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 Authentic Fapers 
 
 Relating to the 
 
 EXPEDITION 
 
 AGAINST 
 
 CARTHAGENA: 
 
 BEING THE 
 
 RESOLUTIONS 
 
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 BOTH OF 
 
 fEA and LAND-OFFICERS 
 
 P.efpc(5livcl}', at Sea and on Shore : 
 
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 HxsoLUTiONS of the General Connnl oi War, 
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 of the LETTERS which pafled between Admi- 
 ral V e r n o n and General We n t w o r t h j and 
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 / rir«T'-l?T'lV OF CAIJFORNtA 
 
 Authentic Papers 
 
 Relating to the 
 
 EXPEDITION 
 
 AGAINST 
 
 CARTHAGENA. 
 
 COPY of a LETTER from Vice 
 Admiral V e R K o N to tbe Duke c/New- 
 
 C AST L E. 
 
 Carthagena-Harbour, April i, 1741, 
 
 My Lord Duke, 
 
 MY laR Letter to your Grace, was of 
 the 24th of Februcir\\ from / ij^ 
 Bay ; a Duplicate of which, for your 
 Grace, ac ompan es this. 
 
 And on the Zfch of February, I weigh'd 
 with the Fleet from Iri/h Bay, bemg in all One 
 Hundred and Twenty-tour Sail ^ the fame 
 
 B Day
 
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 Day I vvasjoinM by Cuptiiin Bofcawen in ihtShore- 
 ham, who had been atLeogane, and had din*d with 
 M. Larnage^ and been on board the French Rear 
 Admiral M. de Rochefeuil tli Petit Guard. They 
 faid, the Marquifs d'Antin was faii*d, but did 
 not pretend to know which Way he was gone. 
 
 After getting my Fleet together, I made fail 
 with them under an eaiy Sail, for keeping fo 
 large a Fleet together, who were none of the 
 mod orderly ; and on fp^ednc/day, March the 4th 
 in the Evening, 1 anchor'd with them in Playa 
 Grande, to windward of the Town o^ Cart ha- 
 gena, lying between that and Point Canoa ; and 
 to harrafs them, I order'd my fmall Frigates and 
 -Firelhips to get in Shore, and lye in a Line, as 
 if 1 intended a Defcent to windward of theTown, 
 which had its Effed: in drawing Forces thatWay, 
 and fetting them at work to intrench themfelves. 
 
 The fame Day I had a Report from my En- 
 gineer Captain Knowks, of what Obfervations 
 he had made of the new Works the Enemy had 
 been eredling near the Entrance of their Harbour, 
 for my forming my Difpofition of Attack, hav- 
 ing dilpatch'd him and Capt. Laws over before 
 me for that Purpofe. And I immediately dif- 
 patch'd him away again to Leeward, with Capt. 
 Liiws, Capr. Cooper, and Capt. Rentone, to found 
 all without Terra Bomba, and the Entrance into 
 the Harbour, to know certainly how near our 
 Ships could be brought to the Shore, and if we 
 could find Anchorage for our large Fleet. 
 
 On the 5th we held a genera! Council of War 
 for fettling the Diftribution of Booty, purfuant 
 to his Majefty's Inftruilibns ; and I fend your 
 Grace inclofed, a Copy of the faid Refolution. 
 
 On the 6th I form'd my Plan of Attack on the 
 FoiisofSc. Jdr^o and St. PM//>, a Fafcine Bat- 
 tery
 
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 tcry lying to the Northward of that ; and ano- 
 ther little Battery called C/?i2w/'^, to the North- 
 ward of that, all on Terra Bombay without Bocha 
 Chica Cajlle, and necclTary for us to be M.irters 
 of, tor anchoring our Fleet under them without 
 Terra Bomba. And I fend you likewifc inclofcd, 
 a Copy of my Inftruc^tions and Orders to Sir 
 Chaloner Ogle, to conv-iand the Attack of tlic 
 faid Forts and Battericj -. and Capt. KkovjIcs^ 
 and my other three Cijitains, having made me 
 their joint Report on the Sth of March, which I 
 fend you a Copy of, 1 immediately fummoncd 
 a general Council of War, to communicate that, 
 and my Plan of Attack to them -, and fend your 
 Grace inclofcd a Copy of the Rcfolution of that 
 Council ot War of the Sth. 
 
 On Monday the f th. Sir Chaloner Ogle fliifted 
 his Flag on Board the Jcrfey, and moved for- 
 ward with his Divifion, for cxircuting my Or- 
 ders in the laid Attack, and I wcigh'd and movM 
 after him, with my Divifion, and all the Tranf- 
 ports, leaving Mr, Lejlock with his Divifion at 
 Anchor behind us •, and I had that MoiniBg 
 cmbark'd all the Grenadiers in the Fircfliip in 
 Shore, as if I was purpofing a L-aiuling rhcr^jthat 
 Morning, but ordcrM them to to! low me in time, 
 to be ready for a Landing to Leeward that Eve- 
 ning. The fmall Fort of Cbamha fired a few 
 Guns, but was foon defcrted, as foon as the Ship 
 poflcd there could take her Station, and begin to 
 fire at the Fafcine Battery erected between that 
 and the Forts of St. Jago and St. Pbilipy they 
 had not yet had Time for getting any Guns 
 mounted there, fo there was no Fire from thrnce ; 
 and our three Eighty Gun Ships, the Ncrjoik^ 
 Rujfel, and Shrcujsbury, being judicioufly an- 
 chor'd very clofe under thofe two Caft.es, made 
 B 2 fo
 
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 fo warm a Fire,, that in lefs than an Hour they 
 fhatter'd them fufficiently, and djove every Soul 
 out of them, fo as to enable us that fame Eve- 
 ning to make good a Defceac with the Grenadiers 
 under the Walls of thofe Caftles, and to take 
 Pofleffion of both of them, without having fo 
 much as a fingle Musket-Shot fir'd at them ; 
 and the fame Evening got our Bomb ketches 
 placed, and begun to Jpiay on Boci^a Chica Caille ; 
 but our Southermoft ship, the Shrewsbury, hav- 
 ing had her Cable cut by the Enemy's Shot, be- 
 fore Ihe C0ijld Jet go.^ another Anchor, fell to 
 Leewar(^open. wah..St/C/64 Chica Caftle, and the. 
 Fire frog) lome of their Ships, and a Fafcine 
 Battefy to Leeward vbilt however, Capt. lownf- 
 efid, who conamanded, her, chofe to maintain his 
 Polt till Night, like a brave gallant Officer, ra- 
 ther than retire in View of the Enemy, by which 
 his MaliS, Hull, and Rigging, have been greatly 
 fhatter'd and render'd unferviceable, and his Lofs 
 about fixty Men killed and wounded, about a 
 Third of the former ; but he maintain'd a very 
 good Fire from his Ship till Night, when he 
 had Orders to retire : The other two Ships 
 had three killed and nine wounded each, and all 
 our Ships made a very good regular Fire, and 
 Oiiicers and Men difcharged their Duty with 
 great Chearfulnefs. 
 
 By Noon the next Day, the loth, we got all 
 the reft of the Troops landed, without the lead 
 MolcHation from the Enemy i and then all our 
 Boats, and great Numbers of our Seamen, were 
 kept conllantly employ'd in landing the Artillery 
 vvirh all polTible Diligence, and great Fatigue to 
 our Officers and Men, who by reafon of the 
 great J well, were forced to work like Water- 
 Rats on the Rafts made for floating them afliore, 
 
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 and went through all the Fatigue, both of getting 
 thdm.ilhon, -iml l.uvling ;hem and geiting t/icni 
 mountcil a And < ur Train came out 
 
 fo ili turn.lhcd, ti. . •- IfeniivGrlh was obliged 
 to have Rccourlc U ,^u;- Seamen to ply their 
 Guns on their Bavc^ too, when they were 
 mounted. 
 
 Tne Engineers 1' ,and Sol liers Lazinefs, 
 
 giving us Uncafiiu irot Utal Coniequen- 
 
 ces from Delays, : S.r Cbakner and me 
 
 to join in a Letter u. "^v ■ '•• h I jikewifc 
 
 lend your Grace incloi -nd on the 
 
 I2ih got the Lu on the 
 
 Calllc, from a Moku, jr.d on 
 
 the i^th they began to , ,,• hom 
 
 our Bon.b Hattcry on > .rndby Sunday the 
 
 15th at Noon, we mau. an i nd of landing all 
 their Artillery and Oidnance Stores they brought 
 out, and of twelve Twenty-four Pounders lent out 
 of our Ships ar the General's Rtqueft. 
 
 And Complaint being made b\ Mr, IVcnt- 
 wr-rlb, of their being much galled by the Fire 
 from a Fafcine Battery on the oppoPite Side of 
 the Harbour, which we call the Burradera Side, 
 and which 1 had oblcrved, and employed Officers 
 to view it, and was forming a Scheme to attack 
 it, as foon as they had done employ ing our Buais 
 in landing Things for them : 1 held a Council 
 of War on it on the 17th, which I lend your 
 Grace inclos'd a Copy of, but wa^ put ofi the 
 Execution of it by its blowing too hard the fuc- 
 ceeding Day ; but on the 19th at Ni-;hc, it was 
 executed with wonderful Succef. and Relolution j 
 the Command of the Boats of each Divifion be- 
 ing put under the Command of Capt. IVatfou^ 
 Capt. Norris^ and Capt. Colby, as Captains to 
 the Commanding Officers of each Divifion, 
 
 commandeu
 
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 cibmmanded in chief by Capr. IVal/on, my Cap- 
 tain, and the Men to be landed out of the Boats, 
 were under the Command jJ^Capt. Bofcawen, 
 C.ipr. Laws, and Cipt. Cofes, commanded in 
 chief by Capt. Bofcawen : J^hey landed about a 
 Mile to thf* Leeward of this Fafcine Battery, 
 which was of fifteen Twenw-four Pounders, and 
 I had divided them to be^rc landed, and Part 
 kept in the Boats, as I thouglK, either being put 
 into any Diforder, could Jfore eafily have been 
 recover*d by the others banking the Enemy's 
 Fire. At their landing, t^jey fortunately pitched 
 afhore under the Muzzl^ of a five- gun Battery, 
 they knew nothing of, and recolleding their Se- 
 curity was in their Refolution, jumped boldly 
 into the Battery, and furprized them (o as to re- 
 ceive but little Damage, and fecured thofe Can- 
 non ; but this gave the Alarm to the other, who 
 had Time to point two of their Cannon on them, 
 which went over their Heads, and did them lit- 
 tle Damage, and our Men foon rufhing in upon 
 them, thus boldly and re!olutely, made themfelves 
 Mafters of the two Batteries of twenty-four and 
 twenty Pounders, and kept Poficffion of them 
 *till they had fpiked up all their Guns, tore up 
 their Platforms, and made two glorious Bonefires 
 oF the Platforms and Carriages, and brought off 
 fix wounded Prifoners, with an inconfiderable 
 Lofs of our Side ; which Succefs was a great 
 Relief t© our Troops afhore, that were galled 
 by the Shot of that Battery. 
 
 Bviing grown very uneafy, both from the Ap- 
 prehcnfions of theOpennefs of the Road the Fleet 
 iay expofed to, and the toul Ground that was 
 daily cutting our Cables, and the flow Proceed- 
 ings of their Engineers, I held another Council 
 
 of
 
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 of War on the 21ft, which I fend your Grace 
 incloied a Copy of. 
 
 It was 5;/ ^-ti.;;;^^ 2 2d at Seven in the Morn- 
 ing, betore our lS«ry on Shore began to pl.iy 
 on Bccha Chica Calft, and as the Fafcine Battery 
 was judicioufly platc'^, the Enemy had been di- 
 ligently at work, .UKlj|iad got two Guns niLunt- 
 ed to play from th^r^w again, and were at work 
 to increafc them, upon which I ordci'd a Sliip 
 clofe under the Shorejlo take that Battery, which 
 filenced them a little. 
 
 And on Momiay t^t^2i^d^ Corc\n\0(\oTt Lejlock 
 in the BoyuCj with the ^Unce Frederick^ Hamp- 
 ton-Court^ ajid Suffolky weni in to batter Bccha 
 Cbica Caftleand the Ships, and the Tilbury was 
 added, but the Boyne falling far to Leeward, o- 
 pen to much of their Fire, was obliged to call " 
 her off that Evening, but the reft continued there, 
 and the Princefs Amelia, that was fallen farther to 
 Leeward than I intended, but lay fair to filence 
 the new mounted Guns on the Fafcine Battery, 
 which he did accordingly, which was a great 
 Prefervative to the Men playing our Battery a- 
 fhore, and the Camp, as their Shot went over the 
 Hill into the Camp. 
 
 On the 24th, our Ships renew'd their Fire, but 
 the Frince Frederick and Hami ton-Court being 
 much galled by the Shot from their Ships they 
 had warp'd further out for that Purpofe, was 
 obliged to call them off^ and on this Occafion 
 his Majcfty loft a brave gallant Officer in Lord 
 Aubrey BeaucUrk^ who would have been an Ho- 
 nour to his noble Family, and his Country, be- 
 ing a calm, fedate Officer, as well as a refolute 
 one. And about Noon this Day, I fent all our 
 Boats again to the Attack of the Fafcine Bat- 
 tery, the Men to be Ignded under the Command 
 
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 of Capt. Watfon^ Capt. Cotes^ and Capt. "Denms^ 
 and thofe remaining in the Boats, under the Com- 
 mand of Capt. C [eland and Capt. Broderick : 
 They appearing to have mounted fix Guns, which 
 the General complain'd galled them much, and 
 having Day-light for it now, their Men did not 
 . dare Hand the Affault ; and having Time and 
 Day -light for it, our Men deftroy'd the Guns 
 they had brought thither, broke up all their Plat- 
 forms entirely, and fet every thing on fire, and 
 drew feme of our Boats over a Neck of Land, 
 and boarded and burnt a Sloop that lay there to 
 fupply that battery with i^mmunition and what 
 they wanted ; and at Night we drtw off tht Suffolk 
 and Tilhury^ every tbjing appearing to us fit for 
 an AlTault -, and your Grace has likewife inclofed 
 Copies of our joint Letters to the General of the 
 23d, 24ch, and 25th. 
 
