Surge of Dutch unrest and Bergen op Zoom siege details
Letters from Rotterdam and the London Gazette recount a French assault on Bergen op Zoom begun September 16 with mines and bombarded walls, breaching Dedem and Pucelle works. The town suffered massacre and treachery theories swirl as Prince Hesfe Philipsdahl and General Cronstrom endure wounds and retreats amid widespread panic.
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Rotterdam
Bergen-op Zoom
Hague
Helvoetfluys
Packer
England
P.S
Ravelin
Themelves
Steenberg
Tholen
Sorm
Hesfe Philipsdahl Arriv
Cronstrom
Amsterdam
Williamstadt
Flanders
Edam
London Gazette
Bergen-op-Zooms
Dedem
Forfe
Prince of Hesse Philipsthal
Prince of
Steenbergen
Cromstrom
Bergen-op-Zoom
Oudenbasch
Prince of Hesse
Philipsthal
General la Rocque
Hulst
Council of State
Deadly Nightshade Description Seeks Public Safety
Scotland news reports privateers capturing vessels near the Leeward Islands and university appointments in Edinburgh. Transports sail for Holland with Sackville and Lee regiments. A fatal nightshade accident prompts a public herb description to prevent future harm. Ipswich notes new Bailiffs chosen for the year.
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Scotland
Glasgow
Lion
Greenock
William Gardner
MacLeish
Irvine
Leeward Islands
Edinburgh
University of
Matthew Stewart
Roseneath
Sackville
Lee
Leith
Holland
Ipswich
John Cornelius
Ely
Nathaniel Cole
Navigation and marriage rumors amid Dutch war 1673
London reports Commodore Mircuett commands light armed vessels to guard Zealand and near continent channels as fears of G rs persist. Marquis Brand named Rear Admiral. Marriages rumored between Captain Beaver and Miss Tuty Lee and Rev Dr Heath and Miss Speere. Count Bentinck returns home aboard Charlotte Yacht. Dr Barker named Army physician. Hoskins made Chief Engineer. Busby as Brass Ordnance Keeper. Obituaries note several London figures and a smuggling outlaw Austin is captured.
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Mircuett
Zealand
Continent
Beveland
Vfolen
Amsterdam
United Provinces
Brand
Beaver
Kingdom of
Ireland
Tuty Lee
Farnham
Surrey
Heath
Holland
John Barker
Essex Street
Strand
Duke of Cumberland
Flanders
Board of Ordnance
Hoskins
Woolwich
Busby
Brass Ordnance
Sparkes
Duke’s Place
Parsons
Fenchurch-Street
Bridgewater
Somersetshire
Peter Noye
Foster Lane
Richmond
Thomas Liloyd
Essex-Street
Tower
Anderson
Pall-Mall
Lumley
Martin Lumley
Ann
Martin
John Louch
London Bridge
The
Dutchy of Lancaster
Oswald
Marlow
Shropshire
Talbot
John Land
Baliol College
Oxford
Philip Earl Stanhope
Marth Guibbons
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Lyons
France
Sudbury
John Yoyce
Friends
Fonriereau
Benjamin Carter
Voyce
Carter
Alderman Voyce
Aldeburgh
Bayliffs
Borough
John Smith
John Spurrell
Thomas Fonnereau
William Read
London
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