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The twenty-fecond. For two Daysfollowing nothing, but shooting from theBattery and the Fort. ( p)

On the four and twentieth, forty ofour Horse, with two Companies of Foot,were sent to burn some Wind-mills,that the Enemy might have no Reliefby them : In one of the Mills, theyfound a Party of thirty Musketeers ofthe Enemy’s, who yielded themselvespoorly, without Shew of Resistance,and were brought to the Duke, where,after they had staid two or three Days,my Lord sent them, according to hisaccustomed Mercy, unto the Main.The fame Day, we had a Supply ofsixty Oxen out of England.

On the seven and twentieth, theNight being dusky, there came threeor four Boats from the Main, ladenwith Provisions to the Citadel.

The eight and twentieth, The Dayfollowing, Mr. Monck (afterwards Dukeof Mb er mars) came from England , thro’the Main (passing the Army which laybefore Roche /with great Hazard ofhis Life) and brought a Message, byWord of Mouth, from the King to myLord Duke, with Intelligence of thirtyor forty Sail of Ships, with three orfour Thousand Men, preparing inFrance.

On the thirtieth,there came one fromthe Citadel, pretending he ran away,who profefs’d himself an Engineer, anddesiring Conference with my Lord Duke;He was suspected, his unconfident Coun-tenance betraying him; And beingsearched,by Mr. AJhburnham's Appoint-ment, there was (as some say) a poison-ed Dagger found about him. Hereup-on, the Torture being threatned him,heconfefled, he was sent by the Gover-nour to kill him, which he justified tothe Governour’s Brother, and otherGentlemen, who came to clear him ofthe Imputation: For which Cause my

Lord Duke, would not agree to have \ 627.or give any Quarter to him. All thisTime, the Batteries played, but littleharm on both Sides: And, notwithstand-ing it was generally concluded by theColonels, and all the Council of War, aThing impossible to take the Fort, butby famishing them ; Yet, in all theTime^*^||^we had been in the Town, we went not duct of theabout to block them up, by Intrench- English.,ments; But took a more preposterousWay, in raising Batteries, before wemade our Approaches; A Thing verychargeable and needless; For with theinfinite Company of Shot that we madeagainst the Sand hill, we did nothing bythe Way of Breach, but spent morePowder and Shot than half the Reve-nues of the Island was worth ; And stillthe Passage was open for those of theTowns round about, to carry what Pro-vision they would unto the Fort, andgive Intelligence of the Affairs of onrArmy, which the Enemy’s Horse con-tinually did, foraging up and down theCountry.

At Length, meer Necessity compel-ling, on the third of August , we beganto intrench, (y)

On the fifth Day, in the Afternoon, El }glifhour Soldiers being at Work about theIntrenchment, about thirty or two andthirty of the Enemies Horse sallied outof the Fort, upon our Trenches, butthey were repulsed, only with the Lossof two of our Men. (r)

On the ninth, My Lord Duke ap- Seamenpointed five Hundred Seamen to be landec ^drawn out of the Ships, and gave, themin Command to Captain Weddall, witha Commission to be a Colonel; But hisHonour was of no fmallContinuance, asit only served to make him ridiculous;

For the Rest of his Mates, and UnderOfficers, were laughed out of the Em-ployment by the Landmen. (r)

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(p) The twenty-third, the Enemy attemptedfour of our Ships, but without Success.

(?) The second, four Irijh Men were taken inRachel , having several Packets of Letters for theKing of Spain , and the Spanijh Cardinal. One ofthe four was a Jesuit. They came from Ireland ,in a Dutch Vessel.

( r ) The Triumph's Barge wet with threeBoats, laden with Men and Victuals for the Re-lies of the Citadel. She funk two of the Boats,and took the third, and put all the Men to theSword, except three of the Chief, who wereCommanders of Quality. These they took Pri-soners. Many of the other were Gentlemen of

Distinction, whom, when they had rifled, theydrowned, and put to the Sword, every Man ofthem.

(r) We sent into the Fort fifty French Womenand Children, whose Husbands and Parents werethere, This Day began the Soldiers Allowance ofVictuals, at one and twenty Pence per Man week.

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On the twelfth, the French King's Standard-Bearer, who was one of the three taken in theBoat, escaped to the Citadel, by the Negligenceof the Marshal General.