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Frustrations and fears of war in fragmented dispatches
An intercepted letter from a captive vessel bound for Saint-Domingue reveals private grief and national distress in France. It laments plundering by the English, treachery at court, and the ruin of finances and commerce, while detailing military reverses, court intrigues, and looming political shifts across Europe. The writer criticizes ministers, notes battles near Crevelt and Rosbach, and records alarming civilian hardships, with warnings of ongoing misrule and possible peace delays as armies maneuver from Dresden to Vienna.
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France
St. Domingo
Quiberon Bay
Royal William
Lé Sunt
Plumangat
Morlaix
St. Maloes
Bourdeaux
le Dorace
Les 4 Amis
Guernsey
Tate
Eee
Nnhap Ng
Heath Cattera
Matthal D
M. de Galiffomiere
Prussia
Germany
Europe
Clermont
Saxe
Crevelt
Rosbach
Soubise
de Contadesx
M.de Contades
Prince of Tenburgh
Imhoff
Ferdinand
Bergen
Bellisle
Broglio
Marine
Paris
M. de Silhouette
St. Hubert
M. de Berengher
M. Bertin
Wade
M. de Conflans
Crofie
Rochfort
Villaine
Jae
Formidable
Sterling
Admiral Hawke
M. de Bois de le Motte
M. du Quesne
M. de Kerefin
M. de Bompart
M. Beauharnoes
M. de Beaufrement
D’escardre
Munster
de Armentieres
Datér
Daun
Maxey
Mieflen
England
Bavaria
Piedmont
Regiment of Bourbon
Reifaan
Hesninh
Marke
Lafch
Lafci
Pruffia
Larci
Great
Dobe Graffenhayn
Vienna
Obrzee
Spain
Italy
Laudahn
Bohemia
Elb
Torgaur
Freyburgh
Unstrutt
Berlin
Saxony
Formjéradin
Dresden
Henry
Sprottau
Silefi
Glogau
Hamburgh
Silesia
Wartemberg
Francfort