758 Ann.

Na val Expeditions , &c. o) the Englilh, Book V.

1702. Dutch Ships of War, and one of theSir George Gallions, which was rigg’d ; (0) AndRooke ar. j, av j n g a fi ne Land-Breeze arrived in theDowns* 8 Downs, the seventh of November, fromwhence the great Ships were brought toChatham. (p)

Proceedings of Sir Cloudefly Shovel,after Sir George Rooked Departure.

SirCloudef- When Sir George Rooke departedly Shovel from Vigo, he left Sir Cloudejly Shovellest with a there, with a large Squadron, (q) and4 ^ Ton at Instructions for his Government; (r)Which he put in Execution in the Man-ner following: In a Week's Time, theFrench Men of War, and other Prizes,were put into the best Condition, fortheir Passage home, that the Placewould admit of, and all the Loading

was taken out of a Gallion, which was 1702-on Ground, seized by one of our Ships, His procettthe Mary ; As also of another Ship, of in & s 'fifty Guns, called the Dartmouth, tak-en from us the last War, and now madePrize by Captain Wyvell. This Shiphe brought home, and she was namedthe Vigo-, For there was already one inthe Royal Navy, called by her formerName, the Dartmouth.

He also took out of some FrenchShips of War, which were on theGround, fifty Brafs-Guns, most of themfrom fifty to sixty Hundred Weight;

Which, with those brought from theShoar, amounted to about one Hundredand ten ; And, the Hay before he failed,he set Fire to all the Ships and Vesiels,that he could not possibly bring away.

Th e five and twentieth of October, ^ lgaV nSir Cloudejly left Vigo ; But it proving vigo.

calm,

„ (0) The Wind continued favourable (says Bp.

tsurnet. Burnet) so they got home safe, but half starved.

Thus (continues he) ended this Expedition, whichwas ill projected and worse executed. The Dukeof Ormond told me (adds the Bishop) he had nothalf the Ammunition that was necessary, for thetaking of Cadis, if they had defended themselveswell ; Tho’ he believed, they would not havemade any great Resistance, if he had landed, onhis first Arrival, and not given them Time to re-cover from the Disorder, into which the first Sur-prize had put them. A great deal of the Trea-sure taken at Vigo was' embezzel’d, aud fell intoprivate Hands : One of the Gallions foundered atSea. The Publick was riot much enrich'd by thisextraordinary Capture ; Yet the Loss our Ene-mies made by it was a vast one, and to compleatthe Ruin of the Spans} Merchants, their Kingseized on the Plate, that was taken put of theirShips, at their first Arrival at Vigo.

. {p) I shall conclude this Relation, as I did

F. Daniel that of the Expedition toCadi z, whith an Accountwhat the French fay of it : The ConfederateFleets(fays F.Daniel) were more successful at Vigo,than at Cadiz. The Count De Chateau-Renaudwas returning as Convoy to the Spanish Gallions,which were bound, very richly laden, from Mex-ico to Cadiz ; But when he arrived within Sightof that Port ,. he found the Fleets of England andHolland in Possession of the Harbour. He offer-\ed to convoy them into some Port of France; But>to that they would not, on any Account,give theirConsent ; So he was forced to go into the Port ofVigo. He took all the Measures he possibly couldto put this poor Harbour into a Posture of De-fence, and convey'd a great Part of the Gold andSilver, out of the Gallions to Logo, within Land. ’Not. many Days after, Admiral Rooks appeared,and, landing two Thousand Men, attacked theFort, and the Batteries which defended the Port.The Fort they took, after some Resistance, andseized upon a Battery, whilst the Vessels brokedown the Room which was laid before the Haven.The Count De Chateau Renaud, when he foundhe had no Ho es left, gave Orders to the Com-manders of the Ships and Gallions, to set Fire tothem as soon as they had drawn out their Men,while he threw a Body of Troops into theTownand Castie to defend them. They had Time on-ly to burn seven Vessels, and to run four a-

ground.. Fifteen Gallions were likewise burnt,and four run aground, and as many Frigats. FiveMen of War, and as many Gallions were takenby the Enemy. This Action cost them nineHundred Men killed or wounded. They tookthe Spanish Admiral, Monsieur d’Aliegre, chiefof a Squadron, the Marquis de la Gallijjoniere,Messieurs de Monbault, and la Maison-fort,, Cap-tains of Ships. The French loft Monsieur de laRade and de TEscalette, Lieutenants, de Pont deVese, an Ensign, Tricambaut, Captain of a Ship,and Monf. Du Plesjis Liencourt. Among theWounded were De CamiHi, Piemont, La Tour,

Landry, la Valette, Marigni, Lambourg, Chate-let, the Chevalier Begon, the Sieurs de St. Vitiorand Hardi. The Enemy attempted to makethemselves Masters of Vigo, but were repulsedby the Prince De Barbanfon, Governour of theProvince of Galicia, and by M. Renaud.

With this Account, that of Monf. DeLarrey,and the Relation written by a Spanish anonymousAuthor of this Expedition, perfectly agree: Andall endeavour, by a general and summary Accountonly, to conceal the Loss of Treasure the Spdni-ards sustained. yd'

(q) This Squadron consisted of nineteenThird- ® uTRates, ten Fourth-Rates, one Fifth-Rate, a Pink,

fix Fire-ships, two Store-ships, and a Victualer,and with them remained likewise, the Rear-Ad-mirals Fairbon, and Graydon.

(r) His Orders were, to fee the French Menof War, and the Gallions rigged, and suppliedwith Men, that so such of them as were ourPrizes, might be brought to England ; But todestroy those he should not have a Prospect ofbringing Home, first saving so much of theirLoading, Guns, and Rigging, as possibly he could ;

And as it was particularly recommended to him,to take the utmost Care to prevent Embezzle-ments ; So was he directed to suspend those whoshould be found guilty thereof, and, at his Re-turn, to recommend to the Lord High Admiral,for Encouragement, such as had behaved them-selves honestly and diligently in this Affair. Andthere being a Report, that several French Ships,richly laden, were expected from Martinica , bewas directed to fend three or four of his best fail-ing Frigats, to cruise twenty Days off of CapeFinisterre, in Order to intercept them; But theymissed the wilhed-sor Success.