An item dated Paris 14 May reported that in the newspaper Journal de la Haute Garonne a list of British ships was published which were captured by a combined French-Spanish fleet in the harbour of Lisbon. It were 5 ships of the line and 60-80 merchant ships and transports destined towards Malta and Gibraltar. The value was estimated to be 15.000.000 piasters. The tiding was yet not confirmed by official reports.
