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Portrait of Voltaire and a naval action tale
A degraded English document contrasts Voltaire the writer with a detailed naval engagement off Pondicherry. It praises Voltaire yet notes his flaws and lists extensive sea-battle maneuvers, ship damages, and casualties as the British squadron under Commodore Cornwallis battles M. d Aché's French fleet near Ceylon and Negapatam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voltaire
Geneva
Pruslia
Portairé
France
Arisippus
Diogenes the Furly
Great
Bayle
M. Voltaire
Revenge
Ceylon
S. E
N. E
Point Pedro
Tyger
Newcastle
Thequadron
Batbon
Pondicherry
S.W
N. W
M. d’Aché
S.S.E
Cumberland
Salisbury
Yarmouth
Grafton
Elizabeth
Weymouth
Sunderland
M. d*Ache
Negapatam Road
Madrass
Bridgwater
Triton
Pondichery
Calcutta