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French Privateers and British War Preparations Across Britain
Reports cite Thurot’s raid near Carrickfergus with heavy casualties and a brigadier general captured. pursuit by Whitehaven men. Notices describe British naval successes, Dutch and French actions in the Indian Ocean and East Indies, prize courts declaring ships lawful, and orders for 8000 troops to the Isle of Wight with Germany-bound contingents. Also mentions Lord George Sackville trial, indictments, clerical appointments, and local obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings
Carrickfergus
Mons
Elliott
Kinsale
Thurot
Whitehaven
St. Bee’s Bay
Carlisle
Wigtown
Burt
I Fland
Maurits
Bombay
East-Indies
Great Britain
Batavia
Bristol
Cofts
Plymouth
St. Maloes
Jersey
Lisbon
la Virginia
Paix
Dory
Lizard
Willmington
Neath
Penzance
War Office
Isle of Wight
Germany
Capt. Bell
Lord Ancram
Lieut
Ward
Lord Albemarle
Britain
George Sackville
Leicester
Musgrave
Corpus Christi College
Oxford
Ursula Mainwaring
Thomas Mainwaring
North Wales
Maldon
Surrey
Mosely
Merton College
Kingston Church
Geo. Marks
Kingston