Engagement with French Frigate and English Merchantman
From Lisbon the report details Don Juan son of the Infant Don Francis pursuing a French frigate and English merchantman off the coast. After a French refusal to stop, Juan fired two broadsides, crippling the foe and forcing capitulation, with the French ship brought into port for repairs.
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Lisbon
Juan
Don Francis
Don Juan
Marseilles
St. John’s Fort
M. de Tilly
Paris
Prince of
Soubize
Rhine
Strasbourg
Vienna
Fountainbleau
Orient
Avenger
Port L’orient
Ratisbon
Pruffing
Brandebourg
Dresden
Ghent
Bohemia
Hague
Count de Golofkin
Baron de Klingraff
Prussia
Livonia
Readigers
Lubeck
Opinion on State of Things Sparks Public Discourse
The passage notes a common reproach against those who express sentiments on current affairs claiming they meddle in matters beyond their understanding. It suggests it would be fortunate if such critique were always true, implying a tension between vocal opinion and expertise.
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Britain
America
Minorca
Mediterranean
Exeter
Kensington
Serjeant Davy
Taunton
Somerset
Knights of the Shire
Sir Charles Kemeys Tynre
Barrard
Thomas Prowse
Eye
Cuny of
Priton
Aix la- Chapelle
Iland
France
Lonnnoddoon
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