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four and twentieth, in the Morning, theGovernour desiring to capitulate, Ho-stages were exchanged; And the Capi-tulation being concluded, (g) the Princemarched into the Town, in the Even-ing, and took Possession of the Landand North-Mole~Gsx.es, and the Out-works. (h)

They found the Town extreamlystrong, with a Hundred Guns mounted,all facing the Sea, and the two narrowPasses to the Land ; And it was wellsupplied with Ammunition ; But theGarrison consisted of about one Hundredand fifty, (Mr. Burchett says fourscore)Men only. Father Daniel , who is for

throwing the Blame of this Misfortuneon the Spaniards, for not having a largerGarrison, says, it was an astonishingPiece of Negligence in Spain, to havea Garrison of but one Hundred Men,in a Place of such Importance. How-ever, in the Opinion of Officers whohave seen the works, fifty Men mighthave defended them against Thousands,and the Attack made by the Seamen,was brave almost beyond Example. Wehad only sixty Men killed, of whichwere two Lieutenants and one Master:And two Hundred and sixteen wounded,among whom were one Captain, sevenLieutenants and a Boatswain. (/)

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Naval Transaflions and Expeditions of the English; Particularly, an ExaSiAccount of the Famous Sea-Fight, between the English and French, off of V elezMalaga, the thirteenth of August, with other memorable Occurrences, of the lat-ter Part of the Tear, 1704.

H E important City and Fortressof Gibraltar being in the Handsof the Confederates, and parti-cularly the Englijh (whose braveSailors had the chief Hand in the tak-ing of it, and) who have it yet in Posses-

sion, (and may they ever keep it I) theConfederate Fleet stood over to theCoast of Barbary to water. Returningfrom thence, the ninth of August, andstanding out of Tetuan-Bay, withinSight of the High Lands of Gibraltar,

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I. That the Garrison, Officers and Soldiers,may depart with their necessary Arms and Bag-gage, and the Officers, and other Gentlemen ofthe Town, may also carry their Horses with them ;They may, likewise, have what Boats they shallhave Occasion for.

II. That they may take out of the Garrisonthree Pieces of Brass Cannon, of differentWeight, with twelve Charges of Powder andBall.

III. That they may take Provisions of Bread,Wine and Flelh, for six Days March.

IV. That none of the Officers Baggage besearched, tho' it be carried out in Chests orTrunks. That the Garrison depart in three Days,and such of their Necessaries as they cannot carryout, with Conveniency, may remain in the Garri-son, and be afterwards sent for ; And that theyshall have the Liberty to make Use of some Carts.

V. That such Inhabitants and Soldiers, andOfficers of the Town, as are willing to remainthere, shall have the same Privileges they enjoyedin the Time of Charles II. and their Religionand Tribunals shall remain untouched; UponCondition, That they take an Oath of Fidelity toKing Charles III.

VI. That they shall discover all their Maga-zines of Powder, and other Ammunition, or Pro-visions and Arms, that may be in the City.

VII. That all the French, and Subjects of theFrench King, are excluded from any Part of theseCapitulations, and all their Effects shall remain atour Disposal, and their Persons Prisoners ofWar.

(h) Bishop Burnet , who, upon all Occasions,is pretty forward, in speaking to the Disadvantageof Sir George Rooke, will hardly allow him anyHonour or Merit in the taking this importantPlace. Rooke (fays he) that he might seem to at- T> 1irn el-tempt somewhat, fell upon Gibraltar Where he DUspent much Powder, bombarding (or rather can-nonading) it to very little Purpose, tho' there wasno Reason to hope that he could succeed. Somebold Men ventured to go ashoar, in a Placewhere it was not thought possible to climb up theRocks; Yet they succeeded in it. When they gotup, they saw all the Women of the Town werecome out, according to their Superstition, to aChappel there, to implore the Virgin’s. Protection ;

They seized on them, and that contributed not alittle to engage those in the Town to surrender.

This Circumstance of some bold Men climbingup the Rocks, I find mentioned by none of ourHistorians but the Bishop; I have however, my-self, spoken with some, who have pretended, atleast, to have been of the Number.

(') The Ships employed in Battering Gibral-tar were.

English, The Monmouth , Captain Baker ;

Suffolk, Kirton ; EJfex, Hubbard ; Ranelagh,

George Byng , Esq; Grafton, Sir Andrew Leake;Nottingham, fVhittaker; Montague, Cleaveland,Ktngftone, Aft on ; Nassau, Dove-, Swiftfure, JVinn-,Berwick, Fairfax ; Eagle, Lord Hamilton ; Bur-jord, Roffy ; Lenox, Jumper ; Tar mouth, Hicks-

Dutch- . Schryven; Catwtck, 0bi-

kers Emelia, Beckman ; Veluve, Vanderduffen ;

Utrecht , Bolck - Frist a, Middagter .