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Newspaper

Public Ledger

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 16, 1760

Page

2

Extract from Versalles letter details war news and plans

A May 3 extract notes ten thousand francs pension to marquis d Aubeterre and mentions the cardinal prince of Liege incognito in Paris. It reports military shifts, negotiations at Ratisbon, Prussia and Russia plans, Daun’s defensive orders, and a privateer encounter near Alicant.

Versalles d’Aubeterre Spain Cardinal Prince of Liege Paris Marquis de Franchimont Auteuil Belevue d’Aiguillon Brittany Marthal Daun Vienna Ratisbon Petersburg Czarina Marshal Daun Laudohn Breslau Rhine Altena West Indies Hague Breda Low Countries House of Austria Colberg Germany Mont. de Lisle Venus Phoebus Rome Italy Wilon William and Ann Alicant Barcelona Benedorme Marseilles Cape Paros Dunn Barking Shelf Shakespear S. Hooper Cafar’s Head New Church the Strand J. Williams Ludgate-hill

Thunderer reports ships wrecked and naval news at sea

The Dairy Register lists multiple ship losses and crew saved near Calais and Puzzuoli, and notes Barbary cruisers wrecked near the Neapolitan coast. It also details Allied actions in Quiberon Bay, treasury plans to discharge navy debt, and inflation of provisioning costs. Additional items cover freemason meetings, lordly health, and local marriages, deaths, and public notices.

Proby Depford Long Reach Dragon Hervey Loriz Reca Will Nore Anthony Wouter Shaap Rotterdam Caen France Calais Puzzuoli Ferdinand Col. Freytag Wacca Quiberon Bay Devil Tavern Temple-bar Kerr Marines Portsmouth Viscount Conyngham Sandwich Duke of Bedford Ireland Germany Walker Trinity College Cambridge Lord Ferrer Sheriff Vaillaint Essex Elizabeth Tower Tyburn Lord Bolinbroke

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