 And the General coming off to give me an 
 Account of his Intentions to alTault the Breach 
 the faid 25th an Hour before Night, I immediate- 
 ly made the Signal for my Boats again, and fent 
 them in for making a favourable^ Diverfion for 
 them, under the Chief Command of my En- 
 gineer, Capt. Knowies^ as we fent fome Cohorn 
 Mortars, and Paterar oes, that we had a Profpedt 
 of ufing againft St. Jofeph^s Fort, that we thought 
 to throw fome Shells into; and if we found it 
 fordable, to florm in the Night -, and he had 
 m^y Captain, Capt. Cotes^ and the others v/ith 
 him. They got to the Fafcine Battery, and 
 landed, and drew up their Men before the Time 
 of our Forces marching to the Attack of Bocha 
 Chica Caftle, which mull have contributed to 
 throw the Enemy into fome Confufion : And our 
 Grenadiers, at the Time the General had ap- 
 pointed, moved in very good Order to the Af- 
 fault
 
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 ault, and mounted the Breach, and had gor over, 
 a Brcilt-work they had made wirhin the Brc :cu 
 without their fccming to be pc^rcesved by the E- 
 ncmy, and were Mailers of Bocba Ci.ica Ciltic 
 without having a Musket- Shot firc(i at tlioir, 
 though it was an Hour Ijcforc Nigl.t, arc] h.id 
 only one Min woundcct by a Shot from Si. Jc- 
 fepb\ Caftic in their way. Our Men, fo(?n after 
 its being dirk, attc:-- rdinjj loSt. Jfje, /.Vs, 
 
 bering got through .i iWv,,..l* jul\ upon the B.ck 
 of It, but found that irr.pr,.d: c,;ble, foire flip- 
 ping into Holes up to th r Necks, To tlxy r^- 
 furn'd to their Boats, aria tiie Er.en'«y for fonic 
 Time kept firing P.Ttndge on them throui^h the 
 Bufhes, but only wounded on^' Man ; and fii. cl- 
 ing the Conlternation the Enemy were ii , tiom 
 having beijun to fct lire to one of thor Sinp^, le- 
 foivcd to row in their Boats dole under the Lte- 
 Shore, and ftorm St.Jojypi*s]:nrt foni their 
 Boats, which they did acco-^dingly, ;.i.d lour.d 
 only three drunken SparAardi tiitrc: F'ufhed with 
 thib Succcis, and finding they were upon fii king 
 the other Ship>., they rowed up to the Ship-, us 
 they were now got wifh:n the Boom, and board- 
 ed Doi: B!ajVs own Ship, where th.ey rook Prr- 
 foners theCapra n ot the Ship, the Captain ci riic 
 Marines, an hnfign, ard 6oMcU,who rot having 
 had Boats to make thur Elcape in, i.ad not lui.k 
 the Snip, rill thev could liavc made rheii oun 
 Efcape ; and then our People wint ard cut tie 
 Boom to niake all c'ear fir us ihe next D.y, 
 Jeuviig Offi ers ard Men on board me Cui' 
 ^licia^ (D n b afi\ own Sh p, where th^ v lound 
 'both Flag and Colours fi>in^ and a Gaii fon in 
 St. Jofqb's Fort. Til'.' wonderful Siccefs of 
 this Evening and Nigh' a'-e fo aflonifliing, ihac 
 one can't but cry ouc wiih the Pfalmill, li is thg 
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 Lord'^s doings and feems marvellous in our Eyes. 
 And Go:\ make us truly thankful for it. 
 
 And now we are in full Poflefllon, I think, I 
 may fay, it was as narrow a Channel, as difficult 
 of Acc;;fs, and as good a Difpofition made to 
 defend it, as I caii apprehend to be any where 
 in the World ; for they had above two hunr 
 dred Pieces oi Cannon from Furts, Batteries and 
 Ships, that lay all vj play upon any thing com- 
 ing in. Within the Compafs of a Mile round. 
 Bat though the Bully Don muft be faid very well 
 to know how to make a Difpofition, he is very 
 far from convincing me, he knows how to make 
 the beft Defence with it afterwards. 
 
 0;i Thurfday the 26th, I haften*d into the Har- 
 bour, to mai^e proper Difpofitions, and give all 
 nccefTary Orders •, but tho' I had nothing to do 
 but to get in, I found it Matter of great Diffi- 
 culty, efpecially as they had funk the San Carlos 
 and Africa in the belt of the Channel -, and the 
 St. Philipe^ that they had burnt and blown up, 
 was yet-burning on the Lee-Shore, fo that I was 
 above three Hours warping through, after I an- 
 chored in the Narrows, before I could get to fail 
 up the Harbour, which I did about two Leagues 
 the fame Evening -, for feeing about me, and 
 making my Difpofitions to poll my Ships as 
 they fliould get through. And our getting Pof- 
 fcffion now, was the more providential, as we 
 have had very blowing Weather ever fincc : 
 The fame Evening there got only in with me the 
 Burford and Orford, of my DivifTon. 
 
 And the next D.iy, the 27ih, I gave Orders to 
 Capt. Griffin, with Lord Augujlus in the Orford 
 under his Orders, to advance as fafl as the Wind 
 would let them, for polling themfelves acrofs the 
 Harbour, as near as they could, juft without Gun- 
 
 fliot
 
 (hot of Cajlillo Grande^ for cutting them o{T of 
 all Communication by Water, as loon as wc 
 could, which they could move but flowly in, as 
 the Wind has blown very frelh cvtr fince our be- 
 ing here, and right down the Hirbour. On 
 Friday the ^l^orcejter got up to me, and I lent 
 her to anchor clofeto a Wharf, where there was 
 a good Crane, and a Spring of Water I thought 
 neccflary to lecure for the Service of the Fkcc. 
 And the Weymouth^ with my Engineer, Capt. 
 Knoziles^ getting in the fame Afternoon, I lent 
 him with the Cruizer Sloop under his Command, 
 to deftroy their Batteries at Pn£o CavaUos, a|id to 
 feize what Sinu-Hulks were there, wlm ii he exe- 
 cuted the cSth, having dcllroy'd there two Bat- 
 teries of eight Guns on each ^cie the iintrancc 
 into P^Jp> CavalloSy and render'd thefc Guns un- 
 fervice.i^le, by fpiking th?m up and knocking 
 off their Trunnions, and has brought out four 
 large Sinu-Hulks, that may be very ulc-fi-il to us 
 for our lecond Defcent, and the W.ucring our 
 Ships. 
 
 Sir Cbnloner Ogle got in with liis Sh'p the 
 27th at Night, and worked up above mc the 
 28th, between me and my two advanc'd Guards, 
 but there is only got up to him yer, of his Di- 
 vifion, the Ri/'poUt Jerfey^ and the Experiment, 
 Capt. Rentone : And I lend your Grace inclofed. 
 Copies of the prefcnt Orders Sir Chaloner and 
 Mr. Lejlock have to adl under. 
 
 The Torbayy and two Firefhips of my Di- 
 vifion, have got through, and got up to nie the 
 30th in the Morning •, as did the Evening of the 
 fame Day, the Chichefter, of my Di vifion ; and 
 the two Bomb -ketches, for the blowing Weather 
 thefe laft two Days having forced all the fmall 
 Ships to take Shelter in the Mouth of the Har- 
 bour, they lay there as thick as the Ships be^ow 
 
 C 2 Bridge
 
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 Bndge in the River Thames, and have fo choaked 
 up ihe Mouth of the Harbour, as to have pre- 
 vented us from making more Difpatch, trom 
 having anchored foul of one another ; but the 
 Boats from my Ships within have been picking 
 up their Bo.its, which will be of Service to us, 
 who have loit and dcftroy'd feveral in the great 
 Seas we liave had to deal widi, and will help to 
 llraighten our Enemies. 
 
 We held a General Council of War the 30th, 
 nnd I fend your Grace inclos*d a Copv of our 
 Refolutions taken in it-, and no Time fhall be 
 loft on my Part, to pufli every thing with Dili- 
 gence and Refolution, for our Royal Mjfter's 
 Honour and Service, and have many employ'd 
 in reconnoitring how to do it moft efiedtually, 
 and hope to get our Bomb-ketches placed to play 
 on Cajtillo Grande, by the 31ft at Night, or the 
 I ft of April. 
 
 The Enemy are a6ling in a fort of Defpon- 
 dency, having funk all their Galleons and other 
 Ships a-crofs the Mouth of the upper Part of 
 their Harbour, above Cafiillo Grande, except the 
 Ccnquifiador and Dragon, the two remaining Men 
 of War of the King of Spain's, and a Ship 
 wearing French Colours, in order entirely to 
 choak up the Channel into that Harbour, which 
 looks as if they did not expeft to maintain it, 
 fince they are taking fuch Meafures entirely to 
 deftroy their Harbour. 
 
 As I thought the Knowledge of our Proceed- 
 ings fo far, might be of great Importance to 
 our Royal Maftei's Service, I order'd the Spence, 
 Cape. Laivs, to get himfelf ready for his home- 
 ward-boundVoyuge with all pcfTiole Expedition, 
 which, i^e having fent me Word, he fhould be 
 ready fur by to morrow Night, I am hurry ng 
 to h^ve my Diipatches ready againit that Tare, 
 
 which
 
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 which the many Affairs I have hourly to give 
 Orders v.\ harJIy allow me Lcilurc for •, and 
 your Grace mull be lo good as to cxculc all In- 
 corrcdncfs in my manner or iloing it, having, I 
 alVure you, no lime uncmploy'd tor Iccuring 
 the Succefs oi this Expedition. 
 
 Capcain IVdkeman^ in the Cruizer Sloop, has 
 brought me hither your Grace's Letter of the 
 4th ot Dec ember y which could not but give me 
 a great Plealure in your acquamtii^g me with 
 h.s Majcfty*s gracious Favour, in a conllant Ap- 
 probation ol my Condud ; an Honour I ihall 
 be ever rtudious t) prefcrve, by the Oridell Re- 
 gard tor hisMajelty's Honour and Service, in 
 tlie great Trull he has repoled in me, havmg no 
 greater Ambition than to approve mylclt his 
 faithful Subject and Servant. 
 
 I was fori y to find Capt. IVakeman had met 
 fuch bad Weather on the Northern Continent, 
 as to difappoint him ot delivering your G' ace's 
 Letters there •, and mo/e fo, that he Ihould have 
 brought them here •, but I will fend them for Ja- 
 maica in a Day or two, to be forwarded from 
 thence, concluding Duplicates muli: have been 
 sot there Ion"; betorenow. 
 
 I hope it will not be long before we Pnall hear 
 of the lafe Arrival of the Convoy from Eng- 
 land with the Prcvifions, as we may othcrwife 
 be greatly diltrcfs'd, as we are in Want of 
 them. 
 
 As General l^^enticcrtb has had early Advice of 
 this Sloop's Sailing, your Grace will learn from 
 him all Particuiars of their Proceedings, to 
 which I mufl beg Lc^ve tu refer yuu. 
 
 Since my laft, C.ipt. Douglas has taken two 
 Spani/h Prizes coming fiom St. Jdgo tor this 
 Port. Capt. John Irevor, whom I had cruiz- 
 ing
 
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 ing o^^Sania Martha, has taken a RegifterShIp 
 and an Jvifi, both from Cadiz^ bound to this 
 Port, wit'i Letters as late as the 2d of February ^ 
 their Scile. And Capt. Mofiyn in the Deptford^ 
 cruiziitg to Leeward of this Port, has taken a 
 fmall Sjjani/h Ship from Ferrol, and a Snow 
 from Forio Bello, who had been to curry a Bat- 
 talion from hence thither ; fo that we have watch'd 
 theni pretty cloicly every way. 
 
 I will fend one of my Tender Sloops in a 
 Day or two for Jamaicay and if fhe does not 
 get there Time enough to put your Grace's Pac- 
 kets for the Governors of the Northern Colonies 
 on board the Ajlrea, fhe fhall have Orders to 
 proceed with them to New Tork. 
 
 On the 30th in the Evening, I order*d my Engi- 
 neer Capt. Knowles, up in his Ship. to reconnoitre 
 for me, he getting up that Night a little above 
 my advanc'd Guards, obferved they were very 
 bufy in moving about with thirteen Launches, 
 which made them keep a good Guard with their 
 Bouts that Night, but the next Morning he dif- 
 cover'd that they had funk their two remaining 
 Men of vVar, the Conquiflador and Dragon, both 
 of fixty Guns, and wcil cmoving Things out of 
 Caftillo Grande. On which V.'-i immediately ac- 
 quainted Sir Cbaloner Ogle of it, who lay be- 
 tween me and my advanc'd Guards, the Burford 
 and Orford, Capt. Knoiv/es to advance with his 
 Ship and fire on the Cadie, to fee if they wou*d 
 return it, which lie obfervin:?^ they did not, im- 
 mediately m ide fhe Signal for the Boats mann'd 
 and arm'd, who row'd up diredly to theCaftle, 
 and took PoflcfTion of it without Oppofition ; 
 and I have /.ppointed Capt. Knozvles Governor, 
 as I know no one is better qualified for making 
 his Remarks from it, how we may take our Ad- 
 vantages,
 
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 vantages, to pufh on fucccfsfully the Progrefs of 
 his M.ijdfty's Arms •, and I hope loon to get in 
 my Bomb- ketches to play upon the Town j and 
 wc fhall now be able to liind the Forces within a 
 League of the Town, when they get up to u?, 
 which could not have been done in Ids than three 
 Leagues, without being Mailers of CaJUllo 
 Grande ; fo that it is a moil advantageous Ac- 
 quifuion to (horten the Proceedings of our Ar- 
 my, who will, I hope, be encouraged to advance 
 the fafter lor it. I am under Sail to anchor clofe 
 to the Callle myfelf, and give proper Directions 
 for pufliing Thiiigs on as fad as pofliblc, as 1 
 dread the approaching Rains. 
 
 This tirit Day of Jpril in the Morning, I 
 am got to an Anchor in my own Ship, clofe 
 by Cajlillo Grandet and am getting fome of my 
 Ships at work, to try to get the Marts out of the 
 funken Ships, to make a Channel over thofe 
 funk in deepell Water, to get my Ships in, to 
 fecure a fate Defcent to the Army, under the Fne 
 of our Guns, ns near the Town as poflible, and 
 hope to have done before they will come up to 
 us, there being but two Tranfports yet come np, 
 which got up laft Night ; and I hope to get my 
 Bomb ketches in before Night, and to keep them 
 upon the Watch all Night. 
 
 I have fent the two Spauijh Captains home with 
 Capt. L^WJ, believing your Grace might be cie- 
 firous to have their Examinations at Home. 
 Capt. Jordan, the Captain of the Sliip, is a 
 Frenchman, but lus been long in the Spamfi 
 Service. 
 
 I am, 6f<r. 
 
 E. Vernon.
 
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 COPY of a Refolution of a Council of 
 
 ^ 2iV ^ fettling the Diflributionof Booty ta- 
 ken at Lat:d during the prefent Ey^pedition j 
 held on Board the Frincefs Carolina, March 
 
 5> 1740- 1» 
 
 WHereas it appears by my Lords Juftices 
 additional Inftrudtions of the 2 2d of 
 July, 1740, to be his Majefty*s Royal 
 Pleafure, that tor preferving that Harmony and 
 good Underftanding between his Majeily's Sea 
 and Land Forces, which is fo neceffary for the 
 carrying on his Majeftys Service with Succefs, 
 that it fhould be fettled by a Council of War, 
 to confift of Sea and Land Officers, in what 
 Manner and Proportion, Booty taken from the 
 Enemy at Land, during the prefent Expedition, 
 fhall be diftributed between his Majelty*s Sea 
 and Land Forces, in all Cafes where the faid Sea 
 and Land Forces fhall be jointly engaged, in the 
 attacking and taking of any Place, Fort, or 
 Settlement, trom the Enemy. 
 
