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Victuallers defend harbor as French ships evade chase
The Edinburgh Chronicle reports Commodore Hervey and the Monmouth and Bienfaisant repelling three large French ships from Brest. The French tried to enter Brest harbor but were driven off by vigilant ships before anchoring in a bay. Murders near Gravesend and Wrotham are described, with pursuits underway.
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Beltrom Com. Hervey
Brett
Brest
Monmouth
Bienfaisant
St Matthew’s
Hervey
St James’s End
France
Bologne
Vilc. Ligonier
Tower
Col. York
Hacue
Kensington
Ligonier
Audley Street
Sussex
Kent
Drummond
St Asaph
Earl of Kinnoul
Worcester
Port Mahon
Carescroon
Amsterdam
Downs
Chatham
O& 2
Gravesend
Woolwich-yard
Sir John Falstaff
Wrotham