An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands 25 February reported that a strong naval force there since time gathered was strengthened by another two French frigates coming from Dunkirk, France. Two days earlier arrived at Veere, Netherlands the small war brig ‘t Haasje (1) returning from England. She transported the Portuguese commodore d’Araujo with some British prisoners of war back to England.
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1. Commanded by captain lieutenant J. Ysbrands captured on 2 August 1803 by the British off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and commissioned as the British fireship Phosporus. Built in 1796 by P. Glavimans at Rotterdam.
