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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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On March 5, London reports French anticipation of assembling over 100 ships of the line by July, including acquisitions from Venice, existing vessels at Toulon, Spanish ports, French Atlantic bases, and expected Dutch contributions; however, manning remains challenging due to imprisoned seamen in England, with no exchanges planned.
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The French look with confidence to
a fleet of more than one hundred ships
of the line before the month of July
next. They say that they obtained
sixteen ships of the line at Venice.
together with an immense arsenal of
naval stores; they have fourteen ships
of the line at Toulon, and the Spaniards
have ten at Carthagena. There
are twenty five in the port of Cadiz.
and thirty at Brest, Rochefort, and other
French ports of the ocean. They
look for sixteen from the Dutch, and
thus they number a very formidable
fleet on paper. How to man and equip
these ships is the desideratum. A
very large body of seamen, both
French and Dutch, are now prisoners
in England, and ministers will take
very good care that no exchange shall
take place, by which the armament
of the enemy might be forwarded.
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France
Event Date
March 5
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formidable fleet on paper exceeding 100 ships of the line, but unable to man and equip due to large number of french and dutch seamen imprisoned in england with no exchanges planned.
Event Details
The French anticipate assembling a fleet of more than one hundred ships of the line before July, claiming sixteen from Venice with naval stores, fourteen at Toulon, ten Spanish at Carthagena, twenty-five at Cadiz, thirty at Brest, Rochefort, and other French ocean ports, and sixteen expected from the Dutch.