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Martinsburgh Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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Report from Norfolk on Nov 1, 1814: British ships including Dauntless frigate with troops from Halifax spotted in Chesapeake Bay, likely vanguard of larger force. Total enemy vessels: 2 ships-of-the-line, 6 frigates, brig, 5 transports, 8 schooners.
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November 1, 1814.
The enemy returning.—A flag which has been up to the British Commander in Herring Bay, (between Patuxent and Annapolis) returned last evening; yesterday she was boarded from the Dauntless frigate, in company with four transports, and a schooner, from Halifax; the frigate and transports were full of troops; the whole stood up the Bay after the flag parted company.
The force of the enemy now in the Chesapeake is two 74's, 6 frigates, one brig, five transports and eight schooners. The Havana and Madagascar frigates (included above) are in Lynhaven Bay.
This force whether from Halifax or not, is no doubt the vanguard of a much larger, it would be idle in us to offer an opinion as to the enemy's designs, we hope all will be prepared.
We have not before heard of the Dauntless being on this station; may she not be the van of Lord Hill's force.
We have a Steel's List to February, 1813, and find no such frigate as the Dauntless; there is a sloop of war of that name. The officer must have given a wrong name to the officer of the flag, no doubt with design, to prevent any conjecture of the place from whence the troops came.
Fed. Gaz.
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Chesapeake Bay
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Last Evening
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A flag returned from the British Commander in Herring Bay, reporting boarding by the Dauntless frigate with four transports and a schooner full of troops from Halifax, heading up the Bay. Enemy force in Chesapeake: two 74's, 6 frigates, one brig, five transports, eight schooners; Havana and Madagascar in Lynhaven Bay. Suspected vanguard of larger force.