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BG.747.003
3 Mar 1747:22,31 (1303)
On Thursday night last Capt. Benjamin Goldthwait arrived
here express in the ordnance packet from Annapolis Royal,
with the following advices,
"That on Saturday the 31st of January, before day-light, a
party of Canadians, French inhabitants of the island of St.
John's in Bay Vert, and some of the inhabitants of
Schegnecto,. . . [3 lines] and surprized the detachment of
our troops. . . [2 long paras.; enemy looses. 31, 2d line:]
"That they should have [ ], accoutrements, and cloathing,
with six days provisions, a pound of powder, and a
proportion of ball for each man, and march out with their
drums beating and colours flying, and proceed to his
Majesty's garrison at Annapolis-Royal without molestation;
. . . [9 lines + 3 paras. more]
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