1st-21st of September, 1762
September 21, 1762
Before commencing this journal, it is fitting to give a brief description of the location of Manila, and of the destitute condition in which the
Manuel Rojo
(September 24, 1708 — January 30, 1764), Archbishop of Manila from 1759; Acting Captain-General of the Philippines from 1761 to the British invasion in 1763.
22nd of September, 1762
September 22, 1762
In this state of defense, on the twenty-second of September, 1762, at half-past five in the evening, a powerful fleet of thirteen vessels was seen.
23rd of September, 1762
September 23, 1762
As soon as they had received the answer, the entire squadron began to move about six o’clock on the evening of the twenty-third. They approached
24th of September, 1762
September 24, 1762
On the twenty-fourth, about eight o’clock in the morning, they began to salute the enemy with artillery from the boulevards of the foundry and from
25th of September, 1762
September 25, 1762
The following night it was resolved to make a vigorous sortie in order to discomfit the enemy who were fortifying themselves with all haste in
26th of September, 1762
September 26, 1762
To it was joined a fusillade which produced a good effect, for on the day of the twenty-sixth,[60] several corpses were to be seen from
27th of September, 1762
September 27, 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
28th of September, 1762
September 28, 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
29th of September, 1762
September 29, 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
30th of September, 1762
September 30, 1762
The thirtieth, the bombardment continued, and the vessels fired some shots from their cannons. From the city four chaloupes were seen which had overturned; they
1st of October, 1762
October 1, 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
2nd ofOctober, 1762
October 2, 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
3rd of October, 1762
October 3, 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
4th of October, 1762
October 4, 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
5th of October, 1762
October 5, 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