 And a Paper accompanying the faid Inftruc- 
 tions, and faid to have been prepared in Con- 
 formity to the two preceding Settlements in 1694 
 and 1702, being laid before your Council of 
 War. 
 
 Your Council of War, to (hew their entire 
 Diipofition to conform to our Royal Mailer's 
 Inclinations, by ftudying to preferve that Har- 
 mony recommended to us, have taken the faid 
 Paper into Confiuera ion, and to avoid the Risk 
 o\ difigreeing Opinions in preparing a new one, 
 refolve to make that the Plan of their prefent 
 Rei^ulation. 
 
 And
 
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 And your Commanding Officers in Chief by 
 Sea and Land, defirous to prcfcrve that good 
 Harmo' y recommended to us by his Majcfty, 
 and pleas'd with an Occalion of contnbuiing to 
 it, by giving up, of their own Motive and tree 
 Will, for procuring fo defireable an End, a fifth 
 Part of what was by the laia Di'(^bution, .;i ot- 
 ed to them, in order to divide thewhoic into Six 
 tecnths, .'.nd to have the faid Si:<reenths dillri- 
 butcd, wlicre the Council ot War fhouid think 
 them mod wanted. 
 
 Your laid Council of War accordingly pro- 
 ceeded to the Confideration oi it, and do .igree 
 that the whole Amount of luch Booty Ihall be 
 divided into fixte-cn equal Parts, or Portions. 
 
 Whercot lour Sixteenths (hall be given to the 
 Commanders in Chief of the Sea and Land For- 
 ces, to be equally divided between them. 
 
 To the other Admiral, General Officers, and 
 Commodore, to be equally divided amongft 
 them, in proportion to their relpedive Salaries^ 
 two Sixteentlis. 
 
 To the feveral Colonels, Captains of Ships 
 of the Line of Battle, Lieutenant dlone's, Cap- 
 tains of Shi s of War giving Rank, Qinrter- 
 Mafter General, Adjutant General, Commifla- 
 ry General, Pa\ maimer G ncral of the Land 
 Forces, Judge Advocate, Secretaries to the Ad- 
 miral and General, Provoft Marflial, Surgeons 
 and Chaplains General by Sea and Land, Ma- 
 jors ot Regiments and of Brigades, Mafters and 
 Commanders of Fircfhips, Bomb-ketches, Sloops 
 and other Ships of War not giving R.ank, Aid 
 du Camps upon the Eftablifhment, Captains at 
 Land, Lieutenants at Sea, Mailers of Ships giv- 
 ing Rank, Lieutenants at Land, Gunners, Pur- 
 fers, Boatfwains, Carpenters, Enfigns, Auju- 
 D jjtants.
 
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 tanrs, Qunrter-Maflers of Regiments, Chaplains 
 and Surgeons oF Ships and Regiments, Maflers, 
 Mates, Diredors of the Hofpita], and their Sur- 
 geons four Sixteenths, to be divided amongft 
 them in proportion to their refpedive Salaries. 
 
 To the Non-Commifiion and Warrant Offi- 
 cers at Sea opd Land, fuch as Midfhipmen, " 
 Carpenters Mates, Boatfwains Mates, Gunners 
 Mates, Maflers at Arms, Serjeants, Bombar- 
 diers*, Gunners of the Train, Yeomen of the 
 Sheets, Cockfwains, Quarter-Mafters, Quar- 
 ter-Mafters Mares, Surgeons Mates, Yeomen 
 of the Powder- Room, and Corporals, tv/o Six- 
 teenths, to be equally divided amongft them. 
 
 To the Cooks of Ships, and all others enu- 
 merated with them, in the Proclamation for the 
 Diftribution of Prizes at Sea, Seamen and Sol- 
 diers, Drummers, Marfhals Men, Pioneers, or 
 Perfons working to clear Grounds, and afTift at 
 Sieges, four Sixteenths, to be equally divided 
 ajnongft them. 
 
 But no Officer to be allowed to fliare in two 
 Capacities •, and whenever any Pcrfon Ihall hold 
 two difltrrent Employments, he fhall chufe in 
 v.hichol thtm he will take his Dividend. But 
 in is not hereby intended, to exclude Colonels, 
 Lieutenant Colonels, and Majors, from receiv- 
 ing their Shares as Captains, as well as Field 
 Cincers *, and Sea Captains Pay to be accounted 
 upon King IPll!iam^i< Ellablifliment. 
 
 And that every Officer under the Rank of a 
 Commlffion, or Warrant Officer, Seaman, or 
 Soldier, chat foall happen to be wounded in any 
 Siv-'ge, or Adb'on, whofe Booty fhall be taken, 
 ihai! have a double Share in Proportion to his 
 Ila..k, in Coiifidcrutlon of his Wounds. 
 
 Given
 
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 Given under our Hands, on Board his Ma' 
 jefty*s Ship tils Princefs Carolina^ at Anchor o.T 
 o^ C'.irti\i^e)iay the ^i\\T):iy o^ March, 1740. 
 
 E. Vernon. 
 Ttoff'.as JVeittzvrrtb, 
 C. Or/r. 
 'J. Gttife. 
 Richard Lrfi:ck. 
 Wm. blakcncj. 
 E. !Vo!ff. 
 J. Hc'Tni.j^fcn. 
 
 C O ? Y of hftru^iom and OrJcrs from 
 Vice-yldmiral Vernon to Sir Chaloncr O- 
 glc, to cofmiianJ tie jit tack of the Forts 
 St. Philip ^fiJ St. Jigo wi^/j lis Di'vi/i'on. 
 Dated on Board the Princefs Caiolina, nt 
 Anchor off of Carthagena, il:c 6:h f 
 March, 1740-41. 
 
 WPIereas ir has been determin'd in a Coun- 
 cil of War, vigoroully ro attack. Ctir- 
 thagena both by Sea and Land ; a R-.-- 
 Iblution which the Inclemency of the Country 
 manifefts the Prudence of, as our Forces are de- 
 creafing daily by Sicknelb, lb that flow Meafurcs 
 are Ccrcain Ru!n. 
 
 And as thefirft Point judg'd material tofccure 
 the Succefs of the Entcrprizc, is to render our- 
 ielves Mailers of Bocba Chica Cullle, and all 
 the Fortrcfies and Batteries erected for defendintr 
 the Entrance of the Harbour, for the moreciofc- 
 jy blocking up the Town, and cjcting it oif 
 D i from
 
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 from all Communication by Sea, either within 
 d wicliouc the Harbour, and above ail for le- 
 cunng our Franiports a fafe Harbour to ride in, 
 who wiil lay too muchexpoTed witliout. 
 
 Ard as the moll prob^ible, as well as mod 
 p'opci Place to lecure aDefcent in, is in the Lit- 
 tle Bayt under the Command of the two Forts St. 
 P.jiiip and St. Jago^ where, I am infbrm'd Ships 
 can come iat'elyro an Anchor in good Ground, 
 and within iefs than Musket-fhot of the Shore, 
 and may lay to batter .md command thof'e two 
 Forts, without having Occafion to open the Ca- 
 ftlc of B cha Cbica , in which Cafe I apprehend 
 the Fire of thre'r Eighty Gun Ships, if there be 
 room for them to anchor theie a-head of each 
 other, will be amply fuffivient for demolilhing 
 the laid Fort, commanding all the faid Bay, and 
 fecuring there a lafe Landing of the Troops, un- 
 der the Fiie of their Guns ; the Point, I appre- 
 hend, of the utmod Importance, for fecuring the 
 Succefs of this Expedition, it being, as I appre- 
 he d, the very Spot on which M. Pontt made his 
 D cmt, when \\i t(jok Ca-^ihagena, and began 
 v^i h '.dkh^^ Be a Cbica^ ^.ndi £LS to the Northward 
 of rhe faid t wo Forts on Terra Bomba theEncmy are 
 faid Utcly to have created a confiderable Falcine 
 B : t^'^y o, eigntccn Pounders, which there is faid to 
 be Iccp Water enough to approach within Muskets 
 S.iv^t of, bur that the anchoring Ground fo near 
 in, is foul and ft )ny, and would cut the Cables, 
 and to anchor in clean Ground would hardly be 
 Within point blank Cannon Shot •, you mult in 
 e ploying the reit of your Ships in filencing 
 that Bdttery, and one of little Conlcquencc to the 
 Northward of that called Chamba, govt-rn your- 
 fell in it as you lliall judge moll prudent, cither 
 by anchoring them, if you can find clean Ground 
 
 near 
 
 f
 
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 near enough, or by ranging clofc to them one 
 atcer another, and then llanding oft, and plying 
 to Windward, to renew the Fire in tht lame 
 Manner ot them, for clearing all that Coaft (roni 
 the Enemies, as it is faid there is likcvviie a good 
 lictle Bay ^or a Deilcnt under Cbamba Battery, 
 and it might divide the Enemy's Force the bet- 
 ter, to make a Delccnc at both Places at once, 
 and cxpole tlieir Troops the more to the F'ire of 
 our Ships. 
 
 Having thus informed and inllruLted you ac- 
 cording to the belt Intelligence 1 have received, 
 and furnillied you with Pilots of the bell Abili- 
 ties and Experience I could procure, I rely on 
 your Judgment and Rclolution for the due Exe- 
 cution of my Orders. 
 
 And you are hereby required and dircded to 
 proceed with your whole Divilion of Ships of 
 the Line of Battle, fordemolifliingthe faid Forts 
 and Batteries, and fecuring all the Country be- 
 tween them, fo as to fecure a Uelcent for the 
 Forces, in the mofl convenient Parts for it, be- 
 tween the faid Fort of St. Philip's and Cbamba 
 Battery. 
 
 And the better to fecure the Succefs of your 
 Enterj^nze, you are to give Orders in Writing to 
 every rcfpcctive Captain of your Divifion, not 
 to fuf^'er any imprudent and hafly firing from 
 their Ships, which only fcrves to embolden an 
 Enemy, inftead of difcouraging them ; but to 
 give Ifrid: Orders not to iulier any Gun to be 
 fired from anv of his Decks, till the refpedive 
 Officers appointed to command on each refpec- 
 tive Battery has fcen to the pointing each Gun he 
 is appointed to have tne Infpedlion ovci, anddi- 
 reded the firing ot it, that all poflible Care may 
 be ufcd, to fecure the Succefs of this firfl At- 
 tempt,
 
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 tempt, on which the Succefs of the Whole fo 
 much depends ; and they are to endeavour to 
 perfu.ide and convince their Men, of the Folly 
 and Imprudence of hafty firing, which ferves 
 only to encourage the Enemies, and expofe them- 
 felves : And you are likewife, in your Orders in 
 Writing, to alTign to each particular Captain the 
 Poll he is to take, and the Orders he is to exe- 
 cute, that no one may have the leaft Pretence to 
 plead Ignorance of your Orders, which you are 
 to enjoin the due Execution of, at the utmoft 
 Peril. 
 
 And you are to order your refpedlve Cap- 
 tains, to acquaint their refpeclive Ships Compa- 
 nies, that the Whole of all Booty to be made 
 upon the Enemies at Land, is gracioufly granted 
 by his Majefty, to be diftributed amongft his Sea 
 and Land Forces, as fhall be agreed on by a 
 Council of War of Sea and Land Officers, 
 which have accordingly met and regulated the 
 Diftribution thereof, and have allotted a double 
 Share to any Non-Commiflion or Warrant Of- 
 ficer, and private Man, that may happen to be 
 wounded in the Service •, and to affure of a fur- 
 ther Reward from me, out of my Share, all who 
 fhall eminently diftinguifh themselves by any ex- 
 traordinary Adlions of Prudence and Refokuion, 
 befides a fecured Advancement proportionable 
 to their Zeal and Refolution, exerted on fo fig- 
 nal an Occafion, for the Honour of the Crow» 
 and future Profperity of our Country. 
 
 And you will have a Report from Capt. 
 K/joivles, and the other Captains appointed tor 
 Viewing, Sounding, and making all necefTary 
 Obfervations, for your further Information and 
 facilitating the Succefs of the faid Attack. 
 
 And you may remove your Flag on board 
 
 any
 
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 any Ship of your Divifion, as you may judge 
 mod expedient for your more carefully directing 
 and inlpecling the due Execution ot the whole 
 Attack, which you are carefully and dihgcntly to 
 fee to the due Execution of, and give all luch 
 additional Orders in, as you fliall find to be nc- 
 cclFary, from the Motions and Dirpofuion of the 
 Enemy, and other Events that may arifc in the 
 vigorous Execution of thele Orders : For all 
 and every Part of which, this fliall be your fui- 
 ficient Warrant. Given under my Hand on 
 board his Majefty's Ship Princefs Carolina, at 
 Anchor off of Carthagena, this 6th of Alarcb, 
 J 740. 
 
 jt. Vernon. 
 
 To Sir Chaloner Ogle, Rear Admiral of the 
 Blue Squadron of his Majejiy^s Fleet. By 
 Command of the Admiral. 
 
 IFm. Pearfe, 
 
 OBSERVATIONS made on the 
 Enemies Situation and P/orks at Bocha 
 Chica, and the Nature of the Soundino^s, 
 for di/cozYri?ig bow near Shi pi may come to 
 Anchor^ to batter the Forts aiid Cu/Hes, 
 and anchor the Travj}orts fife for landing 
 the Troops, Friday, March 7th, 1740. 
 
 AT Noon anchored with his Maj^fty's Ships 
 JVeyinouthy Dunktrk, Exjjer:7nent, rnd 
 Spe:icerS>\ooT^^ abouD two Miits and an 
 half Norihward of sthe Battery o^Chamha, u be- 
 ing S. E. half E. the Battery of St. Philip S. S. 
 E. half £. Motl^er la P^^e N. E. and B'-rba 
 
 Grande
 
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 Grande N. E. half N. in 30 Fathottis Water, 
 fine muddy Ground, made the exaAeft Oblerva- 
 tions with our Glafles and Telclcopes, all along 
 the Sliore, from Bocba Grande to the Battery of 
 St. P'.nhp, and could difcover no other than a 
 fmall Fafcine Battery of fix Ambrafures : And 
 at Twelve o*Clock at Night, fent the Boats along 
 Shore, founding from a bread of their Ships 
 down to the Battery of St. Jago^ within a Cable's 
 Length of the Shore, each Boat keeping a 
 Cable's Length from the innermoft, towards the 
 Offing J they returned about Four o'Clock in 
 the Morning, with the annexed Accounts. 
 
 And after all our Remarks, and on mature 
 Confideration, we give it as our firm Opinion, 
 that the whole Fleet of Men of War and Tran- 
 fports may anchor with Safet> off of 'terra Bom- 
 "ha, from a little to the Northward ot Chamba 
 Battery, down along Shore to the Batteries of 
 St. Philip and St. Jago^ in what Depth of Water 
 they plcafe, from 0,0 to 5 Fathoms Water, and 
 be in no Danger of any thing from the Shore, but 
 the Enemies Shot, and that only from the Bat- 
 teries of St, Jago^ St. Philip, Chamba^ ?.nd the 
 Fafcine Battery, all which may be filcnced very 
 eafily, and the Troops landed in the fmall Bay 
 between Chamba and the Falcine Battery, at al- 
 moft any Time in tlie Day, unlefs the Bree-zes are 
 very violent indeed ; for we found lefs Sea 
 down here, in proportion to the Wind, than 
 r.here is in Funta Canoe'&xy : And it is remarked, 
 nhat the Breezes near Shore, and to Leeward, are 
 .'lo: fo ftrong as in the Offing, and to Windward. 
 Giv'ep. under our Hands this 5ch March, 1740. 
 
