French prisoners in Portsmouth (1800) [ Practices ]
… stated to Charretié, that the French Prisoners were in Want of Clothing (which it had been agreed was to be provided by France) but said that the Board, from Motives of Humanity, had supplied a considerable Number with Clothes, and requested … Expence. No Answer seems to have been returned to this Application, nor does it appear that any Clothing was provided by France. In June, Mr. Charretié visited Portchester, where, on Account of the Mutiny which then prevailed in the British … of no Importance. … "... the French Prisoners were in Want of Clothing (which it had been agreed was to be provided by France) but said that the Board, from Motives of Humanity, had supplied a considerable Number with Clothes..." … France … …
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