5th of October, 1762
Finally, at six o’clock in the morning of the fifth, the enemy’s troops left their posts in three columns. The first directed its course toward… Read More »5th of October, 1762
Finally, at six o’clock in the morning of the fifth, the enemy’s troops left their posts in three columns. The first directed its course toward… Read More »5th of October, 1762
At dawn on the fourth, the enemy began to fire shells into the city. They set fire to several of the buildings, and together with the… Read More »4th of October, 1762
At the hour set, our Pampangos and pickets sallied out in the best order, but scarce had they set foot outside the Parian gate, when… Read More »3rd of October, 1762
October first and second. The weather grew so very tempestuous, that the whole squadron was in danger, and all communication with it entirely cut off.… Read More »October 1st and 2nd, 1762
At daybreak of the second, the enemy placed in operation a battery of eight twenty-four pounders against the flanked angle of the bastion of the… Read More »2nd ofOctober, 1762
October first, the Indians of Passay reported that a raft had made the shore, which was built of large masts, small masts, and yards that… Read More »1st of October, 1762
On the twenty-ninth,^^ at six in the morning, the flagship and another vessel commenced to cannonade the bastion of the foundry, and made a desperate… Read More »29th of September, 1762
On the morning of the twenty-eighth, a message was received from the English commander-in-chief, who urgently demanded the head of the English officer which the… Read More »28th of September, 1762
At eight in the morning, some Indian and mestizo spearmen presented themselves before the enemy’s trenches, without that movement on their part having been preceded… Read More »27th of September, 1762