 Charles Knowles. 
 
 J. Cooper. 
 
 J a. Rentone. 
 
 Wm. haws. 
 
 copy
 
 [ ^-5 ] 
 
 COPY of a Refoliition of a Council of 
 War, heU on Board the Princefs Carolina, 
 March 8, 1740. 
 
 At a Council of War held on Board his Mnjejly^s 
 Ship the Princtrfs Carolina, ihe gightb Day cf 
 March, 1740. 
 
 A Report being read to the Council of 
 War, from the four Captains appointed 
 to view the Forts and Situation o\ the 
 Enemy, and to make the neceiriry Remarks 
 on the Sounding for appioaching thcoi, and the 
 General Officers thcmiclves having been to view 
 the faid Works, and propos'd Place for a Dc- 
 Ict-nt. 
 
 And having likcwifc had read to them the Ge- 
 :KMal Orders prepared for Sir ChaUner Ogle, for 
 commanding the Attack with his Uivifion. 
 
 It was the unanimous Opinion of the Council, 
 t'.at no Time fhouid be lolt in carrying on tlie 
 laid Attack, and that it ought to be vi^oro-ifly 
 entered upon To-morrow, purfuanc to the Re- 
 fulution of the Council of War of the 23d ot 
 hehruury lad, for Attacking Cartbagena vi- 
 goroufly by Sea and Land i and arc of Opf- 
 nion, that, to the beft of their Judgment, Sir 
 Cbaloney Ogle* s Order •<, are well conceiv'd for fc- 
 curing the faid Dcfcent. 
 
 Given under our Hands on Board his Ma- 
 jeliy's Ship the Pn;;r<r/iC4A^.'i;;j, at Anchor 
 off of Cartbagena, the 8th March, 1740. 
 
 E. Verncn. The. Tyentivortb. 
 
 E. O^le. J. Guize. 
 
 Richd. Le,}cck. IVm. Blackeney. 
 
 E. IVolje. J. Hemington, 
 
 E • COPY
 
 X'l 
 
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 COPY of a Letter from Vice Admiral 
 Vernon and Sir Cbaloner Ogle, to Major 
 G^«f;WWent worth, March nth, 1740. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 /'E have been maturely refleding on the 
 flow Progrds ihat has been made in ad- 
 vantin^ towards the Enemy, fince the 
 happy Succefs of his Miijefty's A.rms in making 
 good a Defcent under one ot their Forts to co- 
 ver us, and that without the Lofs of one Man -, 
 which we cannot but look on as a moft happy 
 Providence in favour of h:s M^jefty's Arms. 
 
 Which, we apprehend, fhouJd be pufli*d for- 
 ward with all pofTible Vigour ; and that nothing 
 would, in our Opinion, more intimidate the Ene- 
 my, than for Pare of the Troops immediately to 
 advance, and take Poft upon the upper Grounds, 
 which would cover all our Motions from the 
 Enemy, and lay theirs open to us *, and for the 
 whole Body to be advancing after them, as faft 
 as they can cut their Way through the Woods, 
 to go crofs to the Infide of the Harbour, as we 
 bc.ieve the Fear of having their Troops made 
 Prifoners in Bocha Chica will greatly leflen their 
 Numbers in the Oppofition. 
 
 And we think, the Men fhould be encamped, 
 and got under Tents as foon as pofllble, for fear 
 their lying fo basking in the Sun will foon bring 
 a general Sicknefs among them • which we 
 thought it our Duty early to advife you of, as 
 we diead the Confequence i and your cutting 
 into tne Woods will be a very good Cover for 
 then, i, om the violent Heat of the Sun upon 
 the Sands of the Sea Shore. 
 
 And
 
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 And cannot but advife, that a Fortnight's Pro- 
 vifion be landed immediately for the Service of 
 the Troops, and covered by a Hut from the 
 Weath;*r, to be as a Store in calc our Ships 
 fhould be forced to Sea by bad Wcanhc^r. 
 
 And hope the grcatell: Care will be taken for 
 preventing a Dclcrtion, by having all pick*d 
 Men for the Out- Guards i and that you will 
 hurry your Engineers in getting their Moit.irs to 
 play upon Bocha Chica^ with all poflibie Expe- 
 dition. 
 
 VVc thought it our Duty to recommend this 
 to your fcrious Confidcration ; and are, with ail 
 Affcdion and Eltccm, 
 
 Sir, ^r. 
 
 E Vernm. 
 
 COPY of a Refolation of a G^iincil rf 
 War, held on Board hii AUijiJlfs Slip 
 the Jerfey, March ijtb^ 1740- 
 
 AT a Council of War held on Boarri rhe 
 Jerfey, to confidcr what could he done, 
 now our Boats liad finifh'd the landing 
 all the Cannon and Ammunition for the Arni\ , 
 which they havj been conltanu'y employ M la 
 till now. 
 
 Your. Council of War had laid before them, 
 the Report made by Capt. I,awi and L cur. 
 Forrejly who had been fent by Vice Adm ; i] 
 Vernon s Orders to furvey t\it Coait, .;n<! itc 
 where the molt convenient Place cou!a be found 
 for making a Defrenr, for iqrprizi'.g aud de- 
 ftroying the Fafciiic Battery on the Uarradcra ; 
 
 E 2 and
 
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 and had likewile laid before them the Reports 
 made by Capt. Knoiules and Capt. Bofcawen^ in 
 purfuance of the Orders they had received from 
 Mr. Vernon. 
 
 And having taken the fame into mature Con- 
 fideration, do judi^e it to be of great Importance 
 to attempt and furprize the faid Barradera Bat- 
 tery ; and from the Reports of Capt. La'ujs and 
 Lieut. Forrejl, do judge it will be proper to at- 
 tempt it at the Place they propoie for the land- 
 ing, within a Mile of the faid Battery •, and that 
 it might be done in the Night, and with all pof- 
 fible Secrecy. 
 
 And for the carrying it oa with the more Se- 
 crecy, that it ought to be done with the Barges 
 and Pinnaces of the Fleet only -, and that twenty 
 five Men from each Ship of the Line might 
 be embarked for the faid Service, befides tb.- 
 Boat's Crew, to be fifteen Seamen and ten Sol- 
 diers, the Seamen armed with Swords, Piftols, 
 CutiafTes, and Hand-Granadoes, for rufliing in 
 upon them •, and the Soldiers with their Fire- 
 locks and Bayonets to fupport them and Iccure 
 their Retreat. 
 
 The Barges to be commanded by the x-^dmiral's 
 and Commodore's Captains in each Divifion ; 
 and the whole three Divifions under Capt. P^^^i- 
 fon\ Orders, as eldeft Captain. 
 
 And a Pofi: Captain to command the Men to 
 be landed out of each Divifion, Capt. haws to 
 command thofe to be landed out of Mr. Verno?i's 
 Divifion, Capt. Bofcaiven to comnjand thofe to 
 be landed out of Sir Cbalone.r Ogie's Divihon, 
 and Capt. Co!es thofe to be landed out of 
 Mr. L<?/^d-'s Divifion. 
 
 And that all the Boats fliall be at their g€- 
 iieral Rendezvous, lying upon their Oars, be- 
 tween
 
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 twecn the Jerfey and the Shore, by Twelve 
 o'clock at Nij^hti and the Commandiiig Of- 
 ficers in each Divifion only to come on board 
 Sir Cbaloncr 0/!:., :ncn to receive trom him their 
 l.ifl: and riiiai Orders tor the '^'Jc lixccuiion ot an 
 Attempt, we arc unanimoudy oi Opinion, will 
 greatly favour the Army's Proceedings in the 
 ActAck of Bocba CbUa Ciflie. 
 
 Which wc judge to be a Service of ihcgrearell 
 Importance we can at prclcnt undertake for his 
 Mjjefty's Service. And Mr. Vernon having 
 laid before us a Reprefcntation, that was leit on 
 board lUcJerfey with us Yellcrday, your Couricil 
 'of War took tne fime into Confideration, which 
 appeared to liiem to be an Opiition ot Capt. 
 Al'jor^ reported to them without its appearing 
 they had taken the lame into Confideration, whe- 
 ther the fame was well founded or not i and the 
 laid Fort of Bccha Chica being judg'd not ca- 
 pable of containing above rive hundred Men, 
 and being neither defended by Out-Works nor 
 Ditches, cannot comprehend, why Capt. Aloor 
 fliould make fo extravagant a Demand ; and 
 have all along exprcfs'd our Sentiments of his 
 Backwardnefs in carrying on his Majcfty's Ser- 
 vice, by framing many Pretences tor tUiitlcfs 
 Delays. 
 
 There being more done by the Seamen, who 
 have landed all their Cannon and Stores witii in- 
 defatigable Labour and the utmoll Chearfulnefs, 
 than could have reafonably been expcrted in fo 
 fhort a Time, and expos'd to lo grea: a Sea, and 
 the Fleet anchor'd out in the Sea, and in toul 
 Ground, and where, we apprehend, no Ship ever 
 anchor'd before. 
 
 But as your Council of War know themfelvcs 
 to be daily expob'd to be forc'd out to Sea by the 
 
 Weather,
 
 [ 30 ] 
 
 Weather, and have no Certainty where the Auxi- 
 liary Squ ahoiis of the 1 tench ma v Ix-, which the 
 Jiiteli At'vice we h^ve received by intercepted 
 Lcctt-rs fay, were to a6l in Cor.jurftion with the 
 S;a>nuids, cannot in Prudence think it iafe to 
 fparc the Compliments of the Ships, which muft 
 be boih the Security of t'le Ficv-tand Army too, 
 till we can get thera Iafe within the PLirbour of 
 Cariba^ena, when the General is already affur'd 
 he may have the AlFiftAnce of all the Men we 
 have. The Council of War having the fincereft 
 Difpofit.on to pufh the Succefs of this Expedi- 
 tion with all polTiblc Vigour, which they appre- 
 hend, they have given the fincereft Inlfances of 
 in the well concerted and vigorous Attacks made 
 on the Caftles of St. J ago and Si. Philip, that 
 flruck the Enemy into fueh a Pannick, as fecured 
 the landing of the Army, without having a 
 fingle Musket-Shot fired at them. 
 
 And immediate Orders determined to be given 
 accordingly. 
 
 E. Vernon. 
 
 C. Ogle. 
 
 Ricbd. Ltjlock. 
 
 COPY cf a Refolution of a Council of 
 War, held on Board the Weymouth, 
 March 217?. 1740- 1. 
 
 H E Council of War taking into ferious 
 Confideration the flow Progrefs made by 
 the Army fince their landing, who have 
 had every thing landed tor them fince Monday 
 laft, and all done entirely by the Seamen \ to leave 
 liliem more at Liberty for raifing their Battery, 
 
 and
 
 [ 31 1 
 
 and cutting off the Enemy's Communication by 
 Land, which, to us, is a great Surprize why it 
 has nor yet been done, in regard to the f^icat 
 Advantages given the Enemy by it. 
 
 And as we cannot but entertain uneaiy Ap- 
 prchenfions from Tuch flow Proceeding?^, and be- 
 ing determin'd to do ;ill in our Power to prevent 
 them, have taken into Icrious Confidcrarion what 
 could pollibly be done by Sea, more than has bcren 
 done alread), for fecuring the firll Attempt, to 
 be Maftcrs of the Entrance into the Harbour. 
 
 And though our beiiig on a Lee-Shore and 
 liable to great Hazards, for getting our Ships 
 back, which IhalJ beconiiderably damaged in their 
 Malls and Rigging, are fuch forcible Arguments, 
 that we mull in fome Tort adl againll our Judg- 
 ments, as Seamen, in cxpofing his Majcfly's 
 Ships to Battering of CaftJes with them ; yet, as 
 the Djnger of a D>fappointment might be more 
 f»ual to our Royal Maltirr's Honour and Interell, 
 we have chofen even to ad againft our Judgments, 
 as Seamen, lor I'ecuring the Succcfs of the prcfenc 
 Attempt, that appears to us lo very doubtful 
 without It. 
 
 And having called before us Capt. KncwleSy 
 Capr. Rentone^ and Lieut. Forrejl, on whofc 
 Judgments we thought we could bed depend, and 
 had all the Information >'e could likewife gather 
 from the SpaniJL Pilots (Prifoners with usi of 
 what could pollibly be attempted by Shipping. 
 
 Your Council of War have, as the NeccfTity 
 ot the Cafe feemed to prefs it upon them, come 
 to an unanimous Kefolution, to do the moll thae 
 we can judge to be pradicable, to fecure the Suc- 
 cefs of this firft Attempt, on which the Whole 
 depends. 
 
 Which
 
 Which we think may be to attempt to anchor 
 four Ships as clofe to the Shore as pofTible, be- 
 tween the Cillleof 67. Jcigo (we are in PolTefTion 
 ot ) and the Caftle of Bocha Chica. 
 
 Which four Ships (hall be the Boyne^ Suffolk^ 
 Prince Frederick^ and Hampton-Court ^ of Com- 
 modore Lej}ock*s Divifion, to be under his par- 
 ticular Orders and Diredions, for the polling 
 them accordingly, and carrying on the Attack 
 of Bocha Cbica Caftle. 
 
 And that the Princefs Amelia and the Norfolk 
 n^all take Pofl: after rhem» fo as to lye moft com- 
 modious to barter the Caftle of St. Jofeph, and 
 endeavour to dcftroy that, and direct their Fire 
 from raking Mr. Lejlock*s Ships, which we ap- 
 prehend they would be otherwife liable to . ^nd 
 thefe two Ships to follow Sir Chaloner Oglt^'^ 
 Orders, of whofe Divifion they are, for the Exe- 
 cution of the faid Service. 
 
 And as Sir Chaloner O^le lies innermoft, with 
 his Divifion, that he Ihall order fuch other Ships 
 of his Divifion in, to fupport the others, and em- - 
 ploy any Fire he may obferve to gall them, that 
 cannot be come at by the Ships firft anchored, 
 which muft be left to his Prudence to dired, as 
 fhall appear to be neceffary on the Enemy's Mo- 
 tions, when we come to Execution. 
 
 And as we hope the Battery from the Shore 
 will be got ready to play this Night at fartheft, 
 that all neceffary Orders ITiall be immediately il- 
 fued in it, to the Ships who are to prepare for 
 Service, to get themfelves in Condition on the 
 iirll Notice ; and that if our Battery begins 
 playing To-morrow, our Ships fhall move to the 
 faid Attack, upon the firft of the Sca-Brceze on 
 Monday Morning.
 
