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Despatches on Manila Expedition and Royal Speech
The Gazette recounts His Majesty's Speech in Parliament praising wartime economy and peacetime measures, plus a detailed journal of the Manila Expedition. It covers troop deployments, ships, landing operations at Malata and Cavite, engagements with Spanish forces, and the hardships of surf and rain. It notes casualties, Indian auxiliaries, and naval support, with ongoing bombardment and fortifications to seize Manila Bay.
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London Gazette
Westminster
House of Peers
Septimus Robinson
House of Commons
Commons
France
Spain
Prussia
Europe
Miesty
Whitehall
Manila
79Th Regiment
Royal Artillery
Madrass
India
Lawrence
Monson
Medway
York
Chatham
Grant
Malacca
China Sea
Tiddyman
Timon
Laconia
Manila Bay
Cavite
Argo
King
Seahorse
Seaford
Peighin
Scott
More
Malata
Parker
Grafton
Kempenfelt
Brereton
Falmouth
Polveritta
Hermita
Goodards
79Th
Hardwick
Jocelyn
Polverista
Fletcher
Stevenson
Cotsford
St. Jago’s Church
Collins
Weymouth
Pitchford
Ameriica
George Curry
Panther
St. Diego
St. Andrew
Royal Gate
Royal Regiment
Villa Mediana
Pampanga
Minondo
Tondo
la Vera Cruz
Parian
Acapulco
Cornish
Fryar
Pot Noz
Ravelin
Elizabeth
Admiral Cornish
St. Jago’s
Cénober