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Jersey Privateer and fleet movements reported from Nantes
From Paris Gazette April 2 and Courant April 4 and Hague April 1, reports describe a Jersey privateer of 16 guns and 80 men brought in at Nantes, de Mars squadron arriving at Coronna, 30 cannon and ammunition arriving at Strasburg, and troops forming an army expected by month end. Deserters, fortifications at Lille, and Dutch-Spanish negotiations accompany broader war news across Antwerp, Madrid, Leghorn, Orbitello, and Dunkirk.
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Nantes
Jersey
de Mars
NM. Trouin
Coronna
Fort Louis
Strasburg
Lauter‘burg
Worms
Philipsburg
Courant
Madrid
Council of State
Republick of
Genoa
Spain
Antwerp Courant
Milan
Zumlungen
Orbitello
Leghorn
Porto Hercule
Porto Longone
Warneton
Spres
Dunkirk
Furnes
Fort Knock
St. Omer
Arras
Cambray
Lisle
Arriv
Hague
Council of State of
Spanish Netherlands
United Provinces
Flanders
Netherlands
James Wifheart
Cca
Oetingen
Duke of
Vendore
Valencia
Raris
St. Germains