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Naval dispatches and privateer operations abroad
Dover reports ships Mary and Eleanor Shuilliaw bound from the Baltic to Liverpool were ashore to deter a privateer that seized Capt. Polkinghorn. the prize remained at sea as a warship pursued by Captain Batt. A British man of war chased a Spanish boat near the Lizard after Hallemere's arrival, while reports from Paris and Warsaw describe court and military maneuvers, ambassadorial travels, and naval preparations in Europe.
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Dover
Mary
Eleanor
Shuilliaw
Downs
France
Hallemere
Thomas Walker
Barebadoes
Lizard
Muke
Guri
Ste
Nes Wi
Warsaw
Paris
Cardinal de Fleury
Leask
Brest
America
Citi
Yeu
L. Point
Rutter
John Coltty
Cole