Chap. II. during the Reign os §lyeen Ann. *7t*f

1702. as before mentioned, the Kent had onlyher Fore-mast shot, and her Boatswainwounded, Ajsociation her Main-mastIhot, and two Men killed, the Bar-fieur, had her Main mast Ihot , twoMen killed, and as many wounded;And the Mary her Bolts prit shot: Ofthe Land-Forces, two Lieutenants and a-bout forty Soldiers were killed, ColonelPeirce was wounded by a Cannon Balkfrom our own Men of War, in theThigh, and Colonel Seymour , ColonelNewton and Mr. Falmarjh, with aboutthirty private Men, were also wound-ed.

b/i rj f the The Number of Men killed, on the

J'o.ch and French Side, was much the fame as thataQ iards. 0 f th e Allies; But they had near fourHundred Officers and Men taken Priso-ners, among whom were MonsieurddAliegre, Commadore of a Squadron,the Marquis De la Gallijfoniere, Mon-sieur De Sorel, and several other Officersof Note. Count d: Chateau-Renaud, andthe Spanish General, with some others,made their Escape; But Don Joseph

fiViaij of jM, lT fias ’ however been remarked ; That'i 4n n> this Plot a was the richest that ever came from the

fVef-Indies to Europe ; That the Silver and Goldwas computed at Twenty Millions of Pieces ofEight, of which fourteen Millions only had beentaken out of the Gallions, and secured by the Ene-my, (at Logo or Lugo-, about five and twentyLeagues from Vtgo) and the Rest was either taken,or left in the Gallions that were burnt or funk:And that the Goods were valued at Twenty Mil-lions of Pieces of Eight more, one Fourth Part ofwhich was saved, near Two destroyed, and the o-ther taken by the Confederates: Besides the Shipsalready mentioned, and a great deal of Plate andGoods belonging to private Persons, most Part ofA which was either taken or lost.

f>l et (nj It came under Consultation (says Bishop

Burnet) whether it was not adviseable to leave agood Squadron of Ships, with the Land-forces, towinter at Vtgo. The Neighbourhood of Portugalwould have made it easy for them to be furnishedwith Provisions and other Necessaries. Thismight also encourage the King to declare himself,when there was such a Force and Fleet lying sonear him : It might, likewise, encourage such ofthe Spaniards , as favoured the Emperour, to de-clare themselves, when they saw a safe Place ofRetreat, and a Force to protect them. TheDukeof Ormond , upon these Considerations, offered tostay, if Rooke would have consented ; But he ex-cused it, He had sent home the Yictnalers, withthe Stores ; And so he could not spare what wasnecessary, for such as would stay there ; And, in-deed, he had so ordered Matters, that hecould not stay long enough to try, whether theycould raise and search Men of W ar, and theGallions that were funk : He was obliged to makeall possible Haste home ; And if the Wind hadturned to the East, which was ordinary in thatSeason, a great Part of our Ships Crews must havedied of Hunger.

The Admiral sent his Answer to, and Opinionon the Duke's Proposals, by a Letter, in the sol-lowing^Words.

Checoni the Spanish Admiral, was made 1702.Prisoner.

The Consequence of this Victory Proposals towas a vast Booty both of Plate and o- sfs. atther Things, the Value of which can-not well be computed, (m) But tho’ theDuke of Ormond possesied himself ofR odendella (where was found a great dealof Plate belonging to the French Officerswhich his Grace caused to be divided among the Officers of his own Fleet) and Not agreedwould have attacked Vigo , and wintered t0 ‘there, yet the Circumstances of Thingswould not allow of it. (»)

The sixteenth of Offober , Sir Cloudef- gj r cioudes-ly Shovel , with about twenty of Her ly ShovelMajesty’s Ships, joined the Grand Fleet, F ins ^from England-, The next Day,the Duke eet%of Ormond, with the Land Forces, leftRedondella ; And, on the nineteenth, inthe Morning, the Forces being embark-ed, the Admiral sailed from Figo-H ar-bour, with one First-Rate, four Second-Rates, three Third-Rates, one Fifth-Rate, four Fire-ships, three Bombs, andtwo Yachts, together with several

Dutch

My Lord Duke, ■

T HAVE just now received the Favour of Your Life 01■* Grace's Letter, and am ready and willing to do Rooke.every Thing I can, that may contribute to thePublick Service ; And if your Grace thinks it safeto remain in this Part of Spain , with the Army, Iwill Venture to leave five or six Frigats with you ;

Tho’ I can hardly think those Ships safe any lon-ger than they are at Sea, considering that theFrench ^who had such Advantages, were not; And;

1 believe, I can also leave your Grace Six Weeksor two Months Provisions for the Army, whichis the most I can do, great start of what was in-tended for that Purpose, having been sent to theWeft-lndies. If your Grace has any Intentions tocontinue here, I believe it will be best to let theGuns remain at the Fort, I stall order our Boatsto Redondella to morrow, in the Evening, tobring off the sick Men, and then Your Grace willhave Time to determine, whether to march toVigo , or to the Place you propose for Embarking*the Day following ; And if you march to Vigo,

I believe the Prisoners stould be sent to the otherSide, that they may not re-inforce that Garrison.

As soon as the Frigats. come in from Sir CloudejleyShovel’s Station, I stall fend an Express to Lisbon,to give Mr. Methuen an Account of our Successhere, as I stall the Pembroke to England , on Fri-day Morning.

I am, CsV.

GfeORGE ROOKE.

By this Letter, one would not imagine the Fleetto have been so very destitute of Provisions, asthe Bisljop makes it ; And I am apt to believe itgenuine, because what Mr. Burchett says of thisMatter seems to be an Extract of it, or rather aCopy of the Annals of 'ueen Ann, which isso.