An Account of the Expedition to Carthagena, With Explanatory Notes And Observations
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Joseph_'s Fort of twenty one Guns: From this Fort to _Boccachica_Castle a Boom and Cables were fixed across, fastened with three largeAnchors at each End; and just within the Boom was moored in a Line fourMen of War, the _Galicia_ of sixty six Guns, (aboard which was theAdmiral Don _Blass D'Leso_, ) the _Africa_ and _St. Carlos_, each ofsixty six Guns, and the _St. Philip_ of seventy Guns, which spread theWidth of the Harbour's Mouth, that there was not room for a Ship eitherto pass a head or a... stern of them, so that it was impossible forshipping to force an Entrance into the Harbour; and had the Enemy heremade a Defence equal to the admirable Disposition they had formed, itmust have been a difficult Task for the Fleet to have got in, evenafter _Boccachica_ Castle was taken. About four or five Miles fromhence is a Creek, or Passage, that parts the Grand _Baru_ from the Maincalled _Passa Cavallos_, through which there is Water enough for smallVessels: This Pass the Enemy had defended with two Fascine Batteries, one of eight Guns, the other of four, as well to protect their ownImbarkations that come this Way with Provisions from _Tolu_, and theRiver _Sina_, as to prevent any Attempts being made this Way.
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