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Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from The Hague on November 4 details the recovery of British dispatches from a captured English packet boat, revealing the destination of an expedition fleet. Speculation suggests a landing at Embden with Prince of Brunswick's troops, or a diversion in Flanders with 24,000 English troops.
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Nov. 4
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Mail from captured English Packet washed ashore at Scheveling, containing dispatches to General York and Germany revealing expedition fleet's destination. Public speculation near British Minister's house on armament's design. Politicians claim landing at Embden with Prince of Brunswick's 25-30,000 men from Anglo-Hanoverian camp in East Friesland, to write to Dutch states. Others assert unchanged destination for 24,000 English troops to divert in Flanders instead of conquest.