Brutal Boarding on Privateer Described in Ship Attack
Eyewitness account details violent aboard a privateer where the boatswain Staffords death and multiple crew injuries occurred. A passenger Bradlee was killed after firing a warning shot, and a lad, Captains Smith’s son, was horribly beaten before being dragged from a state room. Widespread military prep follows.
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Stafford
D. Bradlee
Apt. S
Bradlee
Prince
Smith
Smith’s Son Is Arrived With Mr. Prince
French Invasion News Trails Through Irish Skirmishes
Reports from Dublin describe French landing forces reaching 1080 troops with 3000 arms, dispersed to peasants. Citations recount rapid retreats from Mullingar to Ballinamuck, captures of rebels near Carrick, and a Cork mail-coach attack. British officials note efforts to shield and ferry prisoners, while Rutland's Rutland Island sighting reveals no sizable invasion.
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Dublin
ConeLeke
Celoony
Thurstay
Manor- Hamilton
Ballintree
Ballinamuck
Drifit Miles
Miles
Humbert Anid
Dawson Street
Theobald
Wolfe-Tone
Longford
Tery
James Own
Carrick
Blake
Os Doud
Asa
O*doud
Castlebar
Higgins
Urquhart
Frazer
Anzcreon
Rey
James Napper Tandy
Rutland
Donegal
Killala
Tandy
Paris
Blackwell
Killibegs
Ogee _ Blackwell
Clare
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Ireland
Luke Higgins
Capron
Ae Dibblin
Marquis Cornwallis
Castley
Great- Britain
England
House of Commons
Castlereagh
Botany Bay
Cork
Red Gap
Kildany
Kilcullen
Galway
Fort William
W. Gumbleton
Lismore
Waterford
T. Magan
Clotifillagh
Stakhaney
Magan
Rutland Yland
FraBider
Anacteon
Rutlanediland
Citoyen
Ve ‘Andy
Coisumagider
DB. Ameil
Aid-De-Camp du General de Jardin
Fofpb Berie
Aid-De-Camp
Blackewell
Luxembourg
D’artillerie Si Thevale
Ee Ir
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