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Newspaper

Public Ledger

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 29, 1760

Page

2

King Prussia besieges Dresden as troops man siege lines

News from Hague reports strong detachments occupying Pyrna suburb and artillery poised to bombard Dresden. King of Prussia advances from Bautzen, driving Lafey back to Elbe, while Daun remains in Gorlitz and Laudoln at Lauban. Ferdinand’s Hereditary Prince redeploys with Hanoverians and Hessian guards, winning a sharp victory near Marburg with Glaubitz’s French corps defeated and prisoners taken.

Dresden Pyrna Bautzen Saxony Lafey Elb Maxon Marshal Daun Gorlitz Laudoln Lauban Prince of Ferdinand of Brunswick Saxenhausen Behr Marchal Mansbach Luckner Elliott England Serene Erhdorff Marburgh M. de Glaubitz Royal Bavaria Anhalt Turpin Hussars Frederick Anhalt-Cothen Freytag M. Derenthal Ferdinand

Winds Shift as Arethusa and Fleet Sail From Gravesend

In Gravesend July 27 reports sailings of multiple ships including Arethusa, St George, Nassau, Buckingham, Phoenix, Jason, and others bound for Halifax, Carolina, and Greenland. London news notes Polish General Dyet to open Oct 6 in Warsaw, earthquakes felt across Europe, and dispatches from Jamaica, Virginia, and Barbados describing war actions, privateering, and colonial troop movements.

His Arethusa Betsey Potts Jamaica Downs St. George Nassau Buckingham Phoenix Jason Thomas and Anne Littlefear Hallifax Carolina White Gravesend Britannia Boya Cumberland Allen Hope Park Sarah Wheldon Young Eagle Body Waterhouse Haddock Smith Davidson Coronation Manning Hoare Greenland Hawke Blair Cornelia Crawford Romney Herbert Nelson Sandy Point Gibbons Galloway Margery Mc Donald Mary Wilson Samuel Evans Patrington Murrey Planter Degon Kethurst Crouch Rowley Kiddell Jenny Todd Wolfe Pearn Elizabeth Helms St. Kitts Young Amboye Vof Sisters Atkins Augustus Cesar Strong Polly Rowland Whiuon Betty Duncan Guadalupe Laurel Barnard Earl of Halifax Terry Brothers Key Kerby Hall Martin Horsley Hooper Sally Lusby Goodman London Packet Davis Dorothy Watson Judith Robinson Chester Scott Trecothick Antigua Edward Susannah Waugh James Farrel Drinkwater Diana Wagner Doran Racehorse Partridge Catherine Butler Montserrat Layton Content Fetherston Creighton Borley Barbadoes Finder Burnet Grandterre Grey Virginia Barnes South Carolina Pointer Nevis Peter Ann Peterson Norway St. Christophers Cruize St. Eustatia St. Croix St. Thomas Str. John de Porto Rico Tora Carafoa Guadaloupe Uarbacoes Granada Martinico England Montsferrat Cambridge Charles Holmes Plymouth Marlborouch Portmouth Southampton Industry Fofer Tenby Bee Phillips Milford Providence Breton Neptune Judas Montague Priaulx Fanny Gritha Good Intent Dixey Guernsey Jersey Flower Luce Branett Jersey Packet Feuvere Jersey Weymouth Thomas William and Ano Muddell Charming Molly London Poole Jemmy Rotterdam Robbins William Wheatley Scarborough Dolphin Harris Neath Rolilone Liverpoole Falmouth Endeavour Castle Lewis Lisbon Portsmouth Torbay Bay of Bicay Port’mouth Orford Concordia Grobe Alice Maria Gregerson Iain Longfound Hill Stockton Berwick Holland Countess D’ayen Cathcart Donald Alloa Baltick Jones Holyhead Cunningham Sitters Line Aolus Elliot Nancy Denny New York Friendship Miller Hambro Richmond Smithson Caffen Whitehaven Moran Louisa China Copenhagen Dunkirk Cooper Daitzick Flora Cadiz West Indies Middlechurch Mercury Carolina, &c Cowes King of Spain Havanna Company Whitehall Earl of Bristol Spain Gibson May-Fair Sir John Cope Dragoons Hyde Park Germany Foot Guards St. James’s Park George Sackville Richard Ponsonby Haymarket Ireland Lidden Charing-cross Cox St. Martin’s-lane Peterborough Mr Quick Ziop Lord William Manners Brown Bess Braden Frolick Bigland Young Cade Duke of Countess of Lincoln Shirley Dorsetshire Winchester King Ftreet St. James’s Royal Effingham Fauquier Fort Loudon North Carolina Col. Montgomery Augusta Savannah Georgia Corke St. Kitt’s Montferrat James Douglass

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