News from Europe and Provence reports shifting sieges and diplomatic moves
Letters describe Tortona defenses and Vittore Vialba signals, Townshend's landing and Spotermo possibilities, French efforts around Briancon Embrun and Villa Franca, and Genoa seeking aid from maritime powers. Paris politics touch on the Emperor, Hungary ministers, and a potential Dauphin marriage while Breda and Namur battles unfold with sieges and prisoner transfers.
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de Vialba
Tortona
Maillebois
de Las Minas
Frante
Genoa
M. de Vialba
Townshend
Vado
Spotermo
Turin
Briancon
Embrun
Villa Francha
Montalban
Duke of Savoy
Chaloupé
Nice
Spain
Naples
Barcelona
Don Philip
Modena
Provence
Republick
Donceur
France
Sardinia
The
Madrid
Paris
Vienna
Tutin
England
Sipon
di Huercary
Antibes
Philip
Trial of a certain G I questions the right course before action
In a concluded trial the chief issue concerns why the forces did not pursue the correct course to cut off the rebel retreat. Iris notes the enemies ships appeared cleaner than ours as they emerged, suggesting a failure to engage was prudent unless a proper opportunity existed. The debate centers on whether engagement should have occurred at all if not properly timed.
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Madrid
Marquis de Puyzieux
Bredae
Flanders
Oder
Sdke
Tongres
Paris
Rennes
Philip V
M. d’Argenson
England
Moselle
Italy
Francfort
Bamberg
Baron de Franckenstein
Briffels
Marshal Saxe
Hussars
Chevalier d’Argens
Royal Des Vaisiaux
Marquess de Longeac
Cornet
Conti
Breda
Count Waffenaar Arriv
Hague
Earl of Sandwich
Puyfieux
Waflenaar
Antwerp
Ostend
Lyons
Republick
Genoa
Vienna
Charg
M. de Guastaldi
London
M. de Villavecchia
Pabst
Namur
Mons
Rook
Ensigi
M. Francis Fagel
Glifion
Iris
Honeywood
Barnet-Common
North-Hall-Common
Gregory Page
Barr
John Thompson
Jo@ph’ Hankey
Krs
Henry Laft ceHés
Henry Herring
Thomas ‘Martin
John Child
Elyrs
Lever
Cox
Henry Walter
Elg
Wood Street
William ‘Weilsby
Ely
Henry Waler
Isool
Thomas Jackson
Foreign Post-Office
Bell
Quce
Victualling-Office
Tower-Hill
Nore
Leigh
Jennings
Elq
Goodwin
Clapham
Surrey
Lee
Kent
Edward Warner
Antigua
Kitty Johnson
Eltham
Earl Cowper
Kensington
Yeovil
Cornwall
Zenobia Davee
Bernard
Bowditch Davee
Columbine
Foot
Paddington
John Mosely
Hyde Park Corner
Holland
Old Fish-Street
Wroughton
Mile-End
Nicholas Haddock
Elys
City of
Rochester
Mediterranean
Joseph Benson
Nategrove
Gloucester
Lord Chanseller
Richard Nochally
James Eirl
Murray
Owthem
York
Kellyn
Richard Hoare
Mayox
Charles
Jones
London Early 18th Century Notices and Appointments
The document details prorogations for Parliament, naval preparations, and bar rack changes. It notes General Honeywood reviewing horse forces, barracks construction, and court appointments for the South-Leg Company. It reports marriages, deaths, and inheritances, plus clerical dispensations and town notices from London and surrounding counties.