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Gfio. I. Naval Expeditions , Acc, of the English, Book VI'

two Men of each Regiment of the Gar-rison, were taken Prisoners. Th e LymeMan of War came in from Port-Mahon.

The sixth of the fame Month, Orderswere sent from the Spanish Court, to allthe Sea Ports, in Spain to seize all theEffects belonging to British Subjects re-siding in Spain , or their Correspondentsin England ; But they were forewarn’dof it. Two Nights before, the Colchesterrejoined the Admiral and brought withhim the Prudence, with a Company anda half of Colonel Hay’s Regiment, whichthey met in Lagos-JBay. The Admiralimmediately ordered the Soldiers, andall the Spani/h Prisoners that were in theShips with him, on Board the Colchester,and Captain Clinton to carry them intoGibraltar, and then to return to the Sta-tion. The eighth, at Night, came inthe Durstey-GLfly, from Lisbon, withMony for the Garrison, and confirm’dthe Advice, the Admiral had receivedthe Day before, that some Spani/h Ships,from the Havanna, under the Com-mand of Admiral. Castaggnetta, weregot into Cadiz, having eight (later Ad-vices fay nineteen) Millions of Pieces ofEight on Board.

The eleventh, a new Spani/h Man ofWar, called the Noflra Sennora delRofa-rio, of six and forty Guns mounted, andtwo Hundred and eighty Men, boundfrom St. Andero for Cadiz, was takenby the Royal Cake, after half an Hour’sEngagement, by the Lord Forbes, andsent with the Canterbury, the thirteenth,for Gibraltar, (g )

The sixteenth, the Dur/ley, the Col-chefter, and Lord Forbes in the Canter-bury sailed for Lisbon , having a greatmany Merchant-Ships with them. The

six and twentieth, the Lor'bav and Pool-Fire-lhip, with fifteen Transports, hav-ing two Regiments from Ireland, andthe Ordnance Stores on Board, for Gi-braltar, joined the Admiral. He order-ed the Torbay, which had the MoroccoAmbassadour on Board, to proceed forth-with, to Gibraltar, with the Trans-ports, and kept the Pools with him. Theseven and twentieth, Sir Charles went in-to the Bay of Gibraltar, with his wholeSquadron except the York and the Pool-Eirelhip, where he famished ColonelClayton with four and twenty Pieces ofCannon, for his new Batteries. (L)

The nine and twentieth, the Port-land sailed to the Westward, with seve-ral Merchant Men under her Convoy*and to protect the Trade from the Spa-nist Vessels from Cadiz.

The second of April, about two inthe Morning, the Canterbury, Tyger *Colchester, York, Lyme and IVinchest er,with the Cruizer and Hawk- Sloops un-der Command of the Right Honourablethe Lord Forbes, got under Sail, in Or-der to attack the little Island near Au-riza, on which the Enemy had a Bat-tery of Guns, having besides all theBoats in the Fleet, well mann’d andarmed; But, it being calm, they werenot able to proceed, and it being theunanimous Opinion of all the Captainsthat the Design was impracticable cameto an Anchor again. The fifth, anAgreement for the Exchange of Prisonersbeing made, the Admiral lent on Shoarall he had, except the Captain and theLieutenant of the Rofario, the Captainof the St. Jago , the Governours andother Passengers. The fame Day, theColchester , with three Transports, failed

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(g) The Captain was an Irijhman, on zBelJhaz-zar Sherlock , who had been many Years, in theFrench and Spanifi Service ; And Robert Clark,one of her Lieutenants, was an Englijhman. TheShip stood a Broadside or two, from the Royal-Oak , which came first up with her ; But all theDamage was one Spaniard fciJTd, and one Englijh _man wounded. The Prisoners Sir Charles hadmade, being about five Hundred in Number, heset at Liberty, the Spaniards havingengaged to de-liver up all the Englijh detained by thern-

The ninth of March , the Torbay sailed fromPortsmouth , with the Pool Fire-ship, and severalVessels, with Ordnance and Victualing Stores, to-gether with the Transports, having on Board Colo-lonel Hay ’s and Colonel Middleton’s Regiments ofFoot, for Gibraltar. About the same Time Colo-nel Clayton's Regiment of Foot was ordered toembark in the River Thames , and a Draught of tenCompanies was made by Lot out of the Guards,to be under the Command of Colonel Guise, which

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accompanied by several young Noblemen and (tlemen went down thither, likewise, and embed on Board the Prince Frederick, one of the Iof War appointed to convoy the Transports, ’the Guards, and Col- Clayton’s Regiments,failed, from St. Helen’s , the third of April.

(h) The eight and twentieth, an OrderCouncil pass’d, granting General Repri'.against the Ships, Goods, and Subjects of the 1of Spain.

Two Days before, Col. Middletons and themainder of Colonel Hay 's Regiments, with sevRecruits, arrived at Gibraltar ; And the tweifirst of April , the Prince Frederick and TarmiMen of War, with the Earl of Portmore , Govnour, of Gibraltar, and all the Transports, wthe Battalion of Guard, and Clayton's Regimeand many Volunteers, arrived in that Bay. A Itachment of five Hundred Men from Minawere likewise oadered thither.

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