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From 1778 to 1783, out of 515,000 men voted by Parliament for the navy, 132,623 were 'sent sick. In the summer, 1779, the French fleet cruising at the mouth of the English Channel, after landing 500, had still about 2000 men sick. At the beginning of autumn the number of sick had become so great that many ships had not enough men to work them. The VilledeParis had 560 sick, and lost 61.
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