Venetian dispatches on European military movements in 1800s
The report from Venice dated May 7 covers reinforcements sailing from England in 1959 and ambassadors sent to monarchs, with updates on Prince Ferdinand’s army encamped near Fritzlar and reviewed by the ruler. It notes detachments under Generals Imshoff and Gilfoe, British cavalry joining from the Weser, and Griffin’s infantry reaching Weser off Giertendorff after a storm.
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Venice
Cavalier Mocennigo
the Two Sicilies
Sig. Tiepolo
Cavalier Emo
St. Mark's
Hague
Ferdinand
Fritzlar
Imshoff
Gilfoe
Ohme
Fulda
Hirschfeld
Freytag
Weser
Bremen
Prince Ferdinand
Griffin
Weder
Giertendorff
Wes
Broglio
Saxony
Meisfen
Bamberg
Empire
Staffelstein
Elimann
Hatzfurth
Kuntzendorff
Liebeau
Prince Henry
General Fouquet
Count Schniettau
Lowenberg
Grieffenberg
Lauban
Reichenbach
Langshiele
Leipfick
Lomatsch
Graffenhayn
Ziethen
Fink
Nicholas Lewis
Holy Roman Empire
Zinfendorff
Pottendorff
Brethren’s Church
Constantinople
Seraglio
Adrianople
Lifeon
Fernambucca Company
Cape Verd
Isle of Goree
Genoa
Corsica
Paoli
Madrid
Naples
America
Savoy
Don Carlos Reggio
Rome
Chevalier.de St. George
Chevalier de St. George
Prague
Marshal Daun
Prussia
Prusians
Francfort
Count de Laface
Hamburgh
Pomerania
Silesia
Lipstadt
Hanoverian
Wolfenbuttle
Saxe-Gotha
Buckebourg
Brunswick
Fischer
Roer
Elberfield
Count de St. Germain
Hessian Hussars
Dormund
Dulmen
Ham
Caffel
Granby
Ravenberg
Osnabrug
Lippe
Paderborn
Hesse
Lower Rhine
Sporcken
Hardenberg
Zaffrow
Marshal Broglio
Gieffen
Marpurg
Minden
Dated dispatches recount European fronts and raids
May reports from Bamberg Leipzig and Hamburg describe imperial and Prussian troop movements across Saxony bohemia and Poland with skirmishes at Graffenhayn and Loveberg. Updates note convoy flour deliveries, naval preparations at Toulon Genoa and Madrid, and looming battles as French and allied forces seek engagement near Marburg and Lippe.
Culverin Lindwurm and wartime privateer actions edge Britain
Letters from Saxony report Captain Kowatsch of Prussia seizing the Lindwurm culverin from Nordhausen. The 26-foot 12 pounder, cast in 1519, drew six thousand crowns, with Jews offering sixteen thousand. News of privateer actions includes the Mayflower off the Texel and other ships seized for guineas, plus a Dover mail packet chased by a 14-gun French privateer. Admiralty plans convoy for the Mediterranean trade and German expedition talk. Also noted are rioting Bow Fair scenes, a child-snatching incident, deaths of Lady Anson and Colonel Reynolds, and a sick and wounded seamen and prisoners exchange notice with June tenders.
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Saxony
Kowatsch
Nordhausen
Orthausen
Endres Peignitzer
Leipsick
Wittemberg
Morris
New York
Amsterdam
Texel
Dunkirk
Rhode Island
Fanny
Peck
Membleck
Gottenburgh
Christian
Rutherford
Kiskaldie
Fort George
Hutchinson
Peterhead
Norway
Haac
Elizabeth
Bellifon
Thomas
Hill
John
Turner
Dodds
Philip
Dean
Harwich
Dover
Fluthing
Flanders
Admiralty
Spithead
Winchester
Germany
Peter Leicester, Bart
Turnstile
Holbourn
Meyrick
Lady Anson
Lord Anson
Earl of Hardwick
Crownstreet
Westminster
Reynolds
Walker
Jones
Antigua
Jamaica
Garraway
Agnes Wi Portance
Count de Con
J. Newbéry
St. Paul's Church
J. Coote
Crown
Siffinghurst
Cranbrook
Kent
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Madrass
Ad Cérinth
England
Lenox
York Duke of Aquitaine
Falmouth
Dairy
Commerce and
Latellig
Holland
Herruhuth
Marshall Daun
Meiffen
Tage
London
Forton
Gosport
Haflar Hospital
Bristol
Countess of
Dublin
Maria Christiana
Bahnfei
Liverpool
Riddal
Enoa
Nevis
Britannia
Olive
St. Kitts
Sally
Punter
Brixol
Pollard
Virginia
Bilboa
St. John and Bonaventura
Ygarade
Figuera
Farr
Pool
St. Eustatia
Amherst
Robinson
Monte Christe
Union
Beech
Milford
Royal Defiance
Almond
Guadalupe