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Britains Seafaring News Amid War and Weather Woes
Reports detail naval skirmishes with seven killed aboard a ship captured by Spaniards, and a near second engagement as pursuers retreat. Dispatches describe battles near Mulwitz, shortages of provisions in Europe, fires devastating Ham Net, and ships prepared for Jamaica and Cadiz service. In Boston, flood damage disrupts rivers and transport, while price rises crush the poor. A hero captain, Lambert, fights a Spanish privateer, loses a gunner, yet saves his crew and earns regard for bravery.
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Brest
Poland
Prussia
Ham Iehat Datchy
Madrid
Cadiz
Cardhagena
Perrot
Catalonia
Petersbourg
Gordon
Lingring
Lle Ness
Cronstade
Viaualling
Richmond
Jamaica
Vienna
Silesia
Count Neiperg
Berlinchen
Grotkau
Ness
Berlin
Mulwitz
Count Finch
Bfautcharmois
Kiefft
Copenhagen
Holstein
Sandwich
Hanover
Earl of Hyndford
Allpeed
Roul
London
Oporto
Serice
Gibraltar
Viesnege
Munich
Russia
Hungary
House of Austria
House of Peers
Dresden
Forgou
Wircemberg
Marshal de Belle-bis
Drefa
Ellen
William Lambere
Waterford
Seilly
Lame Port
Lambert
Privasteer
Marshal
Cooir
The
Downs
Wall
Paris
Porte Porient
Cologn
Bar
West-Indies
Ignane
Fent
France
Indies
Nedherlands
Capéy