vecchia
Republick of
Genoa
M. Burmania
Meff. Boetilaer
London
Paris
Namur
Count de Saxe
Namar
Count de Clermont
Europe
Col de Gier
Penna
Sofpellos
Martini
Bevera
Strafoley
Boglioni
Balbian
Sofpello
Castellar
Cas Hglione
Cas Hglione, and Retir
Pegliar
Chevalier Martini
Count de la Tour
Galean
Monte Maricca
Ventimiglia
Foundation Stone Laying at Inverary and Stirling Court Martial
Edinburgh reports the Duke of Argyll’s Inveraray house foundation stone laid October 1 in presence of two large crowds. A Stirling court martial declared Major W, governor of Fort Augustus, unfit for any role and suspended several subalterns. Rumors of weather and harvest, plus notable rebel prisoners and a coming court martial in the region.
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Edinburgh
Duke of Argyll
Inverary
Gulielius
Stirling
Fort Augustus
Britain
Farverness
Blakeney
Batterean
Handasyde
Royal Irish
Shire of
Murray
Lord Loudon
Inverness
Aberdeenshire
Lochaber
Murrayshire
Hugh Fraser
Lord Lovar
Phenix O’neil
John Matthison
John Fraser
Allen
M‘donald
Lord Rea
George M‘gregor
Col. Battereau
M‘gregor
York District Court Moves Judgment for Guilty Prisoners
On Monday Noel moved to proceed to judgment next morning against those found guilty. Tuesday the court met with forty seven prisoners brought to the bar. They were asked why death should not be given. Sir David Murray urged mercy for his youth. Capt. Hamilton and most others spoke.
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Ventimiglia
Burgundy
Gorani
M. Martini
Layte
Megon
Roccatagliata
Bance Ross
Marques&s Balbian
Peglia
Turbia
Penna
Ambit
Britany
Montague
Brussels
Saxe
Prince of Saxe
Port l’Orient
Lestock
Morlaix
Duke d’Anville
Brest
Laumarisker
Duncan Stuart
Alexander Scot
William Scot
John James Jellins
Daniel Duff
David Wilkie
Edmond Clavering
William Hay
William Farrier
Angus Campbell
Daniel Fraser
Lewis Soure
Jellins
Swartzenburgh
Baron Clark
Duke of Monagu
Minster
Newcastle
Christopher Fawcett
Henry Eden
York
Noel
David Murray
Capt
Hamilton
London Gossip From Wartime Confidentials and Local Notices
Newsman’s column notes secret actions by the French and British reactions as campaigns wind down. Obituaries record Earl of Huntingdon’s death and the Rev. Heywood. Parliament summons planned for November 18. Society notices report marriages in Aldgate and Twickenham plus Cotterell’s death and Lacy’s Riga winter plan. Field Marshal Lacy eyes Riga HQ for winter, with Livonia magazines rising.
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London
Saxe
Breda
Spain
Naples
Don B
Great Britain
Downing-Street
Westminster
Theophilus Earl of
Huntingdon
Wilmot
Shaw
William de Hastings
Henry I
Wiliam de Hastings
Lord Hastings
Ashby de la Zouch
Edward IV
George
Earl of
Princess of Hesse
Kensington
Baths
James Kemp
St. Botolph
Aldgate
Dolly Ingram
Bath
Lilness
Col. Cotterell
Marines
Clement Cotterell
Barrington King
Strand
Petersbourg
Lacy
Riga
Livonia
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