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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Reports from Calvi, Corsica, indicate Marquis Mafei has fortified Ajaccio against a rebel attack backed by the English squadron. The garrison is numerous and well-supplied, with bomb-proof caverns prepared at Calvi to withstand potential bombardment.
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Letters from Calvi in Corsica, dated the 9th, import, that upon Advice that the Rebels, supported by the English Squadron, were preparing to attack Ajaccio, the Marquis Mafei, Commissary General of the Republick, had provided so well for the Defence of the Place, that there was Reason to hope they would fail in their Design. The Garrison is very numerous, and well supplied with Ammunition and Provisions.
These Letters add, that the Marquis has made Caverns at Calvi, which are Bomb-Proof, so that if the English should bombard the Town, the Garrison, and Inhabitants might be preserved.
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Corsica
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Dated The 9th
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reason to hope rebels would fail in their design; garrison well-supplied and numerous
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Upon advice of rebels supported by English squadron preparing to attack Ajaccio, Marquis Mafei fortified the place. Garrison is numerous and supplied with ammunition and provisions. Bomb-proof caverns made at Calvi to protect against English bombardment.