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our fhells falling into a carpenter's yard, and fetting a parcel of timber on fire, the enemy attempted to extinguish the flame; which the garrifon beholding, fnatched the occafion, and fired with great eagerness the reft of the night; when only one man of Col. Rich's regiment was wounded.

Saturday 22. We heard great rejoicings in the French camp, upon account of a victory, as we afterwards learned, which the French Admiral pretended he had obtained over the British fleet. We had a failor killed on the caftle by a fplinter of a fhell, and five men wounded. Two women were also wounded in the caftle by fplinters of a fhell.

Sunday 23. A fhell from the enemy falling at the door of our oil-magazine, rolled down the fteps, and burst, without doing any other damage than breaking a calk of oil. This day two of our wounded expired, and one of Col. Cornwallis's was wounded.

Monday 24. One of the fufileers was wounded by the splinter of a fhell. Towards night both fides fired but very flowly, the enemy not throwing above twenty fhells, and no great fhot at all.

Tuesday 25. A very brifk fire began on both fides, which continued till noon; then flackened till about four; when both fides began with incredible fury. During this inceffant firing, one of the enemy's fhells fell into a barrack-door upon the main ditch, and bursting, providentially did no damage, though the place was crouded with men, women, and children. We had otherwife on this day one of Ld Effingham's killed, and two of Col. Rich's wounded.

Wednesday 26. A brifk and continual firing was kept up on both fides, when there fell a greater number of the enemy's fhells into the caftle-fquare than had done for the four preceding days. At night one man was wounded at the works, and another by our own centinel, through the following mistake: The captain of the Marlborough guard having fent a corporal with four men to patrole upon the outfide of the palifadoes, on their return, the centinel not knowing of the detachment, fired upon

them as enemies, and wounded this unhappy friend in the thigh.

Thurfday 27. A fell from the enemy unhappily coming down a chimney in the artillery-barrack, and burfting, deftroyed every thing in the house except the people. During the night, the garrifon kept a very brifk, and the enemy a very flow fire. We had the good fortune to have none either killed or wounded for twenty-f -four hours.

Friday 28. The ferjeant-major of the artillery died of his wounds, and one man was bruifed at night by the fall of fome ftones as he was at work; but nothing more remarkable happened this day.

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Saturday 29. The enemy's fleet bore towards the harbour, when two of them coming, as we imagined, within reach of our guns, the captain of the Anftru ther guard ordered two thirty-two pounders to be fired at them, on which they tacked, and stood to fea. This was the only time we fired at their fleet. enemy continued a flow, and the garrison a brisk fire, which difmounted two of their guns at the Windmill battery, and one of our fhells alfo blew up a small magazine. One of their fhells falling into the main ditch, fet it on fire, which however by the affiduity of the foldiers was extinguifhed; otherwife, being contiguous to the grand powder-magazine under the caftle, fatal confequences. might have enfued.

Sunday 30. The enemy opened a threegun battery from Turk's Mount, and much about this time we finished the battery near the draw-bridge. One of our wounded died this morning.

Monday 31. A regular fire was conti nued on both fides: we received, however, but little damage, having only one man wounded by the splinters of a fhell. This night was remarkable for the defertion of two grenadiers, both of the Royal Welch fufileers, whom we had reafon to imagine did us great damage by their difcoveries. This night we had one man torn to pieces in a most mifer. able manner by a fhell.

Tuesday, June 1. The cannon and mortars played with unusual briskness, which continued

continued till night; when one of Ld Ef. fingham's regiment was mortally wound ed by the splinter of a fhell. Night approaching, the enemy flackened their fire, being bufy in erecting a new battery between the Tennis court and Stanhope's tower, upon an eminence which commanded the garrifon, at which we kept a conftant fire to no purpofe. This night we fired our fmall arms from the weft lunette, that being most contiguous to their new battery.

Wednesday 2. We discovered a breaft. work thrown up for cover in erecting this battery. The garrifon ftill continued firing with little fuccefs, their lofs of men proving no impediment to finishing their work. One of the artillery and one of the fufileers were wounded; and two of Col. Rich's additional gunners were alfo mortally wounded, by the explosion of fome powder, as they were loading a gun. Night brought no decrease of fi. ring, during which one man was lost.

