at Brest 24th August 1777 —
[Extract]
. . . I have just learned that there are two rebel privateers with two prizes anchored at Bertaume. I am dispatching immediately the lugger le Chasseur under the command of M. de Chenpanie second lieutenant of M. de Bavre to notify them to weigh anchor and to prevent them from taking on board any of our seamen. . .
1. AN, Marine B4129, 67, LC Photocopy.
