Russians and Turks clash in scattered theaters of war
Reports from Warsaw and elsewhere recount a Turkish defeat on the Danube and a sea battle in the Archipelago where four Ruffian ships were sunk and another captured. Other dispatches note Russian General Romanow’s expected arrival at Choczyn and Turkish raids near Budziac repelled by Stoffel’s detachment. Detachments report Tartars massacring villages near Peterborough. Venice notes decrees affecting the clergy and Greek Salonica tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atiig
Warsaw
Podolia
Roman Zow
Cho¢zim
Neifter
Danube
Stoffel
Budziac
de Stoffeln
Winca
Peterbourgh
St. George the Victorious
Venice
Senate
Rome
Emo
Orlof
Salonica
Royal procession and local notices across Cambridge and ports
Canterbury June 9 Yesterday the Prince Dowager of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester traveled through the city en route to Dover. In high street the Dowager remained in her carriage as the Duke spoke with passersby while a hazéa of hisses was drowned by crowd reactions. Cambridge June 8 Mr Pettit, a Cooper at Ely, fell from a cart, fracturing his skull and dying. Also noted are marriages and local events in Reading and Portsmouth, including a servant’s death after a horse incident near Newport and a shipwreck incident at Stoke's Bay with drownings and rescues. The Venus frigate to be paid off and fleet readiness for the Mediterranean are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
Prince Dowager of Wales
Duke of Gloucester
Dover
Lady Howe
Lord Boston
Colonel Rainsford
Major Haywood
Hazéa
Cambridge
Pettit
Ely
Sutton
Althorpe
Northamptonshire
Andrew
Noyés
Southcot
Portsmouth
Kailbrook
Newport
Isfe of Wight
Venus
Mediterranean
Fea
Cockpit
Whitehall
Port Esmont
Falkland Island
Cumberland
Carpenter
Harveys
Blackheathy
Foot Guards
Calais
of Wales
Brafsels
Port Epmont
Duke of Grafton
Lord North
Junius
Guildhall
Earl of Fife
Scotland
Earl of Dunmore
New York
Collier
Earl Spencer
Wimbledon Common
Richmond
Joseph Lyons
Walrond
John Skinner
Merchant-Taylors School
St. John’s ‘College
Oxford
Merchant-Taylors
Gambier
Halifax
Nova-Scotia
Hood
Dolphin
Dent
Deptford
Bengal
East-India Company
Triton East- Indiaman
India House
Fort. St. George
China
Downs
Peasely
Liverpool
Gold Coast
Campbell
Bay
Honduras
Ramsgate
St. Alban’s
Paris Fireworks Disaster Toll and Aftermath
Reports from Paris recount a fatal fireworks display on the 3rd of May. Observers cite lack of scaffold provisions, blocked routes, and crowded bridges as causes. Dauphin and court pledged aid to the injured. losses include many dead, wounded, and robbed by opportunists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
St. Florentin
Des Marchands
Dauphin
France
Place de Louis Quinze
Gracé
Bourbon
Audernee
Madrass
Outward and inward bound ships list and arrivals at London ports
The report chronicles six seven ships sailing for Quebeck London and Jallaicas-Deal with arrivals of Britannia Hind and Indiaman Havannah and numerous vessels entering and clearing for ports including Newfoundland Bristol London Portsmouth and Dominica. It notes weather wind conditions and ships kept in harbor or outward bound with several names such as Neptune Minerva Queen Charlotte and St Georges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economist
Rivoire
Enterprize
Boyd
Deal
Fune
Wightingale
Cox
Newfoundland
Frost
Litbon
William
Elizabeth
Windsor
John
Wells
Pool
Blefsing
Longbottom
France
Britto Mechant
Farqquharson
Bristol
London
Johnson
Portsmouth
Havannah Kali Indiaman
Port of
Lindon
Dominica
Neptune
Stéphenson
Cardling
Minerva
Rose
Queen Charlotte
Chamberlings Grenades
Darby
Tortold
Turnbull Bailey
Honduras
Francis
Oa Ney
Mathew
Guillame
Antiona
Goodley
Wilson
Broothers
Hobs St. Kitt’s
Orley
Beach
Cathar - “Stubbs
Monserrat
Antonietta
Bute
Barbadoes
Good
Intent
Harvey
Aovilas
Attive
Barwick
Leghorn
Jupiter
Dalling
Ancona
Adriatick
Woodridge
Gibraltar
Bacallo
Jameson
Reuvens
Gierntfey
Haimpshire
Wolfe
Norway
Pally
Bambrough
Limérick
Phoenix
R'chardson
Virginia
Polly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fin Boll
Lon Dor
Hig Peak
Piccadilly
Konis
Robert
George Ite
Pentel
James
She
Avas
J Sewed
M. DE Voltaire
Sth
Yranklin
Davies
Ris Street
Covent Garden
J. Aitheble
Pater- Nofter- Row
Thomas
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