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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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In late November, the Buenos Ayrean schooner Atrevido captured a Portuguese sloop after a battle off La Plata, but both were then seized by a Portuguese frigate and taken to Montevideo, where the schooner's crew was imprisoned by late December.
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FROM BUENOS AYRES.
Our Philadelphia correspondent, under the date of yesterday, at noon, gives us the following information: Capt. O'Flynn, of the ship Augustus, from Buenos Ayres, informs that about the 20th of November the Buenos Ayrean government schooner Atrevido, of 18 guns and 150 men, commanded by Capt. John Hawell, bound out of La Plata on a cruise, was brought to by a Portuguese sloop of war, the commander of which demanded to search the schooner and examine her papers. The demand was refused, and a battle ensued, which resulted in the capture of the sloop of war, and in the loss of many men on both sides. Soon after the action closed a Portuguese frigate came up, took both vessels, and carried them into Montevideo, where the schooner remained, and her officers and crew in prison, late in December.
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La Plata
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About The 20th Of November
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schooner atrevido captured the portuguese sloop; both vessels then captured by portuguese frigate and taken to montevideo; schooner's officers and crew imprisoned; losses on both sides in the battle.
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The Buenos Ayrean government schooner Atrevido, 18 guns and 150 men, commanded by Capt. John Hawell, bound out of La Plata on a cruise, was approached by a Portuguese sloop of war demanding to search and examine papers. Demand refused, leading to a battle where Atrevido captured the sloop with losses on both sides. A Portuguese frigate then arrived, captured both vessels, and carried them to Montevideo, where Atrevido remained with her officers and crew in prison late in December.