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NYGWPB.763.075
4 Aug 1763:31 (1074)
Boston, July 28.. . . [This news from a schooner just
arrived from Havannah]. By a gentleman passenger we are
informed, that the latter end of June ten Spanish men of
war, capital ships, arrived there from Spain, with a number
of transports, having on board 4000 troops to take
possession of that island, agreeable to the late treaty of
peace: That on Wednesday the 6th of July, at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, the Spanish Guards took possession of the
Moro Castle and the other fortresses, together with the city
and town of Havannah; when the English flag was struck and
the Spanish hoisted in many places. The British troops
marched with music playing and drums beating, making a grand
procession down to the water side, where the boats from the
English men of war and transports were waiting to receive
them. . . (10 lines]
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