508 Charles I. Naval Expeditions, &c. of the Englisli, Book
1627.
An Attemptmiscarries.
Suppliesarrive•
A Parly de-fer ed by theCitadel.
The Dukediftafiejul tothe Army.
On the twelfth, the French who camewith Soubize, together with CaptainShugborough, and Captain Caddon, fol-lowing the Directions of my Lord Duke,contrary to the Advice of Sir John Bur-rows, fell upon the Enemy’s Works,with an Intent to poison a Well; Butthere was nothing done, but CaptainShugborough, and some few of our Sol-diers slain, (t)
On the second of September, our longexpected Irijh arrived, (w)under the Con-duct of Sir Ralph Bingley, and Sir PierceCrosby. The same Day, there was aParly from the Citadel, the Gentlemanthat came with it, knew as soon as myLord Duke of our new Succours. TheSubject of his Message no Man knew,but he pretended only to fee a Brotherof his, who had been taken Prisoner.There were divers other Parleys, as forLords and Melons, (*) which somethought to be by Way of Scorn, butmy Lord Duke would not so interpretthem. And in those Parleys, My LordDuke grew distasteful to the Colonelsand Council of War, in that he wouldnever impart any of their Meslages tothem, nor admit them to the hearing orspeaking with any of them. (5)
On the fourth Day, came another 1627.Parly from the Citadel, by Baron pfl° therSt.Serin, upon whose Coming, my Lord ta ,y 'Duke appointed Mr. Ajhbumham, to goalong with him to Paris, to the King ofFrance: And this Day, about Noon,they went to the Main. (6) ThatNight there were two Boats of the Ene-my’s taken, coming to the Fort. For twoor three Days together, there was Pre-paration made, for the Assault of thelittle Fort. Ordnance was landed atLa Flotta, and Sir Alexander Brett hadundertaken it; But it was afterwardsthought fit not to divide our Forces,for a Thing of so small a Consequence.
It proved, however, afterwards the A-xiom true, A contemned Enemy provesoftentimes tie most dangerous.
On the eleventh, there came a Bark p rov ife 0 nsof forty or fifty Tuns, to the Citadel, gets into tUladen with Provision for the Governor Citadel.himself} which cost us five Hundredgreat Shot from our Ships, to sink her,but did little Harm, only the Killingof Lhoiras ’s Brother, who could neverdie in better Company ; For about threeor four Hours after, Sir John Burrowswas slain, viewing the Works, and withhim died all our Hopes of good Suc-cess;
(/) The seventeenth, Captain St. Paul was kil-led in the Trenches, looking towards the Ene-my.
The twentieth, we began to lay a Boom ofMasts, linked together with Chains, and a Cablefor the Strengthning of it, from End to End, withAnchors at each End, which was to reach fromthe Point of St. Martins , to the End of ourTrenches, and to ly a good Distance from theShoar, to hinder all Boats from coming to theRelief of the Citadel.
The twcnty-first, we finished a new Battery,which was planted by the Trenches, nearest theEnemy, which was the fifth Battery we raised.
The fivemnd twentieth, the Enemy attemptedto overthrow our Barricadoes, but were repulsedwith Loss.
The eight and twentieth, at Night, came tothe Citadel, from the Continent, thirteen Boatsladen with Victuals and Ammunition. They gotin by the Negligence of our Ships ; For not oneof our Boats discovered them, 'till they were inthe Harbour ; And our Boom gave them no Hin-derance, not being finished. These Boats return-, ed the next Day.
(u) In eleven Dutch Ships. The fourth, inthe Evening, they landed, and consisted of two.Thousand, five Hundred Soldiers.
The sixth the Irijh Forces were sent from St.Martinis to the Fort La Pree, to besiege it, car-rying Scaling Ladders, and all other Necessariesfor that Enterprise.
'The eighth,'at Night, the Warfepighfs Boattook a Pinnace of about ten Tuns, laden withMeal and Wine for the Citadel. They drownedall the Men, except the Master, whom theybrought on Shoar.
(*) The Governour sent to the Duke, to de-sire him to send him some Melons, which he did,and he sent him a Present of Sweatmeats, &c. inReturn.
(5) " However, the Governour, being a-“ larrned at the Arrival of our Supplies, sent an" Account thereof to the French King, his Ma*" ster, who drew his Army towards Rachel , and" by forming, as it were, a Blockade, made a“ shew as if he designed to take the Town, tho'" his real Intentions were to land Men on the I-“ stand, which was soon after effected.
“ At last, the Roch el er s declared for the Eng-“ life, and the Duke of Rohan gave Commissionc .‘ to raise Forces for Preservation of the Edict of“ Peace lately granted, but violated by the French“ King ; Who, on the other Hand, said he would“ observe the fame Edict, and proclaiming the" Dukes of Rohan , and Soubize Traitors, osser-" ed Rewards for Killing them.
“ By this Time, the French had got a conli-" derable Supply of Shipping from the Spaniards," which, with their own Navy, made up above" a Hundred Sail, a Force fuperiour to that of" ours ; For alt ho' the Englijh Fleet, at first set-“ ting out, consisted of more than a Hundred“ Sail, yet were there not above ten of theKing's" Ships amongst them. However, tho’ the Ene-" my was thus fuperiour to us,in Naval Strength,“ they declined engaging, and proposed nothing" more to themselves, than the getting necessary“ Supplies into the Citadel, and to tire out the“ Besiegers.
(si) “ The Governour, the better to carry on" his Masters Design of tiring out the Besiegers," pretended to enter into a Treaty to surrender« on honourable Terms, and prevajled with the
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