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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from Havana via letter: At surrender, British found 12 Spanish ships of the line, 5 frigates, and 30 merchantmen in harbor. Captured 4 rich frigates (including 24- and 18-gun). Many British soldiers and sailors killed cruelly by Spanish light horse while plundering villages.
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By a Letter from the Havannah, come to Hand since our last, we learn, that besides the 12 Spanish ships of the line found in the harbour at the surrender of that place, there were likewise 5 frigates, and about 30 sail of Merchantmen there: That our men of war had taken 4 frigates, one of them of 24. and another of 18 guns, said to be exceeding rich vessels; and that we have lost a great many soldiers and sailors, who went a plundering the villages, but generally fell in with the enemy's light horse who murdered them in the cruelest manner, by cutting out their tongues, and mangling them in a most horrid manner, such as a regard to decency forbids to mention.
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Havannah
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From A Letter Received Since Last Report, As Of Sept. 16
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british captured 4 rich frigates (one 24-gun, one 18-gun); found 12 spanish ships of the line, 5 frigates, 30 merchantmen in harbor; lost many soldiers and sailors to cruel murders by enemy's light horse while plundering.
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At the surrender of Havannah, 12 Spanish ships of the line, 5 frigates, and about 30 merchantmen were found in the harbor. British men of war took 4 frigates, including one of 24 guns and one of 18 guns, reported as very rich. Many British soldiers and sailors were lost while plundering villages, falling victim to the enemy's light horse who murdered them cruelly by cutting out tongues and mangling bodies in horrid ways.