408 Letter from Admiral Pocock at the Havannah. off; but Capt. Campbell not having performed that fervice agreeable to the orders he received from Capt. Hervey, he has complained of him, and defired his conduct may be enquired into, which shall be done as foon as the present affairs will permit. A B As the fhips were to move from the Eaftward, where Mr Keppel is ftationed (who in juftice to him, I am glad to fay, executes the duty entrusted to him with an activity, judgment, and diligence, no man can furpafs) I directed him to fuperintend the attack, and to give Capt. Hervey his orders to proceed when he saw it convenient: Accordingly, the fhips were ordered to weigh the evening of the 30th of June, and next morning went down (Capt. Hervey having the fignal out for the line) the Cambridge, Dragon, and Marlborough, and were placed as well and as near as their ftations would admit of, against a fortrefs fo high as the Moro, with an intention to difmount the guns, as well as beat down the wall, They began to cannonade about 8 o'clock; and after keeping a conftant C fire until two in the afternoon, the Cambridge was fo much damaged in her hull, mafts, yards, fails and rigging, with the lofs of many men killed and wounded, that it was thought proper to order her off; and foon after the Dragon, which had likewife fuffered in lofs of men, and damage in her hull; and it being found that the Marlborough, Capt. Burnett, could be of no longer fervice, she was ordered off likewife: The number of the killed and wounded are as follows, viz. killed. 16 24 2 zvounded. 37 95 Dragon Cambridge Marlborough The Dragon, on the water's falling, had touched a-ground, and was forced to stave her water cafks to lighten her, but has received no damage as can be perceived from it. The captains behaved becoming gallant officers, as they expreffed great fatisfaction in the behaviour of the officers and men under their com mand: And we have to regret the lofs of Capt. Geoffrey, who, though foon killed after the Cambridge brought up, carried her down, with the greatest calmnets and fpirit. Capt. Lindjay, of the Trent, fupplied his place during the remainder of the action, and approved himself a brave man. I offered him the command of that fhip, or of the Temple, or Devenfhire, the former being vacant by the death of Capt. Legge, and the latter by Capt. Marshall's going into the Cambridge. The Earl of Albermarle fignified to me the fhips had done incomparably well, having drawn much fire from our batteries, by which means they had an opportunity of difmounting fome of the Moro's guns which played against them. The Defiance and Hampton Court being ordered to cruize between Port Mariel and the Bay of Honda, in going down faw two fail at anchor off Port Mariel harbour, which Capt. Mackenzie of the Defiance brought out after fome firing had paifed: All but 20 men had left them: They were the Venganza frigate 26 guns, and the Marts of 18 guns, which D G H had been out on a cruize. I fent the Suther land, Cerberus, and Lurcher, to cruize off the Metances, and reconnoitre the Bay; and the Richmond and Alarm to cruize off the Capes St Antonio and Coriantes. They took a schooner on the 22d of last month off the Weft end of Cuba, loaded with coffee from Hifpaniola, bound to New Orleans. The cruizers are now all returned without any particular intelligence. The Alcide, Sutberland, Cerberus, and Ferret floop, have joined the fleet fince we have been here. The Centaur fprung her main maft in heaving down; but Sir James Douglas (who arrived here on the 12th with the Jamaica fleet) informs me fhe will foon be here also. The Penzance brings the next convoy from Jamaica, which will fail the 25th inftant, and will be reinforced with a fhip of the line hence, to proceed with them to England. On the 13th of last month, Capt. Walker of the Lurcher cutter, in going up Chorea River out of mere curiofity, was killed by the enemy. Journal of the Siege of Havannah, 1762. Published by Authority. June 6. A fage through the Old Fter a very fortunate paf Straits of Bahama, the feet arrived within fight of two fmall forts to the Eastward of the Havannah, fituated upon two rivers about three miles diftant from each other. The whole fleet brought to, and Sir George Pocock, with 12 fail of the line, fome frigates, and all the ftorefhips, bore away for the mouth of the harbour, to block up the Spanish men of war that were there, and to make a feint on the other fide, in order to facilitate our landing on this. Comm. Keppel, with feveral fail of the line, and feveral fmall frigates, was ordered to remain with the tranfports, to protect and conduct the debarkation of the troops, which was deferred till the next day. There was too much wind, and too great a furf from the shore to effect it at that time. 7. By break of day this morning, the army landed without oppofition between the two forts Bacarans and Coxemar. The one was filenced, and taken poffeffion of by the Mercury and another frigate; the other was taken by the Dragon, of 74 guns. They were defended by a confiderable number of peasants and negroes in arms, who very foon abandoned them, and fled into the woods. The Earl of Albermarle, with