thro' difagreement about the manner of execution; their final refolution, he added, was to divide their army into three columns, that if one were deftroyed by our mines, they might make a fresh attack in the fame place by another column. They added, that upwards of four hundred had been killed in the camp, as many wounded, and a great number fick of various diforders. The night coming on, the rigour of war feemed to flacken a little, by a flow firing on both fides, till a bout midnight, when one of our shells 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. Riche's Reg. 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 We had a failor killed on the caftle by a splinter of a fhell, and five men wounded. Two women were also wounded in the caftle by fplinters of a thell. Sunday 23. A fhell from the enemy falling at the door of our oil magazine, rolled down the steps and burft, without doing any other damage than breaking a cafk of oil. This day two of our wounded expired, and one of Colonel Cornwallis's was wounded. Monday 24. One of our fufileers was wounded by the fplinter 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 fhell fell into a barrack door upon the main ditch, and burfting providentially did no damage, though the place was crouded with men women and children. We had otherwife on this day one of Lord Effingham's killed, and two of Col. Riche'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 thells 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, thro' the following miftake: The captain of the Marlborough guard having fent a corporal with four men to patrole upon the outside of the pallifadoes on their return, the centinel not knowing of the detachment, fired upon them as enemies, and wounded this unhappy friend in the thigh. Thursday 27. A fhell from the enemy unhappily coming down a chimney in the artillery barrack, and bursting, 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 24 hours. Friday 28. The ferjeant major of the artillery died of his wounds, and one man was, bruifed at night by the fall of some ftones as he was at work, but nothing more remarkable happened this day. 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 Anftruther guard ordered two 32 pounders to be fired at them, on which they tacked and stood to fea. This was the only time we fired at their fleet. The enemy continued a flow, and the garrifon a brisk fire, which difmounted two of their guns at the Windmill battery, and one of our fhells alfo blew up a fmall magazine. One of their thells falling into the 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 3 gun 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 continued on both fides; we received, however, but little damage, having only one man wounded by the fplinters 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 miserable manner by a fhell. . Tuesday June 1. The cannon and mortars played with unusual brifknefs, which continued till night, when one of Ld. Effingham's regiment was mortally wounded by the fplinter 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 garrison, at which we kept a conftant fire to no purpose. This night we fired our fmall arms from the Weft Lunette, that being moft contiguous to their new-battery. Wednesday 2. We discovered a breaft-work thrown up for cover in erecting this battery. The garrifon fill 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 Colonel Riche's additional gunners were allo mortally wounded by the explosion of fome powder, as they were loading a gun. Night brought no decreafe of firing, during which one man was loft. 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, beforementioned, had acquainted the enemy with it; for one veffel or more of the French fleet never quitted that fation 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 splinters 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 reft, kept an inceffant fire. The brave garrifon exerted themfelves with the utmost vigour; but had killed and wounded on this day 30 men. Among the wounded was Lieut. Armstrong, of Lord 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 shot away, the ftaff damaged, and 5 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 įplayed. Four men and two women were wounded before night, when the attack on both sides was as brifk as by day. We had one man killed by a cannon ball at the new ftone battery, and another by the fplinter of a thell. Monday Monday 7. In the morning we opened the new battery near the drawbridge, but abandoned it before night, the conftant fire of the enemy fo impeding the work, as to render it in fufficient. The firing continued without abatement. On this day Mr. Harvey, a volunteer, had his head fhot off; one man was killed upon the Queen's Redoubt, and 12 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 Anftruther batteries, and now they having erected many batteries, and all open upon the garrison, kept fo brifk a fire, that we were compelled thro' 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 most of the carriages broken, but only one man was wounded. Tuesday 8. We kept an inceffant fire for the whole day, and difmount ed 3 of their guns on the Windmill battery; they also dismounted two of ours. We now again fuffered a great lofs of men, having 2 men kil Ted, and 11 men and woman wounded; and at night 3 more were wounded. Wedn. 9. Our fhattered garrifon now wore a difmal afpect, especially the Anstruther and covered way of the Argyle batteries, which were fo damaged, that our gunners could fcarce ftand to their guns. We had S killed and wounded, chiefly on the covered way of the Argyle, 2 were killed by one ball, which took off the head of one, and fhattered that of the other all to pieces. A fhell fal ling into a carriage thed of the weft counter guard blew it up, but did no other damage; and a conftant fire was kept till morning, but with very little lofs to us. Thursday 10. In the morning the enemy opened an 8 gun battery, at a piece of land in the middle of the harbour, called Philipet, aimoft oppofite VOL. XIII. the castle. 