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Naval action reports and casualties from 1760 engagement
Admiralty dispatches recount the Biddeford battle with two royal frigates, losses include Captain Skynner killed and Lt Knollis mortally wounded. Confirms ships La Malicieuse and L Opale and details the brutal fight, damage to rigging, and subsequent pursuit, with nine killed and twenty wounded. Also lists bankrupts including merchants and tradesmen.
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Edwards
Biddeford
King’s
Brest
Mont. de Goimpy
Opale
Mont
Skynner
Knollis
Admiralty Office
Thomas Stace
Clevland
Lisbon
Kennedy
Flamborough
Alexander Livingston
St. Dorment’s Hill
Broadway
Westminster
Currier
Richard Pennock
Plaistow
Essex
Edward Forbes
Henry Winstanly
James Appleton
William Penkert
Liverpool
Richard Knight
Brentwood
John Johnson
Silbourn, Hants