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Between ten and eleven, they boredown upon us, with little Wind, andthe Admiral (who still lay by with hisFore-Topfail to the Mast) observingthat Monsieur de Tourville had put puthis Signal for Battle, commanded thathis should not be spread until the French(who had the Weather Gage) were ad-vane’d as far as they should think fit.

At the fame Time, Admiral Alle-monde , who commanded the DutchSquadron, was sent to tack, and getWestward of the French, as soon as anyof his Ships could weather them, andthose in the Blue (then at some Distancea-stern) were order’d to close the Line ;But the Fleets had not been long en-gaged, before it became quite calm, sothat these Directions could not possiblybe executed.

About half an Hour after eleven,Monsieur de Tourville, in the Royal Sun,a Ship of one Hundred and four (or, assome Authors fay, a Hundred and ten)Guns, : brought to, and began the Fightwith our Admiral, at the Distance of a-bout three Quarters-Musket-fhot; Inthis Posture, he lay about an Hour anda half, plying his Guns very warmly ;But then began to tow off, in great Dis-order and very much disabled, his Rig-ging, Sails, and Top-fail-Yard, beingvery much shattered: And, as a sureArgument, that they must have had agreat many Men killed, it was observ-ed, that no Pains were taken to repairthem: Some Accounts fay, the Sailors,that remained of the terrible Slaugh-ter which was made, were so dishearten-ed, that they left their Guns, and foughtShelter in the Hold. In this Fight theActivity of the Englijh Gunners was par-, ticularly taken Notice of, and it wasreckoned, that during the whole Com-bat, they gave at least three Broadsidesto two.

Towards two a Clock, the Windshifted to the N. W. by W. and, soonafter, five fressi Ships of the Enemy’s'Blue Squadron commanded by the SieursMagnon, dTnfreville, de Villette, de

of the Accounts of the Battle, which I have seen,on either Side, make it; But it is, as the Frenchpublished it, at the Time of Monsieur de Tour-■ville's going to Sea. Whetner any Alterationhappened afterwards, or whether the French hadany Design in having it believed larger, beforethen- Misfortune, than they cared to have it af-terwards, I shall not determine.

{p) Besides these fix, it is probable, theyhad to do with' another, at the fame Time; For

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Beaujeu, and de Chateau-Morant, posted 1692*themselves three a-head, and two a-stern, of their Admiral, to protect him,and fired very smartly ’till past three;

So that Mr. Rujsel, and his two Seconds(Mr. Churchil and Mr. Aylmer ) had sixof the Enemy’s largest Ships to dealwith. Q?) About half an Hour afterthree the French began to bear away,and, at four, there was a thick Fog, sothat not a Ship of the Enemy’s could beseen,upon which all firing ceas’dj But,itclearing up, in a little Time, the FrenchAdmiral was discovered towing awayNorthward, (the great Firing, oh bothSides having occasioned a Calm) and ourAdmiral, that he might the better comeup with him, ordered all the Ships ofhis Division to do the like. A smallBreeze of Wind, Easterly, happening,about Half an Hour after Five, theSignal was made for chasing, and No-*tice sent to every Ship, within Reach,that the Enemy were standing a-way.

Many Guns were heard, about thisTime, to the Westward, But the Shipswhich fired could not be seen, by Rea-son of the Fog. It was believed to beour Blue Squadron, which had, by aShift of Wind, weather’d the French jBut it proved to be the Rear-Adrrsiral ofthe Red (Sir Cloudejly Shovels who wasgotten to Windward of Monsieur Tour-ville's own Squadron, and between himand their Admiral of the Blue. Afterthey had fired some Time, the Ships,on both Sides, came to Anchor, butcould not discover one another, byReason of the Thickness of the Wea-ther.

In this Scuffle, Captain FJqfHngs, whocommanded the Sandwich, a Second-Rate, was killed, he not being able toavoid driving amidst these Ships of theEnemy, because his Anchors were notclear: And, during this Engagement,three Ships were heard to blow up,which, as the Englijh mifs’d none, musthave been of the French *

The

Father Daniel , (in his Hist. de la Milice Franc.) F Danief,fays, that Monsieur de Co et logon, Rear-Admiral Jest'of Monsieur Gabaref s Squadron, feing he could Mil. Fr,be of no Service in the Rear, which was not thenin a Situation to engage, quitted his Station, andpassing thro’ a Number of the Enemy’s (the En-glijh) Ships, joined the Count de Tourville , hisGeneral and Friend, whom he knew to be in ex-tream Danger, as well from the continual Canno-nading of the Englijh, as their Fire-ships, andfought with his accustomed Valour,