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A COPY OF THE ORACLE PAPERS RELATING TO SIR JAMES SAUMAREZ
1. The Sea Engagement…between the Crescent and the Re-Union….took place on Sunday last near Cherbourg, at a distance of less than a league and a half from the shore. The loss on board the French frigate was 118 killed and wounded, and not a single man hurt on board the Crescent, by the fire of the enemy….; The Crescent capturing La Reunion - First Report On Captain James Saumarez ship -- 7in. of column space, back page, column 2, in a complete issue of THE ORACLE, dated 26th of October 1793; also includes much of the Trial and Execution of Marie Antoinette - Queen of France; 2. Copy of a Letter from Captain James Saumarez of His Majesty's Ship Crescent, to Mr Stephens, dated off Cherbourg, the 20th of October, 1793 -- 4½in of column space, page 2, column 3, in a complete issue of THE ORACLE, dated 28th of October 1793, red duty stamp, 4p. each
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