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Privateer action off Cherbourg and Plymouth reports
Chronicles a naval engagement where a British vessel pursued and captured prizes from a French privateer named La Bien Aimée, with three men killed and four wounded. Dispatches note other ships arriving at Plymouth and Guernsey routes, and mention strategic moves against Dunkirk and Cherbourg. The report also covers court sentences, ship movements, and various social notices in London and Edinburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Chebanty
France
Chace
Cherbourg
Dunkirk
la Bien Aimée
Briffon
Thurot
Knight
Tartar
Havre
Bien Armée
Durrel
Rose
Banks
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Elizabeth
Bowell
London
Betty
Shelton
Amity
Carr
Sunderland
Roe
Christiana
Southampton
Recovery
Tristram
Kitty
Macleran
Rabay
Charming Molly
Yarrington
Montague
Priaulx
Providence
St. Ives
Selbe
Guernsey
Jersey
Fouvre
Peter
Charlegegne
Raven
John
Margery
Sangster
Lisbon
North Bergen
Bolling
Douglas
Virginia
Glasgow
May Flower
Purvis
Industry
Baker
Weymouth
Henry
Chevalier Deade
Nancy
Montgomery
New- York
Hamburgh
Eagle
Christal
Zant
Gibraltar
Sound
Archangel
Baltic
Neptune
Darby
Salem
Boston
Monte Christi Fugats
Bilboa
Watson
Ucreta
Fabre
Christiansand
Amsterdam
Lytite
Guadaloupe
James Douglass
Antigua
Ferdinand of Brunswick
Hungary
Clement of
Saxony
Siegen
Count de Schamburg
Lippe Buckebourg
Phillips
Waibourg
York
Burlington
Hornsea
Lynn
Charles Bourdon
Sarah Bayes
Robert Sutton
Royal Foresters
Earl of Darnley
Berkley-quare
Cobham-hall
Kent
Betty Germain
Drayton
Northamptonshire
Westminster Hospital
John Bath
Scotland Yard
Curtis
Canterbury
Nairn
Wingham
Miss Hall
Mary Coke
Duke of Argyle
Berkley Square
Rome
Cardinal Morea
Enfield
Jane Harcourt
Viscount Harcourt
Jonling
Alcester
Warwick
Smithfield
Geneva