 [ 53 ] 
 
 To aJl which Relolutions vre hive unanimous- 
 ly agrecJ, and refolved to have put in Execu- 
 tion accordingly. 
 
 Given under our Hands on Board the fy^ey- 
 mouthy this 2 ill ct Marcb^ 1740. 
 
 E. Verncn. 
 C. 0^/e. 
 Ricbd. Lejlock. 
 
 COPY of a Lctrcr frof7i E. Vernon, Efr* 
 PTce Jdmiral of the Blue, and Commander 
 in Chief of his Majejiys Ships and Vejjeh 
 in the Wert- Indies, and Sir Chahjncr 
 Ogle, Rear yidmirid of the Blue^ to Major 
 General Wcntwortb, Commander in Chief 
 cf his Majf/lfs Land Forces employed on 
 the prejhit Expedition. Dated on Board ti:c 
 jerfey, at Anchor off cf Terra Bcmbj, 
 the 23^ March, J 740. 
 
 S I R, 
 ILV 7 E have been endeavouring to give the 
 ^1^ Enemy what Diverlions \vc could with 
 our Ships, but find we cannot get th-ni 
 up near enough tor efFcdua! Service, tor the 
 Narrownels ot che Channel ; and find our Guns 
 do not carry fo tar as thofe from their Ships, fo 
 that we can do no crtedtual S.:rvice, till you are 
 Matters ot Botba Cbica Caftle, and we can there- 
 by come to cut the Boom ; which we hope we 
 have preity well affirted you in, as we lee that 
 Fort icems to beer.tirely fiienced •, and hope yoa 
 nuy be able to nuke a Lodgment under ti;c 
 Fore ot it To-n^igJK, if you-do not get into it \ 
 
 F and
 
 [ 54 ] 
 
 and you will allow, keeping our Ships ~to be 
 ihatrer'l, without a Profped of Service, muftbe 
 the highcft Imprudence, which o!:»liges us to call 
 off Mr. Lefiock -, but we fhall leave the Ships 
 that can barter the Caftle and the Barradera Bat- 
 tery, to do you the bed Service in our Power. 
 
 And we hope you will pulh vigoroufly for 
 getting uuo Bocha Cbica CalVc, as that will beft 
 ten ^ to prelerve your Army from Sicknefs, the 
 moft fatal Enemy. 
 
 With ou b.ft Wifhes for Succefs to his Ma- 
 jelly's Arms under your Conduft, we are, witk 
 Friendfhip and Eftcem, 
 
 Sir, Yours, &c. 
 
 E. Vernon. 
 C. Ogle. 
 
 P. S. We believe it would be of great Ser- 
 vice, to have a few Guns kept playing 
 on the Ships. 
 
 COPY of another Letter from Vice Ad- 
 ?}!yral Vernon, Sir Chaloner Ogle, and 
 Com?nodore Lefiock, to Major General 
 Wentworth. Dated on Board the Jerfey, 
 at Anchor off of Terra Bomba, the z/^h 
 oj March, 1740. 
 
 S I R, 
 
 Havc yours of Yeflerday, which came to 
 njy Hands but this Morning, and Sir Cha- 
 ■ oner Ogle^ Mr. Lefiock^ and I, have before 
 us -, the Sh.ps nor being able to get nearer in, is 
 no Fault in our Officers, who have brought their 
 Ships as near as poflibiy they could, and cxe-? 
 
 cuted
 
 [ 35 ] 
 
 cuted their Orders with Prudence and Rtfolution ; 
 but we fee by Experience, it is only bearing our 
 Ships to Pieces, without Hopes of ihcir donig 
 material Service, fo that they mult be callM oli ; 
 but we (hall keep them to cover your Mcu from 
 the Fire of the Barradera. 
 
 By what we dilcover ot the Works the Ene- 
 my are making, we apprehend the longrr vou 
 delay the Attack, it will be the harder W(» k or 
 you, as they are laid to be very bul; on the In- 
 fide. 
 
 What we apprehend to be mod material for 
 fecuriiig your Succcfs, is advancing through me 
 Wood, and raifing a Battery againft the Snips, 
 which muft be removed. And the Captain who 
 brings you this, has the Spanifj Pilot with him, 
 whom if you fend with an Engineer, and a pro- 
 per Guard, will (hew you where the Lime-kila is; 
 but he muft go between two Soldiers, and not be 
 trufted to move from them j we are, with much 
 Fricndihip and Elleem, 
 
 Sir, Yours, (Jc. 
 E. Vernon^ 
 C. Ogle. 
 Richard Lefiock. 
 
 Fa C O P V
 
 [ 36 ] 
 
 COPY of another LETT E R from 
 Vice- Admiral Vernon, Zir Chaloner Ogle, 
 and Cornmodore Leftock, to Major -General 
 Wentv/orth. Dated on Board the Jerfey, 
 at Anchor off of Terra Bomba, the 2 \th 
 (?/" March, 1740. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 I Have juft now received yours of this Morn- 
 ing, and communicated it to Sir Chaloner 
 O^k and Mr. Lefiock ; and a Lieutenant to 
 command the Gunners on the Battery^ S;r Chalo- 
 7ier will take care to fupply you with, as likewile 
 a Relief to the Gunners. 
 
 Wd are gad to hear you have got three 
 Guns to bear on the Shipping, as we have long 
 given you our Opinion wouid be of moR ef- 
 kflual '^ervjjc. 
 
 Ihere appears to us fuch an eafy Afcent from 
 the Weftern Face, from the great Qijantity of 
 Rubble lumbic.d down, that we cannot doubt but 
 an Attack will even be mountable on this Side 
 before Night, and are therefore of Opinion with 
 your Engineers, that if your Battery be well 
 followed, there cannot fail of being a mjunt- 
 able Breach on the other Side by Night. 
 
 • And cannot but unanimoufly give you our O- 
 piniQn,, if it is, that ic ought to be llorm'd the 
 fa-ft of this Night, at boch Places, before the 
 Moon rifes, not to leave them the Nighr, to 
 r-'rpair all the Damages we have done in the 
 Pay. 
 
 • You will fee 'our Boats are gone on a fecond 
 Attack on the Barradera Battery, and we hope 
 it will pkafe God to profper our fincere Inten- 
 tions
 
 [ 37 ] 
 
 tions to forward che Succefs of this Expetlition all 
 in our Power. 
 
 ThsciouJy Weather, wefdjr, portends Rain; 
 that would be more fatal to you than a Storm. 
 
 Widi our beft Wifhes for che Succefs of his 
 Majcrty's Arms under your Condud, we are, 
 with Friendfhip and Efteem, 
 
 Sir, Yours, ^c. 
 
 E. Vernon. 
 C. Ogle. 
 R, Lejlock. 
 
 COPYof another LETTER, from 
 Vice-Admiral Vernon, Sir Chaloner O- 
 gle, and Commodore Lcftock, to Mnjor- 
 Geneml Wentwortli. D cited en Bmird the 
 Jerfey, at Anchor off cf Terra Bomba, the 
 2^th ^' March 17 + 1. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 YOUR Letter of yeflerday Evening wa^ 
 brought to me, after the fetting of the 
 Watch lad Night ; and I read it with 
 great Concern, from the Diffidence exprefTed in 
 ic for an Alfauit lall Nighc, but you having 
 had our joint Opinion for it yellerday, which I 
 was glad to find was likewife the Opinion of 
 your Engineers, and to hear that Colonel Cock- 
 ran^ one of your Officers, had likewife declar'd 
 he thought it pradicable ; I therefore judg'd it 
 needed no prefent Aniwer, and I chole to com' 
 municate it iiril to my Council of War i for till 
 
 \
 
 f 33 
 
 I received your Letter lafl: Night, I flatterM 
 myfelf you would have Aorni'd the CaftJe Jaft 
 Niglu, and made not the leaft Doubt of your 
 carrying it. 
 
 And irom what has happened fince, as you 
 will lee by tne incioied Copy -t a Letter from 
 Capt. Coiijrelly I receivM this iVTorning, it ap- 
 pears to us it was wha the Enemy expeded* 
 
 Diffidence of Troops, we fjar, tends only to 
 difcourage them •, and, in our Opinion, you 
 have N.imbtrs fufiicienr for pufhing the At- 
 tack of fuch a p.il.ry Fort with Vigour, that 
 has no Ojtworks ; and as you have ten fine 
 Twelve- Pounders, that havr. laid unempioy*d 
 fin e thrir land ng, cannot bur think they fhou*d 
 have been ere(5fe i in Buttery againft the Ships ; 
 and being Ihcwed the Place your Engineers al- 
 low' 1 proper 'or it, we think tne Oujection to 
 the Soil of no Confcqjcnce, as you can have 
 wh It en^pty Casks you dcfire, an ^ have Sand- 
 bags enough to fetch Earth, and B/acks to CHt 
 you; Fafcines ; and, I apprehend, if your Sol- 
 diers h id more Libou*-, they would have bet- 
 ter H.-alth, and be fitter for Service •, for as 
 there is no large Garrifon to expi-el Sallies from, 
 the F iti.^ue of m oundng more on Guard than is 
 necelfary, we conceive, might well have been 
 avoided, and do not efteem it a great Fatigue. 
 
 You may fee by what has pafs'd on the two 
 Attacks our Men have made at your Requeft, to 
 ttorm and take the Fafcine Battery you com- 
 plained annoyed you fo much, that the Enemy 
 will not ftand the native Courage of our Men, 
 when we can come to hands with them -, but for 
 battering at a Didance, they will keep you in 
 play as long as you will, and till Sickneisdeftroys 
 your Army j and it is plaia they do not want 
 
 good
 
 [ 39 ] 
 
 good Engineers, to take Advant.ige of De'ays. 
 The firft Time wc ftormM that Battery fwhi-re 
 you know there was no Breach) was in the Night 
 and might be deem'd a Surprize on them ; i>ut 
 yefterday we did it at Noon-day, and gave them 
 all the Notice they could dcfire, and yet they 
 did not dare to meet the native Courage of our 
 Men. 
 
 As we are bcft acquainted with this intf ni- 
 pcrate Climate, we think it our Ducy, in the 
 Profcflion of your Friends, as well as our Du- 
 ty to the Crown, to ad vile your purkiing mcne 
 vigorous Meafures, as mod conducive to the 
 Prefervation of your Men*s Lives from the ra- 
 vaging Hand of Sicknefs, the moll: fatal Ene- 
 
 We are, with Fidelity and Eftcem, 
 
 Sir, Yours, <^c. 
 
 E. Vcrnoti. 
 
 C. Ogle. 
 
 R. Lejlock. 
 
 P, S. As you mcntion'd your being well fur- 
 nilh*d with Scaling Ladders, I fhou'd be 
 glad you wou'd give an Order ior our be- 
 ing fupply'd with Twenty, if you can con- 
 veniently fpare fo many, or what you can 
 fpare. 
 
 COPY
 
 [ 40 ] 
 
 COPY of an ORDE R/rom Vice- Ad- 
 miral Verr-on to Commodore Leftock. 
 
 Carthage na-Harhour^ March 27, 1 74 1 . 
 
 WHereas I fh.ill be moving up with my 
 own Divifion and Sir Chaioner Ogle'Sy 
 to (Ircightcn arid cutoff all Communi- 
 cation with the Tov.n wi.h all pofiible Expedi- 
 tion, I have judgM it molt for hi.s Majefty's Ser- 
 vice, to leave \ ou with your Divifion at Bocha 
 Chica^ where you are to take upon you the Com- 
 mand and Direcl;ion ot every thing neceflary to 
 be done there, both for the Defence of the Har- 
 hour, embarkiui^ the Cannon, refitting our difa- 
 bled Ships, re-embarking the Forces, and in ge- 
 neral every Thing nL^ceffary to be done there. 
 
 And as it will be greatly for the Prefervation 
 of our own Shms, to have the late Spani/h Ad- 
 mi mi Sh p the Alicia pat into Condition to be 
 mov'd up for a Floating ngainlf Cafiillo Grande, 
 I v/ould have it one of your firlf Confiderations 
 tu furnKh her with Anchors and Cables for mov- 
 ing up with birr, and Mooring for fuch a Battery, 
 where it may be found convenient, and to fee that 
 her Artillery be put in good Order, and furnilh'd 
 with every Thing neceflary for Service. 
 
 And as fome of the Ships of your Squadron as 
 Well as the Shre-wsbury of Sir ChrJojier's, who will 
 likewiiij be left under your Orders, may want to 
 be fupplicd with low MallF, from their being fo 
 fliatcer'd, as to be unferviccable, you will ufe your 
 bi'Il liiideavours to get out the low Marts trom 
 tlic two SpaniJJj Men of War that are funk, to 
 fupply tlicni Irom them, if they fhall be found 
 lit lor it, and you will likewife get havv'l'd afhore 
 to becxamin'd, what other Malts there might be 
 
 in
 
 [ 41 ] 
 
 in their Booms, that are not yet got on Shore, 
 purfuant to the Orders I gave lor it to Capt. 
 IVarren and Capt. Laisjs ; I hope from the one 
 or the other you will find all Neceflfaries for the 
 Supply of our fhatter'd Ships, and for their 
 Rafts ; you will likewife be preparing Stages, 
 not only for Shipping our Train of Artiliery, 
 which muft be done with all poflible Speed, but 
 likewife all the Brafs Cannon from Bocha Cbica 
 Callle, as I believe, in our next Council of War, 
 we fhall determine entirely to difmantle and dc- 
 ftroy that. 
 
 But you will take Care from the Ships of your 
 Divifion, to put in a proper Garrifon into the 
 Fort of St. Jofepb, as it will be necelTary to keep 
 that in a Condition for the Defence of the Har- 
 bour, as long as we fliall continue here, and the 
 Men belonging to my Divifion and Sir Cbalo- 
 ners^ irom the Admiral's Ship and the Fort, to 
 be fent on board their refpeclive Ships. 
 
 And as you know all Booty is agreed to be di- 
 vided between his Majefty's Sea and Land For- 
 ces in the Manner that has been particularly regu- 
 lated in a Council of War, you are to give care- 
 ful Dire£lions to have every thing taken from the 
 Enemy inventory'd, and whatever is from them 
 fupplyed to the Ufc of any of his Majcfty's Ships, 
 the Crown muft be Debtor for, an^i afterwards 
 the Store- keeper may be ordered to pay a mo- 
 derate Price tor it, and that be brought to the 
 general Account, which makes it necelTary the 
 Charge fhould be particular, and every refpe6live 
 Officer to give a Receipt for all Supplies he has 
 out of the general Booty •, and you will take the 
 ftridcft Care to prevent Embezzlements of all 
 Kinds. 
 
 G And
 
 t 4'- ] 
 
 And as Capt. Laws, in the Spence^ has my' 
 iQ.rclcis to prepare himfelf with all polfibie Ex- 
 pcditioa for carry ing my Letters to England^ to 
 iiitorm our Royal Mafter of the wonderful Suc- 
 cels It has pic s'd God lb remarkably to favour 
 the Succefs of his Mjjelty's Arms in ; you will 
 take care to fupply him out of the Prize-flores, 
 fiom the Spanijh AdmiraFs Ship, with all he 
 may (land in Need ot, and from our own Ships, 
 which arc but fcdntilv provided, with what may 
 be lurther necr-fluiry, that he may be fitted and 
 ready to fail wiih ail polTible iixpedition, and to 
 order the Contradlor's Agent to fupply him with 
 the Prov fions he may Hand in Need of, for his 
 faid Vovage. 
 
