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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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Intelligence from Port San-Domingo reports an expected arrival of a combined fleet of Don Solano and Richery, comprising 32 ships of the line. Victor Hughes captured Dominica from the English. Tortola was taken by Republicans, with 60 English merchantmen seized and the island ruined. British forces nearly evacuated St. Lucia, holding only Morne Fortune.
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PHILADELPHIA, September 7.
From the Courier Francais.
A courier dispatched from Port San-Domingo reached Cape Francois on the eighteenth of August, and brought intelligence, that a French corvette just arrived at San Domingo had announced, that the Fleet of Don Solano, which, united with that of Richery, is composed of thirty-two ships of the line, may momentarily be expected, the corvette having been only a few days a head of the fleet.
The island of Dominica has been taken by Victor Hughes from the English. Tortola, one of the Virgin islands, has also been taken, and sixty English merchantmen were captured there by the Republicans.—The island is entirely ruined. The British have almost entirely evacuated St. Lucia, where they occupy only Morne Fortune, from which they will also soon be driven.
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San Domingo
Event Date
Eighteenth Of August
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fleet of thirty-two ships of the line expected; dominica taken from english; tortola taken, sixty english merchantmen captured, island ruined; british almost entirely evacuated st. lucia, occupying only morne fortune to be soon driven out.
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A courier from Port San-Domingo reached Cape Francois on the eighteenth of August with news from a French corvette that the combined fleet of Don Solano and Richery, thirty-two ships of the line, is expected momentarily. The island of Dominica taken by Victor Hughes from the English. Tortola, one of the Virgin islands, taken by Republicans with sixty English merchantmen captured; island entirely ruined. British have almost entirely evacuated St. Lucia, occupying only Morne Fortune, from which they will soon be driven.