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Tuesday 25 June 2019

The French and Spanish navies and Colombian privateers in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 3 August 1825

Cadiz, 12 July. According to the private correspondence in the newspaper Journal des Débats anchored the two French frigates Amazone and Amphitrite at a distance of a half of a mile outside the harbour. The other vessels of the squadron appeared still not yet. A large convoy of merchant ships departed that day to Galicia and Biscay and escorted by 3 brigs of war. Despite the escort Colombian privateers all ready captured 7 ships.