the light infantry and grenadiers of the army, paffed the ri ver Coxemar, where his lordship took his quarters that night. The rest of the army lay upon their arms along the fhore, with the picquets advanced into the woods, 8. Lord Journal of the Siege of the Havanna. B 8th. Lord Albemarle marched the main body of the army early in the morning to a village called Guannamacoa, about fix miles from the landing place, and fent Col. Carleton through the Cotemar wood, with a small corps A of troops, to the fame village, to endeavour to cut off the retreat of a corps of the enemy, faid to be affembled there, and which his lordship determined to attack. The enemy were drawn up to receive us, and very advantageously pofted upon a rifing ground between us and the village. Their cavalry marched down in a large body to the light infantry, who were upon the right of Col. Carleton's corps. They were very foon repulfed, and the whole body difperfed before the army got up. They were about 6000 in number, chiefly militia mounted, with the regiments of Edinburgh dragoons, two companies of grenadiers, and many Spanish officers. This morning Col. Howe, with two battalions of grenadiers, was fent through the woods to the Moro, to reconnoître, and fecure the communication to that fort from the Coxemar. gth. Lord Albemarle marched the army from Guanamacor, and encamped in the woods between the Coxemar and the Moro, leaving a corps at Guanamacoa, under the command of Lieut. Gen. Elliot, to fecure the avenues on that fide, and a large tract of country, which could fupply the army with water, cattle, and vegetables. We now difcovered the enemy dif mantling their fhips in the harbour, at the entrance of which they laid a boom. 10th. The Moto hill, called the Cavaunos, where the enemy were faid to have a poft well fortified, was retonnoitered; and in the evening Colonel Carleton, with the light infantry and grenadiers from Coxemar, went and Invelted that hill and the Moré fort. rith. Col. Carleton attacked the redoubt about one o'clock in the afternoon, and carried it with very little lofs, and little refiftance on the fide of the enemy. Here was a post establifhed, and the work called by the name of the Spanish redoubt. iitb. The Moro Fort was farther reconnoitred by his lordfhip's order. It was difficult to reconnoître it with much accuracy, it being furrounded with thick bruthy woods, which could not be feen through, and were mostly impaffable. It was obferved the parapet was thin, and all of masonryj (Gent. Mag. Sept. 1762.) C D E F G H 409 and it was therefore judged advifea- 13th. The battery mentioned yefterday was begun, as alfo à howitzer battery, beyond the Spanish redoubt, to remove the hipping further off up the river. They threw a great deal of random fire into the woods, and annoyed us very much. Col, Howe, with 300 light infantry, and two battalions of grenadiers, was detached to land at Chorerá, about 7 miles to the Westward of the town, to fecure a footing, and engage fome part of the enemy's attention upon that fide. 19th. There was a mortar battery begun upon the right near the fea, for one 13 inch, two 10 inch, and fourteen royal mortars. zoth. Parallels cut in the woods to the right and left of the battery, and a fafcine line begun, to fecure the guards from the enemy's fire. 23d. Another battery made upon the beach, to advance the royals in the battery on the 19th nearer the fort. 24th. A battery for two howitzers begun near the lime kiln; likewife against the shipping, to remove them farther up the harbour, which had its effect. 25th. A battery for a 13 inch mortar begun near the lime kiln against the thipping. 26th. A battery begun against the fort for four guns and two mortars, upon the left of the first battery. 29th. The enemy, at day-break, landed two detachments of 500 men each, of grenadiers and chosen men, with a detachment of armed Negroes and Mulattoes, with each corps, one upon the right under the Moro, the other upon the left of the lime kiln. The picquets, and advanced posts, prevented the fuccefs of thefe detachments, by repulfing them, killing, and taking near 200, befides wounding a great number, who moftly got off by the favour of the woods. Our lofs was only ten men killed and wounded. 30th. This 410 Journal of the Siege of the Havanna. 30th. This day was chiefly taken up in carrying ammunition and carriages to the feveral batteries to provide for their opening next morning, which was done by the foldiers, and morning it broke out again with great violence. Both water and people were fent as fast as poffible, but unhappily too late; the fire had infinuated itself where water could not reach it, nor 500 Blacks purchafed by Lord Alhe-earth fuifle it. Thus 17 days labour of marle, at Martinico and Antigua, for that purpole. JULY 1. This morning we opened two batteries of cannon, which, with our mortars, made up a fire as follows, viz. GUNS, Battery on the left, MORTARS, 24lb. 13 inc. 10 inc. Royals. B C The enemy's fire exceeded ours upon the front attacked, in the number of guns, which amounted to 16 or 17, from 6 to 1 pounders. They played one mortar of 8 inches, and that very feldom. Upon the whole, we