The English and Dutch Clashes and German Recruit Issues
A lengthy dispatch reports French detachment behavior and a Dutch ambassador's demand for satisfaction after insult. It covers Imperial recruiting crackdowns on Rhine routes, Dutch captains bearing losses, and a 24,000 strong English expedition fleet forming for attacks from the Isle of Wight. It notes strategic questions about Belleisle, Quiberon, and Brest victualing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
M. Berckenrode
Paris
Republic of the United Provinces
Germany
Nassau
Rhine
Holland
Cologn
Sam, &c
Isle of Wight
Belleisle
Quiberon
Gibraltar
Brest
European War Dispatches and London Notices 1760
Reports from Petersburg Copenhagen and Paris detail unsettled councils and siege plans for Colberg as forces move. Denmark seeks improved ties with Stockholm and Berlin. Hanover, Groningen, and Holland spend arrears negotiations while France plans large German contingents. British naval actions off the Lizards and Lisbon add to a day of parliamentary and courtly word, with health and leadership concerns at Versailles and St. Magnus church fate debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Poland
Sweden
Petersburg
Colberg
Marshal Soltikoff
General Brown
Brown
Copenhagen
Denmark
England
Stockholm
Berlin
Paderborn
Imhoff
Prince of
Deux-ponts
Haddick
Saxony
Prussia
Count Larci
Daun
Bavaria
Hanover
Rhine
Hague
Groningen
Holland
Versailles
Germany
Ferdinand
Paris
Duke of Burgundy
Marli
Trianon
Thoulouse
Marshal Broglio
Francfort
Company of the Indies
Admiralty Office
Sterling
Lynn
Cleveland
Temeraire
St. Maloes
Brichault
Falmouth
Lisbon
Pernambuco
Parahiba
Angola
Horse racing notes and obituaries from a historical newspaper
Racing entries list horses at Epsom with weight for age events including Nifus Genius Chicken Tarquin Sly Diana Beech Wood Exotick Creeping Polly Wolfe Hackney Butterfly Juliet Gametter Wasp. A newborn infant found dead near Dirty-lane Blackman-street Southwark. Ship movements at Spithead Downs Plymouth and Dover with delays due to winds. Poem and drawing room scene references feature Lady Townly Hoyle cards. A debtor prisoner in Wood Street Compter appeals for three pounds charity from the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laf
Flady
Betty Somerset
Dutchess of Beaufort
Upper Brook-street
Benefield
Oundle
Northamptonshire
Richard Freeman
Epsom
Datton
Nifus
Keck
Genius
Mr. Grevill
Exotick
Mr. Blakes
Creeping Polly
Mr. Keck
Wolfe
Mr. Croft
Hackney
Mr. Adams
Butterfly
Mr. Bladen
Juliet
Mr. White
Gametter
Tarai
Beachy-head
Granada
Plymouth
Spithead
Downs
Deptford
Mercury
St. Hielen’s
Sis
Hoyle
Jans
France
Spain
Prussin
Brunswick
Wood Street
Compter
North- Britain
England
N.O
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Hague
Rouen
Marshal de Luxembourg
Normandy
Havre-de-grace
Dieppe
Dantzick
Petersburgh
Russia
Vienna
London
the Daily Register of Commerce and Intelligence
Parliament
Hatfell, Esq
House of Commons
Voltaire
Lake
Geneva
Profia
St. Magnus
Lord St. John
Sackville Street
Woodford
Northampton
Marquis of Granby
Miss Pelham
Catherine Pelham
Whitehall
Viscount Wenmian Tes
Nighthame
Oxford
Chester
Peter Liecester, Bart
Tabley
Colcaeftéf
Sohn
Dartford
Kent
Gravesend
Campbell
Royal Navy
Elliston
Sidney College
Cambridge
Parris
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Comyn
Stephen Comyn
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