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Newspaper

Public Ledger

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 02, 1760

Page

2

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.

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.

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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