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Berkeley And Jefferson Intelligencer
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia
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A letter from Barbadoes dated January 4 reports that British expeditions under General Sir David Baird and Admiral Sir Home Popham have captured Buenos Ayres, based on accounts from a Portuguese vessel from the Brazils. The force included four ships of the line, frigates, and 6,000 troops.
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" A Portuguese vessel from the Brazils was spoken with a few days ago and reported that the expeditions under the command of general Sir David Baird and sir Home Popham had taken Buenos Ayres."
The public have long been in suspense as to the destination of the fleet and army under admiral sir Home Popham, & gen. sir D. Baird: The Cape of Good Hope was generally supposed to be the object of this armament by the establishment in this settlement, the political and commercial situation of the world will undergo a considerable change. The force of this expedition was four ships of the line, frigates &c. and six thousand troops, a force we understand from intelligent persons who were lately at the river La Plata more than adequate to the reduction of the province of Paraguay
[Norfolk Ledger.]
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Buenos Ayres
Event Date
January 4
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taken buenos ayres
Event Details
A Portuguese vessel from the Brazils reported that the expeditions under General Sir David Baird and Sir Home Popham had taken Buenos Ayres. The force consisted of four ships of the line, frigates, and six thousand troops. The destination was previously thought to be the Cape of Good Hope.