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BEP(F.762.040
13 Sep 1762:23 (1410)
Memorandum of the principal transactions of the fleet and
army at the Havannah, from Friday July 30th to Saturday
August 21st 1762.
On Friday, July 30th a chosen number of soldiers attacked
the Moro, or Moore Castle, and took it by storm, with the
loss of many Spaniards. . . [7th line] On Tuesday the 10th
of August, at 12 o'clock, my Lord Albermarle sent an officer
with a drum to the governor of the Havannah, to demand
possession of the city,. . . On Wednesday, the 11th of
August, at 5 o'clock in the morning, all the batteries began
to play on the city and forts and kept so warm a fire on
them, that at three o'clock in the afternoon, our batteries
had dismounted the major part of their guns on the city
walls, and in their several strong forts, and had killed
them a great number of men; at which time the governor sent
out three officers, with a drum, in order to desire them to
think of terms of capitulation;. . . [9 more lines]
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