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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 08, 1775

Page

3

Anion Battle of Algiers Debarkation Described in Madrid

The Madrid issued account details Spain and Algerine clash near Algiers after armament from Carthagena. It notes 8000 men landed in four hours, fierce fighting for thirteen hours, then reembarkation that night, with 600 killed including Marquis de Romana and Camp Marshal, and 1800 wounded. Several generals and officers listed among the injured.

Madrid Carthagena Algiers EU Feas Sth Levant Q O’ Reilly Marquis de Romana Jerome Capmani Antonio Ricardos d’Afalto Louis Urbina Fernan Nonez del Montijo Marquis de Villena Don Augustin Villena Don Pedro de Gorotti Felix Murquiz Joachim de’Oquando Don Antonio Cornel Don Francis Saavedra St. Joseph Don Manuel Varena Don Juan Moreno Don Joachim Luzan

Letter from Plymouth Committee to Providence Town

The New-York Gazette prints a Plymouth Committee of Correspondence letter dated June 22 to the Providence Committee. It notes a report from Saco about two vessels carrying provisions from General Gage, arriving with a sender’s protection at that place.

New-York Gazeette Providence Rhode Island Plymouth Saco Gage

Saco Defeats Incoming Vessel Attack Near River

The town committee faced trade tactics by outsiders then watched the ship run aground and flee. A shore assault forced retraction, crew boarded two vessels, and Captains Tobey and Avery were compelled to pilot out. A skirmish left Avery and the captain dead, crew fears grew as armed pursuers boarded. The tender carried 4 three pounders, 12 swivels, 40 or 50 muskets, many cutlasses and pistols.

Cap Tobey Sandwich Avery Norwich Saco

News from Europe and Atlantic dispatches in August letters

Yesterday Captain Cook was presented to the king at St James's after a world voyage. Copenhagen reports note the Danish king's melancholy since the queen's death and rising discussions across Europe on royal exile. Various dispatches recount a palace incident in which a chamberlain shot himself after a dispute with the king, and ships and crews movements around Portsmouth, Plymouth, and the Downs with government preparations for America. Other items cover pardons, elections, jewelry, crime cases, and obituaries in London's listings.

Cook South Seas St. James’s Lord Sandwich Copenhagen Denmark Europe Hamburgh P. m Mons Cowes Boston Portsmouth Downs West Indies Grenville Packet Stewart Falmouth Taylor Liverpool Hall Prasia Ditto Davis

Secretaries Office Chelsea Hospital 1775 summons out pensioners

An August 9 1775 order from the Lords and commissioners at Chelsea Hospital directs out pensioners recently incorporated into Blackett and Draper’s Independent Companies in Chester to rejoin those units immediately or face removal from hospital books and pension loss. It lists pensioners by unit. Also notes a patent label claim by a blacking maker and quality claims for his shining liquid blacking with prices and multiple London retailers.

Chelsea Hospital His Majesty’s Royal Hospital Chelsea Blackett Draper Chester A.simmone Reg. of Foot Peter Sharpless Drummmers Dragoon Guards Thomas Lewes Ditto Jos. Palmer Mabel N. B Frice W. Bayley Cockspur-street Haymar London J. Price Pérfomer Nowe Endenhall-Street F. Newbery Bookfeller St. Paul's Churchyard J. Grosvenor Perfumer Wtorntile Holborn A. Ruinweil Pesignee Bond-lireste

Dates and deaths and bonds listed in old Surrey notices

In Guildford and Lincolnshire areas notices name Mrs Fithar late Signor Maneferey wife of Mr Fithar a ballet master and Mr George Vere once a choirboy in Lothbury. Also Mr Blake cooper in Drury Lane and Mrs Hammond aged about sixty five died at Hammer Smith with fortune to a distant relation. Prices of stock bonds and lottery tickets given with various percentages and values.

Guildford Surry Fithar Balfet Theatre-Royal Covent-garden Duke-street Lincoln’s Ingey Fields George Vere Lothbury Blake Cooper Drury-lane Hammersmith Hammond Philadelphia

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