Charleton siege report and British naval dispatches 1780
Fragments from Dublin Journal report a Charlestown capture and British Navy movements. The letters recount Greene's Springfield defense against a large British force, prisoner lists, and praise for militia and officers. Additional items note Dutch Algerine demands, Rodney and Darby fleet actions, privateers, and Atlantic trade disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panssvceania Gantrie
Prades
Morris Town
Ene
Elizabeth Town
Spring- Ea
Greene
Dickinson
Springfield
Baten Fund
Congress
Genetl Greege
Elizabeth
Imin Road
Springield
Vauxhall
Lee
Bayton
Angell
Colshrieve
Frr
Walker
Little's Bridge
Waushall-road
Maxwell
Stark
Mande
Lerny
Col Webb
Huntington
Towa
Davin
Felveral
Tina
Staten Hland
Forest
Thompson
Barber
Davis
F. Barber
Charles ‘Thompson
Naval and Political Dispatches From St James to Paris
Report covers arrivals of ships from Falmouth to Portsmouth and St James, mentions the Grand Fleet ordered to stay offshore until homewardbound fleets arrive, and notes dispatches from Lisbon regarding French ships, privateers, and captured vessels. Also records court appointments, new ambassadors, and parliamentary voting practices at St James's with leaders and officials listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevannah
Charletown
Martinico
Charleslows
Count D'Orvilliers
Bretagne
Marquis du Hayes de Cry
Saint Eprit
Itu
Louis
London
Hague
Algiers
New York
Adm. Gravee
Longand
Staten Island
Royal Army
Rhode Mand
Gunn
Wharton
St. Kitt's
Fretton
Boyne
Primona
Vale of Wind
Mitchief
Preston
Cape
Julius
Idath
Pricille
Cape Francois
Plymouth
Ambusvade
Cadiz
Madrid
Corunna
I'lovincible
Je Guerrier
le Bien Aime
Alexandre
Deaux
Canaries
Bntratt
Conta
Trana@ion
Gilson
Darby
Royal Soverdge
George Rodney
Peter Paucher
Geeria
Claiton
Crota
Ewe
Great Britain
Donna de Langars
Acquai
Ion
Bea
East-India Company
Itherel
Portsmouth
Ramilies
Guna
Baye
England
India
Iles
America
Don
Semacio de Alva
St. Vincent
Gibraltar
Brighthelmstone
Murry
Oporto
Bristol
Pegasus
Leith Road
Ome
Virgin
Texel
Apollo
Chace
Rachell
Ludiam
Madeira
Ramillies
Moutray
Southampton
Garnier
Dunkirk
Dovers
Hubbard
St.Kidt's
Bilbim
Rodney
Barbadoes
Eden
North Seas
Baltimore
Maryland
Amsterdam
Chis Vettel
Hampton
Virginia
Penzance
Admiralty
Conmmissian
House of Court and
Europe
Tiuiland
Sweden
Denmark
Stapleton
Lynn
Aldborough
France
Expres
Welladay
Adwon
Squierelen
Ball
Ball Indiamen, and A Number of Vessels From the West Indies, Opurta
É&E
Plymaurh
Falmouth
Brand
Milford
Campbell
Surhetland
Tobago
St. Kites
Layoma
Fuen
Ratta
Opottey
Alo
Exgie
Groves
William
Contey
Quebec
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Paris
Magiaine
Arnold
Silesia
Croffen
Gersdorff
Grand Fleet
St. Helen's
Yeterday
Torbay
Tar and Watt India
Lisbon
St. Domingo
Johnstone
St. Eustatia
Eostatia
St. Jomen's
Bt.Martin
Lesters
Derby
Windsor
St. Jamen's
Earl of Sandewich
North
Laborouh
Charles Jenivntin
Winsi
Earl of Langwich
Admiralty Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Faulkner
The
Dublin Journal
Vis
Lively
Bourdeaus
Gosport
Picot
Admiral Darby
Commane
Wey
Joea
Spithead
Sphyna
Adaural Pye
Earl of
Carlife
Wiliam Gordon
Lover Stanhope
Green Cloth
Lord Onslow
Lord Bolton
Lon Cranbourne
Charles Wolfran Cornwall
His Majesty
Trent
Thomas Bowlby
Chritopher D'Uyley
St. James's
Earl of Linncoln
Scotland
Petre
House of Commons
Mary
S T. James's
Chancedlie
Bath
Liruels
Bein
Hartington
Mufsial
Joan Sofche
Mayicy
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