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Newspaper

Public Ledger

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 19, 1761

Page

2

Conflict update from Brittany and Vienna reports spread

The excerpt notes troop movements and signals involving the Duke d Aiguillon, Brest and Rochefort ships forming a squadron under M. de Blenac, with eight infantry regiments and a dragoon unit redeployed along coastlines. It also covers Prussian diplomacy, expected forces in Silesia, and ambiguous peace offers. Further items chronicle naval arrivals, captures, and port news from London and Gibraltar, including ships, prizes, and official ceremonies.

Regiment of Nice Rofboffen M. de la Garigue M. de St. Croix M. Michelet M. de Cafal Grenadiers Bigorre Versailles Stanley Admiralty of England M. Buffy Office of Foreign Affairs Prusssia Poland Saxony Vienna Prussia Bohemia Saxny Mecklenburgh Count Daun Baron Laudohn Silesia

Fragmented eighteenth century notices and shipping updates

Mixed iteming from a 1761 London paper notes voyages from Antigua to London and captures near Martinico, a fire at Bally James Duff, a nurse aborting a breast feeding incident, a marriage announcement, sea service and prisoner exchanges, and a hospital court hearing with local governance details.

PORT NEWS Plymouth May 14 ships arrive with navy provisions

Port News reports arrival of His Majesty's ship Jason with a convoy from Cork carrying John and Elizabeth Daverton Prosperous Harding Eagle Reed Exchange Strange and Biddeford with navy provisions. Unicorn frigates also arrived from a cruise while Cormorant sloop of war sails with the trade for Wales and Peggy sloop of war on a cruise. King William Pearce sails for Newfoundland Weymouth May 16 under convoy Otter sloop of war Brudenel Brent Endeavour Pearce.

London Gibraltar Levant Admiral Saunders Toulon Lord Hume England Neptune Active Thunderer Wager Polacre Hercules Valeur Gibraltar Pallas Anton Kennington Vestal Somerset Gramont Squirrel Preston Cygnet Isis Dunkirk His Stag Chesterfield North America Portsmouth Duke de Beringhen Peggy Stewart Norway Gottenburgh Riga Kidd Arbroath Joseph Lydia Mizen Gravesend Biddeford Carolina Leith Shaftesbury Inglis Fort St. George Stormont Fletcher Harcourt Webber Bombay Huff Houghton Newton Valiant Lizzard Jamaica Flanders St. Sebastians Kimmer Neptune West Lancaster Spain William Robert Byrne Bristol Cadiz Laft Peterheadroad Polly Cape Fear North Carolina Whitby Thomas Stonehouse Matter Richard Hunter Frusher Glasgow Virginia Capt Wardel Whitehaven Hamburegh Holland Texel Mary Anne Cunningham Plymouth Britannia Curry Downs Hans. May Claffen Lindberg Liverpool Elbe St. James Hyett Hence Catherine Bolton Jason Cork John Elizabeth Daverton Prosperous Harding Eagle Reed Exchange Strange Navy Day Wales King William Pearce Newfoundland Weymouth Brudenel Brent Endeavour

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