1707/12/30
Genoa, 17 Dec., 9000 Palatines are sailed hence for Barcelona.
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There is advice, that 17 French men of war were sailed lately from Thoulon, given out to meet the Spanish galleons; but feared to intercept the German troops bound for Barcelona, which place tis believed the French design to beseige, by reason of their making great [...] »
Narcissus Luttrell (1857). A brief historical relation of state affairs from September 1678 to April 1714, vol vi. Oxford: OUP. »
