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News of naval actions and distant sieges in 1744
Reports describe convoy movements bound for Lisbon and Dover retakings by the Danae frigate. Prize ships and ransomers captured near Dunkirk and St Thomas's. Admiral Anson's silver treasure procession through the city. Political notes discuss Newfoundland loss, naval appointments, and reform proposals for retired officers and chaplains abroad. Continental dispatches recount events in Petersburgh, Holstein, and combat theaters in Bohemia and Iberia.
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Hind
Merlié
Dover
Good Intent
Brown
Roterdam
Ile of Man
Danae
Dunkirk
Welton
Stout
Waterford
Newfoundland
Hermione
Anson
Dantzick
Poland
Pomerania
Fidde
Elbe
de Belling
Col. Fitzroy
Duke of Grafton
Allan Mac Jean
Ryley
Portsmouth
Francis Maclean
Marigalante
Almeida
Portugal
Guadalupe
Belleisle
Joseph Libbey
Watley
Leicester
East Sheen
Richmond
Viscountess
Palmerston
Finchley
John Odell
England
John Bindley
The
Excise
Mr. Cotton
Highgate
Whitewan Inn
Whitechapel
Inn
Dell
Aldgate