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Surinam Taken From Daseb to Gibraltar News from Port Mahon
Dispatch dated Port Mahon reports Surinam seized from the Dutch by a British squadron including the Duke of Argyle in Gibraltar. Details describe landing at Malaga, civil reception by Governors and English merchants, and remarks on naval movements, commissioners, and subsequent actions in Europe with notes on Prussia, the Netherlands, and various ships headed to Portsea, Bilboa, and the West Indies.
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M. Caffact
Surinam
Gibraltar
Port Mahon
Duke of Argyle
Toulon
Castle Sc.Phiip
Malaga
Waac
Spain
Engeland
Garris Wines
Henry
Bellaf
Bishonween
Bruffela
Pee
Fee Earlof Orpery
Spanish Netherlands
Arriv
Holland
Vorrecht
Hague
Lord Scrafford
Baier
Flanders
Teis
Falmouth
Falkstone
Newson
Drymouth
Pata
Topsham
Bilboa
Nizhtittgal
West Indies
France
Downes
Portugal
Hazzard
Calvert
Knott
Maderas
London
Viscount Bolingbroke
Harwich
Duke of Ormond
Royal Regiment of Horse- Guards
Earl Rivers
Earl of Peterborough
John Fark
Exeter
Burtind
Robert Cotton
Cumbermere
Cheshire
Westminster
Viscount Fitzsarding
St. James’s
William Lewen