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From the Paris Gazette Aug 13 Madrid July 25 reports the Royal Regiment of Foot Guards marching to Catalonia with 3116 effective men. A French frigate of 60 men seized a Portuguese ship returning from the East Indies. Portuguese conspirators murdered the French on board, except clerics. Doway fortifications are razed and Allied positions strengthened along the Scarpe. Villars plans a siege of Doway and a line of retrenchments to block the river. News from Cadiz notes English in Gibraltar seizing ports. 12 Portuguese ships bound for Barbary were scattered by storms and privateers. The Camp at Henri Lievard Aug 13 details French preparations and the siege lines facing Doway. Marshals Villars and Broglio command, with Eugene advancing. intelligence suggests the siege proceeds with limited relief. Letters from Martinico describe a Portuguese East India ship laden with diamonds and silks seized by privateers.