Thursday 3. The enemy opened part of their battery at Stanhope's tower. Orders were given to prepare the veffel from Genoa, if it were poffible to flip by the French fleet, and get to Gibraltar, with information of the condition of the garrifon. But this defign was laid afide, upon a fuppofition, that the two deferters before mentioned had acquainted the enemy with it; for one veffel or more of the French fleet never quitted that ftation afterwards. Two men were this day wounded.

Friday 4. A regular fire was continued on both fides the whole day, when we had one killed and one wounded, both by fplinters of shells, and at night one man was wounded.

Saturday 5. The enemy opened the remaining part of the battery near Stanhope's tower, and from thence, as well as from all the refl, kept an inceffant fire. The brave garrifon exerted them felves with the utmost vigour, but had killed and wounded on this day thirty men... Among the wounded was Lieut. Armstrong, of Ld Effingham's regiment, who received his wound as he was viewing the enemy's battery, and died in a few days after. At night the enemy

flackened their gun-battery, but not their mortars. The garrifon kept a conftant fire from both till morning. On this night our flag was fhot away, the ftaff damaged, and five men wounded.

Sunday 6. We hoisted a new flag with the dawn on a short staff The vehemence of firing renewed with the day, and lafted without abatement till night, with lefs execution among the men, but greater injury to the castle, especially on the weft, where their new battery played. Four men and two women were wounded before night, when the attack on both fides was as brifk as by day. We had one man killed by a cannonball at the new ftone battery, and another by the splinter of a fhell.

Monday 7. In the morning we opened the new battery near the draw-bridge; but abandoned it before night, the conftant fire of the enemy fo impeding the work, as to render it infufficient. The firing continued without abatement. On this day Mr Harvey, a voluntier, had his head fhot off; one man was killed upon the Queen's redoubt, and twelve were wounded. In the afternoon the enemy opened a five gun battery at the lower end of the town, which bore upon the Argyle and Anstruther batteries; and now they having erected many batteries, and all open upon the garrifon, kept fo brifk a fire, that we were compelled through caution to flacken our fire; which was ftill, however, kept up with as much vigour as poffible. This night the embrafures of our new battery were demolished, and moft of the carriages broken, but only one man was wounded.

Tuesday 8. We kept an inceffant fire for the whole day, and difmounted three of their guns on the Windmill battery. They alfo difmounted two of ours. We now again fuffered a great lofs of men, having two men killed, and eleven men and one woman wounded; and at night three more were wounded.

Wednesday 9. Our shattered garrison now wore a difmal afpect, especially the Anftruther and covered way of the Argyle batteries, which were so damaged, that our gunners could fcarce ftand to their guns. We had eight killed and

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the Argyle; two were killed by one ball, which took off the head of one, and shattered that of the other all to pieces. A fhell falling into a carriage-fhed of the weft counterguard, blew it up, but did no other damage; and a conftant fire was kept till morning, but with very little lofs to us.

wounded, chiefly on the covered way of Monday 14. In the morning the enemy opened another bomb-battery on the right of Stanhope's tower, the fire continuing very brifk on both fides for the whole day. One of the enemy was made prifoner, as he was bathing, at the upper end of St Stephen's Cove, by Lieut. Atkinson of the Marlborough guard, who iffuing out of the fort, brought him naked into the garrifon. We had one man killed, and one wounded. This night a very brisk fire continued, and we had four men wounded. A Spaniard who worked in the caftle, was torn to pieces by the fall of a dead fhell; and was indeed the only Spaniard who was either killed or wounded during the whole fiege.

Thursday 10. In the morning the enemy opened an eight-gun battery, at a piece of land in the middle of the har. bour, called Philippet, almost oppofite the caftle This battery played upon the Anftruther angle and Queen's redoubt continually. The fire flackened a little on both fides, but three men were wounded.

Friday 11. The firing was continued on both fides; when the enemy fet fire to our new battery by the bursting of a fhell; which however was foon extinguifhed. We had three wounded this day, and one man in the night.

Saturday 12. The firing continued. We had a corporal killed upon the weft lunette. At night we had one killed and five wounded.

