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Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia

Napoleon defeated : Europe freed

News of the actions of the restored Liverpool Packet is here overshadowed by reports that Napoleon, emperor of France, was toppling from power. Military victory in Europe, early in 1814, enabled Britain to throw new forces into the war against the United States.

Date: 1814

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  Newspapers: Royal Gazette 5 January 1814 page 3

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