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OTDIH 18 Oct 1775 A Royal Navy squadron under Captain Henry Mowat burned Portland, Maine

Posted on October 18, 2013 by navalmatters

A Royal Navy squadron under Captain Henry Mowat burned Falmouth, Massachusetts (site of the modern city of Portland, Maine) on 18 October 1775.

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