Sunday 13 Our guards parading in an underground gallery for fafety, in the centre of which was a hole to let in the light, a thirteen-inch fhell making way through this hole, burft among the guards, without hurt to one man. A ten-inch fhell alfo fell into a barrack, the habitation of Capt. Lind, in the caftle; and breaking every thing before it, forced its way through the floor, and burst, without touching one perfon, though a fplinter fell even upon the bed on which Capt. Lind and his lady then lay. The fire flackened this morning for about five hours, and then renewed. We had four men wounded. At night the fire continued, when we had one man killed, and one wounded. A deferter coming over from the enemy, gave an account, that upwards of 2000 had been killed and wounded in the camp; alfo that they were erecting a twelve-gun battery in the centre of the town, having had fresh fupplies of men, with an expectation of more; and alfo that they had a defign of beating a parley, to invite the garris fon to furrender.

Tuesday 15. The firing continued with much greater damage to the caftle than to the garrifon; the fhattered condition of which the enemy observing, played their ten-gun battery with greater violence at Stanhope's tower. Our embrafures were fo ruinous, that we were obliged to ftrengthen them behind as we could, part of the caftle-wall being fo weakened that it could not bear any repair in the old places. One man was killed and two wounded

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Wednesday 16. Both fides continued a brifk fire. The weakness of the garrifon occafioned the lofs of a great number of our beft foldiers. A fhell falling into a storeroom, where an officer refided, burft, to the demolition of every thing there, but the officer, who escaped. We had two officers killed this day, with a great many foldiers. A bombardier was alfo killed.

Thursday 17. The inceffant fire of the enemy from their five-gun battery in the lower end of the town, obliged us to abandon the Anftruther battery for fome time, feveral of the guns and carriages being broken, and the others of no fervice. We had this day four foldiers killed and feven wounded. One of the killed was fo torn, that his bowels hung through the barrow on which he was carried to Charles-fort. The cannon, mortars, and small arms, were employed with all poffible diligence all night; during which time we had three men wounded,

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Friday 18. A very regular firing continued, very fatally for us. A foldier fitting at his barrack-door was killed by a cannon-ball, and two were wounded. At night, endeavouring to hoift a new flag and flag-staff, we were prevented by the violence of the enemy's fire, ha ving one killed and two wounded.

Saturday 19. In the morning we repaired the embrafures on the Anftruther, and brought four thirty-two pounders from the royal battery, to replace those rendered ufelefs. A very brifk fire was continued; and the enemy, from their five-gun battery, deftroyed all our embrafures, difinounted one of our guns, and broke another to pieces; fo that our gunners were compelled to abandon it for that day. Our allowance of a pint of wine a man was reduced to half a pint a man, and the aquadent which used to be ferved to those on duty was entirely taken away. We had this day one killed and fix wounded. A continual fire was kept up all night; during which we had two men and a boy killed, and one wounded.

Sunday 20. A regular fire was still kept up on both fides; when we had one killed and two wounded. There was an increase of firing all night; during which five were wounded.

Monday 21. By the fierceness of the enemy's fire, we concluded they had a defign to form the garrifon, this being the pretender's birth-day. One of our fhells fet a five-gun battery on fire; which the enemy foon extinguished, although we kept a continual fire upon them. We had one wounded this day. Capt. Hobby was alfo killed in company with fe. veral officers, being torn in a moft terrible manner by a fhell, which falling into the caftle, broke through a parcel of timber that covered a door, and made a paffage into the main ditch where the officers used to affemble. This night a continual fire was kept on both fides; in which we set fire to fome fafcines and houfes in the town; which the enemy endeavouring to extinguish, we made great havock among them for two hours while the flames continued. None were killed or wounded this night,

Tuesday 22. The enemy played with great fury on the S. W. inward ravelins, which our foldiers wantonly called the devil's battery; and the embrasures and carriages being deftroyed, we were obbliged to abandon it for fome time. We fet the windmill-battery on fire, which they extinguished, notwithstanding our continual fire upon them. We had one man killed. During the night the enemy did greater damage to our works than to our men, which could not poffibly be repaired. This night the enemy threw a fhell into the N. W. ravelins, which bursting among fome cartridges and fhells, fet them on fire, without further damage. We had one man wounded, and our apprehenfion of an intent to ftorm was renewed.

