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Atlantic dispatches reveal naval buildup and colonial shifts
Letters from Lisbon and the West Indies describe Saunders with 18 ships of the line near Cape Spaniel, Gibraltar, and a Portuguese cavalry expansion. Reports praise Captain Harvey’s rapid conquests at Martinique and Saint Lucia, with a fortified harbor in the West Indies. Encounters abroad include Sardoine news, Rodney’s Jamaica departure, and various European political notes amid ongoing wars.
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Count de Vega-Florida
Admiral Saunders
Cape Spaniel
Gibraltar
Lisbon
Portuueze
Duke of
Aveiro
Portual
Marlborough
St. Peter's
Martinico
Harvey of the Dragon
St. Peter’s
Iland
Harvey
St. Lucia
West Indies
St. Domingo
Stair Douglas
Portsmouth Express
Rodney
Antigua
Jamaica
James Douglas
Leeward Islands
Naples
Arbary
Africa
England
Sampson
Jackson
Nancy
M‘caflin
Lancashire Witch
Ross
Boscawen
Washington
Betty
Rice
Charles
Berwick
Tinmouth Bar
Gosport
Virginia
Denis
Belnay
Barque Road
Lord William Campbell
Duke of Argyle
George Boscawen
Ireland