Plot to surprise the Prussian king at Strehlen uncovered
Letters from Strehlen describe a plan by a Silesian named Warpotlich to send a small cavalry raid at night into Prussia king’s quarters to seize him amid a fire attack. The scheme, known to a priest and Austrian lieutenant colonel, was betrayed by Warpotlich’s servan t. Dragoons captured the conspirators. trial ongoing at Breslaw. News from Saxony notes winter quarters for Prince Henry and Daun. Colberg fate undecided. Also ships sail from Deal as ports report arrivals and transports.
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Londow
Magdebourg
Strehlen
Prussia
Warpotlch
Wargorfch
Wargoth
Monsieur de Crutemark
Wargotich
Breslaw
Hague
Saxony
Prince Henry
Marshal Daun
Colberg
New York
Sandy Hook
Barbadoes
Martinico
Devonshire
Darby
Alcide
Hankerton
Norwich
M‘clever
St. Pierre
Jeffery Amherst
General Monckton
Antigua
Guadaloupe
Dominica
West Indies
Onckton
Haviland
Grant
Cas
Welch
Moneypenny
Sth
Jeffery Amherst’s
Monckton’s
Maestricht
Breflaufay
Col. Heyde
Paris
Spain
England
London
Madrid
Privy Council
Lord Tyrawley
Earl of Bristol
Tyrawley
Switzerland
France
P—t
Holland
Texel
Lisbon
Portsmouth
Spithead
Guernsey
Commodore Young
Gayton
Cruising
Yeekday
Belleisle
John and Mary
Wigmore
Lord Viscount Stormont
Augsbourg
Fulwood
Holbourn
Middlewich
Cheshire
Cook
Gray’s-Inn-Lane
Duncan Menzies
Tefton
Kent
Earl of
Terry
Southwark
Mason
King’s-head
Llington Church
Sedgwick
St. Martin’s le Grand
Miss Slade
St. Paul’s Church-yndl
Dartmouth Street
Westminster
Charlotte Armstrong
General Amstrong
Bexhill
Sussex
Sarah Archer
Charles the Iid
Calamitous Atlantic Trade News and War Hopes Drift
Reports from Leith and London detail ship captures and prizes in the Atlantic trade. Privateers seize vessels off Scilly. Spanish tensions rise as Portugal and Britain maneuver. Dispatches from New York and Portsmouth describe troop transports to Barbadoes and Martinico, with British officers and regiments listed amid growing war talk with Spain.
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Peebles
Philadelphia
Hercules
Wilson
Jamaica
London
Havannah
Carolina
Portsmouth
King George
Dingee
Leith
Fortune
Cromarty
Amsterdam
Whelebone
Spermaceti, &c
Spain
Harwich
Bromage
Hoben
Newfoundland
Malaga
Gibraltar
Narcissa
Wingate
Newcastle
Cadiz
England
Pitt
Horse-guards
Heralds
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el Oriente
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el Serio
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