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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Portuguese troops skirmished with 1000 Spaniards near Oporto on June 10, killing 250, capturing 200, and causing 60 to drown in retreat. In Lisbon, 8 Portuguese warships prepare to join 8 British ships and frigates against Spain.
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Extract of a Letter from London, July 1.
Letters from Oporto dated the 11th ult. mention that the day before, they had received advice, that a party of Portuguese troops, being on their march to Porto, fell in with a party of Spaniards in number about 1000, whom the Portuguese attacked and killed about 250 men, taking near 200 prisoners, the greatest part of whom were so worn out with fatigue that they could scarcely bear arms: The rest returned in such confusion that upwards of 60 were drowned in the River.
By Letters from Lisbon by a ship arrived in the Downs, there is advice that 8 Portuguese ships of war lay in the Tagus ready to join a like number of British men of war of the line, besides frigates which were hourly expected there to proceed against the Spaniards.
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Portugal
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11th Ult. From Oporto (Skirmish The Day Before); Recent From Lisbon
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250 spaniards killed, near 200 prisoners, upwards of 60 drowned; 8 portuguese ships to join 8 british and frigates against spaniards
Event Details
Portuguese troops on march to Porto attacked 1000 Spaniards, killing 250 and capturing 200 exhausted prisoners; rest fled in confusion, 60 drowning in river. Separately, 8 Portuguese warships in Tagus ready to join equal British ships of the line plus expected frigates to proceed against Spaniards.