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Monday, 20 May 2019

French transports in problems at Brest according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 1 December 1824

Paris, 27 November. In the night of 22 November suffered 4 transports lying off Brest with soldiers on board destined for the colonies suffered severe due to a heavily thunderstorm. Despite the fact that the boats and barges couldn’t be lowered just one man was drowned. As soon as the weather allowed the troops would be disembarked.