Siege and naval action reported from Cleves and Wesel
Reports from Cleves state the fortress has fallen to a siege and M. de Barral with about 200 garrison surrendered. Heavy artillery reached the Hereditary Prince's camp near Wesel, while Swiss regiments en route to reinforce were reportedly diverted. Prince Ferdinand's army letters show no major developments. Capt. Colby of the Thames reports capturing the French privateer Bien Aimé after an eleven hour chase.
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Ferdinand
Colby
Thames
Lak
Tory Hland
Dunkirk
Saltpetre trade and colonial reflections in London news
London notes describe Sindy factory saltpetre in the Indus north, quality blamed on preparation. War debates spark religious and political critique, with excerpts from the Gazette on Protestant refugees from Glatz. Shipping reports list arrivals including Ruby from Jamaica and Yarmouth Packet at Quebec.
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Mogul
Indus
Sindy
Bengal
Hon. East India Company
Lana
Purdue
Girecht
Berlin
Breslau
Glatz
Germany
Afeusez
Eughis News
Utrecht Gazette
Ruby
Suttie
Jamaica
Eling Solomon
Tarris
St. Valary
Habel
Margaret
Mernethey
London
Bam
Crown Prince Christian
Mackey
St. Croix
Dover
Yarmouth
Harrison
Quebec
William and
Elizabeth
Gilbert
Glastow
Dublin
Jason
Sally
Curtis
Downeward voyage news and naval movements report
The Datty RedistzR of Commerce and Intelligence convoy from Portsmouth under fail for the Downs. The Dewberry Porter arrived in the Downs from Montferrat in 37 days, the fastest passage yet known. Several ships sail or arrive near the Downs and Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland, and Jamaica routes noted. News of French fear along the British channel, tobacco and wine reports from Lisbon, and strategic actions across Europe. Notes on a grand expedition, troop movements, and ship provisioning, plus various London society items and local incidents.
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Portsmouth
Downs
Dewberry
Montferrat
Channel
England
Banks
Campbell Dalrymple
Guadalupe
Madeina
New York
General Post Office
General Wall Pacset
Lutwidge
Montserrat
de Whbery
Porter
Bathsheba
Pell
Farley, Hall
Virginia
Johnson
Owen
Rhode Island
Sally
Cox
Maryland
Michael
Hooker
Pisca
Hope
Smith
Philadelphia
Hamilton
Anguilla
Dunkirk
Dresden
Bohemia
Holy Cross
Lisbon
Ferdinand
France
Cleves and Weses
Prince of
Brunswick
Wesel
Cleves
Lignitz
Silesia
Henry
Copenhagen
Norway
Helstein
Paris
Normandy
Italy
London
Prasria
Peter
Denmark
Russia
Sweden
Baltic
Holstein
Versailles
Vienna
Holland
Groningaen
Commons House of the Assembly of
South Carolina
Montgomery
Col. Grant
Col. Montgomery
General Amherst
Grant
Coronel Montgomery
Southampton
Senegal
Woolwich
Rodney
Deptford
Wandsworth
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Francis Gosling
Robert Ladbroke
Richard Glyn Marshe Dickenson
Samuel Fladyer
Peter du Cane
Boehm
Northamptonshire
Duke of Devonshire
Richard Bapthaw
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Derbyshire
John Cope
Middleton
Lancashire
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City of Norwich
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Gunton
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James Street
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Miss Flurry
Edward Colfon
Fenchurch Street
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Carty
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