Daring naval action repels French batteries at river fort
Accounts describe 750 soldiers, 700 Acadians, 800 Indians at two batteries as 12 killed and 12 wounded aboard the English ships. A stout schooner raid, manned by officers and 100 sailors, silenced the forts and forced the French ships Ma cholt and Bienfaisant to burn after bombardment. English prisoners endure harsh treatment aboard and in holds, with starvation and fear of scalping by Indians, yet escape in a raft as they reach English ships under cover of burning French vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bienfaifait
Machault
Bienfaisant
Marquis de Malo
Quebec
Marquis de Malos
Naval action and port deployments in 1760s England
The report describes Repulse and Scarborough's fleet passing a battery with Mo narque and other ships, captures and advances, and mentions Wood's marines delivering a prisoner to a ship. It covers exports and markets, coronations and troop movements to Portsmouth, embarkations for expeditions, and daily notices of deaths, accidents, and legal proceedings alongside admissions from the Bank of England and academic prizes. It notes various arrivals in London and Buckinghamshire, then details crime, marriages, deaths, and a drum procession among Plymouth mariners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarborough
Capt. Wood
Marines
Sale of Old Stores at Plymouth Dock Yard
Navy Office announces a sale on Tuesday the 28th at nine in the morning at Plymouth Dock Yard. Commissioner Rogers will expose parcels of junk and old stores for viewing during yard hours. A deposit of 25 percent or pro rata is due, with payment and removal within forty days or deposit forfeits to the Crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorrell
More
Hyde Park Corner
Samuel Gregory
Golden-lane
Clapham Road
Tod
Sun Brewhouse
Whitecross Street
Pall Mall
King’s Bench Walk
Inner Temple
Holborn
Hackney
Sussex
Headley Street
Beetley
Mr. Collins
Bath
His Majesty’s Navy
Rogers
His
Plymouth
Crown
Notice to supply ox and landing contras for royal yards
The Principal Officers and Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy announce that on Wednesday at eleven o clock in the morning they will receive proposals from parties willing to supply oxen and landing contras for the yards at Deptford Woolwich Chatham and Sheerness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Montagu
Portsmouth
Essex
Woolwich
Lisbon
Madeira
Holland
Chester
His
London
Westminster
Foot Guards
Tower
Col. Crauford
Regiment of
Royal Volunteers
Portmouth
Hackney
Hammersmith, &c
Somerset-house
Bank of England
Healland
Flanders
Academy of Architecture
Paris
M. Joseph Elie Te Fevre
Rouen
Rome
London Bridge
Bridge House
St. Magnus the Martyr
Earl Temple
Privy Seal
Pall Mall
Stow
Buckingham‘shire
Lord Falmouth
St. James’s Square
Cornwall
Kensington
Navy Office
His Majesty’s Navy
His Majesty’s
Deptford Woolwich
Chatham
Sheernes
Prisoners of War Bread Supply Tender Notice 1760
Office for Sick and Wounded Seamen and for Exchanging Prisoners of War announces tenders to supply bread for prisoners aboard the Royal Oak at Plymouth and the local prisons and hospitals for twelve months. Readiness to receive sealed proposals starts Monday 3rd of next Month. inquiries to the Secretary or Mr Fonkin, Agent for Prisoners of War at Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aitober
Royal Oak
Plymouth
Fonkin
Plymwouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Dartty Register of Commerce and Intelligences
Colonna
Holy Father
Cardinal Colonna
Coote
Hf Majesty’s Court of
King’s Pie
Ireland
Orr
Exon
Devon
James Tucker
Young
Ratelifcross
Society For the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
Shipley
Monkwell-street
Grant Tuckwele
Betsy Wemys
Venus
Lucy C
Lucifer
Bett Weatherby
J. Williams
J. Dixwell
St. Martin’. Lam
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