The History of Gibraltar And of Its Political Relation to Events in Europe, From the ...
The History of Gibraltar And of Its Political Relation to Events in Europe, From the ...
Frederick Sayer
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Gledstanes. Engineers & artificers 106 Col. Green, Hanoverians. Hardenberg's 367 Lieut.-Col. Hugo. Redens 361 Lieut.-Col. Dachen- hausen. De la Motte's 367 Lieut.-CoL Sclippergill. A small naval force, consisting of '' the Panther/' three frigates, and a sloop, under Admiral Duff, lay off the New Mole. Two days after the governor had been to St Boque he received a despatch from General Mendoza, commanding the Spanish troops in the adjoining district, officially announcing the declaration of war.... On the receipt of this communication a Council of War was held to deliberate upon the state of affairs. The first care of the governor was to provide measures to secure supplies for the garrison, and to establish a safe system of postal communication with GENERAL ELIOTT's PREPAKATIONS FOR DEFENCE. 285 England. Both these objects were difficult to carry out, on account of the unceasing vigilance of the enemy's cruisers, which were abeady on the alert all along the coast. Within the fortress everything was placed upon a war footing, the guards were reinforced, the Land Port barriers closed, pickets thrown out to watch the movements of the enemy, and gabions, fascines, and sand-bags prepared.
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