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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from Paris on French privateer captures: Le Petit Diable takes English packet Dolphin after a fight; Intrepid of Nantes seizes American ship with cargo for frigates; Le Decide of Bordeaux captures Portuguese Duke of Braganza; and others take English, Portuguese, and possible American vessels into various ports.
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Office of the Marine, August 4.
The privateer Le Petit Diable, (the Little Devil) Capt. Salvetat, has taken after a fight of three quarters of an hour, and carried into Delfzijl, an English packet boat named the Dolphin, bound from Yarmouth to Cuxhaven: it had on board a courier charged with dispatches, and 18 passengers.
The privateer Intrepid, of Nantes, has taken a ship under American colors from Liverpool to Philadelphia, with a cargo of salt, coals, tin, and copper sheathing for three frigates.
The privateer Le Decide, of Bordeaux, Capt. Laufone, has taken and carried into Corunna, the Portuguese ship the Duke of Braganza, of 600 tons, laden with cotton, rice, coffee, cocoa, &c. from Margarana to Lisbon.
The privateer Le Chasseur Baque, Capt. Dariban, has carried into Bayonne, a fine English brig, called the Jean, from Quebec, laden with planks, skins, pot ashes, &c.
The privateer Le Coureur, of La Rochelle, has captured and sent into that port a Portuguese ship, called the Bento, of 400 tons, from St. Salvador, to Oporto, laden with sugar, coffee, &c.
The privateers the Confiance and Cheri, of Nantes, have taken and sent into Minden, the Betsy of Yarmouth, of 150 tons.
The Sauvage of Boulogne, has carried into that port an English lugger, laden with Geneva.
The Adventure of Bordeaux, has taken and sent into that port, La Sainte Therese, a Portuguese vessel of 150 tons, laden with cotton, tobacco, &c. and valued at 400,000 livres.
The Intrepid of Dunkirk, has taken an English brig, laden with 42 heavy pieces of cannon.
The Cheri and Confiance of Nantes, have taken an English vessel named the Lively, from Antigua with rum and sugar.
The Dragon has sent to Paimpol a vessel, said to be an American, laden with sugar, coffee and cotton, and an English sloop.
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France
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July 30 August 4
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multiple ships captured and brought into ports including delfzijl, corunna, bayonne, la rochelle, minden, boulogne, bordeaux, dunkirk, and paimpol; one capture after a three-quarter-hour fight; cargoes include dispatches, passengers, salt, coals, tin, copper sheathing, cotton, rice, coffee, cocoa, planks, skins, pot ashes, sugar, geneva, tobacco, cannon, rum; one vessel valued at 400,000 livres.
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French privateers Le Petit Diable (Capt. Salvetat) captured English packet Dolphin from Yarmouth to Cuxhaven with courier and 18 passengers into Delfzijl after fight. Intrepid of Nantes took American-flagged ship from Liverpool to Philadelphia with salt, coals, tin, copper sheathing for frigates. Le Decide of Bordeaux (Capt. Laufone) took Portuguese Duke of Braganza (600 tons) from Margarana to Lisbon with cotton, rice, coffee, cocoa into Corunna. Le Chasseur Baque (Capt. Dariban) took English brig Jean from Quebec with planks, skins, pot ashes into Bayonne. Le Coureur of La Rochelle took Portuguese Bento (400 tons) from St. Salvador to Oporto with sugar, coffee into La Rochelle. Confiance and Cheri of Nantes took Betsy of Yarmouth (150 tons) into Minden. Sauvage of Boulogne took English lugger with Geneva into Boulogne. Adventure of Bordeaux took Portuguese La Sainte Therese (150 tons) with cotton, tobacco valued at 400,000 livres into Bordeaux. Intrepid of Dunkirk took English brig with 42 cannon. Cheri and Confiance of Nantes took English Lively from Antigua with rum, sugar. Dragon sent American? vessel with sugar, coffee, cotton and English sloop to Paimpol.