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Dover Cutter Taken by French Open Boat Near North Foreland
Reports detail the capture of Captain Southgate’s Dover Cutter near the North Foreland by a French Open Boat. Two crew members reached Margate in their boat. calls grow for a small warship off North Foreland to guard mackerel season. Also cited are captures of a privateer, naval actions, and various dispatches from Plymouth and Whitehall regarding Hessian dispositions and ongoing naval engagements.
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Southgate
Dover
Mitchell
North Foreland
Margate
the Admiralty
Mackrel
Richardson
Bacon
Cole
Gravesend
Dieppe
France
Plymouth
Keppell
Maidstone
St. Malo
Meppell
Addington
Lingfield
Surrey
London
Kent
William Pitt
Whitehall
Duke of Cumberland
Duvernest
Bland
Fort Augutus
Fleming
Aberdeen
M‘kenzie
Strathbogie
Lord Loudon
Inverness
Fort Augustus
Campbell
Donald
Glenco
Appin
Mingary Castle
Arifaig
Cutoden
Murray
Locharkaig
Isle ‘of
Lewis
O Sullivan
Angus M‘donald
Kenloch
Moydart
Duke of Perth
Lo- Ghaber
Duff
Cull
Loch Nouay
Arras
Cannay
Iland
Barra
Storaway
Cape Wriath
Scarborough
Glasgow
Loch Brim
Ardnamurchan
Glenaly
Capt. Ferguson
M‘donald
Barrasdale
Isle of Rafay
William Latton
Elq
Morocco
Spencer Cowper
Durham
Henry Bland
Frederick Cornwallis
St. George
Castle of Windsor
James Beauclerk
Lord James Beauclerk
Bishoprick of
Hereford
Eton College
Stephen Sleech
William Blair
Gauntlet Fry
Admiralty Office
Barnsley
Dispatch
Channel
Downs
Guernsey
Webb
Jamaica
Isle of Wight
Spithead
Oxford
John Randel
Emsworth
Whitehaven
Holland
Turin
Maillebois
Scrivia
Tortona
Count Gage
Placentia
Lomellino
Gage
Paris
Fune
Rochefort
d’Anville
Brusels
Antwerp
Valenciennes
d’Etrees
Hague
Versailles
Wafsenaar
M. Gilles
Marquess de Puyzieulx
Hotel of
M. Chiquet
de la Ville
Prince of
Hesse-Hombourg
Herse
Republick
Bois-le- Duc