reckoned our fire superior to theirs confiderably, befides the difference of D the fecurity of our works, theirs being only a parapet of thin mafonry. About ten o'clock, the Cambridge of So guns, the Dragon of 74 guns, and the Marlborough of 66, went in and lay against the fort; the Cambridge lay within grape shot. They continued firing for above three hours, which the fort received and returned with great steadiness: At length the ships were ordered off. The Cambridge and Dragon fuffered much, particularly the former. The attacked front of the fort did not feem to fuffer much from their fire, it was fo much above E them; but they still did us a confider- F 2d. Our batteries continued their fire with great fuccefs, and heat down the front, attacked as fail as could be wished or expected, particularly the eight gun battery; but unhappily, about noon, we were obliged to facken, that battery being in danger of catching fire, from the conftant fire kept up, and the dryness of the fafcines, having had no rain for 14 days; however, before the evening, the enemy's fire was reduced to two guns, which fired but feldom. 3. We flattered ourselves the fire was quite out, but about two in the G H 5 or 600 men, & which must have let us into the forti a few days, was now baffled, and to do over again. There was another embrazure added this night to Williams's battery. 4th and 5th. These two nights our endeavours ftill continued to extinguish, and, with much difficulty, there were two embrazures faved upon the right, and the epaulinent for mortars upon the left. The fire of these two embrazures was continued until the guns was difabled, and two more Jerved en barbette, until the enemy's fire obliged the men to give it up. It was now determined to convert the mortar battery in, the left parallel, into a battery for cannon, which was accordingly begun, with fome improvements to the other works, which the enemy's fire from the town, Fort la Punta, thips of war, and floating batteries, bad rendered neceffary.. 6th. Two more embrazures were added this night to Williams's battery, and a place fixed upon near the stone redoubt for another battery of four guns. 9th. This morning we had 12 guns in battery, viz. Williams's battery of feven guns, and the left parallel of five guns, befides our mortars. The enemy fired with about 8 or 9. 10th. At night a battery of four guns begun in the right parallel. 11th. This morning the four gun battery near the ftone redoubt, and two guns upon the faved part of the grand battery newly repaired, opened, and played with fuccefs. We now had 18 guns in play to 8 or 9, which the enemy till kept up; for, by their uninterrupted communication with the town, and the great affiftance of their. failors, who ferve their guns, they al ways made the lofies of the day good at night. This forenoon two guns in the left parallel battery failed, one by unning, the other by cracking; the carriage of a third was disabled upon Williams's battery. In the afternoon the merlons of the grand battery again caught fire, and extended from right to left, and the whole was irreparably contumed. ath. The difabled guns in the left parallel, and in Williams's battery were replaced Account of Periodical Papers. replaced laft night, fo that we still had 16 guns in play: Towards noon the carriages of the three guns in the ftone Tedoubt battery were difabled. 13th. This morning there was a battery of 4 thirty-two pounders opened on the right parallel against the left bastion, and made confiderable ha- A vock. There was another battery of four guns ordered to be made upon the right of it as foon as materials can be collected. The ruins of the burnt battery was 411 An Account of Political Papers, continued from page. 379. TH HE AUDITOR, No. X. contains the following fpecimen of a political dictionary for the year 1762. Liberty of the Prefs.] A free power, to deal about scandal and defamation on all ranks of men. Germany.] About fix years ago, we were taught by the grand penfioner to understand by this word, the grave of Englishmen, the ruin of the British treafury, a millftone about the neck of England, &c. but that great philologer has now ordered to be converted into a line for B changed his mind, and it means at mufquetry at the fame time. There were two guns remounted in the night upon the battery near the ftone redoubt, but there were two more difmounted immediately afterwards. 14th. The four guns in the ftone re doubt battery were last night mounted C on fea carriages: We now had 20 guns against five or fix, which the enemy began with in the morning They were reduced to two before' dark. The whole front attacked appeared in a moft ruinous condition, yet the D enemy, tho' kept in a conftant hurry and confufion, behaved with spirit. Preparations for carrying on approaches had now been in hand fome days. The 40th regiment was employed in making gabions, and feveral men of war in making junk, blinds, or mantelets, and fome bales of cot- E ton purchased to ferve as woolpacks. As our approaches must be entirely raifed above ground on account of the rocks, thefe precautions were neceffary. 