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Porto Bello Action and Atlantic War News Amidship
Reports detail Admiral Vernon's capture of Porto Bello with the squadron including the Triumph and Mayne, the seizure of two Spanish ships, and the destruction of the forts St James and St Philip. Articles note Prizes, casualties, and preparations for further expeditions, plus related European diplomatic moves and Jamaica dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garda Costas
Porto Bello
Sheerness
Stapleton
Cruize
Cartagena
Masjesty
Vernon
Jamaica
Rentone
England
Sweden
Ireland
Hanover
Great Britain
de Campen
General de Melville
Marchioness de la Foret
Madrid
Count de la Marck
France
Spain
States Geeral
New York
Havana
Fowles
Curaccoa
Bermuda
Barbadoes
Guarda Cotta
William Herbert
Four-Guards
Wilton
Gibraltar
Thomas Herbert
Abbot
Pelham
Lord Cathcart
Commons
Esterday
St. Christopher’s. Pats
Lords
Jane
Scotland
Ratisbon
Greenwich
Spithead
Madeira
Rome
the Two Sicilies
Porte
Prince Royal
Denmark
Louisa
Mary
Ottoboni
Paris
Casfel
Fredrick
Tuscan
Tewin
Hertfordshire
Joseph Sabine
Tangier
Charles II
William
Flanders
Anne
Duke of Marlborough
Ghent
Low Countries
Danblaine
King George
Britain
Barty
Berwick
Boland
Ranton
Dover
Iron Castle
Gloria Castle
Bello
Commodore Brown
Hampton Court
Herbert
Oa Ag Mayne
Worcester
Trever
Waterhoute
South-Sea Company
Panama
Guarda Cotter
Nailey
King's Treasury
N. B
St. James
St. Philip
Peru
Porve
Casiles
Baccmien
Seville
Port Plata
Hispaniols
Marine
North-Carolina
Cannada