1712*
A confder-able Prizetaken*
Arrives dtJamaica.
More Prizestaken.
A terribleHurricane.
Ann. Naval Expeditions, &c. of the English, Book "V*
June, he arrived at Antegoa, where hefound the Diamond and Experiment, twoFifth-Rates, which had taken a consi-derable Prize. The sixth of July, hearrived at Jamaica, where CommadoreLittleton (who some Time after departedwith the Defiance and the Trade forEngland ) gave him an Account how theShips, which had been under his Com-mand, were disposed of in several cruis-ing Stations, (c) The fifteenth, theSalisbury and the Defiance came in witha Prize, and the Salisbury-Prize withanother, (d)
The fourth of August, the IVeymouth,and the TWW-Sloop, came in from theBay of Campecbe, and brought withthem a French Ship, which the latterhad taken, in their Passage, in the La-titude of eight and twenty Degrees. (<?)The Day before, Captain Thompson, ofthe August, had sent in a Prize, whichhe had taken. The nine and twentieth,there happened a very terrible Hurri-cane at Jamaica, which did consider-able Damages both to the Shipping (/)and Houses.
Nothing of Moment happened after
this, a t Jamaica, ’till the Proclamation 1712.for a Cessation of Arms was, likewise, fs rsfi're-brought into those Parts; Upon which, h fi nS & t0 £n-Sir Hovenden IFalker, having received gland.Orders from the Lords of the Admiral-ty, to repair homewards, departed ac-cordingly, and arrived off of Dover, thesix and twentieth of May, 1713.
The Expedition of the Ships called theDuke and Dutchefs, to the South-Seaand round the Globe, (g)
The Adventurers for this Expedition ^anders^& c -fitted out two Vesiels called the Dukeand the Duchess * the former of thirtyGuns and a Hundred and seventy Men,
(h) and the latter of six and twenty They depAGuns, and a Hundred and fifty Men,/ re * Bni °
(i) under the Command of CaptainWoodes Rogers, and Captain StephenCourtney. They sailed from Bristol ,the first of August, 1708. with Commis-sions from Prince George of Denmark.
(k) And, the twentieth of April, 1709.after having taken several considerablePrizes, (/) they landed on the Ifland of
Puna,
(c) Here Sir Hovenden was informed, thatCaptain Mabbot of the Mary- Galley, and Cap-tain Ryddel , of the Falmouth , had met with twoFrench Ships, on the Coast of Guinea , which, af-ter a sharp Engagement, .escaped out of theirHands, Captain Mabbot , with his Lieutenant andMaster, being killed in the Action. Here he like-wise had afterwards Notice, that the Star Bomb-Vessel was lost upon the Ifland of Heneago.
(d) The first, they took out of the Harbourof Santa Martha , where the French had funkher, by boring a Hole in her Bottom ; She wasloaden with Bale-Goods.
(e) The Prisoners taken in this Ship gave anAccount, that, soon after Sir Hovendtn Walkersailed from Antegoa , Mons. Cajfard , with eightMen of War, and seventeen or eighteen Sloops,with about five Thousand Men, had taken thatIsland and Monferat, that they had been at, andplundered, St. J ago , one of the Cape Verd Islands,and had attempted the Dutch Settlements, at Su.rinam , but were repulsed. This, indeed, wasonly the Report of French Prisoners ; But it af-terwards appeared, in Part, true ; For tho' theyhad attempted Antegoa, in vain, they had plun-dered Monferat , and then quitted it, upon the-Approach of the Englijh Men of War, with somePrecipitation, had taken St. sago, and attackedSurinam without Success. Some Accounts fay,likewise, they did great Damage on the Islands ofMevis and St. Garijlopher’s. According to allAppearances, they designed a second Attempt onAntegoa, and the Ships that t^ere stationed inthose Parts omitted nothing that could contributeto a vigorous Defence of it; After which, theywent even in Search of the Enemy ; But all far-ther Action, on either Side, was prevented, bythe Arrival of the Queen's Proclamation for aCessation of Arms. It has besil obftryed, that
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Mons. CaJJard’s Invasion os Monferat, happenednear two Months after the Duke of Ormond’s ha-ving refused to join in Action with Prince Eu-gene, against the French, and was thereforethought impolitick, if not ungrateful, to a Nationto which they were at that Time so much oblig-.ed ; But the Court of France thought sit, it seems,to disown it, upon Complaint made ; Tho’ I donot find that any Satisfaction was ever made, orthat Mons. CaJJard was ever questioned or blamedon that Account.
(f) Most of the Men of War, if not all,were either driven on Shoar, loft their Masts, orwere otherwise disabled ; But I do not find thatany were lost.
(g) This Expedition, which was for the Pri-vate Account of some Adventurers of Bristol,was begun, as the Reader will fee above, in theYear 1708. But, as it lasted several Years, Ihave cholen rather to put it here entire, and inoneConnexion, than to divide my Relation into asmany Parts, as it was Years in Agitation.
{h) Captain Cooke fays, of four Hundredand six and thirty Guns.
(i) According to Captain Cooke, of twoHundred and seventy Tuns, and thirty Guns.
(k) They took with them the noted CaptainDampier, whose celebrated Voyages, in the SouthSea, and round the Globe, had qualified him toassist as Pilot.
(l) The eighteenth of September, they tooka small Spans) Vessel, bound from Tenerif toFuerteventura , with several Passengers, and sun-dry Sorts of Goods: But, the twenty-iecond, dissmissed the Prisoners, at Oratavia, and fold the Shipto an Englijh Merchant, for four Hundred 2ndfifty Dollars. The fourth of March 1709. theytook a small Prize, off of the Island of Lobos ,whi$ bad nothing on Board but about fifty Pounds