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Review of Public Occurrences During the

Nov.

26th. The forts at the Bogue were attacked and taken by the British forces, under command of sir Gordon Bremer. A notice was issued the same day by the commander-in-chief, raising the blockade of the Bogue.

27th. A battery of some 50 guns, just below Whampoa, was des- troyed, and the late British ship Cambridge (then called the Che- sapeake) was blown up.

March 1st. The river was cleared for ships to Whampoa, and the vessels proceeded up the river.

2d. Major-general sir Hugh Gough, K. C. B. &C., &c., arrived at Whampoa, in H. M. brig Cruizer, to assume command of the British land forces.

A masked battery, on the northeast end of Whampoa island was

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