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FJ.781.029
5 Sep 1781:22 (20)
Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, dated May 25. . . [1/2
column: relief ships came from Minorca; siege continues.] A
bomb, discharged from the Spanish lines fell upon one of the
guns of the battery of the church, and split it to pieces;
one of the fragments flew as far as the south bastion, (from
whence we constantly fire our morning and evening guns)
struck one of these cannon near the touch-hole, cut the
leaden apron, and set fire to the priming, which discharged
the piece, so that we believed it to be day, and began to
beat the reveillie. This fact is attested by two serjeants
of Artillery, who were upon the battery, and related it to
the Governor.
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