Wide European War News Minute 1747 Dispatches
Letters from Constantinople Paris and Amsterdam report political maneuvers in Europe. Kouli Khan is assassinated. Persia fracturing with rival factions. Aix-la-Chapelle talks seek peace while France presses claims. Dutch readiness and Prussian appointments shape the war’s winter strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Marseilles
Thomas Kouli Kan
Per
Persia
Seiz
Ormuz
Gombroon
Konli Kan
Sophis
Paris
Aix-la-Chapelle
Portugal
Poland
Europe
Marshal Saxe
Amssterdam
France
England
Versailles
Flanders
Death of Sir George Dunbar of Mochrum Bart
Edinburgh dispatch reports Sir George Dunbar of Mochrum Bart died Friday afternoon at his country seat in Stirlingshire. In a separate fisheries note, harvest in Air Bay begins with a haul valued at about 1000 in two days last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Stirlingshire
George Dunbar
Mochrum
Bay of Air
Early county notices from Norwich and Canterbury
A compilation of brief notices dated 23 to 26 describing local deaths, elections, and a court commitment. Items include the death of John Sheppard in Campsey Aich, the election of Rev. Welton as Master of the Free School at Bardwell, a woman named Elizabeth Dun jailed in Maidstone for daylight assault and theft, and three Fellows of the college in Oxford receiving rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orwich
John Sheppard
Campsey Aich
Norwich
Welton
Bardwell
Suffolk
Free School
Canterbury
Maidstone
Hawke Chases French Fleet From Isle d'Aix to Action
In a London Gazette Extraordinary notice, Admiral Hawke sails with a Royal Navy squadron after a French fleet gathering at Isle d'Aix en route to the West Indies. The encounter begins October 14 with signals, pursuit, and an engaged line of battle as ships CLOSE in. The report details initial movements, formation, weather gauge, and early damages as the duel unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republick
France
London Gazette
Venice
Parmesan
Plaisentine
Marquess Scotti
Deghor
Hughes
Efex
Sardinia
Marseilles
Turin
Castiglion
Ows
Boffi Reffi
Vintimiglia
Menthon
Lof
Admiralty Office
Lords of the Admiralty
West-Indies
Isle d
Aix
Brest
Hawke
O. S
Rochelle Road
Thenes
Cape Finisterre
Edinburgh
Louisa
Fox
Kent
Lyon
Van
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Geneva
Sels
Namur
Boillon
Hague
Holland
Amsterdam
Prince of Orange
Nantes
Rochelle
London
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