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Civil War Era Dispatch Details Powder Shipment and Battle News
Amid war measures the Commons hear of a French request to move several hundred barrels of gunpowder from Holland to France. They note Sir William Waller’s forces near Devizes, with about 4000 troops under Holborne marching toward Jayne. The report confirms a skirmish with Colonel Shawes Ling High Sheriff losses and captures, while Oxford signals mutiny and a broken treaty. The House orders garrison support at Abbington and Henley, and declares pay adjustments for Fairfax’s officers.
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Helland
France
England
Haller
Howe of Commons
Shawes Ling
Wits
de Kine
Briel
Prince Charles
Horts
Williams Waller
Jayne
Cal
Holborne
Cologne
Greentiie
Axeter
Boifell
Harlio
Oxford
Garifon
Towncinen
Abington
Digby
Absingrox
Abbington
Sir Williams Wallers
Devizes
Commons
Lex
Stephens High Sherriffe
Gloucefer Shire
Commons House
Reyden House
Walrs
Henley Upon Thames
Thomas Fairfax