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Foreign News
September 30, 1763
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Reports from Fritzlar on June 11 indicate that highways in Germany remain infested with vagabonds and bandits due to troop reforms. States in the Upper Rhine Circle have formed small hussar corps to pursue them, with Frankfurt specifically levying 25 men for this purpose.
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June 11. Advices from Fritzlar inform us, that the Highways in Germany, being still greatly infested with Vagabonds and Banditti (the usual Consequence of the Reforms that are making in the Troops) the greater Part of the States of the Circle of the Upper Rhine, have formed small Corps of Hussars, in order to give Chase to these Villains and disperse them. We are assured, that the City of Franckfort, in particular, is levying a Body of 25 Men for that Purpose. Every Man not something of this Kind be done in England, to render our own Roads more secure?
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Military Campaign
What keywords are associated?
Germany Highways
Bandits Vagabonds
Upper Rhine Hussars
Frankfurt Levy
Troop Reforms
Where did it happen?
Circle Of The Upper Rhine, Germany
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Circle Of The Upper Rhine, Germany
Event Date
June 11
Event Details
Highways in Germany infested with vagabonds and banditti due to troop reforms; states of the Upper Rhine Circle form small hussar corps to chase and disperse them; Frankfurt levies 25 men for this purpose.