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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 05, 1747
Page
1
Stockholm reports the king's illness relieved, a Danish warning of Finland defense, and the Dutchy’s uncertain future. Genoa and Savona detail naval clashes, Austrian and French actions, and fortifications. Paris notes Alsace mobilization and Genoa's Riviera distinctions. Bergen-op-Zoom siege updates describe heavy artillery and mine battles with Dutch defenses.
In Dublin on August 29 reports describe brutal assaults on a woman by six or fewer chaise boys, with her rescue by passersby. Two men were captured near Dunlary and taken to Newgate. Other items include promotions in Sir Robert Rich's Dragoons, Captain Johnson's death, Alderman Cooke’s marriage, a criminal conversation trial ending in a verdict for the defendant, a farmer’s house being attacked for extortion, a mob clash at a Marlborough Street meeting and subsequent dispersal by the Lord Mayor’s party.
A letter from Stromness in Orkney claims Presbyterians faced a mob obstruction while admitting a minister. Soldiers and locals clashed, a woman died, several prisoners were taken, and the smugglers’ boat battle left injuries. Transports prepare to move Drumlanrig’s Regiment to Holland as vessels depart Leith for provisioning the troops. A yacht fight near Towart involved 37 casks of brandy seized. casualties reported and crews damaged. Drumlanrig’s company shipped to Newstead aboard Arthur and Grace of Ailmouth.
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