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^689. East were likewise directed to rendez- Stone, which has a too attractive Power. 1689.vous, ’till farther Orders should be sent Winter-Season being now so far advanc- The great. • 7 ' them. (h) _ ed,as not to admit of keeping the Fleet J

, • . So great Dispatch was made, in Re- at Sea, in a Body, those Ships which divided into

fitting the Fleet, that the Admiral ar- wanted the greatest Repairs, especially severalrived with it off of Torbay about the of the largest Rates, were ordered into S i ua ^ ronS ’4 'hn'irai middle of June, and not many Days as- Port, and the Rest were divided into*Ws e p t0 ~ ter several Ships belonging to the States several Squadrons for different Services.

S t f e her vjhh General reached Spitbead, with their Ad- As it will now be incumbent on me tohuadr^ a Vice, and a Rear-Flag. They, give some Account of these and other

on ’ together with Mr. Rujsel (afterwards Squadrons, which were detach’d before,

Earl of Orford) but then Admiral of the seperately, I shall begin with that underBlue, sailed, the second of July, to join the Command of Mr. George Rooke. f )the Body, which did likewise several ci-thers, as they came in, pursuant to the

Orders they there found. M r. George Rooked Proceedings with

a Squadron on the Coajl of Ireland.

Proceedings of the United Fleet.

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Vice Admiral Killegrew had beenstationed for some Time with a Squa-dron off of Dunkirk, to keep the FrenchShips from coming out of that Port; Buthe finding no more than four Sail inFlemish Road, three of which werevery small ones, received, likewise, thesame Orders to join the Fleet. Thislittle Squadron consisted of Merchant-Ships, hired into the Service, exceptthe Kent, a third Rate, two small Fri-gats, and two Firefhips; they weretherefore disposed of to several necessa-ry Stations, as being in no Wife fittingfor the Line of Battle.

The Admiral was cruising, in themean Time, on the French Coast, andto and fro in the Soundings, withoutmeeting any Thing remarkable, andbeing the latter End of Augufl, in avery great Want of Beer, he was oblig-ed to come to Forbay, a Place, indeed,very convenient for the Refreshment ofthe Fleet, tho’ it does not altogetherplease some People on Shoar, who per-haps without Reason) think it a Load-

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Mr. Rooke having received Orders, Sdr.KookesIn the Month of April, to fail with a Procee ltlg5 ‘Squadron of Ships to the Coast of Ire-land, that he might aslist the Generalsof the Land-Forces, in the Reduction ofthat Kingdom ; He arrived with Part ofthem, off of Greenock, about the tenthof May, and then lent Orders to Chef er,for the Bonadventure, and other Ships,to join him off of Cantire.

The first Thing that required his He resolvesAssistance was theReliefof Londonderry, ^Monder-to which Place he resolved to proceed, ry .as soon as the Rest of the Ships couldjoin him; For hitherto he had no morethan the Deptford, Antelope, Greyhound,

King'sfifher- Ketch,and Henrietta- Yacht.

Being off of Cape Cantire, the two andtwentieth, he received Advice fromCaptain Tounge, who commanded theKing’s Forces in those Parts, that a Bo-dy of Scotch were got together in theIslands of Gega, and Kara, lying on theWest Side of Cantire. Thither he fail- But failsed, without Delay, and, not withou tfiffl to tiegreat Difficulty and Hazard, got hisShips in, and laid them to pals; But Kara.the Enemy seing Captain Toung disem-barking

(h) The King went himself, a Fortnight afterthis, to Portsmouth , as well to hasten the Refit-ting of the Fleet, as to distribute Rewards tothose Officers and Soldiers, who had distinguishedthemselves in the Engagement. Admiral Herbertwas declared, and soon after made Earl of Tor-r ’ngton , Captain John Ashy, of the Defiance , andCaptain Clou defy Shovel, of the Edgar, wereknighted, and every Seaman had a Gratuity ofTen Shillings : And besides this, a Bounty wasadded to the Relicts of those who had lost theirLives.

About, or before, this Time, most of thePrinces and Potentates of Europe acknowledgedTheir Majesties Titles, and congratulated Theirhappy Accession to the Imperial Crown of Eng-

land, by their Publick Ministers: In particular,the Emperour , by Monsieur Hofman ; the King ofSpain , by Don Pedro de Ronquillo ; the King ofSweden, by Monsieur Le'euvenberg the King ofDenmark, by Mef. Pless and Gerforjf; the Elec-tor . of Brandenburgh , by P dr. Schmettau ; theDukes of Brunswick and Eunenburg, by Baronvon Schutz ; the Landgrave of Heffe-CaJJel, byBaron von Goertz ; and the States General of theUnited Provinces, by Mef. van Engelnburg, vanIVitsen, van Odyck, van Cittern , and van Dyck-velt, who distinguilhed themselves from the Rest,by a most magnificent Entry.

(i) Afterwards, Sir George Rooke, Admiralof the Fleet, and Vice-Admiral of England,