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 extinguished. We had three wounded this day, and one man in the night. Saturday 12. The firing continued, we had a corporal killed upon the west Lunette. At night we had one killed and five wounded. Sunday 13. Our guards parading in an under ground gallery for fafety, in the center of which was a hole to let in the light, a thirteen inch shell making way through this hole, burst 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 burft without touching one perfon, tho' a fplinter fell even upon the bed, on which Capt. Lind and his lady then lay. The fire flackened this morning for about 5 hours, and then renewed. We had 4 men wounded. At night the fire continu ed, when we had 1 man killed, and wounded: A deferter coming over from the enemy, gave an account that upwards of 2,000 had been killed and wounded in the camp; alto that they were erecting a 12 gun battery in the centre of the town, having had fresh fupplies of men, with an expectation of more; and also that they had a defign of beating a parley, to invite the garrifon to furrender. 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 sides 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 Lieutenant Atkinfon of the Marlborough guard, who iffuing out of the fort, brought him B naked naked into the garrifon. We had one man killed, and wounded. This night a very brifk fire continued, and we had 4 men wounded, A Spaniard who worked in the castle 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. Tuesday 15. The firing continued with much greater damage to the caftle than to the garrifon, the fhattered condition of which the enemy ob ferving, play'd their ten gun battery with greater violence at Stanhope's tower. Our embrafures were fo ruinous that we were obliged to strengthen 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 2 wounded. Wed. 16. Both fides continued a brifk fire; the weaknels of the garrifon occafioned the lofs of a great number of our beft foldiers. A fhell falling into a flore-room, where an officer refided, burft to the demolition of every thing there, but the officer, who escaped. We had 2 officers killed this day, with a great many foldiers. A bombardier was also killed. Thursday 17. The inceffant fire of the enemy from their 5 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 foldiers killed and 7 wounded. One of the killed was fo torn, that his bowels hung thro' the barrow on which he was carried to Charles-Fort. The cannon, mortars and fmall arms were employed with all poffible diligence all night; during which time we had 3 men wounded. day 4 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 hoitt a new flag and flag-ftaff, we were prevented by the violence of the ene my's fire, having 1 killed and 2 wounded. Saturday 19. In the morning we repaired the embrafures on the Anftruther, and brought four 32 pounders from the royal battery, to replace thofe rendered useless. A very brisk fire was continued, and the enemy, from their 5 gun battery, deftroyed all our embrafures, difmounted 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 thofe on duty was intirely taken away. We had this day 1 killed and 6 wounded. A continual fire was kept up all night, during which we had 2 men and a boy killed, and one wounded. Sunday 20. A regular fire was still kept up on both fides, when we had 1 killed and two wounded. There was an increase of firing all night, during which five were wounded. Monday 21. By the fiercenefs of the enemy's fire, we concluded they had a defign to ftorm 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, altho' we kept a continual fire upon them. We had one wounded this day. Capt. Hobby was also killed in company with feveral officers, being torn in a moft terrible manner by a fhell, which falling into the castle, broke thro' a parcel of timber that covered a door, and made a paffage into a main ditch where the officers used to affemble. This night a continual fire was kept on both fides, in which we fet 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 raveling, ravelins, which our foldiers wantonly called the Devil's battery, and the embrafures and carriages being deftroyed we were obliged to aband on 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 our men, which could not poffibly be repaired. This night the enemy threw a fhell into the N. W. ravelins, which burfting 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 feveral houfes to open a paffage for their battery in town, which we expected to play every hour. We had killed and 5 wounded. This night the enemy kept a brifk fire, when the garrifon were obliged to flacken theirs, and to abandon the Anftruther fort, the cannon carriages, and works, being almost destroyed, without the pollibility of repairing them, thro' 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 2 killed 7 wounded, and Sir Hugh Wil. liams received a flight wound on the piquet. Sat. 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 stations. This day part of the embrafures on the Kane lunette were set on fire, they having been repaired by fafcines when the ftone work was deftroyed. The fire was foon extinguished. We had this day 2 killed 4 wounded. At night the enemy kept an inceffant fire, while ours was but flow; but nevertheless we fet fire to fome of their facines in town, which burnt a long time with great fury, but was at length extinguifhed, altho' we played upon them with our great and fmall arms, fhot and fhells. This night a fmall party of the enemy came in bravado almoit to the pallifadoes, and fent two of their party upon their hands and knees to alarm our centinals, 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 thort fkirmish, which terminated the occurrences 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, tho' our mortars were brifkly employ ed. We had 2 killed and 12 wound ed This night the enemy kept a conftant fire from their gun batteries, and a party of them under the command of an officer, advanced almost to the Kane lunette, yet avoided firing; but our centinals obferving them, fired upon them, but it being exceffive-dark, we could only diftinguifh by their groans that many had been killed and wounded. We had 5 wounded this night. Monday 26. In the morning, the enemy kept as fierce a fire as they had ever done; and the garrifon, tho' the works were in a very fhattered condition, feemed 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, a captain of the artillery having acquainted him with the impoflibility of their standing to their guns. Our mortars, neverthelefs, play'd conftantly. This day 5 were wounded. At night the enemy continued a fmart fire, and the garrifon but a flow, except from their Imall arms, to keep the glacis clear. We had 4 wounded. 2 B Tuefd |