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Dover Privateer brings in 6 prizes amid broad Atlantic action
From Dover dated April 23 reports a privateer operating from this port captured six prizes and seized a cargo including six packs of wool and some "Bandy." The same dispatch notes French ships patrolling between Dover and the Isle of Wight, with one encounter described near a Pog. Nearby Deal reports Sir Hovenden Walker sailing with a convoy of named ships under their Majesty’s flag.
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