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Monastic Zeal and Military Plunder Near Carrickfergus
An 18th century dispatch describes ships stopping a Belfast lighter with provisions, an armed drag of locals, and threats from a French commander. Carrickfergus is reported plundered, fires, and destruction as French forces press coastal towns amid warnings from Mr Fullerton and a tense night watch. Extras from Aix, Ramsgate, Stockholm, and Hanover discuss ongoing war strain, privateering, naval actions, and political shifts across Europe.
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Milewaters Bridge
Carrickfergus
Fullerton
Belfast
Stockholm
Mediterranean
Vienna
Marshal Conflans
Villaine River
Hanover
Ferdinand
Osnabrug
Munster
Wesel
Hamlin
Count de Valdeparaiso
Madrid
Poland
France
Portsmouth
Lisbon
Bayonne
Lebatt
Elliott
Gilbert Elliott
Minto
Admiralty
Selkirk
Britain
Expres
Elliot
M. Thurot
Isle of Man
Admiral Saunders
East Indies
Admiral Pocock
Baltic
Prussia
Tryal
George Sackville
Onslow
Ireland
Barbadoes
Deptford
Lambton
Spithead
Germany
Duke of Rutland
Robert Cartony
Rusted
Deceas
Conway
Earl‘ of Hertford
Knights of the Bath