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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Captain Gardner reports from Cape of Good Hope confirming British capture of the territory with 3-4000 troops, capture of Ceylon, planned expedition against Batavia, dispatch of warships to intercept Dutch Indiamen fleet, and civil but restrictive treatment of Americans.
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CAPE OF GOOD-HOPE &c.
Capt. Gardner from the Cape of Good Hope, arrived here since our last, confirms the accounts of the capture of that territory by the English, and that they have from 3 to 4000 troops there. He mentions also, the arrival of news of the capture of Ceylon, as before announced: and of the report that an expedition against Batavia, the capital of the Dutch dominions in India, was in contemplation. That the English having received information, by the capture of a Dutch packet, of a considerable fleet of Dutch Indiamen, about to sail for Europe, had dispatched all the ships of war at the Cape, to intercept them—and that the English treated the Americans very civilly, but would not allow them to take cargoes on board at the Cape.
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Cape Of Good Hope
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capture of cape of good hope territory by english with 3 to 4000 troops; capture of ceylon; planned expedition against batavia; dispatch of ships to intercept dutch fleet; civil treatment of americans but no cargoes allowed.
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Capt. Gardner confirms English capture of Cape of Good Hope with 3-4000 troops, news of Ceylon's capture, report of contemplated expedition against Batavia, English dispatch of warships from Cape to intercept Dutch Indiamen fleet based on captured packet information, and civil but restrictive treatment of Americans at the Cape.