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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Accounts from Liverpool report the defeat of General Meadows and British forces by Tippo Saib in India, narrowly avoiding total surrender. In response, the British Monarch sent a messenger to the King of Prussia to halt troop aid to the Turks and likely pause preparations against Catherine to focus on Indian territories.
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In consequence of this intelligence, the British Monarch, it is said, immediately dispatched a messenger to the King of Prussia, to put a stop to the marching of troops to assist the Turks--and it was supposed that a cessation of the warlike preparations in England against Catherine, would be the consequence--that attention might be paid to the preservation of the British territories, in India.
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India
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defeat of british army; rapid flight prevented complete surrender; diplomatic messenger dispatched to halt troop aid to turks; possible cessation of preparations against catherine.
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Accounts relate the defeat of General Meadows and the British army by Tippo Saib in India, with a rapid flight preventing a complete 'Cornwallisade.' In consequence, the British Monarch dispatched a messenger to the King of Prussia to stop troops assisting the Turks, and it was supposed this would lead to cessation of warlike preparations against Catherine to preserve British territories in India.