8^6 Ann. Naval Expeditions y &c of the English, BoorY*

1711. priz’d and taken in the Harbour by theFrench.

Continuation of Commodore Little-ton’s Proceedings in the West-Indies.

f/ In January, 17ir. th e Falmouth ar-from Eng- rived at Jamaica , with the Tender, tohand. the Star-Bomb; But the Bomb-Vesselherself was miffing, having been seenby a Trader from New-England with-out her Masts. The Trade from GreatBrittain arriving at Jamaica , theeleventh of July , and the Commadorehaving, in this Interval, received seve-ral Intelligences, by different Ways, ofThe Com- Monsieur Du Cafe's Squadron, (h) hemfrefaUs -f et Sail, four Days afterwards, towards*Monjteur Carthagena. (j) The six and twentieth,Du Casse. he arrived on that Coast, and, the fameDay,chafed five Ships; But they got in-to Bocca-Chica , the Entrance into Car-thagena-Yl arbour. He stood off to Sea

again, that Night, and stretching in,the next Morning, chased four otherShips. Between five and six, the Salif-

Burchetf. (h) His first Information was by some Mastersof Vessels from the Maderas-, Next by a Cartha-gena Sloop, taken by one of Jamaica, in whichwas found a Letter from the Governour of thatPlace, to the Vice-Roy of Mexico-, After this*by the Jersey, which brought in with her a FrenchMerchant-lhip, belonging to Brest, of thirty Guns,and a Hundred and twenty Men, which Ship fail-ed from Port-Louis, in Company of Monsieur DuCaste. She came from trading on the Coast ofSpain; But had put all her Mony on Shoar atPort-Loais. He had afterwards an Account byCaptain Hardy , who came in from the Coast ofNeu> Spain , the seven and twentieth; And theJersey being sent again over to that Coast, return-ed with the last Advice, the fourth of July, whichwas, that having looked into the Port of Cartha-gena, the eight and twentieth of June , he sawtwelve Ships there, six rigg’d, and the other fixunrigg’d, among the former of which he believedwas the Vice-Admiral of the Gallions ; And, be-sides these, five Sloops.

(i) His Design was to intercept that Squadron;He had, with him, one Third-Rate; four Fourth-Rates; and a Sloop, having received Advice, thatthe Windsor and Weymouth, were at New-Eng-land, with three Prizes.

(£) This was the fame Gallion, which had es-caped from Admiral Wager, as I have related a-bove; But Monsieur Du Caste had taken most ofthe Mony out of her, having some Suspicion ofthe Command ng Officer. The Vice-Admiralhimself being wounded by a small Shot, died soonafter.

(/) MR. Secretary Burchett, in the MarginalReferences to his Account of this Action, mentionsthe Vice-Admiral taken by the Commadore, ano-

bury-Prize, Captain Robert' Harland , 1711.

came up with, and engaged, one Ship,which proved to be the Vice-Admiralof the Gallions; (k) The Salisbuty,

Captain Francis Hosier, came up loonafter, and did the fame; And the Com-madore, who was within Pistol-Shot,being just going to fire into her, they VsjN 0 fstruck her Colours; She had sixty Brass the GaWonhGuns, and three Hundred five an dand a M er 'twenty Men. The Jersey , took another ch s tS]3, Pa Merchant-lhip, of about four Hun- ta ^dred Tuns, and six and twenty Guns,laden chiefly with Cocoa and WooLBut one which was chafed by the Non-such escaped. (/)

As the Service performed by theSquadron under the Command of Com-madore Littleton, after this, consistedonly in the taking of some Prizes, bysingle Ships, and providing for the Se-curity of the Trade, I shall only men-tion, in the Notes,what occurred, underthose two Heads, in proper Order, with-out following him in all his Cruising

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tlier great Ship taken by Captain Harland andCaptain Hofier, and a Merchant-SMp by the Jer-sey ; But, I must confess, I am not able to find thiocomprized in the Words of the Relation itself ;If, therefore, I have done Wrong to these wor-thy Commanders, in my Account, it is for Wantof a surer Guide.

(m) In the Month of August , there being someTrade ready to proceed to Great Brittain , theCommadore sent the Nonsuch as their Convoy-The Jersey, returning to Jamaica, the seven-teenth of Otiober, brought in a Ship she had ta-ken on the N. Side of Cuba, of about a HundredTuns, loaden chiefly with Indigo and Sugar. Thefive and twentieth of November, a French Man ofWar, of four and forty Guns, called the Thetis,taken by the ttindfor and the Weymouth, was.brought into Jamaica. The sixth of December,the Weymouth, Captain Lestock, brought in a smallPrivateer of fix Guns and forty Men, belongingto Piierto-Ricco. The Commadore sent, with thehomeward-bound Trade, the Anglesea, Fowey andScarborough, the latter of which was taken by thetwo former, on the Coast of Guinea , from theEnemy, who had taken her from us, some Timebefore. In January, following, the Medwdy-Prize brought in a French Sloop, bound to theHavana, laden with Madera- Wine, Flower andCocoa. The twentieth of February , the Salisbury ,brought in a French Merchant-Ship, of a Hun-dred and fifty Tuns, laden with Sugar,from CapeFrancois, on the N. Side of Hispaniola And theJersey run a French Ship, of about twenty Guns,afhoar, where she beat in Pieces. I shall nowleave Commadore Littleton , still he was rehev’d,.in July following, by Sir Hovenden Walker.