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BEP(F.756.027
4 Oct 1756:11 (1101)
Antigua,. . . Aug. 31. Yesterday arrived here the snow
Sally, Capt. Barton, in 27 days from Gibralter, from whom we
have the following articles of intelligence: The day after
the engagement between the two fleets, the French fleet
appeared of Minorca, when a report prevailed, that they had
sunk and destroyed the English fleet, and a flag of truce
was sent into the garrison, desiring they would surrender .
. . The gallant General Blakeney dismiss'd the flag of
truce, and gave them an answer by cannon balls and bomb
shells: The execution that day was upwards of 1000 men
killed, when a parley was beat for leave to bury the dead:
Soon after the French, upon a breach, put into execution a
bold attempt, when a mine was sprung by our general, which
blew up a battalion, and occasion'd their beating a second
parley to bury their dead. This mine being a principal one
in the defence of the garrison, . . . [6 lines, 3 paras.]
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