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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Letters from Curaçao report Brion's squadron of nearly 20 ships severely damaged by a gale en route from Margarita to Cumana; Commodore's vessel returned to Margarita with heavy flooding. Of 800 British troops arrived there, 200 succumbed to disease despite island's healthy reputation. Bolivar's military operations paralyzed.
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Letters were yesterday received in this place from Curracoa, which state that Brion's squadron, composed of nearly 20 sail, which had sailed from Margarita for Cumana, had experienced a severe gale, in which the whole squadron had been either dismasted or otherwise injured, and that the Commodore's ship had with great difficulty succeeded in returning to Margarita, with 9 feet water in her hold. These letters add that out of 800 British troops which had arrived at that Island, 200 had already been carried off by disease although it is considered the most healthy of the West-India Islands. Other advices say, that Bolivar was completely paralyzed in his military operations.
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Curracoa
Event Date
Early May
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squadron dismasted or injured; commodore's ship returned to margarita with 9 feet water in hold; 200 of 800 british troops died from disease; bolivar's operations paralyzed.
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Brion's squadron of nearly 20 sail sailed from Margarita for Cumana but encountered a severe gale, resulting in all ships dismasted or injured; Commodore's ship barely returned to Margarita. 800 British troops arrived at Curracoa, with 200 dying from disease. Bolivar's military operations completely stalled.