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BEP(F.772.020
16 Mar 1772:21 (1903)
Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and the residence of the
King, November 4. Last night, about half an hour after 9
o'clock, as his Majesty was returning home from Prince
Czartorinski's, the Grand Chancellor, he was attacked at the
corner of the street of the Capuchins by six confederates. .
. only attended by some pages and domesticks. . . [escaped
and] sent notice to General Cocceli, who immediately
repaired to the place, where he found his Majesty and this
morning at 4 o'clock his Majesty arrived at his palace,
where two wounds his Majesty had received on his head, the
one by a pistol, and the other by a sabre, were dressed, and
it happily appears that neither of them are dangerous. At
eleven o'clock Te Deum was sung in the cathedral for his
Majesty's escape. . . [a second report follows] At eleven
o'clock Te Deum was sung (under a discharge of cannon) in
the cathedral. . .
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