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Chap. YIII. during the Reign os §lyeen Ann*

1705. The Prince of He fe, whose Reputa-

tion was most at Stake, as he advisedthe Expedition, proposed, at Length,v. the surprizing of the Citadel and Castle

ftUacsP of Mont-J us, which the Earl of Peter-' borough, upon Examination of the Cir-cumstances, finding feasible, approvedof. The Attack (of which I omit theCircumstances, as the Fleet was not con-cerned in it) was made, on the secondof September, (d) with undaunted Brave-ry and wilh’d for Success; But with theLoss of the Gallant Prince of Hejse ; ( e )After whose Death the Assailants beganto lose Ground, ’till the Earl of Peter-borough, being informed that the Forceshad Orders from the Commanding Offi-cer to retreat, went, in Person, andrallied them. (f) The sixth, the Ci-taken, tadel, with all the Works belongingto it, surrendered, and Colonel South-well, who commanded the first Attackwith great Bravery, and had contribu-ted very much to the taking of it, wastz made Governour of that Fortress.

, After this Success, the Siege wasn ere ' pulh’d with great Vigour; The Trencheswere open’d the ninth, and Batteriesraised for fifty Guns, and twentyMortars. His Catholick Majesty hav-ing, at Length, consented to it, ourBomb-Vessels threw four Hundred andtwelve Shells into the Town; And eight

many in the Town) as being known to himself.He said, that in the State in which His Affairsthen stctod, nothing could be proposed, but whatwould be attended with great Difficulties; Allwas doubtful, and much must be put to the Hazard;But this seemed less dangerous, than any Thingelse that was proposed. Many of his Subjectshad come and declared for Him, to the Hazardof their Lives It became him, therefore, to letthem fee, that He would run the same Hazardwith them. He desired that they would stay solong with Him, still such Attempts should bemade, that all the YVorld might be convinced,that nothing could be done : He added, that iftheir Orders did oblige them to leave Him, yetHe could not leave His own Subjects; Uponwhich they resolved to fit down before Barcelona:And happy it was (says the Bishop) that theytook this Resolution ; For it came afterwards tobe known, that the Catalans and Miquelets , whohad joined them, hearing that they were resolvedto abandon them, and go back to their Ships, hadresolved, either out of Resentment, or that theymight merit their Pardon, to murder as many ofthem as they could. When this small Army satedown before Barcelona , they found they weretoo weak to besiege it, they could scarce mounttheir Cannon. When they came to examine theirStores, they found them very defective, and farshort of the Quantities, which by their Lists theyexpected to find ; Whether this flowed fromTreachery or Carelessness, I will not (continuesthe Bishop) determine ; there is much of both inal! our Offices.

Englijh and Dutch Ships, under* theCommand of Sir StaffordFairborn, beingappointed to cannonade it from the Sea,while the Cannon from the Batteries andFort continued to do the like on Shoar,the Viceroy desired to capitulate, thetwenty-third, and the Capitulation(which is of too great a Length to findPlace here) being signed the eight andtwentieth, the Gate andBastiosi of S X.. An-gela was delivered up the fame Day, andthe whole City in a few Days after.

The surrender of this Capital of Catalognia so strengthned King Charles ’s Party,that the whole Kingdom, Roses onlyexcepted, submitted soon after.

The King of Spain having made his The King ofEntry into Barcelona, and received the Spain 'makesOath of Fidelity of his new Subjects; s f nt . r s tn ~And His Majesty having declared, that otahe would veriture his Person with th me;

A Council of the General-aridFlag-Officers was held, on the first ofOblober, where it was resolved, thatthe Earl of Peterborough should continuewith that Prince, with the Land-Forces,and all the Marines that could be spar-ed from the Service of the Ships; Andthat a Winter Squadron being appoint-ed, under the Command of Sir JohnLeake, and Rear-Admiral JVaJenaer, theRest of the Fleet should make the bestof their Way home. (g)

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(d) De Larrey fays, that the Prince of Hejse De Larreyexpected no Resistance, the Officer who com- Hist. de Ft.manded in the Place having agreed with him to sous Louisdeliver the Fort into his Hands ; But that the XIV.Viceroy, having discovered the Design, had hang-ed the Officer, and placed another in his Room,

and that, therefore, he was obliged to attempt byForce, what he was in Hopes to have attainedby Stratagem.

(e) He received a Shot with a Musket-Ball, Annals of %>.which, pasting thro’ his Thigh, tore an Artery, Ann.

and occasioned a great Effusion of Blood; But,not to discourage his Men, he marched on, as ifhe had not been wounded, still, the Vital Spiritsof that great Heart being no longer able to supporthim, he fell. He was immediately carried to alittle House which was near; But before hisWound could be looked into he expired.

(/) His Lordship being justly transported with*

Indignation at the Orders which had been givenfor the Troops to draw off, immediately counter,manded those Orders, and drawing his Sword,threw away the Scabbard, saying : He ivas sureall brave Men would follow him . With that heput himself at the Head of the Detachments which*were retreating, and so animated them by this Ex-ample, that they soon regained all the Groundthey had quitted, his Lordship exposing himselfall the while to the greatest Danger.

(g) It was resolved, at this Council, to ap- Burchett -point fifteen Englijh Ships of the Line, and tenDutch , with Frigats, Fire-ships, Bomb^Vestbls,

&c. for a Winter-Squadron ; And since theStates-Gencral were fending from Holland to

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