"The Sebangka fight: a small G&G action" Topic
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Tango01  | 13 Feb 2024 5:06 p.m. PST |
"Our man in the East Indies has sent another of his dispatches on the ongong Galleys & Galleons pirate activities in that area: A pirate flotilla has been terrorising the northern coast of Sumatra for several months. The Sultan of Songkhla, hearing of this, despatched a squadron to hunt down down and destroy them. The Songkhla squadron soon located the pirates off the island of Sebangka (in the SE approaches to the Strait of Malacca). Unusually the pirates didn't flee. It turned out they had their base on the island, including most of their accumulated loot…"
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