Plundering Dutch Privateers Raid German Counties
Bentheim in Op. 12 de Cambefort’s raiders strike last post from Hamburg and seize travelers and property. Villages like Spenbur en suffer widespread robbery and even the priest is stripped. Allied troops capture some raiders and money. York reports passports for French POWs and Hull cartel arrangements. Leeds notes council changes and prison transfers. A Hunlet recruiting ruse ends with women exposed and punished. one woman says she enlisted to aid a German husband.
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Bentheim
de Cambefort
Hamburgh
Wefel
Spenburen
Qunabruc
Country News
York
Hull
Calais
William Stables
Fever Johnson
Recorder
Leeds
Sam. Harper
France
Hunlet
Germany
Duke of Devonshire resigns as Lord Chamberlain in London
London dispatches report his Grace the Duke of Devonshire resigned the Lord Chamberlainship after arriving from Bath and set out for Chatsworth. The Earl of Berborough is said to have resigned his post as one of the Lords of the Treasury. Paris wires say the Spanish minister received favorable peace talks indications but Britain had no new instructions by the 16th, leaving negotiations at a standstill. Reports from the Havana area describe prize money division among forty-five ship commanders, with specific shares for flag officers, captains, and crew. Additional notes mention preparations to sail to Lisbon with troops and bring home British subjects if needed. A Vestal frigate crew details a five-week, near Cadiz, combat with a French 40-gun ship Modeste, now at CenA in Barbary. Further items include arrivals from Quebec indicating harmony with native traders, Portland’s fleet bringing 23 merchant ships from St. Petersburg, and the Empress of Russia crowned at Moscow on the 8th. Lord Petre comes of age. new state coach described. various shipwrecks, storms, and court notices round out the brief.
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London
Duke of Devonshire
Bath
Chatsworth
Derbyshire
Earl of Berborough
Pottmasters
Paris
Great Britain
Havannah
George Pocock
Lord Albemarle
Leland
Vestal
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Cape Spartel
Marseilleso St. Domingo
Spain
Cena
Barbary
Quebec
Europe
Ile
Portland
St. Petersburghs
Flamborough
His Majesty
House of"Lords
Dunn
Peterbourgh
Lordon
Finland
Santicla
Perfinouh
Gibralar
Lifton
Bristal
Smith
Clifcon
Waichdt
Harwich
Yarmouth
Pope
Sn Dunftan
Baihurst
Fleet-Sreet
Fairingdon Wiihon
Meredith
Sainsbury
Ludzaie-Hill
Stephen Preacher
Henry Bell
Sexayin
St. Mary
Lincoln
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Mccadilly
Ross
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St. Paul's
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Hanover Square
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Gilbert
Ottawa
King’s Pene
W Owen
Homer’s Head
Temple- Jars
Samuel. Johnson
A.M
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C- Hitch
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A. Millar
W. Strahan
J. Lodsley
R.baldwin
Jnantton
Micharele
T. Longman
B- Law
Folis
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Hill
Baldwin
Jackson
James Streery
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Liskales
Quarley
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Andover
Lord Mashan
Henry Hoare
Fleet-Streee
Harry Earle
Salisbury
Fangoin
Stourton
Stourhead
Thomas Gerrard
Wantage
Bear Inn
Farringdon
Berks
Farringdon Hill
London 3
Sale
Commissioners of Excise
Excise
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Rochester
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Gay
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Guardian
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Addison
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Newfoundland
Johnson
J. Fletcher and Co
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Qld
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Lond
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Fe’nnight
Minto
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Charles Congalvon
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Anne Littor
Emanuel Azulay
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