Prussian threats and Austrian dispatches amid wartime sieges
Reports from Vienna, Stockholm, and Magdeburg describe Prussian pressure and recruitment drives, with Wallis to audit Transylvania and fortifications at Torgau and Wirtemberg. Letters recount Luther’s homeland Manfield facing raids, mass conscriptions, and transport of arms to Magdeburg, Wirtemberg, and Targa as European powers brace for renewed conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jong
Brunnswick
Caifelytanmot
Stockholm
Pomerania
Carelfcroon
Vienna
Wallis
Transilvania
Eiflebeh
Mansfeld
Martin Luther
Magdeburgh
Manfield
Torgau
Nebie
Wirtemberg
Targa
British Privateers Reap Spoils Off Atlantic Fleet
Reports detail a British privateer fleet taking multiple ships including the Charming Molly, Laurence and Jane, and Phoebe, with ransom payments cited. Other vessels such as the Britannia and Senegal Packet arrived or were captured, while the Expedition from Virginia was retaken by a warship. News notes include political appointments, royal visits, and local incidents across ports from Plymouth to London and Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaylat
Nore 4
Germany
Bremen-Ste
Bremen
Pférdborn
St. Nicholas
Miranda
Alicant
London
Carthagena
Britannia
Cain
Lisbon
Bristol
Sampson
Bayonne
Charming Molly
Sangster
Gibraltar
Cork
Laurence
Jane
Yeates
Virginia
Brett
Stubbs
Senegal
Portsmouth
Phoebe
Gebel
Liverpool
Africa
Neptune
Stennett
Gottenburg
Hull
Green
Riga
Aurora
Bourdéaux
Canada
Constantine
Forsyth
Baltimore
Plymouth
Cheesman
Speedwell
Barnard
Dover
Fire
Rose
Lawson
Rompadour
Thre Hall
Roundell
Anston
Guadalupe
North Channel
Hero
Minneloft
van Riet
Thomas Ocket
Ostend
York
Davbson
New- York
Amsterdam
Holland
The
Baltole
Johsi Henry Wane
Whitby
John Dent
Dantzick
Faves
Leith
Daniel
Goltfreyd
Pack
Ditto
Martin Lubkow
Liebay
Silent St Malo privateer tale ends with capture
A fragment recalls a St Malo privateer and 26 men to cruise for others. That night a man named Fitz Gibbon was seized by locals and handed to Capt. O Hara at Cove after an attempted musket firing with ball and flags. He refused to explain his identity or purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipsick
Thys
Albany Sloop of War
Jarvis
New York
Carolina
Efton
Thipland
Boston
Albany
Laurence
Fhe-Maria
Sinclair
London
Senegal
Duke de
Lisbon
Cowes
Kg Partick
Nore
Bartlett
Greyhound
Pool
Galipoly
Por
Thames
Lord Henry
St. George’s Church
Hanover-square
Thomas Townshend
Whitchurch
Hants
Powis
Salisbury
Devizes
John Clare
Corones
Potonia
Leicester
East
Samuel Barber
King’s Arms
Te Faid House
William. Wright
Henry Holmes
Faid
William’ Wright
Whight
Langford
Nottingham
Sear
Carridge
Bath
Dublin
James Masterton
Viscount Conyngham
Thomas Conolly
Londonderry
Colraine
Woodward
Sanday
Blaney
Minerva
Matthews
Parkgate
Whitehaven
Honeywood
Toole
Ludgard
Corke
Quiberon-bay
St. Malo
Fitz Gibbon
O Hara
Cove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Count de Fuentes
Tutin
Spain
Fhervallied
Arity
Niemberg
Prince Ferdinand
Bord ‘Granby
Pall Mall
Laurencé Sterne
Yorick
Sermans
Serjeants Inn Chapel
Chantery Lane
Vaux Hall
King’s Bench
Kong
Wortham Jervis
Norfolk
Rowland Holt
Magdalen House
Pres. Cot-Street
Goodman’s Fields
Jaid House
Java
Tavelue
Tao. A. Winterbottom
Navy Office
His Majesty’s Navy
Deptford
His Majesty's Navy
Nery Yee Ing
John Maier
John
Barnes
Dirck
van Mildert
Fe ‘T
Brasil
Corn Exchange
Mark Lane
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