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SG(H.782.019
2 May 1782:22,23 (1/29)
Madrid, Feb 19. Col. Don Pablo Sangro, one of his Excellency
the Duke de Crillon's aid-de camps, has brought hither the
important and agreeable news of the surrender of Fort St.
Phillip the 4th of this month, and that all the garrison
were prisoners of war.
The 4th inst. Gen. Murray hoisted a white flag, and sent
articles of capitulation, which were rejected by the Duke de
Crillon, who sent new ones, which were received, as
follows:---
Article I. Proposed by the English General. . . [12 lines]
Answer. . . [3 lines] the garrison shall go out, holding the
firelock on the shoulder, drums beating, match lighted and
flags flying until it be filed off in the center of the
army, where they shall lay down their arms and flags;
. . . [8 Articles and answers follow on other terms of
capitulation.]
Mahon, February 4th, 1782. 10 o'clock in the evening. . . [3
lines]
So soon as the King received the news of so glorious an
event, he ordered immediately a public thanksgiving to the
Lord of Hosts; and a Te Deum was sung in the King's chapel,
and a general illumination was exhibited during three
nights.
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