Chap. XI. during the Reign os §yeen Ann. 819

1707. ot March. When he came off of Cape bes, at the former of which the Admiral 1707.

St. Vincent, he received the melancholy had his first Interview with the Duke of

News of the Defeat of our Army at the Savoy, (f) The Passage of the Var,

Battle of Almanza, and, therefore, pur- where the Enemy had intrenched them-

suant to the Lord Galloway's Desire, he selves, being resolved upon, the last of

. proceeded for Torsos a, in Catalonia June , four Britijh Men of War, and

(whither his Lordship proposed to re- one Dutch , under the Command of Sir

treat, with the poor Remains of his Ar- John Norris, attended by about six tio^unds'

my) taking with him the sick and , Hundred Seamen and Marines, in open the Conduit

wounded Men, at Denia, Gandia and Boats, sailed into the Mouth of that®/^D-w

Valencia , which employed almost the River, and being advanced within Mus- Noms '

jW Cloudes- whole Month of April, after which he ket-Shot of the Enemy’s Works, made

J Shovel proceeded for Barcelona, where Sir such a terrible Fire upon them, that

‘whim. Cloudejly Shovel joined him, the twentieth their Cavalry and many of their Foot,

of May. who expected no Attack on that Side,

^ e ^ ttem P And now, an Attempt upon Toulon quitted their Intrenchments. Sir Clou-

having been concerted, by the Duke of defy himself followed Sir John Norris to

Savoy and Prince Eugene, and their the Place of Action, and observing the

Troops being actually on their March Disorder of the Enemy, commanded t-""" ^

towards that important City, Sir Cloudes- him to land with the Seamen and Ma-

ly, who was to assist with the Fleet, in rines, and flank them in their Intrench-

th is Expedition, set Sail for the Coast ments. This Service Sir John per for m-

of Italy, and, the Beginning ot June, ed, with so much Conduct, and his Men

. appeared off of Genoa. The fifth, the advanced with such Valour and Resolu-

<!s c s leei Fleet came to an Anchor before Final, tion, that the French fled in Confusion

sor e Finai~ (d) and, the same Day, a Council was from their Works, of which Sir John

held at Turin, from whence Sir John took Posiession, and open’d a Way for

Norris (who had been sent thither with the Duke of Savoy, (g) who passed the'

Dispatches, from King Charles, the River, about half an Hour after, with-

Earl of Galloway, and Sir George Byng ) out any Opposition, where he expected

s . set out two Days after, and brought to have found a most obstinate Resist-

ly Word to tire Cloudejly Shovel, that Prince ance, and marched towards Toulon .

'^tTthe Eugene was coming to confer with him. This Service done, the Fleet failed to Tie Confe-

0 /Sa- (e') The latter End of this Month, the the Ifles of Hyeres. (/>) And, the fif- derate Army

pYand jrpeet anchored between Nice and Anti- teenth of Julv, the Army came to La c A nes J e fire

J ,n ce Eu- „ V ir 1 ^ Toulon.

Een e 9 y Valette ,

cessaries for the Army, he was to employ theShips under his Command, so as they might be ofmost Service to the Allies, and the Admiral wasmaking the utmost Dispatch, to follow him withthe Rest of the Fleet, being one Second-Rate,eleven Third-Rates, four Fourth-Rates, fourFifth-Rates, besides Fire-ships, Bomb and other

. small Vessels. __ , _ , , f .

4 n nal s of (d) The Fleet then consisted of three and forty

^ Ann. Men of War, and seven and fifty Transports, se-veral other Men of War and Transports havingbeen sent to Legbom and Genoa , to take on Boardthe Artillery and Ammunition designed for theOperations of War, concerted with the Duke of

*Z?The Admiral went on Shoar, the ninth,and Prince Eugene arriving at Final the fameDay, they had a Conference of four Hours, afterwhich, having dined together with the Gover-nour, the Admiral returned on Board.

(f) The Duke gave to all the chief Command-er of the Confederate Fleet the greatest Marksof his Favour and Esteem; But in a more parti-cular Manner, to Sir Cloudejly, who, before theyparted invited His Royal Highness, and all theGenerals > to honour him with their Company onBoard the Fleet, and the Invitation was readilyaccepted of. The nine and twentieth, Sir Clou-defly had the Honour to entertain the Duke ofSavoy, together with Prince Eugene, several 0-

ther General Officers, and the Englijh and DutchMinisters, on Board the Association. They werereceived under the Discharge of all the Guns ofthe Fleet, which were drawn up into a Line fortheir Reception. At the Duke's Entrance intothe Cabbin, he found a Guard of Halbardeers,and an Elbow Chair with a Velvet Canopy overit ; And the Entertainment, which consisted ofsixty Covers, of the greatest Rarities,was so nobleand splendid, that His Royal Highness, in a Sur-prize, told the Admiral, That if he had paid hima Fist at Turin, heJhould scarce have had it inhis Power to give him a more magnificent Recep-tion. Dinner being over, a Council of War washeld, wherein it was resolved to force the Passageof the Far: And the Admiral undertook to de-stroy there Works next to the Sea; For he couldplace his Ships in less than Musket-lhot, so as tohave them open to him. The second of July,the same illustrious Guests were again entertainedon Board the Admiral, where it was determinedthe Army should march directly for Toulon.

(,§•) Bishop Bur net fays, if it had not beenfor this brave Action, the Works the French hadraised on that River would have effectually stop’dhis Passage.

(h) The Admiral promised the Duke, that if Btirchett.the Place was taken, and he could not retreat safe-ly by Land, to convoy him and the Army by Sea.,-