 And you vvill take care to get our Bomb- 
 ketches as foon as pofTibk, fupply'd with Shells 
 and every thing rtquifite to go on Service, and to 
 have their Tenders likev^ife fupplied with proper 
 Supplies for them •, and pray haften them to me 
 with all poffible Speed, for going on immediate 
 Service. 
 
 And you will, upon the General's Application 
 to you, give him all neceffary AiTiftance in the 
 emb,.rking of his Canion and Troops-, and to 
 take Care to order the Ordnance Store-Ships, to 
 place them ft! ves moll commodiouily lor the fpec- 
 dv Re-imbnrkation of the Train of Artillery and 
 Ordnance S>.ores i as likewife of the additional 
 Cannon we have fupplied rhem from our Ships, 
 if tlie General tnmks it ncccffary to have them 
 widi hun. 
 
 And you will take Care to fupply, by your 
 Experience, all further NcccfTaries that you may- 
 find CO oe necelTary lor rlie forwarding the Dif- 
 patchof everything may be fdurid ro be rcqui- 
 fite for his Majefty's Service i wiiicti, I know, I 
 
 can 
 
 i|
 
 [ 45 ] 
 
 can rely on your Judgment ; for which this Ihall 
 be y:>ur I'ufficicnt Warrant. 
 
 Given u'ider my llanii, on B )ard his M;ije- 
 i\)\ Ship rhcr Pnncifs Car Itna^ in Carl-.a- 
 gena Harbour, this iji\\ March^ 1741- 
 
 £. Vernon, 
 
 COPY of an Order from Vice Admiral 
 Vernon to Sir Chal«)iKr Ogle. Dated en 
 Board the Princefs Carolina, i?i Canhagcna 
 Harbour^ March 28, 1741. 
 
 WHereas it is of great Importance to his 
 Maj^'fty's Serv.cc, to ilrc!;^h'.en the 
 Town of Cartha^enu^ iiuicai off their 
 Communication with all Parts I'f this Urge Har- 
 oour with all pofTibic E pcdition ; on which Ser- 
 vice Capt- Grijpn^ in the liurjord, with Lord 
 Auguftus, in the Orford^ under his Orders, arc 
 far advanced already, and moving forward, in 
 purfuance of my Orders, not to idvanie lo near 
 as to hazard their Math being IhatterM by Caf- 
 ti-lo Grande. 
 
 You are hereby requi-ed and d re(5led to pro- 
 ceed yourfelf, with all poffible Expeuiiior, -or 
 aiKhoring firft a-ftern of them, and ordeiino; all 
 your Divifion to follow you, bur the Shrewsbury 
 to be left with Mr. Lefiock, and the LuchJiL.A, I 
 propof* to fend out to St:award, till > ou can huve 
 Time tor examining the Harbour and forming x 
 DilpoPition for polling your Ships, entirely to tut 
 tiiem otV trom all Comnuinication with ary Pare 
 of this Harbour •, and particularly to cue theni 
 G 2 off
 
 t 44 ] 
 
 off from having any Communication with Boch^ 
 Grande, the only Outlet they have, now I have 
 lecured Pajfo Cavallos, for getting fmall VefTels 
 or Boats into the Sea, which poflibly might flip 
 by in the Night-time the Guard Ship I have an- 
 chored without ; and if you find you can place 
 a Ship clofe under the North End of Terra . 
 Bo?nba, Co as to be out of the Fire of Cajlillo 
 Grande, or any Batteries they may have rais'd to 
 the Southward of it ; that fhould be the firft 
 thing done, entirely to cut off that Communica- 
 tion ; but you are particularly to caution thofe 
 polled there, not to let their Men go on Shore 
 to the Settlements there, or ftay longer than the 
 prefent Service may require -, that being reckon'd 
 an extreme fickly Air, fo as no one but their 
 Slaves ever lie there. 
 
 And you will likcwife, by Capt. i?^»/<?«^, who 
 is bcft experienc'd, and all other poflible Ways, 
 get the beft Intelligence you can a^ainft our Coui^ 
 cil of War, to be heW on Monday Morning, of 
 what may be the propereft Place for making our 
 next Defcent with the Army, fo as to be nearcft 
 at hand for cutting them off of all Communis 
 cation by Land, in order entirely to inveft the 
 Town as foon as pofTible ; and will likewifecon- 
 fider where our Bomb-ketches can be moft fe- 
 curcly placed, neareft the Town, and covered by 
 the Mangroves from the Fire of Cajlillo Grande, 
 Orders being given for their being furnifh'd with 
 Shells, and haften'd up with all polTible Expe- 
 dition. 
 
 And in all other Things neceflary for forward- 
 ing the prefent Service, of inverting the Town 
 of Carthagena, you are to do and execute every 
 thing your well approved Experience and known 
 Zeal for his Majefty's Service, fhall fug^cft to 
 
 you,
 
 [ 45 ] 
 
 you, from Time to Time reporting to me your 
 Obfervations and Proceedings, for which this 
 fhall be your Warrant. 
 
 Given under my Hand on Board his Majefty*s 
 Ship the Prvicefs Carolina, in Carthagena 
 Harbour, this zSdiof March, 1741. 
 
 E. Verfion. 
 
 To Sir Chaloner Ogle, Rear 
 Achnira! of the Blue Squa- 
 dron of bis Mnjejlys hUet. 
 
 By Command of the Admiral. 
 
 IVm. Pearce. 
 
 COPY of a Refoiution of a Council of 
 War, held on Board the Princefs Carolina. 
 Carthagena Harbour^ March 30th, 1741. 
 
 YOUR Majefl:>'s Forces being in full 
 PoflTcirion of all the Caftles, Forts, and 
 Batteries, for defending the Entrance into 
 the Harbour of Carthagena, your Council of 
 War took into Confideratibn what would be nexc 
 advifeable for them to proceed in. 
 
 And as the Communication by Sea to Cartha- 
 gena, by the Men of War being advanc'd fo near 
 as within Gun-Shot of Cafiilio Grande, is now 
 cfFedually cut off, it was adjudged proper that 
 all poflible Expedition fhould be ufed in embark- 
 ing the Forces and Artillery • and that the Tran- 
 fports, as faft as they are embarked, fhould be 
 moving off to the next general Rendezvous ofi" 
 the Bocandina, between the Shore and the Bar^ 
 fordy in order to make a Defcent at the molt con- 
 venient
 
 [ 4^5 1 
 
 ^venient Place for their landing, to cutoff the 
 Communiration of the Town of the Land Side, 
 by running i Line trom the Lake at the Back of 
 th^Sopa, to tile Bay, which is faid to be about a 
 Qiiarttr of a Mil.; •, and that the Artillery fhould 
 he embarked with all polFible Expedition, to pro- 
 ceed after them to the general Rendezvous -, and 
 that all pofTible Means fiiould be put in Ufe for 
 procuring the befl: Intelligence in the mean Time, 
 how to put this Refolution in Execution with the 
 beft Succefs. 
 
 And as General IVentivorth reprefented they 
 fiiould want a greater Number of Men, to be 
 landed with them, in order effectually to inveft 
 the Town, it was refolved he fhould be fupplied 
 from the Men of War, with all fuch of the A- 
 vierican Forces, as he fhould judge proper to be 
 trufled on Shore •, and likewife of the Dctatch- 
 ments that were on board of Lord James Ca- 
 "jendljJj^ and Col. Bland's^ whenever the refl of 
 the Forces were landed, and Gq^qx^X IFentwortk 
 fhould reprefent it to be nccefTary. 
 
 And your Council of War referred to the 
 Tranfports being got up to the next general Ren- 
 dezvous, the* taking fuch further Refolutions as 
 fhall be judg'd nioit advifeable to fecure the Suc- 
 cefs of this Expedition in taking the Town of 
 Cartbagena^ which it has pleas*d God fo won- 
 derfully to favour the Succefs of his Majefty's 
 Forces in hitherto. 
 
 Given under our Hands, on Board his Maje- 
 fty's Ship the Priucefs Carolina^ in Cartha- 
 ^^/w Harbour, the ^och Day of March, 174I' 
 E. Vernon, Richd. Lefiock. 
 
 Tho. JVentworth. Win, Blackeney. 
 
 C. Ogle, E Wolfe. 
 
 J, Guife. y. Hemmingion. 
 
 EXTRACT
 
 [ 47 ] 
 
 EXTRACT of a Letter fmn Vice 
 Admiral Vernon to the Duke of New- 
 caftlc. 
 
 Carthagena-Harhury April 26, 1741. 
 
 MY lafl: to your Grace was of the ifl: in- 
 Itant, by Capt. La-ivs in the Spence^ dif- 
 patch'd home exprcfs to your Grace ; 
 which, I hope, being a good Sailor, came fafc 
 and Ipecdily to your Grace's Hands •, and lend 
 your Grace a Duplicate of it on this Occafion. 
 
 On the firlt of Ahril, in the Evening, by the 
 Indullry of n^y gallant Sailors, we made a Chan- 
 nel through their I'unken Wrecks, and I g(H in 
 my Bomb-ketches, and two Frigates to cover 
 them, commanded b> Capt. lientone and Capr. 
 Broderick ', and by Ten next Morning, the 2d, 
 we got the Bomb-ketches to play upon theTown -, 
 and the fiime Evening, having made another 
 Channel through the Wrecks to the Eaftward of 
 the Shoal, that lay in the Mouth of the Harbour, 
 I got three of my Fire-Ships through t;iat Chan- 
 nel, lor porting them to cover the Defcenr of the 
 Army at the^Place I had fixed on for it, called 
 T^excir de Gracias, who kept firing upon the Ene- 
 my whcre-ever they fee them endeavouring to en- 
 trench themfelves. On the ^6, got the IVey-^ 
 mouthy Capt. Kno':xIes's Ship, (hrough the Wei- 
 tern Cha'^ncl, and the next Night tranfported her 
 round the Slioal to the Eaftern Part of the Har- 
 bour, as lier coming round the Shoal oblig'd her 
 to ome within point-blank Shot of the Town •, 
 aiid I got the Cruizer in at the other Channel 
 the 4tii in rhe Evening, and polled them fo round 
 the Eaitcrn Pait of the Harbour ; and the U^ey-
 
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 moutb''s Guns fcoured the Country all round, 
 and drove about an Hundred of the Enemy from 
 a B'CMft work ,it the upper End ot the Harbour ■ 
 ana the Weyj7ioullf'3 Guns fcoured the Country 
 between tha. and St. Lazarus, by which Means 
 we procured a fecure Dcfccnt to the Army, who 
 began landing their Grenadiers at Jexar de Gra- 
 cms on the 5th at Nig,hr, and the reft were land- 
 ed before the next Day at Noon, without their 
 having one fingle IVIuskct-Shot fired at them. 
 
 I fend your Grace inclos'd a Copy of the Let- 
 ter from General PP'entworlh and ^\r.Guife to me, 
 ot the 2d of April \ and the Refolutions of our 
 Council of War fent to him of the 3d of April, 
 and of two Letters from General IP^entworth to 
 me of the 4Lh of JpriU and a joint Letter from 
 me and Sir Chaloner Ogle of the fame Date, be- 
 ing all that pafs'd previous to this fccond De- 
 fcent : And as a Co: tinuation of Copies of the 
 Letters, and Relbludons of Councib of War, 
 that have mutually pafs'd between Mr. IVent- 
 ivorib and me, fince it is the mofl authentic In- 
 formation I can give yous Grace in it, from the 
 unexpected Event, I judged it was proper to lay 
 them all before your GracL ; and you have ac- 
 cordingly inclos'd Copies of a Letter from Ge- 
 neral lyenf-dXjrth of the 6th of April, and a Let- 
 ter from me and Sir ChaUncr to the General of 
 the fame Date ; and a Letter from General IVent- 
 worth of the 7th, inclofing the Refolutions of a 
 Council of War and General and Fieki Officers, 
 of the fame Date ; and the joint Opinions of me 
 and Sir Chaloner fent to them in anfwcr to it of 
 the fame Date •, and the Refolutions of a Coun- 
 cil of War, of General and Field Officers, of the 
 loth, (which was not delivered mc till the nth, 
 when I made the G-^neral a Vifit in my Return 
 
 from
 
 [ 49 ] 
 
 from the Pcpa ; ) and on the i2ih Mr. IFt'^^i' 
 'Worth had feiu him the Rtfclutions of our Coun- 
 cil of War of that Day ; and then follows the 
 Relblutions of their Council of War of the 13th, 
 and Capt. Kuozvles's DcchiratioTi of his Mcirage, 
 mention'd in the former Rclolution, and the joint 
 Anfwcr to their Refolucions from me and Sir 
 Cbaloner Og/e^ ot" the fame Date ; and Gt-neral 
 Weut'LUorilfs Letter to me of the fame Date, fcnc 
 inc by Capt. Watfon^ who carried him our Let- 
 ter, in Confcquence of which the General Coun- 
 cil of War, of Sea and Land Olncers, was held 
 the 14th i in which your Grace has likevvile in- 
 clos'd our joint Refolucions ot the fame Dare. 
 And for the particular Tranfadions of the Ar- 
 my, from their fccond landing to that Day, I 
 mull beg I-eave to refer your (ji ace to General 
 JFentwortb''s own Accounts of them -, but can 
 with Pieafure add, that the fame Difpofition of 
 my Ships, that fecui'd their fare finding wirhouc 
 a Musket-Shot fired at them, was equally favour- 
 able to their Retreat and Re-imbarkation, wliich 
 was likewife fecurely affedied, without'th^^ir hav- 
 ing a fmgle Musket-Shot fired at them from ths 
 Enemy, on the i6th at Night, the Time the Ge- 
 neral defired : And as the Plans, both for the 
 landing and invefting the Tov;n, are referred to 
 in the Refolutions and Letters, I have likewife 
 fent your Grace inclofed Copies of them. 
 
 And from the Time of their landing, to the 
 Time of their Re-imbarkation, the Ofncers and 
 Boat's Crews of the Fleet were kept in conftanc 
 Employment for the landing of the Train of 
 Artillery, and mounting them on their Carriages, 
 and landing all their Stores, as dcfired, though 
 iioUfe was made of them •, and likev/ifc carefully 
 
 a jmd
 
 [ 50 ] 
 
 and expeditioufly re-imbarking them, when that 
 was relbiv'd on. 
 