15th. We played with the fame number of guns as yesterday. The enemy fired in the morning with fix or feven guns, but were totally filenced before night. 16th. Our fire as yesterday. The enemy fired in the morning with two guns, and only twice with each. They fired the rest of the day with mufquetry and wall pieces, but not much with either. This evening the materials for the approaches began to be advanced. The guns and ammunition are carrying up for the new battery, which is to open to morrow-morning. The enemy feemed to be employed in making up fresh merlons upon the face of the right baltion. Pat: Mackellar, Chief Engineer. prefent the place where America was conquered. Hanover.] From the year 1740 to 1756, it was a place not to be found in the map, a pitiful electorate, &c. but the great demagogue taking the feals, it became his majesty's respectable patrimonia territory, the king's electoral dominions, &c. Ally. Some power in Germany, that takes 700,000l. for fighting his own battles. Vid. grand penfioner's treaty with the King of Pruffia. for life or lives to the British demagogue, Penfion.] If a fum of money is given it is an annuity, and he is an annuitant if granted to any body eife, it is a penJon, and the perfon taking it is a penfoner. Penfion alfo has other properties: If, when the Demagogue does not guide, it is granted to a man, whofe talents, whofe morals, and whofe literary labours do honour to himself, his country, and the age he lives in; it is a juft caufe of grumbling and difcontent, even though that very man has written in the parliamentary de bates veral fpeeches for our British orator, which for clofenefs of reafoning, correctnefs, and true fplendor of language, the faid orator's boafted faculties could never equal. If the faid Demagogue is in place, a foreign courtezan may dance herself into a penfion, and it may be given to a pimp, a ruined gamefer, or any body of equal merit withGout complaint.-N. B.-A penfion was a vile thing in our orator's fifter, and did difhonour to the name of Pirr; vid. his letter verfify'd. F H Faction.] When the grand penfinner is in place it means all who dare advert to the true intereft of Britain, if he happens to mistake it; when he is out, it means the king, the queen, the princefs dowager, the privy council, &c. Poverty. No bad thing if it falls upca 412 Specimen of a Political Dictionary. upon a member for Aylfbury, or any other English borough; in a Scotchman it is ridiculous. Hiflory.] Formerly à record of paft tranfactions, now a modern libel: vid. the Monitor and bis affociates. Scotch adminiftration. A ministry, in A which there are two Scotchmen, together with the Ld High Chancellor, the Rt Hon. the Earls of Egremont, Halifax, Talbot, Lod Barrington, Sir Francis Dalbwood, Sir John Turner, George Grenville, Elq Charles Townshend, Efq; &c. &c. &c. The King. One who ought to enjoy the painful pre-eminence of being a mere cypher in this kingdom, without prerogative, without an opinion, without an affection, &c. at leaft during the Demagogue's live. was fo ridiculous as to be born on the other fide of the Tweed, who is neither a fellow fubject, nor a fellow creature, and ought to be exterminated out of civil fociety. Favourite. There were formerly two acceptations of this word; in one fenfe it was applied to him, who knew how to gain upon the vices and paffions of a weak and wicked mafter in another fente, to him, whofe morals recommend him to a good and virtuous Prince. Lord Clarendon has the fol1 wing words: " This great man was a perfon of a noble nature, and generous difpofition, of fuch endowments as made bim very capable of being a great favourite to a great king. At prefent, a great favourite to a great king is not allowed. German Princes.] Men ready to let out their confciences to the best bidder. Vid, the NORTH BRITON, who tells us in the fame breath, that the King of Pruffia, till our ally (vid ally) does not approve our meatures. Contract. An agreement with merchants for remittances of public money; formerly engroffed by foreigners, and now shared with the English. Jacobite.] Thofe who had not, or would not accept places under the TWO BROTHERS; when the GRAND PENSIONARY courted their favour, and thewed them the way to Leicesterboufe, they were honest worthy country-gentlemen, who had a few exceptions to continental meatures; now the faid PENSIONER is out of place, they are relapsed into jacobites, traitors, and enemies to their country, A Lover of bis Country.1 The grand penfioner and two or three more. Vid. People of England, The Union. A very falutary and ufeful act from the year 1707, to the 18th of September, 1761; once that day, the vilet act ever known in this country. To ride a good Horfe.] Proper at all times, except at a coronation; then if done in honour of the day, highly abfurd, the GRAND PENSIONER having hewn us that it is then fitter to have the gout, than pay any refpect to his majesty. The very horfe thould be a fubject of raillery, and deemed a jacobite. To guide,] Intollerable in a king i very proper in a penfioned fubject. A blue ribbon.] If the grand penfionary can, by bullying, by threatening to refign, &c. obtain it for LORD GAWKEE, it is an ornament and an honour; but if granted by the free |