Friday 23. The enemy flackened their fire till about ten, when they began again. They had now pulled down feve ral houfes to open a paffage for their battery in town, which we expected to play every hour. We had one killed and five wounded. This night the enemy kept a brifk fire; when the garrifon were ob liged to flacken theirs, and to abandon the Anftruther fort, the cannon, carriages, and works, being almost destroyed, without the poffibility of repairing them, through the continual fire of the enemy upon that place. All others we continued diligently to keep up as well as our fituation would allow. This night two were killed, feven wounded, and Sir Hugh Williams received a flight wound on the piquet.

Saturday 24. In the morning the enemy opened part of their battery in town, whence they kept a very brisk fire, at the fame time keeping a continual fire from all their other batteries, which damaged our works more than ever, and our gunners were again obliged to abandon their ftations. This day part of the embrafures on the Kane lunette were fet on fire, they having been repaired by fafcines when the ftone work was destroyed. The fire was foon extinguished. We had this day two killed, and four wounded. At night the enemy kept an inceffant fire, while ours was but flow: but nevertheless we fet fire to fome of

their fafcines in town, which burnt a long time with great fury; but was at length extinguished, although we played upon them with our great and fmall arms, fhot and fhells. This night a fmall party of the enemy came in bravado almost to the palifadoes, and fent two of their party upon their hands and knees to alarm our centinels; but who, upon being fired at, thought proper to retire; as did likewife the whole party, with what lofs, we could not discover, it being very dark. We had one wounded in this fhort fkirmish, which terminated the occurrrences of the night.

Sunday 25. The enemy kept a conftant firing, which obliged us to abandon our fhattered batteries again, and make but a flow fire from our cannon, though our mortars were briskly employed. We had two killed and twelve wounded. This night the enemy kept a conftant fire from their gun-batteries; and a party of them under the command of an officer, advanced almoft to the Kane lunette; yet avoided firing: but our centinels obferaving them, fired upon them; but it be ing exceffive dark, we could only diftinguifh by their groans that many had been killed and wounded. We had five wounded this night.

Monday 26. In the morning, the enemy kept as fierce a fire as they had ever done; and the garrifon, though the works were in a very fhattered condition, seemed to increase their fire. The brave Governor iffued orders, that the gunners fhould keep as much as poffible under cover, and fire when opportunity offered, the captain of the artillery having acquainted him with the impoffibility of their ftanding to their guns. Our mortars, nevertheless, played conftantly. This day five were wounded. At night the enemy continued a fmart fire, and the garrifon but a flow, except from their fmall arms, to keep the glacis clear.

We had four wounded.

Tuesday 27. In the morning the enemy's fire continued; as did our mortars; for the major part of our cannon were rendered ufelefs. Major Godfrey, with five others, were wounded by one hell, VOL. XIX.

which fell in the main ditch. A dark night approaching, the enemy began to play from all their batteries, with their cannon, mortars, fhells, and fmall arms, with greater fury than they had hitherto done; and we continued our fire upon them, with all our cannon and mortars of every denomination: which continued on both fides, till the enemy were fuddenly filent, and rufhing like a torrent from the town, they made their way upon the Anftruther, to the amount. of about 3000. Our centinels efpying them as they paffed the Quay guardhoufe, began to fire; and our guards catching the alarm, formed themselves for their reception, gave them a difcharge, and fell back to load again; then mounting the barcket, gave them two more. They on their part kept a terrible fire upon us; and we continued ours upon them, until they came close to the palifadoes. We being only twenty in number, with one officer, for the guard of that place, were compelled to retire in the best manner we could to our captain of the guard; who had nobly maintained his poft, and ordering us into the left of his guard, gave the enemy another volley or two. But being at length forced to retreat before fuch unequal numbers, they became mafters of the covered way of the Anftruther, and alfo the Argyle. By this time the whole garrifon were alarmed; who haftened to their alarm pofts; whence they continued a terrible fire upon them, especially the fufileers, who killed great numbers, and prevented their advancing. The enemy were by this time got into the ditch of the Queen's redoubt, and be came mafters of that fort. The Queen's redoubt being taken with the lofs of Lieut. Whitehead, and feveral others, the reft retired into the fubterraneous paffages, to guard them. Kane's lunette guard did wonders, and maintained their poft against the most powerful efforts of the enemy. By this time we sprung five mines; three of which were to little effect; but the other two deftroyed numbers, particularly the mine near the Argyle fort. The enemy having attackF

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