October 1st and 2nd, 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
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
The twenty-fifth we seized a fort which the Spaniards had abandoned, named the Polverista,[36] that proved a most excellent place of arms. For Covering the… Read More »25th September, 1762
On the morning of the twenty-fourth, we sent an ineffectual summons to the town, and, with the Admiral and other principal officers, examined the coast,… Read More »24th 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
On the twenty-third of September we anchored in Manila bay; and soon found, that our visit was unexpected; the Spaniards were unprepared.[36] To increase as… Read More »23rd September, 1762