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Oran Assault Report and Montemar Advance News
Dispatches describe the landing of 600 sail and 12 ships of the line at Oran on the 28th and 29th, with 12 000 Moorish troops opposing. Montemar drives the Moors from key positions, reporting fort captures, casualties, and English French concerns. News from Seville notes Mazalquivir fall and Moorish strength at 22 000 plus 2 000 Turks with heavy artillery. Sardinia’s Victor Amadeus near death as Genoa trials proceed.
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Oran
Almaza
Mazalquivir
St. Joseph
Gener al de Montemar
Marseilles
Orin
Versailles
Viratiles
Gens du Rey
Edinburg
Cannongate
du Bougay
Scotland
Whitehall
Faly
Earl Waldegrave
France
Keene
Seville
Duke de St.Blas
N. S
Count Montemar
Bat
K Sen
Count Montemar’s
Maquis de Las Minas
Spain
Marquis de Las Minas
Marquis de Santa Cruz
Paris
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