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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from Halifax dated September 19 reports that the French fleet at Louisbourg will not engage British forces, protected by a harbor boom; Hunter sloop approached closely and was fired upon; two men killed near Eastern Battery; Nightingale and mast-ship arrived from Piscataqua on the 3rd instant.
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"The French Fleet will not come out from Louisbourg to engage our Fleet.--They have a large Chain or Boom across the Harbour, to prevent our Ships going in.-They have been very near, and the Hunter Sloop was so nigh that the French fired at her from the Island Battery.-The Hunter is dispatch'd to England.--Two Men have been killed near the Eastern Battery on the other side of the Harbour.-- The Nightingale Man of War and the Mast-Ship arriv'd from Piscataqua the 3d Instant."
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Louisbourg
Event Date
September 19
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two men have been killed near the eastern battery
Event Details
The French Fleet will not come out from Louisbourg to engage our Fleet. They have a large Chain or Boom across the Harbour, to prevent our Ships going in. They have been very near, and the Hunter Sloop was so nigh that the French fired at her from the Island Battery. The Hunter is dispatch'd to England. The Nightingale Man of War and the Mast-Ship arriv'd from Piscataqua the 3d Instant.