Turbulent News From Seaboard and Town Affairs
A dated extract recounts a French Polacre captured by Entryprize frigate sent to Gibraltar with cargo. A Merchant armed ship under Capt. Heron chased a French privateer, capturing a schooner. dogger escaped. Reports follow of a brutal murder near Bicken Lincolnshire by Bridges and Wass, robbery and execution, with Wass arrested. Clerical promotions, marriages, and several deaths listed in a dense October-era notices page.
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Liverpool
Jamaica
Beaumaris
Torbay
Ziftinft
Gurcraizing Wessels
Marc Antony
Cedké
Brest
London
Lisbon
Fendant
M. de Vaudreuil
Portugal
Cork
General Sullivan
Weymouth
L’esperance En Dieu
Bourdeaux
Martinico
Surprize
Guernsey
Waterford
Surprizé
Bayonne
America
Malaga
Faya
Jefferies
Naples
Leghorn
John
Botton
Cadiz
Dogger
Mmérits
Stockton
Phere
Bicken
Lincolnshire
James Bridges
Edward Wats
Bridges
Wass
Wey
Cambridge
Great Wakering
Great Burstead
Essex
Friday
John Berkeley Burland
Baron Burland
Farr
Stock Gaylord
Dartesshire
Capt. Wheelock
Sultan
Admiral Byron
Nancy
Lorrain
Conyers
Baldwin Conyers
Watergate
Chichester
John Page
Reffel
Custom House
Charter House Square
Philip Jackson
Newman’s-court
Cornhill
William Davenhill
Towk’s-court
Joseph Bleffet
Philip Green
Cuper’s Bridge
Fragmented Naval Battle Testimony Amid Signals and Maneuvers
A long excerpt records interrogations of a naval commander detailing actions during a fleet engagement. It covers signal usage, line formation, weather impacts, and decisions as ships pressed the French fleet. The officer explains wear decisions, order of battle, and proximity to the enemy, noting signals hauled down and the line of battle tactics.
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Keppel
Campbell
Moore
Chace
Robert Harland
Sam
Red
Sutton
Sir Robert Harland
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Thomas ' Boddington
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Lombard Street
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Soho
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Agalfo
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Cockiper-street
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Hyde-Park Turnpike
N. B
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D.D
Rochester
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J. Robsons
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Gray’s
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Kense
Bruton Street
Londé&i
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Chemot and Apothecary
Ladgate-hills
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Thomas Greenough
Jacob Hemet
Amelia
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Charing-cross
J. Price
Leddenhall-street
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London Bridge
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