London Post Man in London, Middlesex

Aims of a Prisoner Plot and Forage Across Europe

A chaotic 1702 era dispatch describes attempted prisoner indoctrination and misreporting about Spanish kingly glory. It notes French and Spanish camps forbidding discussion of Jealy affairs, a night march from Helferen toward Majeyk, and expected attacks by the Hereditary Prince of Affi Cafél on Majeyk and Stocken with 200 French troops. It reports a forage loss of 140 horses and 43 men, ongoing battles near Borgoforte, Luzara, and Hulft, and Swedish and Dutch officers moving between Maestricht and Verone. It mentions public sales of ships at Plymouth, pursuing estates, and notices about missing executors in London.