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French and English Vessels Suffer Drowning and Distress
The report describes English ships carrying provisions to the fleet amid distress signals as transports were driven aground by gale force winds. Many soldiers from transports died, with one to six hundred drowned. A fateful Tuesday wind drove more ships ashore, boats attempted rescue, and large ships wrecked. Count Saxe rented a Dunkirk house, English officers and peers supposedly joined a broader expedition, while the Pretender's eldest son was said to be traveling to a site for anticipated events.
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