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Maritime news from the Atlantic and European theatres
Reports describe trade pressure in Jamaica and scarce goods at Porto Bello. Dispatches from the Susanna via Genoa recount two Spanish privateer captures and later recapture by the Tyger. The Sea Nymph and Watson faced danger from a Spanish snow, with Captains Watson and Parker firing to deter boarding. An outline lists Spanish warships at Cadiz, Carthagena, and Ferrol, with plans for Admiral Balchen to command a sea squadron and preparations to assemble forces. Other items note royal military movements, fortifications near Belgrade, and the exchange ceremony planned for Imperial and Turkish ambassadors. Also reported are a royalist siege near St Augustine and a dramatic rescue of Mrs Hawkins after a horse accident by the Liffey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Porto Bello
Aixtraé
Dartmouth
Jane
Parker
Edistone
Watson
Balchen
Portmonth
Plymouth
Cavendish
Portsmouth
Gosling
Anstruther
Gainsborough
Blackheath
Windsor Forest
Horse Guards
Horse Grenadier Guards
George Huxley
Bfg
Belgrade
Mayroth
Sasvevir
Oglethorpe
Fort St. Augustine