Vast War News and Rumors Across Europe Then and Now
Letters from Kaminieck report Russians retreating after renouncement of confederacy, while Turkish attacks near the Danube are repulsed with losses. Epidemics ravage Walachia Moldavia, Podolia, and the troops in transit. News from Warsaw and Rome detail sieges, papal misfortune, and a bustling diplomatic scene with commissions, banks, and naval movements amid ongoing tensions.
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Dreadful hurricane damages Oxford school pinnacles
Oxford reports a Wednesday noon hurricane with rain and wind tearing away a public school pinnacle and damaging others. A sheet of lead blew from Magdalen College new building, striking a chimney but sheltering two workmen on the site.
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London society notes crowded levees and political shifts
London reports detail a bustling scene with levees at St James's and Whitehall, cabinet and lordly gatherings, and new appointments. It notes parliamentary sessions, election shuffles, and ominous talk of court changes, with grisly hints about a minister’s health and power struggles.
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