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Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger
Norfolk, Virginia
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British forces raided Frenchtown, burning a warehouse with $203,000 in goods, two packets, outhouses, two stores, and a small craft with flour, aiming to disrupt water communication between Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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FRENCHTOWN BURNT.
The stage passengers from Philadelphia bring intelligence that two or three hundred of the enemy have landed below Frenchtown, and succeeded in burning a warehouse, containing $20,30,000 dollars worth of goods, two of the packets that lay between this and Frenchtown, and some outhouses. A small garrison of a few men, stationed below the little town, retarded the operations of the British some time. The enemy's object up the bay appears to be to cut off all communication by water between this city and Philadelphia, and to destroy all the merchandise they can reach on the bay shore and on the navigable waters which flow into it.
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ALEXANDRIA, May 3.
Extract of a letter from Elk-Town, dated April 29th.
"Two stores with goods, are now on fire at French Town—they were set on fire this morning by thirteen boats from the enemy's fleet—No private houses have yet been set on fire. One of the small craft with 250 barrels flour is said also to be now on fire. The town is in confusion, some moving, others determined to stay and see the worst."
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Frenchtown
Event Date
April 29th
Outcome
warehouse containing $20,30,000 dollars worth of goods burned; two packets and some outhouses destroyed; two stores with goods set on fire; one small craft with 250 barrels flour on fire; no private houses burned; town in confusion with residents moving or staying.
Event Details
Two or three hundred British enemy landed below Frenchtown and burned structures; small garrison delayed them; enemy aim to cut water communication between Baltimore and Philadelphia and destroy merchandise on bay shore. Thirteen boats from enemy's fleet set stores and craft on fire.