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Date transcribed2017-01-10
Transcribed byPeter Schofield
CommentNames transcribed from the entire run of Hicky's Bengal Gazette, or The Original Calcutta General Advertiser 1780-1782. The table includes all of the volumes held by the British Library and the University of Heidelberg, along with some gaps filled by issues from the National Library of India and the High Court of Calcutta [Courtesy of Andrew Otis].

View all other items of "Surname" with value "Hughes" in "Hicky" Surname  Hughes    
Forename  Edward    
Rank  Sir    
View all other items of "Occupation or Status" with value "Commander of Fleet" in "Hicky" Occupation or Status  Commander of Fleet    
View all other items of "Location" with value "Madras" in "Hicky" Location  Madras    
Summary Remarks  On the 15th February the French Fleet passed Madras. The evening of the same day Sir Edward Hughes followed them. The French Fleet consisted of nine ships of the line. By latest accounts at Madras our Fleet had come up with the French and were then engaged off Allamparva. Monsieur Darion Commanded the French Fleet, but died on the 6th off Pulicat, and the Command devolved to Monsieur Suffrain. They had taken our Ship Hannibal from England, also the Chacer, Captain Parr, with 3 Lacks of Rupees on board, and the following Country Vessels, the Union, the Betsey, the Mary, the Fortune, and Asia, besides a great number of Donies laden with rice.    
View all other items of "Article Type" with value "News Article" in "Hicky" Article Type  News Article    
View all other items of "Issue Number" with value "111" in "Hicky" Issue Number  111    
Issue Day  9    
Issue Month  March    
Issue Year  1782    
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Names transcribed from the entire run of Hicky's Bengal Gazette, or The Original Calcutta General Advertiser 1780-1782. The table includes all of the volumes held by the British Library and the University of Heidelberg, along with some gaps filled by issues from the National Library of India and the High Court of Calcutta [Courtesy of Andrew Otis].
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