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The Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Report from Madeira (July 12): Portuguese vessel from Lisbon states Admiral Nelson chased the French Toulon fleet with Bonaparte into Corsica, losing one French frigate. Nelson, outnumbered, requests reinforcements from Lord St. Vincent for blockade and potential destruction in port. Fleet not headed to Ireland.
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From Philadelphia, August 15.
Arrived last evening, the brig West-Indian, Capt. Wilson, 31 days from Madeira, from whence he sailed the 12th ult. on the morning of which day, a Portuguese vessel arrived there in five days from Lisbon, and brought information of the Toulon fleet, with Buonaparte on board, having been met with by admiral Nelson, who had chased them into Corsica, with the loss of one frigate (taken or destroyed); that the British squadron being considerably less in numbers than the French fleet, the admiral had dispatched a frigate to Lord St. Vincent's, for a reinforcement, to assist him in the blockade, and in all probability in an attempt to destroy them in port.
This article of intelligence has much the appearance of probability, from the dates as well as other corroborative circumstances. It has been pretty clearly ascertained the fleet was not destined to Ireland.
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Corsica
Event Date
12th Ult. (July 12, Per August 15 Report)
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loss of one french frigate (taken or destroyed); french fleet chased into corsica; british seek reinforcements for blockade and possible destruction in port
Event Details
A Portuguese vessel from Lisbon reported that the Toulon fleet with Buonaparte was met by Admiral Nelson, who chased it into Corsica, capturing or destroying one frigate. The British squadron, smaller than the French fleet, dispatched a frigate to Lord St. Vincent for reinforcements to blockade and likely attempt to destroy the French in port. The fleet was not destined for Ireland.