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Dutch and Swedish Shipping News and Cartagena Siege Details
Reports describe Dutch ships loaded with Bohea and Green Tea at Batavia and about Japanese fishers. British dispatches recount a Cartagena siege including capitulation threats, landings at Boca Chica, heavy losses, and the Galicia bombardment and destruction. Dispatches from Paris London and Amsterdam discuss Sardinian death, Neptunes arrival, and troop movements amid tense European theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengal
Europe
China
Batavia
Peiper
Amsterdam
Japan
North Sea
Fouit
Japan Sea
Paris
Marthe] de Belleisle
Versailles
Franckfort
Sardinia
Port l’Orient
Spanish West Indies
Carthagena
England
Jamaica
Sieur Paris du Vernay
Flanders
Germany
Dauphine
Netherland
Holland
Amterdam
Brest
Rhynhuysel
Texel
East-Indies
London
Cartagena
Boca-Chica
Spain
Edoth
Galicia
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