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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Intelligence from Petersburg reports Russian troops heading to Persia to install Sultan Schah Nadir on the throne, with 50,000 encamped near Derbent and 40,000 marching to Asiatic Turkey. General Suwarrow prepares to enter Moldavia, prompting Russia to suspend plans to send 40,000 men against the French on the Rhine.
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RUSSIAN TROOPS.
We have the following important intelligence from Petersburgh by the last mail: "More of our troops are on their way to Persia. Their object, it is said, is to put the Sultan Schah Nadir upon the throne, while 50,000 of her forces are encamped near Derbent, upon the Caspian Sea, another corps of 40,000 are to march towards Asiatic Turkey.
General Suwarrow has only to pass to the left shore of the Dnieper, and enter Moldavia to commence hostilities. All these interesting preparations have caused our Court to suspend, if not abandon, the idea of sending 40,000 men down to the Rhine, to act against the French!"
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Petersburgh
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By The Last Mail
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suspension of plans to send 40,000 men to the rhine against the french
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More Russian troops are heading to Persia to install Sultan Schah Nadir on the throne. 50,000 forces encamped near Derbent on the Caspian Sea, another 40,000 to march to Asiatic Turkey. General Suwarrow to cross Dnieper and enter Moldavia to start hostilities. These preparations lead Russian Court to suspend sending 40,000 men to Rhine against French.