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The Freeman's Journal, Or, New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Reports list the French fleet under Duke de Chartres and Spanish fleet preparing for a joint expedition, possibly to the Mediterranean or West Indies, based on intelligence from Cadiz.
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Guns
La Province (the Duke's ship) 74
Le Ferme 50
Le Protege 64
Le Solitaire 64
L'Artésien 64
Le Bordelois 50
L'Hazard 64
One bomb, four frigates, and several transports.
The Spanish fleet is composed of the following ships:
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La Europa (flag-ship) 60 El Monarcho 68
El Aquillon 68
El Dichoo 68 Fernando 60
El Relampago 63
El Brillante 63
fire-ship.
El Piermonte bomb 16
Three frigates, and a number of transports.
The gentleman who sent us the above intelligence, says his correspondent at Cadiz informs him, two reports are current there, one that the above fleets are to act in the Mediterranean: and the other is, that they are to meet off the Western islands and proceed to the West-Indies.
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Cadiz
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Lists of French and Spanish fleets preparing for a joint expedition. French fleet: La Province (74 guns, Duke's ship), Le Ferme (50), Le Protege (64), Le Solitaire (64), L'Artésien (64), Le Bordelois (50), L'Hazard (64), one bomb, four frigates, several transports. Spanish fleet: La Europa (60, flag-ship), El Monarcho (68), El Aquillon (68), El Dichoo (68), Fernando (60), El Relampago (63), El Brillante (63), fire-ship, El Piermonte bomb (16), three frigates, number of transports. Rumors from Cadiz: fleets to act in Mediterranean or meet off Western islands and proceed to West-Indies.