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Foreign News
April 20, 1782
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
British Admiral Kempenfelt allegedly ordered his squadron to fire on defenseless French transports during an encounter with Count Guichen's ships, causing several to sink with all souls lost.
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It is asserted as a fact, that the British Admiral Kempenfelt, when he saw the French ships of war, under Count Guichen, bearing down and likely to be up with him, before he could possibly take possession of such of the French transports as then happened to be within reach of his guns, had the cruelty and worse than savage inhumanity to order the lower tier guns of his own ship and the others of his squadron, to fire into these defenceless vessels, several of which it is said, sunk, and every soul on board perished.
What sub-type of article is it?
Naval Affairs
War Report
What keywords are associated?
Kempenfelt
Guichen
French Transports
Naval Firing
Sunk Vessels
British Squadron
What entities or persons were involved?
Admiral Kempenfelt
Count Guichen
Foreign News Details
Key Persons
Admiral Kempenfelt
Count Guichen
Outcome
several french transports sunk, every soul on board perished.
Event Details
British Admiral Kempenfelt, seeing French ships under Count Guichen approaching, ordered his squadron's lower tier guns to fire on nearby defenseless French transports to prevent their capture, resulting in several sinking with all aboard lost.