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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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French King receives dispatches from M. de Suffrein on March 28 detailing recent East Indies proceedings: M. Duchemin's death in battle at Madras against General Munro's defeated army; M. d'Orves assumes command; French recover Trincomalee with Dutch assistance from Columbo.
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On the 28th of this month the King received some official dispatches from M. de Suffrein, which (after giving a detail of the late proceedings in the Bat. Indies between the French and English fleets, as has been already mentioned) conclude as follow:
"M. Duchemin died with his arms in his hand, in a battle fought at the gates of Madras against General Munro, a part of whose army was cut in pieces, and the rest fled in the greatest disorder to Madras. M. d'Orves, formerly Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment of Austrasis, and lately appointed Colonel, took the command of the French after the death of their General. The crew of the advice boat, which brought the above news to Cadiz, have deposed, that they met with four ships of war belonging to the Dutch Company at Surat, sailing to the road of Barecato, and that having hailed them, they declared that Trincomalee was in the power of the French, who had recovered that important possession by the assistance of the Dutch from Columbo."
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Bat. Indies
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Late Proceedings
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m. duchemin died; part of general munro's army cut in pieces, rest fled to madras; trincomalee recovered by french with dutch assistance from columbo
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Dispatches detail late proceedings in Bat. Indies between French and English fleets; battle at gates of Madras where M. Duchemin died fighting General Munro; M. d'Orves took command after death of French General; advice boat crew met Dutch ships at Surat reporting Trincomalee in French power