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^ ?6yo. The Vice-Admiral, having receivedÆ f rom his Instructions, (a) sailed from Torbay,n ~■-• Day ant ^ on the seventh of March ; But did notarrive at Cadiz , ’till the eighth of thenext Month, having met with extreambad Weather, in this Palfage. SeveralShips of the Squadron were horriblyshattered, and two Dutch Men of War,one of seventy two, and the other ofsixty Guns, unhappily foundered, afterthey had but one Mast left standing be-tween them, and that but a Mizzen. Inrepairing their Damages, he met withno little Discouragement and Interrup-tion from the then Governour of Cadiz,who, on this, as well as all other Occa-sions, demonstrated how much he incli-ned to an Interest which was entirelyopposite to that of the Allies.

The ninth of May, the Admiral re-three several Expresses, onefrom the Consul at Alicant, anotherfrom him who resided at Malaga, andthe third from Captain Shelton, who waswith Part of the Squadron at Gibraltar.They were all of the fame Purport, toinform him, that the Toulon Squadron,commanded by Monsieur Chateau-Re-naud had been seen from those Places,and that it consisted of ten Sail, threeof them Ships of eighty Guns each.

Hereupon , a Council of Wariy°uncii o>was called, and it was therein re-ar - J ° s solved: " To fail, with as many Ships" as were in a Condition, to join the six" Englijh and Dutch, which Captain" Shelton had with him at Gibraltar," and to order him not to attempt any" Thing until so joined ; But to take an" especial Care for his Safety.” Pur-suant to this Resolution, the Admiral

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sailed the tenth, at four in the Morn- 1690.ing, with the Englijh Ships following,viz ; the Duke, Mountague, Eagle, Ty-ger, Fort land, Faulcon, Happy Return,

Richmond, and Sapphire, being one se-cond Rate, two Third-Rates, fourFourth-Rates, and two Fifth-Rates, asalso two Ships, of the Line of Battle,belonging to the States General, calledthe Guelderland and Zurickzee, withwhich wasLieutenantAdmiral^Z/mow^.

He left behind a Third-Rate, calledthe ’ Resolution, and a Fourth Rate,named the Newcajlle ; as also a Prizetaken by Captain Bokenham, of theHappy Return, called the Virgin’sGrace, they being not found in a fitCondition to keep the Sea.

The tenth, at about eleven at Night Admiralthe Wind being at W. N. W. the Killegrew’iSquadron had Cape Trafalgar E. and Pr f ee dfg sby N. about tour Leagues off. At four t }, e po’Clock, the next Morning, they steer- Squa,ed away for the Streight’s Mouth, andhad Cape Spartell, S. W. distant aboutsix Leagues. The Admiral then de-tached the Portland to Gibraltar , withDirections to Captain Skelton to get rea-dy and join him. About one in theAfternoon, he got into the Bay, wherethere came on Board him three SpanijhGentlemen, sent from the Governour ofthe Town, with Advice from the Com-mander in Chief at Ceuta, a SpanijhGarrison on the Barbary Coast, thatthere had been seen, the Night before,fourteen Ships at Anchor, in the Bay ofTetuan , a Town about seven Milesfrom Ceuta.

The whole Squadron, which wasnow under Sail, consisted of one Second-

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(a) Vice-Admiral Killegrew’i Inttruftions.

1. vy hen he arrived at Cadiz, he was to fend, »V n the Happy Return, and Oxfrrd, (two“ Fourth-Rate Ships) with theTrade, to Malaga“ and Alicant, and to give them Orders for their« Return to England, with the Merchant-ihips“ from those Parts. .

2. “ At such Time as he should judge it moltconvenient, he was to order the Portland,“ Faulcon , Tyger, and Sapphire, to proceed with“ the Trade to Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, and“ Medina, and to fee those bound for Galhpoli“ and vZant, as near to those Places, as they“ could conveniently. These Ships of War were" to keep Company with the Wrly-Trade to the“ Height of Candia, where parting, the Tyger" and Faulcon were to conduct those bound to" Smyrna first, and then the others within the“ Dardanelles, after which they were to return“ to, and remain at Smyrna sixty Days. The“ other two Ships, the Portland and the Sap-“ phire, were to convoy the Trade bound to'' Scanderooti > and to continue in that Port sixty

“ Days, at the Expiration whereof they were" respectively to sail, with all the Trade that“ should be ready, to Messina , the Place desired" by the TArÆy-Company for their Rendezvous.“ But it was, nevertheless, left to the Admiral,“ to give them other Directions, in Cafe he judg-" ed it more advifeable, and to fend them home,“ with the other Trade, for England, in such a" Manner,as (according to Intelligence) he should“ think most proper.

3. “ Having dispatched away these Convoys,“ he was, with the Duke, Berwick, Resolution,“ Mountague, Bur ford, Neuicaftle and Green-" wich, together with the Dutch Ships appointed" to join him, and the Half-Moon, and Cadiz-“ Merchant, Firelhips, to attend the Motions of“ the French, either in a Body, or in such Man-“ ner, as might most conduce to the intercepting“ them, and to the Safety of the Trade. He“ was, likewise, td attack them if he found him-“ self of Strength sufficient; But if they happen-“ ed to pass the Streights; he was, upon the first" Notice thereof, to follow them.