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English War Ships Cruise Against Barbary Corsairs
The Amsterdam and Bordeaux reports detail English naval pressure against Barbary corsairs at Salee and Tetuan, with envoy talks to renew peace or agree on arms restraint. Protestant assemblies near Clerac faced troop actions, and authorities ordered arms delivered as tensions rise in France and Scotland.
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Amsterdam
Gibraltar
Lune
Hose
Barbary
Bourdeaux
Montauban
Dauphiny
Cevennes
Clerac
de Courson
Bourdeaus
Venice
Corfu
Cape Mataan
Modon
Coron
Hague
Patersonis
Douglass
Brody
Lord Cogan
Scotland
James Wood
Marshills
Constantinople
M. Callier
Margate
Aylmer
York Superbe
Royal Anne
Launceston
Gravesend
Holland
His Majesty
Ashort
Vernon
Sheerness
Holand