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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Captain Folger reports on combined French-Spanish fleet of 48 ships cruising off Ushant and Cape Clear, capturing British West Indies merchantmen; British fleet at Torbay; French troops embarking at Rochefort for Cape of Good Hope; Spanish siege of Gibraltar destroying garrison houses.
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Capt. Folger, who arrived here yesterday, in the schooner Antelope, in 35 days from Nantz, advises that the combined fleets of France & Spain commanded by the Count de Guichen & Don Louis de Cordova, consisting of 48 sail of the line, were cruising, when he sailed between Ushant and Cape Clear, and it was reported, had taken a number of rich British merchantmen from the West-Indies—That the British fleet of 28 sail of the line, under the command of Admiral Darby, lay at Torbay—That an embarkation of 4000 troops was taking place at Rochfort, destined for the protection of the Dutch Settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, & that 40,000 Spaniards were vigorously besieging Gibraltar, and had destroyed almost every house in the garrison.
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Between Ushant And Cape Clear
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combined fleets reported to have taken a number of rich british merchantmen from the west-indies; 40,000 spaniards besieging gibraltar and had destroyed almost every house in the garrison.
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Capt. Folger advises that the combined fleets of France and Spain, 48 sail of the line under Count de Guichen and Don Louis de Cordova, were cruising between Ushant and Cape Clear and reportedly took rich British merchantmen from the West Indies. The British fleet of 28 sail under Admiral Darby lay at Torbay. An embarkation of 4000 troops was taking place at Rochfort for the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. 40,000 Spaniards were besieging Gibraltar.