1st-21st of September, 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… Read More »1st-21st of September, 1762
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
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.… Read More »22nd of September, 1762
23rd of September, 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… Read More »23rd of September, 1762
24th of September, 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… Read More »24th of September, 1762
25th of September, 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… Read More »25th of September, 1762
26th of September, 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… Read More »26th of September, 1762
27th 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
28th 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
29th of September, 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