A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar With a Description And Account of Tha
A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar With a Description And Account of Tha
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In the afternoon of the: 27th, a convoy or twenty victuallers, under charge of four fri- Apr. ] SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR. 201 gates and the Fortune floop, arrived in thirteen days from Minorca. It now appeared that the Governor did not entirely depend on receiving fuccours from England, but thought it pru- dent to obtain fiipplies from other quarters, left any accident fhould prevent the Britifh fleet arriving in time to his relief. Thus de- termined to provide againft fortuitous events, he had fecre...tly ordered provisions to be pur- chafed from the prizes taken aloft, and Ihip- ped on board veflels that were hired for that purpofe. Captain Curtis, of the Brilliant fri- gate, had the charge of this valuable Convoy, and the fuccefs attending the enterprife de- monftrates with what fecrecy it had been con-* dueled. They were ignorant of Admiral Darby having been in the Mediterranean, and were agreeably furprifed to find from the ene- my no oppolition to their entrance.
The provifions thrown in by the Britifh Admiral were not yet flored ; not had they any further protection againft the weather, than a covering of canvas, formed from the fails of the colliers that were run afhore in the New-mole.
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In the afternoon of the: 27th, a convoy or twenty victuallers, under charge of four fri- Apr. ] SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR. 201 gates and the Fortune floop, arrived in thirteen days from Minorca. It now appeared that the Governor did not entirely depend on receiving fuccours from England, but thought it pru- dent to obtain fiipplies from other quarters, left any accident fhould prevent the Britifh fleet arriving in time to his relief. Thus de- termined to provide againft fortuitous events, he had fecre...tly ordered provisions to be pur- chafed from the prizes taken aloft, and Ihip- ped on board veflels that were hired for that purpofe. Captain Curtis, of the Brilliant fri- gate, had the charge of this valuable Convoy, and the fuccefs attending the enterprife de- monftrates with what fecrecy it had been con-* dueled. They were ignorant of Admiral Darby having been in the Mediterranean, and were agreeably furprifed to find from the ene- my no oppolition to their entrance.
The provifions thrown in by the Britifh Admiral were not yet flored ; not had they any further protection againft the weather, than a covering of canvas, formed from the fails of the colliers that were run afhore in the New-mole.
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