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Royal Navy and European News From Aug. 9 Chronicle
The message from the Prince to the Marshal is recounted as he delays surrender, while French ships arrive in Saint Malo and Port-Louis from the South Seas. Reports from Amsterdam note multiple East India ships and fleets, with tension over colonial purchases and French mediation. Royal appearances and court movements punctuate a day of diplomacy and naval activity across Europe.
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Paris
Amsterdam
la Vierge de Grace
St. Malo
Port- Louis
South Sea
Espagne
France
Dauphin
China
Amsterdam Courant
Texel
Cape of Good Hope
Batavia
Ceylon
Hitland
Bristol
Hector Frigat
John Stone
Antegoa
Benjamin Romsey
Barbadoes
Heavil
Baker
Nevis
Deal
Dartmouth
London
Morocco
Kensington
Kenington
Hampton Court
Dukes of Beaufort
Kent
Earl Poulett
Oxford
Straford
Peterborough
Order of the Garter
Windsor
Buckkingham
Ormond
Northumberland
Jacob Banks
Earl of Strafford
India
Pater-Nofter-Row
Cheapside
Southampton
Anthony Sturt
Thomas Lewis
Sturt