Chap, I. from the I. of George I, to the Year 1734. inch 88 i
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From on Board the Barfleur at Reggio,Aug. 1 6. 0 . S.
■^farther^ q n t p e eighth Instant, Sir George Byng
tb e F/eet° J v/snt to Syracifa , the Place appointedbom Reggio. for the Rendezvous, where he was joinedby the Rest of the Fleet. He there re-paired the little Damage some of ourShips had sustained, and put those whichwere taken from the Spaniards in a Con-dition to proceed to Port-Mahon. TheAdmiral having Intelligence, that someShips were sent to the South-ward of theIfland of 1Sicilly, he made a Detachmentfrom his Fleet to look after them. Theyare to range round the Ifland, by Pa-lermo, and to rejoin the Fleet off Messinaor Reggio. The twelfth, we failed fromSyracufa, having left Vice-AdmiralCornwall there, with ten Ships, to con-voy the Ships taken. (d) Yesterday wecame off of this Place. The Spaniardshave still Batteries of Cannon and Mor-tars playing against the Citadel of Messi-na. As soon as the Succours arrive from
Naples, Measures will be taken for dis- 1718*lodging them. (e)
The Spaniards soon began to give usMarks of their Resentments; For, on the ^hefpe-first of September , Rear-Admiral Guevara fentment.(y) came in Sight of Cadiz, and immedi-ately sent a Feluccazfhozr ,desiring the Go-vernour to fend him a good Number ofSoldiers on Board which being sent off,and distributed among his Ships,he hoist-ed his Flag, made fullinto the Bay, andsurrounded some British Ships, whichlay here, fired upon them very briskly,and then with great Fury, boardedand took them, they being unable toresist so unequal a Force, (g) Nor didthey stop here, but made all the Repri-zals they were able, upon our Ships andMerchandizes, in Malaga, and otherPorts of Spain. This occasioned an Or-der of Council, of the third of December,granting general Reprizals, not only toHis Majesty’s Ships, but, by Letters ofMarque and Reprizals, to all His Ma-jesty’s Subjects, against the Subjects,
Ships and Goods, of the King of Spain ,
&c.
Ships.
8 The Volants ,
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
18
19
20
21
Guns.4444362 624
Men.
3°°
2C0
250
240
240
Surprize,
Juno,
Tyger,
Eagle,
Bomb-Vessel.
Ship laden with Arms.
, id, 17 Ships laden with Provisions.Pearl,
Hermione,
Efperance, .to 25 Fire-ships. 2
Commanders.
Don Antonio Efcudero. Taken.
Don Manuel Siday, K.t of Mai. —--
Don Pedro Moyana. ---
Monsieur Cavaigne. --
Don Lucas Mafnata. —--
One. --
One. --
Three. --
30 300 Don Gabriel Alderete. Burnt.
44 300 Don Rodrigo de Tores. --
46 300 Don Juan Delfino Csf Balandina■ --
Bomb-Vessels, 2. Sat tee, 1. -
Escaped.
2 6
St. Lewis,
60
400
Rear-Adm. Guevara.
27
St. Ferdinando,
do
400
Rear-Adm. Cammock.
28
St. John Baptist,
do
400
Don Francisco Guerrera.
29
St. Peter,
do
400
Don Antonio Arisega.
30
Porcupine,
44
250
A French Man.
31
La Gallera,
3°
200
Don Francisco Alvarez a.
32
Caftilla,
3°
200
Don Fr. Leanio, Kt. of Maltha.
33
Count de Tholouse,
30
200
Don Joseph Goccocea.
34
35
St. Francisco Jrreres ,22Little St. Ferdinand, 20
100
150
Wacup , a Scotch Man.
36
Little St. John,
20
150
Don Ignatius Valevale.
37
38
*0 to
Arrow,
Bomb-Vessel,
45 Gallies, Seven.
18
100
Don Juan Papajena.
One-
M. Grimao, Comm. in Chief.
N.B
39 to 45 Urauies, seven. , k?rtmao, wpmm. in vmiei. >—-
'. One of the Ships which escaped, of about 30 or 40 Guns, was afterwards taken.
(d) They were convoyed to Port-Mahon,where the Admiral-Ship, the Royal St. Philip,was, by Accident blown up with most of herMen.
(e) It was, however, obliged to surrender, thenine and twentieth of September ; But as Land-Af-fairs are not within my Province, I omit the Cir-cumstances of that, and other Transactions on
Shoar. ,
(f) As this Admiral, had been long at Sea,
with his Squadron, before he came to the Port ofCadiz , it was very much questions whether hecould have had Orders from his Court, for Seizingthe Englijh Ships, in this Manner.
(g) The Rose , a Ship freighted at Lisbon for
Malaga, was, the fame Day, forced, by LevantWinds, to anchor at the Mouth of the Bay ; Butbeing warned, by the Captain of a Hamburgher,lying in the Bay, who came on Board him, in theNight, weigh’d, without Loss of Time, .and gotinto Faro. The Tyger, Captain Penny man , whohad on Board two Hundred Thousand Pieces orEight, and eighty Chests of Cochineal, happilyfailed, the Day before, for London. The Mary,one of the Ships taken as above mention’d, whichhad thirty Soldiers put on Board her, foundMeans to get out to Sea, and having master’d theSoldiers, brought them .Prisoners into the RiverThames.