 The Spanijh Admiral ^hip, the Gallicia, was 
 got hither on the 8th, and 1 lent fixty Cirpenters 
 on board her, ro fit her for a Battery againic the 
 Town, for fccuring our Men, as well as I could, 
 from the general Fire 1 knew (he mufi: be ex-, 
 pos'd to -, but it was the 1 5th at Night, before I 
 could gethercompleated to my Mind, and polled 
 as near their Walls as pjflible. Anchors having 
 been dropt for that Purpofe, in as Shoal-Water 
 as the Boars could fleet them •, but the Shoalings 
 from the Town run too far off, for any effec- 
 tual Service ; but no Ship could be nearer placed, 
 nor no Fire could be more regularly and clofely 
 played f i^m a Ship, than was performed by the 
 gallant Officers and Sailors on board ot her, who 
 Hood the Fire from three Baft ions, a Half-Moon, 
 and a Ravelin, from Five in the Mornmg till 
 near Twelve at Noon, and never flagged in their 
 Fjre all tnat Time, nor would not, till the Ship 
 had funk under them •, but as I faw fhe could do 
 no material Service againfl: Sione Walls at that 
 Diflancc, I fent Capt. Hore (who commanded) 
 my Orders, to cut and drive before the Sea- 
 Bccze Broadfide to them, as foon as the 
 Breeze was ftrong enough, which was not till 
 near Twelve, when they kept driving Broadfide, 
 and continued their Fire till they drove afliore on 
 the Shoal, where fhe foon filled with Water, 
 hiiv,ng twenty two Shot between W^ind and Wa- 
 ter, an J would loon have founder*d at her An- 
 chors, if I had not oi der'd her off : An-l I thought 
 I could i»ot !o his Majcfty more Honour and 
 Service, thin 10 bePTOw h Reward ot a Piftolea 
 JN'L-;^ io h1! Pt-rrv -Officers arr^ M;'- da grroufly 
 wouudvd on boaid her, und ii«4ii a Jfiilole a 
 
 Man
 
 [ 51 ] 
 
 Man to the reft, as a Reward for their refolure 
 and gallant Bjluviour -, wiiich, I duubt nor, will 
 meet yourGrace*s Appro ution, as a proper Em- 
 ploy mcnt of Part of my Contingent-Money, to 
 encoarage the Zeal and Rcfolution of his Maje- 
 fly's brave Sailors. 
 
 I begin to think now, I have tryed Experi- 
 ments enough of this knd to f m in loue geiicral 
 Maxims upon, which are, in niy Judgment, chat 
 no Ships fhould ever be brought to baiter againft 
 Stone Walls, unlefs they are firll ,»iTurcd they can 
 place their Ships within lels than Mubket-Slioc 
 of them : And as Cajluto Grande was a For- 
 trefs my Ships could have come within P:ftol- 
 Shot of, I im no longer furprizM the Enemy dc- 
 ierted it on our Appro.ich, to fave a Garnfon, 
 that mud otherwilc have fallen an caly Sacr.fice 
 to us •, and could my Snips hu.ve come as near 
 the r Town, I would not have thank'd any one 
 for it i and I am glad I try'd the Experiment 
 With chv" Gailiciay if it were but tor the latisjying 
 Gain layers. 
 
 Having ieceiv*d the Letter from our Englijh 
 Prjfor.ers, of their hard Tre.ument in Canba- 
 ^ena Goal, I thought it my Daty to endeavour 
 to procure their Releafe, by propofing an 
 Exchange of Prifoners j aiui lend your Grace 
 incios*d a Copy of my firit Letter to the Vice- 
 Roy, lent with a Fl.ig of Truce, by Capt. Ren- 
 tOfiCy being of the i7:hinlUnt i and his Excel- 
 lency's Anfwerof the i8th, and my fecond Let- 
 ter to the Vice Roy oi the 19th, with his An- 
 fwer to it of the fame Dace, who, together with 
 it, fent mc off the Strafford^s Men, as was pro- 
 mifed in his Letter, tht-y being brought to Town 
 after he had wrote his Letter. 
 
 H 2 Our
 
 [ 5^- ] 
 
 Our Shells damaged many of their Houfes and 
 Come of their Churches, there being none thrown 
 in:o the Town but were from the Bomb-ketches, 
 which were kept playing as long as we had any, 
 and done fparingly, to make them lall the longer: 
 And on Monday the 13th at Night, 1 find by the 
 Prifoners, we had like to have had a lucky Inci- 
 dent from one of our Carcafies falling in:o the 
 great Church where the principal Magazine for 
 their Powder was, and fct Fire to the Timber and 
 Plank that covered it \ but on ringing the A- 
 Jarm-Boll, the whole Town went to Work, and 
 drew Sand upon it, and rtifled the Fire, which 
 once more broke out a-new, but was effedually 
 extinguilii'd afterwards ; and the Houfes were 
 pretty well fnatter'd by the Cannonading from 
 tlie GaUicia^ though fhe was not near enough to 
 do the Walls any Harm •, and I had order'd 
 them only to try at diimounting their Guns, for 
 their over Shot going into the Town. 
 
 And my O.fliccrs and Men have been em- 
 ploy'd in getting out the Malls from fome of the 
 llinkcn Spani/b Ships, which we have liappily 
 fjcceeded in, fo as to have fupplied with good 
 low Maus all thofe who had them fiiatter'd and 
 rendeiM unferviceabie in the Cannonading Bocha 
 Cbka Caflle -, and have got at Anchors and ibme 
 Cables out of them, ro repair the I^ofs of many 
 lofl. in the wild, Road we had without •, fo that 
 by tuefefeafonable Helps, I fl^all be enabled to 
 have all the Damages pretty v/ell repaired, and 
 my Ships in good fecurc Condition for pro- 
 ceeding to Sea with again. 
 
 i itrnd your Grace further inclos'd Copies of 
 General Weniworth\ lad Letters to me of the 
 15th inflrnc, and my Anfwer to it of the fame 
 7~5atc ; -ikwA of my third Lttrer to the Vice-Roy 
 
 of 
 
 I
 
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 of Santa Fe of the 21ft, and his Anfwpr to it of 
 the 2 2d. 
 
 And now Copies of the Refolutions of our 
 twolaft Councils of War, of the 23d and 24th 
 inftant, which being for returning to Jatnaica, 
 on account ot the general Sici<ncfs in the Army, 
 there remains nothing more for me to add, than 
 I hope it will appear that I have neglected no- 
 thing in my Power for kcuring the Succefs of 
 this Expedition, and pufhing it on with all puf- 
 fible Vigour, having, I am lure, nothing more 
 at Heart, th:in faithfully and diligently to dif- 
 charge my Duty in the vigorous Execution of 
 all our Royal Maker's Orders and Inftruclions. 
 
 I have mentioned, in many of my Letters to 
 your Grace, my Apprchenfions that Sicknefs, 
 from the Intemperatenefs of the Climate, was 
 moft to be apprehended •, and that the Time molt 
 was to beexpedled from, was the firlt fix Weeks. 
 I hope a little Change ot Air, and fome Rcfrefli- 
 niL^nts, may recover the Army to be in Condi- 
 lion for further Adion ; and fhall be always rea- 
 dy to proceed with them upon it, whenever fu- 
 ture Councils of War may judge proper. 
 
 By the Indullry of my Euginccr, Capt. Knowles^ 
 and our Sailors, the entire Demolition of Cafiiib 
 Grande will be complcatcd the 25th inuant, which 
 has taken us the more Time from the great Thick- 
 neis of the Walls and Strength of the Cement, 
 proving as difficult ajobb as tnc IronFortat Porto 
 Beiio \ but it ]s efie^flualiy demoliflied at lafl, 
 and the fifty-nine^ Pieces of Ordnance in it ren- 
 der'd unferviceable, by fpiking up and knocking 
 off their Trunnions, which, being ot hilb-j'i Iron,' 
 was a difficult Work too ; but we found out a 
 Way tor making them brittle, by heating them 
 and then quenching them luddenjy with cold W.t*- 
 
 XSXy
 
 I 54 ] 
 
 ter, many oF them hammering out like Bar Iron 
 before thu. My Sub-Engineer, Capt. Bofcaweny 
 has tile Care ot the ilime Work at Bocha Cbica, 
 and I hear proceeds in it very ruccefsfuliy : So 
 that I may afiure your Grace, 1 fliaij leave the 
 Enemy's Forts entirely demolirtied ; and their 
 Pride pretty well humbled, by the entire Deftruc- 
 tion of all their Shipping, as well as their Caftles 
 for rjie Security of their Harbour. 
 
 As it will take up fome Time to get fo large 
 a Fleet into the Sea, thro* fo narrow a Channel, 
 I cannot fix the certain Day we fhall leave this 
 Harbour ; but we (liall be beginning to get them 
 out on Monday the 27th, and I will take care it 
 fh.iil be proceeded in with all poflible Expedi- 
 tion. 
 
 It Wis Yelterday Afternoon before we could 
 complt-ar thcei-cire D.-molition o^ Cajlillo Grande ^ 
 ■which Sir Chaloner Ogle and 1 went and viewed 
 in the Evening, and were both well latisfied. 
 
 \\ Engineer Capi. Kn ijules, feconded by the 
 Induftry of our Seameii, hadeffeftually deftroy*d 
 it, and I could not think of moving from it, till 
 
 1 had (^tn it done, but have difpitch'd all the 
 Tranfports and Store- fhips before me, and fhall 
 be following them myfelfthis Evening, and hope 
 to make a Biginning To-moiTow in getting our 
 Tranlports to Sea, h-iving appointed a Convoy 
 tothofd that ca;i be got out the firll Day i and 
 I hope, by this Day Seven-night, we may be all 
 got out. 
 
 And I fhall detatch five Sai' to cruize to wind- 
 ward of St. Martha^ as 1 beleve them much 
 ftreigiuen'd tor Provifions, and (hall endeavour 
 to coniinue them fo, and intercept any Thing 
 
 coming to them. 
 
 The
 
 [ 55 ] 
 
 The Cruizer^ Capt. Wimhleton, fhall be rowed 
 out to Sea to-day, if the Wind does not favour 
 his going out, and will, I hope, fpeed ly bring 
 thefe Dilpatches to your Grace's Hands, he hav- 
 ing my Orders not to permit any Letters getting 
 from his Sloop, till he has delivcr'd my Letters 
 to your Grace, and thole from General IVent' 
 
 COPY of a Reprefentation from the Com- 
 mander in Chief and the Major-General of 
 /i6^Land-Forces, to Vice- Admiral Vernon, 
 April 2, 1741. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 WE the underwritten, the Commander in 
 Chief and Major-Gencral of the Land 
 Forces, having taken into ConfidB-a- 
 tion the Number of Troops remaining on Board 
 the Tranfports, deem them to be infufiicient for 
 the Attempt on Carihagena -^ we therctore defire, 
 that all fuch of the Marines which remain of 
 the fix Hundred put on Board his Majerty*s Ships 
 at Spit head, the Remainder of Lord James Ca- 
 vendi/Fs and Colonel Bland's Regiments, and 
 a Dc-taLhment of fifteen Hundred Men, under 
 proper Officers, from the Atn^rican Regiments, 
 commanded by Colonel Gooch, be held in R^adi- 
 nefs to join the Troops now on Board the Tranf- 
 ports, on their Landing ; which we judge fhou*d 
 be done with all pofTi'ole Expedition, that the 
 Enemy may have no Time co raifc new Works,
 
 [ 56 ] 
 
 fo as to render the Attack on the City more dif- 
 ficult. 
 
 T. Went worth. 
 
 On Board the BorfetJJj'ire- J. Guije. 
 
 Tranfport, Jpri/ 2 , 1 74 1 . 
 
 To Edward Vernon, Efq-, Vice- 
 
 yldmiral of the Blite^ and Com- 
 ■ 7nander in Chief of his Majeftys 
 
 Ships in the Weft- Indies. 
 
 COPY of a Refolution of a Council of 
 War, held on Board the Princefs Carolina, 
 in Carthagena-Harbour, April 3, 1741. 
 
 R. Vernon haviag communicated to us a 
 Reprefentation left with him this Morn- 
 ing by General V/entworth^ fign'd by 
 himfelf and General Guize % 
 
 Your Council of War immediately took the 
 lame into Confideration, and thought it our Du- 
 ty to remind the General, thut what he now de- 
 fired had already been granted, by the Refolu- 
 tion ot our General Council of War of the 30th 
 of March lad, and to acquaint him that proper 
 Orders had been ilfued, and Returns made to 
 them, for having thofe Troops in Readinefs to 
 land after them, and join them whenever they 
 were ready and defirous to have them landed ; 
 and that fince our laft General Council of War, 
 great Advantages had been gained from the Ene- 
 my, by his Majefty's Sea-Forces, having fmce 
 that got into PoflcfTion of Cafiillo Grande^ and 
 put a Garrifon in it, under the Command of 
 
 Capt.
 
 [ 51 1 
 
 Capt. X^/w-zc'/^j, and being likewifc Makers of the 
 oppofice litrle Fort ot ManzitiiHa, and having 
 by the indefatigable Labour and Indtiftry of our 
 Seamen made a Channel through their lunken 
 Ships, and got through two Sixth-Rates, and 
 Capt; KnCiVki's, Ship the IFdxmoulb, fur covering 
 the Bombs, and gbc in the Bomb-ketches to play 
 upon the Town, by which many of the Inhabi- 
 tants have been I'een to retire out of the I'own ; 
 and have likewife got in three Fire-fhtps already, 
 and more are warping in through another Chan- 
 nel made through the Wrecks for warping them 
 lip to Eaftward, to fecure a fife Dclccnt tor the 
 Army within a League ot the Town, which we 
 think every Thing will be ready for To-morrow 
 Morning. 
 
 And as by the Report of Dcfcrters, there is 
 not faid to be above aThoufand or twelve Hun- 
 dred regular Forces for garnfoning the Town of 
 Carlhazena and for St. Lazaro^ and that the Sea- 
 men of the funken Ships are not deemed above 
 a Thoufand more, and a IVLntion of fifteen 
 Hundred Ind'wtns and Blacks belides, as a Mili- 
 tia brought in from the Country, jjdg'd of no 
 Service, all a very infufficient GarnfoHj in our 
 Apprehenfions, for defending fo large a Town, 
 which can Ipare few Troops out of it to oppofe 
 a Dcfcent that will be made under the Command 
 of the Cannon of our Frigates and Firc-fliips, 
 
 We are far from thinking fuch a Number as 
 ^\WQ Thoufand, to be abfolutely necclfary for 
 carrying on this Siege, (tho' we have already con- 
 fented to granting all that has been defir'dj and 
 think a much Icfs Number might be fufficient. 
 
 And that every Thing being prepared for a 
 
 Defcent, we think it would be of Conlcquence for 
 
 his Majsftv*3 Service, to have the Deiccnt made 
 
 I To-
 
 [ 58 ] 
 
 To-morrow, with fuch of theTroops as are alrea- 
 dy [_,0t up, wiiicii, we app: ;hcnd, to be tuffici- 
 cnc for rnakiv^; g'>^-3 -^ L.ii.dinj^ i a.i.l Wu cDtirely 
 agrie wicn the Uc r-ls, aiat it ought to be done 
 with ail poliiole Expedition, that the Enemy 
 ni^y have no Time to raifc new WorJks, fo as 
 to render the Attack on the City moie d.fficult, 
 and are hourly ready to give the Generals all pof- 
 fible Affiilance in it. 
 
