Admiralty Dispatches Capture French Ship Magnanime
London reports from the Admiralty as of March 3 detail Captain Edgecumbe of His Majesty's Ship Salisbury capturing a French East Indian ship of 700 tons named the Gage, laden with stores and eight cases of silver. The seizure occurred after a January engagement near 147 7/10 N, 106 leagues west of Cape Finisterre, during which Magnanime and allied ships were pursued. Magnanime suffered 45 killed and 105 wounded, while the Nottingham and Portland incurred casualties.
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London Gazette
Admiralty Office
Aptain Edgecumbe
Salisbury
Plymouth
Gage
Ei Be
Keilly
Pore Orient
Pondicherry
Edward Hawke
Nottingham
Gus
Harland
Portland
Stevens
Chace Toy
Nouham
Chace
Marquis d’Abert
Cadiz
Cape de Verd
Cape Finisterre
Yahuary
Magnahime
Wounde
Nettiinghair
Monmouth
Henry Harrison
Elamoush
Count de Maurepas
Smuggling arrests and court notes from London
Readable fragments describe smuggling arrests in Larmouth and bruising legal actions in Brussels. It notes Captain Carte facing contempt for a pamphlet and details naval prizes and privateering reports around Bristol, Cadiz, Jamaica, and Martinico with references to Knowles Hawke Warren and various ships and cargos.
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Kingames
4Ufis
Abortlake
Carte
47 Fis
Dow Tucker
Beng
Eyderstood
Wind Shedding Vessels Arrive and Sail from Deal
Deal March 6 ships arrive and depart: Elliot Adams from Carolina. Britannia Mauger and Cholmondeley Butler bound for Leghorn. Prosperous Talcott bound for Port Mahon. Dragon Lawson for ferries. Robert Mornes for Antigua. George and William Blair for Montferrat. Scipio Taylor and Nevis Planter Maynard for Nevis. Duke of Bedford Collingwood and Pompey Hornet bound for Jamaica. Peggy Jenny Long for Antigua. Sophia Debuck for St Christopher's. Fearon Anderson for Leghorn. Men of War and outward-bound vessels remain as per aft.
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Deal
Wind S
Elliot
Adams
Carolina
Britannia
Mauger
Cholmondeley
Butler
Leghorn
Prosperous
Talcott
Port Mahon
Dragon
Lawson
Robert
Mornes
Antigua
George
William
Blair
Montferrat
Scipio
Taylor
Nevis
Maynard
Duke of Bedford
Collingwood
Pompey
Hornet
Jamaica
Peggy
Jenny
Long
Sophia
Debuck
St. Christopher’s
Fearon
Anderson
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London
Brin
Edinburgh
Skelton
Perth
Stirling
France
Seffion
Jean Black
Norwich
Goodal
Suffolk
Herne
Stokesby
Norfolk
Bérney
Francis Frank
Tanner
Bristol
Duke
Denham
Lisbon
Lizard
Rocks
Scilly
Red Lodge
John Day
Larmouth
Bland
William Denny Fox
Benacre
Hiefe
Robert Salmon
Martin
Jacobite Journal
Cretdurry
Thomas Carte
Wag
Aly
eWiRadiy
Brussels
Marshal Saxe
Hulst
Bergen~ op-Zoom
Waldeck
Hesse
Philipstal
Siex
Havannah
Peter Warren
Peter AW Warren
Piho
Sorak
Do HL Gose
Antizva
Martinico
Old France
Admiral Knowles
Boston
M. Bourdenay
St. Domingo, &c
Montague
Union
Canaries
Chace Tde
Carthagena
New-Spain
Salon
Strangeways
Liverpool
Guiney
Bermudas
Kingston
Cook
Charles Town
South Carolina
Wolcany
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