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Privateers retake several ships bound for Antigua
Letters report multiple vessels seized or retaken by British forces, including the Ny Ey Goh from Liverpool to Antigua, Lydia from Lancaster to Antigua, and the Jolly Robbin and Charming Sally to Antigua and St Kits. A Virginia from Guadalupe was driven ashore near Aberthaw. The capture of the Sean and a Guadalupe-bound ship by a Dunkirk privateer is noted, with French privateers active near Antigua. An English victory near Wandywash is described detailing troop positions and casualties.
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Hillary
Liverpool
Janelw
Lydia
Wilson
Lahncaster
Guadalupe
Antigua
Jolly Robbin
Conyers
Philadelphia
St. Kits
Sally
M*afister
New York
Paikkelphia
Wales
Stange
James Douglass
Martinico
Cape Clear
Sean
Dunkirk
Virginia
Portland
London
France
Wandywash
Coote
N.E
Wandywath
Brereton
Isemboor
Skirmihes
Col. Draper
Monson
Seapoys
Lorain
Coate
Eder
Lally
Draper
Mokfitur
Tadley
Eillf
Brereton Gill
Toda
Mayer