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Ve nus and Le Grand Engage in Battle Off Brest
Reports from Cork and Hamburg detail Royal Navy actions as the Venus frigate arrives at Plymouth from a cruise with the Le Grand of thirty four guns, the Venus suffering six dead and the Le Grand twenty. The Le Grand damaged its mizzen mast while the Venus lost its main-top-mast. Extratt from a letter notes further troop movements, ship arrivals, and ongoing conflicts in Europe with Prussia, Sweden, and Russia preparing for spring campaigns. Also reported are political machinations in Vienna and London, naval buildup in Sweden and Denmark, and various trials and civic notices in London and Dublin.
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Barcelona
Delafield
Daniel
London
Dublin
Venus
Harrison
Plynbuth
le Grand
Brest
Juno
Seahorse
Corke
Captain Moore
Royal
Handyside’s
Quiberon Bay
Portsmouth
Leeward Islands
Jamaica
Pomerania
Riebnitz
Damgarten
Triebsees
Sweden
Paris
England
Prussia
Italy
Don Philip
Spain
Parma
Vienna
Hamburgh
M. Champeaux
Saxony
House of Austria
Berlin
Silesia
Ferdinand
Germany
Eclas
Denmark
Scotland
Prince of
Count de Maillebois
Prince’de Soubize
Count de St. Germain
France
Letser
Fan
Laudohn
Daun
Count de Caunitz
Haugarts
Blumegan
Rome
Chancery
Stoupat
Konig
Poland
Elefor
Leipsick
Versailles
Count de Staremberg
Hanover
Prince Ferdinad
Corbach
Marburg
Brunswick
Oflar