French Fleet at Brest Fails to Round Cape Finisterre
Paris report states the French fleet under Monsieur de Guichen remains at Brest due to tempest and adverse winds. Nine ships of the line are disabled, some transports sunk, and the convoy returns in poor condition. The Triumphant and Le Brave have doubled the cape but it is unclear whether they head for Cadiz or return to port.
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Paris
Fox
Brest
Monsieur de Guichen
Cape Finisterre
M. de Vaudreuil
le Brave
M. de Ambl
Owley
London
Ludgate-Hill
Chew
Cadell
Palmer
Abraham Brown
Bristol
B. Oakey
Swansea
Wilmot
Pembroke
Anderdon
Taunton
James Rowley
Privateer actions off Cape Clear and Cherbourg in 1782
An 18th century letter from Sir Richard Pearson on the Arethusa records a brig sighting a French privateer Le Hardie off Cape Clear. It describes a brief engagement, the privateer carrying 12 guns and 63 men under Raymond Blondel, and being captured after exchanging fire. A second dispatch from Capt Machride aboard Artois notes the capture of the French lugger privateer Prince de Salm, 10 guns and 64 men, three days from Cherbourg during a voyage from the Downs on 16 Fan 1782.
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Richard Pearson
Stephens
Spithead
Leeward
le Hardie
Raymond Blondel
Cape Clear
Machride
Foip Artois
Torbay
Downs
Prince de Salm
Cherburgh
Prizes and movements from Kempenfelt fleet report
Night's Gazette lists cargo taken on the 32nd of last month by Rear-Admiral Kempenfelt's squadron escorting Mont de Guichen's convoy. Includes 1062 soldiers aboard transports, 548 seamen, 16 cannon, cannon balls, shells, firearms, powder, and stores. Also notes appointments for Portsmouth ships, York-Town officer removals, and various transatlantic asks, with Arnold, Cornwallis, and Torbay dispatches and a patched privateer plunder incident.
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Kempenfelt
Mfont
de Guichen
Noath
Lord Hervey
Berkeley
Portsmouth
New-York
York-Town
New York
N. York
Charles Town
86Th
Particuare
Torbay
Rodney
James Wallace
Brest
Mont. de Guichen
Admiralty
Penzance
Arnold
Scilly
Cornwallis
West,Indies
Eescarte
Lord Cornwallis
Paington
London
Hanover
Todd
Lisbon
Falmouth
Mercury
Gibraltar
Guinea
Voyages, Captures, and Local Disasters Document 18th Century News
Reports from Cork and Plymouth detail sailings and prizes in the Jamaica fleet, with several ships captured and taken to America. Port entries note transports Stakelby Hopewell and St Stephen's loss, while fires devastate Leadenhall Street and a stagecoach robbery clouded by a pistol shot. Also covered are post office reforms, a fatal fire that claimed seven Woodmason children, and a Bristol dental advertisement seeking patients.
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Foreign Affairs
Faz
Cork
Lloyd’s
Jamaica
America
St. Mary’s Packet
Petticrew
St. Denis
Price
Ireland
Felicity
Pollocks
Glasgow
Jupiter
Henderson
Halifax
Plymouth
Amulaf
Aurora
Hopewell
St. Stephen’s
Eagle
G6th
Portmouth
Fan
Arethusa
Nafexa Cenega Delos Delores
Ferrol
Vestal
Cadiz
Philadelphia
Graves
Antigua
Chelsea
Sir John Pringle, Bart
Royal Society
Lord Barrington
Birmingham
St. Albans
Wm. Smith
James Flood
Shipwright
Chester Mail
Hendon
Hampstead
Bond
Bow-street
Robert Thompson
Thomas Baker
Grubb Street
Kingsland
Crawcour
Alfo
Small-street
London Magazine
R. Batpwin
Paternoster-Row
Bath, &c
Republic of Letters
Prince Epward
Kitchen
Severn and
Wyrs
Montgomeryshire
Bristol Channel
Francis Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Mr. Newbery
James
St. Paul’s Church- Yard
Cheapside
Watling-street
N. B
Newbery
Junior
Dr. Fames
J- B. Becker
Mr. Newbeyr
Barstrot
Francis Parry
Michaelmas
Dweivic
Westbury
Stephen Frricker
Groxce Gises
St. Michael’s Church Lane
Lady Day
Broad-Mead
St. James
Sobo Square
Mount Row
Westminster Bridge
Surry
Francis Spilsbury
N.B
Spillsbury
Europe
Grover Prince of Wales
London Riview
Simul & Jucunda & Iderea
Paitotocical Society of London
Joan Freezing
Paternofter Row
J. Debretts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
the Prince of Wales
Sir Ashton Lever
Kitty Wells
Maria
John Dalrymple
Bart
Bryant
Stakartz
Dean Tucker
Mills
Downman
Capt
Jeghson
Pratt
Tickell
Ot Keefe
Holcroft
Jackman
Mickle
T. Vaughan
Shaw
Clarke
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