Intrigue and War News From Hamburg and The Hague
Letters from Hamburg and The Hague discuss Prussia Sweden and Russia power balances in Northern Europe. Speculation on Sweden Russia relations, Teffin affair, and the Blackwell plot. Dutch cities celebrate false siege reports while Bergen op Zoom siege and Lowendahl actions loom. Coastal notices from Naples Florence and Flushing add broader European tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
Silesia
Poland
Crown of
Sweden
House of
House of Holstein
Russia
France
Spain
Petersbourg
Stockholm
Prince Royal
Count Teffin
Baron Korff
Petersburg
Blackwell
Dr. Blackwell
Kouli Kan
Mogul
China
House of Austria
Lagle
Hague
Amsterdam
Harlem
Leyden
Delft
Bergen-op-Zoom
Lowendahl
Tapis
Berlin
Europe
Saas Buneraeiv
Privateer attack off Tory noted near Glasgow in August
A Jamaica bound vessel was seized by a French privateer with sixteen guns, sighted west of Tory while a Glasgow ship Nanny from Virginia neared Bute en route to Bristol. A Whitehaven man reported ransoming with gunfire heard in the fog. The Lord Provost and Drumlanrig honored at a city entertainment with Queensberry present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Port Glafton
Jamaica
Liverpool
Tory
Whitehaven
Glasgow
Bute
Virginia
Bristol
Earl of Drumlanrig
Duke of Queensberry
Ancient Roman Pavement Found Near Lincoln in England
A countryman in Winterton Fields Lincolnshire near the Humber uncovered a decorated Roman pavement with mosaic figures and a central man image. Ground was opened by George Stovin and Mr Charles Mitley oversaw mapping. Additional pavement found nearby, with Electrum glass pieces noted. Races at Stockton reported and French prisoners escaped Tinmouth prison via tunnel. several recaptured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
York
Winterton Fields
Lincolnhire
Humber
Lincoln
George Stovin
Crowle
Ely
Charles Mitley
Royal and Antiquarian Societies
Newcastle
Stockton
Squire Hartley
Duke of Cleveland
Fachs
Tinmouth
Camus
Blyth
Bergen op Zoom Taken After Prolonged Siege
The Accounts report Bergen op Zoom fell after a stout defense. Commodore Mitchell and Captain Middleton’s Shark sloop relayed news of a Dutch assault by Lowendahl with heavy losses. The garrison fought tenaciously, many died, and several officers were killed or captured. Further notes compare Candia sieges from the last century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergen-op-Zoom
Mitchell
Admiralty
Middleton
Seheld
Bergen-op- Zoom
Lowendahl
Iris
Saxe-Philipsdahl
Earl of
Candia
Also Mentioned on This Page
London
Hambourg
Tongres
St. Lewis’s
M. Lowendahl
d’Ayen
Loavendahl
Bere
op-Zoism
Paris
Peewee
Don Philip
Great- Britain
Aix la Chapelle
Naples
Mesfina Aenti
Florence
St. John Baptist
Flushing
Bergén-op- Zoom
Utrecht
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