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Foreign News
October 6, 1797
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Rumor in New York on October 5 of an undecided naval engagement between Spanish and English fleets, witnessed at sea by a captain who informed a vessel from Guernsey arriving in Boston on Sunday.
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By this day's Mail.
NEW YORK, October 5.
IMPORTANT
A report was current in town yesterday, but by what authority we are not authorised to say, that a vessel arrived at Boston on Sunday, from Guernsey, in a short passage, who spoke a vessel at sea, the captain of which informed him, that he was eye-witness to an engagement between the Spanish and English fleets, having laid to several hours to observe their manoeuvres, and when he parted with them the action was undecided.
This day's Eastern Mail will decide as to the validity of this account.
Argus.
NEW YORK, October 5.
IMPORTANT
A report was current in town yesterday, but by what authority we are not authorised to say, that a vessel arrived at Boston on Sunday, from Guernsey, in a short passage, who spoke a vessel at sea, the captain of which informed him, that he was eye-witness to an engagement between the Spanish and English fleets, having laid to several hours to observe their manoeuvres, and when he parted with them the action was undecided.
This day's Eastern Mail will decide as to the validity of this account.
Argus.
What sub-type of article is it?
Naval Affairs
War Report
What keywords are associated?
Spanish English Fleets
Naval Engagement
Eyewitness Report
Guernsey Vessel
Undecided Action
Where did it happen?
At Sea
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
At Sea
Event Date
As Reported October 5
Outcome
action undecided
Event Details
A vessel from Guernsey arrived at Boston on Sunday after a short passage and spoke another vessel at sea whose captain reported being an eyewitness to an engagement between the Spanish and English fleets, observing their manoeuvres for several hours before parting with the action still undecided.