Recruits defied by crimping schemes and army deficits
Debates reveal alleged frauds in forced enlistments, with officers denouncing crimp merchants at Charing Cross and arguing that old regiments suffer less from desertion than new levies. Parliament considers a plan for accommodation with Spain, while naval intelligence warns of a superior Franco-Spanish force approaching Cadiz and Gibraltar.
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