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Prize captures and war updates from Jamaica to Cadiz outlets
Reports detail Captain Douglass taking two prizes from Jamaica and Cadiz bound for this port, plus Captain Mortro capturing a Spanish ship from Ferrol and a Snow from Porto Bello. British vessels in the Leeward defend and celebrate victories as muttered dispatches note royal congratulations and mounting war preparations across Europe.
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Jamaica
Douglass
Trevor
Santa Martha
Cadiz
Mortro
Ferrol
Porto Bello
Tence
Whitehall
Carthagena
Tower
London
Westminster
Gibraltar
Portmahon
Dragon
Barnett
Aldborough
Pocock
Barcelona
Balla
Majorca
Dresden
Poland
Great Britain
Lady Fitzroy
Duke of Grafton
Lord Conway
Paris
America
Brefs
Scilly
Mitchief
St. Sebastians
Cape Finisterre
Cape Finisterrre
Empire
Hunga
Tuscany
Order of the Golden Fleece
Spain
Charles the Sixth
Hungary