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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Trenchard. Contrary winds pursue us. I lay seven days off Cape Spartel with fogs and "levants" before I could get into … of doing any service, has almost broken my heart. Off Cape de Gatt I took a small frigate of sixteen guns, the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… to Capt. Mees, who is probably cruising between Cape La Hogue and Havre, or if not there, perhaps further …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… thirty guns, and 180 men, taken eighty leagues westward of Cape Clare (of which I received advice today). But the Dover … fleet under Marshal Tourville 20 leagues N. and S. of Cape Clear. The olus, which could not go out sooner, sailed … the coast of Ireland, and then to cruise twenty days off Cape Clear, and from thence to Kinsale and so to Plymouth, so …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… it would be for them, and that they should avoid the South Cape. Enquiry to be made whether the Essex prize be ordered … Lime, which was the only frigate I had with me, I sent off Cape Hogue with orders for the Sapphire, both of them to meet …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… made their observations, and found we are 34 leagues from Cape Ortegal and 43 from Cape Finisterre, and the Groyne between them, and if we have …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… left Cork harbour on Monday last. On Wednesday night, off Cape Cornwell, we separated in as ill weather as was …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… coast of France, and cruise between Havre de Grace and "Cape de Hague." This is a service of the utmost importance. … on Saturday about 4 in the morning, about a league from Cape la Hogue. They were then in sight of the French and … [The Queen] to . Understanding that the fleet was off Cape de Hogue on the 21st inst., pursuing the enemy, she …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… from Almania) that thirty-four men-of-war were seen E. of Cape De Gatt; these we take to be the Toulon squadron. We … leagues from the Lizard; appointing another rendezvous off Cape Spartel, and indicating Russell's proposed course to …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… 170 tons of currants, bound for London, was taken between Cape St. Vincent and Scilly by four or five French …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… the convoy a sealed packet (to be opened at the height of Cape Matapan and not before), directing where they shall … which should cruise southward as far or farther than Cape Clear, and two should attend the coast between … she was forced by stress of weather from cruising off Cape Clear, and on the first opportunity is ready to sail …