 An.i we further think it for h s Majefty's Ser- 
 vice to dittl a Copy ot thefe our unanimous Re- 
 folutions, immediately to be fent to General 
 Ji^entworth. 
 
 Given under ourHan<ifc on board his Majefty's 
 Ship the Princefs Car dm a in Carthagenq-Har- 
 hour, the 3d oi Aprils i74i« 
 
 E. Vernon. 
 C. Ogle. 
 R, Lejtock. 
 
 COPY of a LETT E Kfrom Major- 
 General Wentvvoith, Commander in Chief 
 of pis Majeji/s Land-Forccs employed on 
 the prefent Expedition, to Edward Vernon, 
 Efq-y Vice- Admiral of the Blue, ard Com- 
 mander in Chief of his Majeflfi Ships and 
 Vefjels in the Weft Indies. . 
 
 VorfitJhire'Tranfporti April /^th, 1741. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 WE have jad now ended our Council of 
 War, the Refalt of which is to land as 
 foon a5i p'-ai^icable ; which cannot be 
 before very early Tj-morrow Morning, when wc 
 
 are
 
 [ 59 1 
 
 are in Hopes to be able to pat fourteen Hundred 
 Mtn .^ once an Shore, under the Cominind of 
 Brigadier Blakeney. 
 
 Mr. Wallace, the Bearer, will lay before you 
 the Names of the Tranlports, where the Troops 
 will be cmbark'd, and the Signals on Boaid 
 cacij Ship, ihit your Boats may receive them at 
 the Hour appointed, 
 
 W; depend upon the reft of the Forces being 
 in a Readinefs to fultaiii us, .;s foon as fliall be 
 p aclicable ; the Council of War beir.g unani- 
 mo::fly ot Opinion, that five Thoufand Men 
 wil be no more than necefTary to puili on the 
 A ck with Vigour. I am, with great Friend- 
 Ihip and Erteem, Sir, Yours, 6fr. 
 
 Tboviai IVentworth, 
 
 COPY 0/ J LETTER from Ed- 
 ward Vernon, Efq\ Vice-Admtral of the 
 Blue, and Commander in Chief of his Ma^ 
 jejiys Ships and V.effeh in the Weft- Indies, 
 tf«d(/S/VChaloner Ogle, Knt. Rear-Admiral 
 of the Blue, to Maior-Gcneral Wentworth, 
 Commander in Chief of bis Mnjeftys Land- 
 Forces 'employ d in the prefent Expedition, 
 
 Princefs CaroHha^'m Carthagena-Harhour, April 4, 
 1741. 
 SIR, 
 
 IHavc received yours by Mr. Wallace, be- 
 tween Twelve and One this Day, which 
 gave me, and Sir Chaloner Ogle who was 
 with me, great Pleafure, to find that you had 
 I 2 deterrpinM
 
 ( 6o 3 
 
 f'etermin'd on landing To-morrow Morning by 
 Lkeuk ot Day, as being fully perfuadcd all Dcv 
 l..ys arj grcady prt-judicial to the Succefs of this 
 J- Xpedition, as wc have not only the approach- 
 if g Rains to tear, as the moft fatal Enemy, but 
 aie thereby giving the Enemy Time to be rail- 
 ing Works to obltrutt your Progrefs. 
 
 Mr. (Tu/Iare told us, it was your Dcfire, the 
 Boats of the Fleet Ihould be on Board theTrant- 
 ports tlie Troops were to be landed from, by 
 two o' Clock To-morrow Morning, and we will 
 take care the Boats of each of our Divifions fhail 
 be each divided, under the Care of two Captains 
 from each Divifion, to direc'l the careful Embar- 
 kations of the Troops, hopn the fix Ships he de- 
 fired they m glit be ferch'd from. 
 
 And I have this Evening given Orders to 
 Capt. Knowles of ihtlFejm'.ulb^ who with the 
 three Firc-Hiips and Cruizer under his Orders, is 
 poflcd to coyer the Dcfcent, to make all necef- 
 fary ObJervations for their Service, and to fire 
 upon the Enemy whenever hicmny oblerve thtm 
 to be at Work, and think it will be beft for t lie 
 Boars to rendezvous on Board him, and the Fire- 
 fiiips before Day-light To-morrow Morning, who 
 xy;li bell be able to give them all neceffury In- 
 form;uipn for their making a fecure Defccnt by 
 B;e.ik ot Day, which wc have not the lead Doubt 
 in us, can be done with great Security, even with 
 a much lefs Number than you propofc to 'and 
 with of fourteen Hundred. 
 
 And if any more of your Troops are ready, 
 and you dclirous they fliould be immediately 
 brouL^ht afliore to you, our Officers that com- 
 mmd .It making the Dcfcent, will, at your De- 
 fi e, go iuTmediately and fetch fuch farther Num- 
 karsu.fhore as vou fhall d.-lirc.
 
 [ 6I ] 
 
 We think, if you pufh with Vigour, you canr 
 not fliil of Succefs, which we heartilly wilh you, 
 for the Service of our Royal Mafter, and your 
 own Honour ; and we are, with great Fidelity 
 and Edeem, 
 
 Sir, Yours, ^c. 
 
 E. FernotL 
 
 C. Ogle. 
 
 COPY of another LETTER from 
 Major-Gcneral Wentworth to Vice-Admi- 
 r^/ Vernon. 
 
 Dorjitfhhe-Tranfport^ Jpril 4., 1741. 
 SIR, 
 
 IAm fully perfuaded, that all Delays are dan- 
 gerous, both from the approaching rainy 
 Seafon, and that the Enemy may have no 
 Time to fortify themfelves ; and fliall leave no- 
 , thing in my Power undone, to finifh the Work 
 as foon as may be. 
 
 The Service will require, that the Remainder 
 of the Troops be landed as icon as fliall be pof- 
 fible, not only thofe that were afhore at 'Jerra 
 Bombay but the fifteen Hundred Ainericam, the 
 Remainder of Lord James CavendWs and Col. 
 Bland\ Regiments, and what remained o\ the fix 
 Hundred Marines put on Board ^LiSpitbead, with- 
 out which Reinforcement, the Council of War, 
 (which I have already mention*d) do not think
 
 t 61 ] 
 
 it advifeable to advance againft the Enemy. I 
 am, vvua^rcac Fr.eiJlhip and Elteem, 
 
 Sir, Your molt faithful. 
 
 And obedient Servant, 
 
 Thomas Wentworth, 
 
 CO '^ Y nfn L E T T E Kfrom Major-Ge- 
 neral W.M.wortr*, to Vice ddmiralV^^- 
 non.^ Li Qa^iiita, April 6, 1741. 
 
 Frovi the Head ^'^rter^ at the Qunta, 6tb of 
 Ap lij 1741. 
 
 S / /?, 
 
 IMuit btg the Favour of your AfTiftance, in 
 landing rhe Pickets and Fafcmci j the Mer- 
 chantmc;n*s Boats being all employM in 
 bringing on Shore- the Tents. 
 
 I Ih-ili o nit no IMleilu es to pufh the E'lemy, 
 that this Bufiiiels may be br >ught to a fp-^-dy 
 Conciufion ; could a large Man of War be brought 
 near enough to fire at St. Lazarus^ and if U>a\Q 
 Shells were thrown amongit their Guards, which 
 are polled under the Hill in the Road, I am apt 
 10 believt th- y would be much difcompos'd. 
 
 Part of the A nericans are join'd us ; you will 
 be pleasH ro order that thofe from Mr. Lejiock'% 
 Squadron be landed by the firft Opportunity. 
 
 I am, ^c, 
 
 Thofnas (Ventworth. 
 ^ Admiral Vernon. 
 
 xopy
 
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 COPY o/tf LETTER from Edward 
 Vernon, Efq\ Vice- Admiral of the Blue, 
 and Commander in Chief of his Majejiyi 
 Ships and Vejjels in //?£' Weft- Indies, and 
 Sir Chaloner Ogle, Rear Admiral of the 
 Blue, to Major General Went worth, Com- 
 mander in Chief of his Majcjiys Land-For- 
 ces, employ d on the prefent Expedition, 
 
 Priucefs Caroliria, in Carlbagena-IIari^our, 6th 
 of /Ipriiy 1 741. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 WE have fcnt you this Morninp; the Sol- 
 diers of all Denominations, trom our 
 two Divifions, as you citfir'd, and you 
 will have thofc troin Mr. LefiocJiS To morrow ; 
 which, altogether, are very near hkecn Hun- 
 dred Men i and, according to the Accounts we 
 have, >our Nu.iiber, with the Btack^, will be 
 very netr fix Tnouland j which, being -more 
 than even tnc Nunic>er you thought lufficient, we 
 cannot, but in regard to the ln:t;ircft of our Royal 
 Mafter, and Fricndfhip to you, report what we 
 have otcen mcntion'd to you, that the mod fatal 
 Enemy to t'e apprehended, is trom Delay, ex- 
 p fing your Troops to the approaching Rains. 
 
 And as every Day's Experience has ihewn the 
 Spaniards are an Enemy that cannot ftand being 
 vigoroufly pulh'd, we cannot but advife you 
 againlt flow Proceedings, as what may prove of 
 g e.iteftDctrime it to your Forces ; it being plain, 
 the Enemy are infinitely better provided with En 
 gineers than you, and will have rhr Advanti.gc c 
 you in every thing depcnduj^ on carr) ing 
 
 Work,
 
 [ M ] 
 
 XVorks of that Kind •, and a vigorous PufTi wHl, 
 in our Apprehenfions, be a greater Saving to 
 your Men, and fo intimidate the Enemy, as 
 ipeedily to bring Matters to a fhort IlTue. 
 
 The Gentleman who prepar'd you the lad 
 Plan for your advancing to where you are now, 
 having drawn out another for your entirely in- 
 verting the Town, and cutting off all their Com- 
 munication with the Country, we have thought it 
 for his Majcfty's Service to fend it you enclofed, 
 and cannot but give it as our Advice to you, that 
 no Time fhould be loft in entirely cutting off 
 their Communication, as a Matter of the great- 
 eft Confequence for the fecuring the Succefs of 
 this Expedition. 
 
 And as we have heard the Enemy are framing 
 Lies to fpirit up their People, by giving it out 
 that they had hung out a whire Flag at Bocha 
 Chica Caftle, but that we would not admit any 
 Capitulation ; we are of Opinion, as foon as ever 
 you have entirely inverted the Town, it might 
 not be amifs to fend them a Summons to furren- 
 der, upon the Promife of good Terms, on their 
 immediate furrendring ; and Affurance of no 
 Quarter, if they obliged us to take it by Storm ; 
 a Place they cannot but be fenfible, they are in 
 no Condition to defend ; and that this would be 
 bcft done by the Bearer, or others, who have refu 
 dcd there, aod can fpeak Spanijh, 
 
 We are, with great Friendfhip and Efteem, ^c, 
 
 E. Vernon. 
 C. Ogle. 
 
 P. S, 
 
 I 
 
 1
 
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 P. S. The Pickets and Fafcines fliall be for- 
 warded to you, as you defirc ; buc we hep- you 
 will be Mafters of Si. Lazarus without t-.i^ni 
 To-morrow •, and the Map lent you by Capt. 
 A/' Pherfon will explain to you, how yoa 'iiay 
 cafily this Night furprize and get upon the B.cic 
 of the fafcine Battery they are ercding at the 
 Foot of the Hill » which being of Fullers Eirtn, 
 may be eafily undermin'd, when you arc got to 
 the Foot of it. 
 
 PLAN how to irtve/i the Toian of C.ir- 
 thagcna, towards ike Boguilla. 
 
 TH E large Lake, which lies within two 
 hundred Rices of the i^inta^ is, generally 
 fpeaking, fliallow, elpecially at this Time 
 ot the Year j about two Feet det p in molt Pla- 
 ces, and the deepell Part is not above four or live. 
 There arc three little Iflands within Sight of the 
 i^tifita^ where fome Fifhermen live, and keep 
 their Canoes ; but in every Creek and Corner 
 of the whole Lake, in Time of Peace, fand I 
 fuppofe now) Canoes are to be m^t with. This 
 Lake extends as far as the narrow Neck of 
 Land which leads from St. Catherine^ Gate to 
 Punta Canoe \ and when you are about a Mile 
 and a Half from the Town, the Neck of Land 
 betwixt the Sea and the Lake is not above twenty 
 Paces over, and continues fo, till you arrive ac 
 iht Bo^ a i/ la t fometimes a little more, fomerimcS 
 a little lefs. About half way, or lefs, betvvixc 
 the ^inta and Neck of Land, is a little Gut on 
 the Left Hiind, called El cor.ia de Juan Ingoia^ 
 
 K juil;
 
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 juft broad enough for a Canoe to pafs, but gene- 
 rally lo Ihailow, mat they're oblig,'ci to unload 
 the Canocs, to get tnem over the Shallows ; fo 
 that the Enemy can make no Ufe of this Pafs. 
 
 VVticn you arc Mailers of the Lake, this Gut 
 runs into rne Imall Lake, which comes up within 
 twt nty Paces of St. Catherine*^ Gate, goes round 
 the Towii aod communicates with the Bay : The 
 Boguiila-t wliich is a League from the Town, and 
 a lar^e League from the ^linta by the Lake, is 
 a Gut by wni h the Sea enters into the Lake ; it 
 fo tjctines is quite dry, but that rarely happens. 
 1 i^is fecms tUf proptreft Place for a Settlement, 
 for thccfy CumiMUiiKat.on with the ^linta by 
 Water. i here is always a Serjeant's Guard 
 th.re in Time of Peace : When the City was 
 bom; arded laft Year, I was told there were fome 
 Works railed, and Imall Cannon mounted[-, 
 anil me Guard was augmented to an hundred 
 Men, partly Mill ia, par ly Soldiers. The Pri- 
 fo crs an 1 Dcrfcrtcrs arc not certain in what Con- 
 dition their Works are, if there are no new 
 o cs mii'.lc, the o'd ones are towards the Sea. 
 When you jre within Mu^iket-Shot of the Bo- 
 guiia, ti»e Lake is very fhaliow, but the Bottom 
 is a : goo 1 Sand •, id moft Parts it is Mud, yo* 
 may ^{j over cither wita Paddies or Poles, 
 
 9 9f Y
 
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 COPY of Letter from Major General 
 Wentworth, Cornmander in L bief of his 
 Majeflys Land Forces ernployed on the pre- 
 
 ^ fent Expedition^ to E. Verii* .n, Efq\ Vice 
 Admiral of the Blue, and Commander /'« 
 Chief of bii Majefys Ships and Vejjeh in 
 the Weft- In dies. 
 
 ^ I R, 
 
 I Have here inclofcd to you the Opinion of 
 our Council of War i where you will find, 
 that we look upon the Attack, of Fort St\ 
 Lazarus without a Breach, to be innpra<fl!cab e ; 
 and that we fliall proceed to raife a B.ictery wirn all 
 poflible Exj-edition, when the large Cannon flull 
 be landed. 
 
 ■ The Galliciah being brought to batter at tke 
 fame Time, and the Bombs to pliy into it, 
 would furely have a good Efi^ed: j for I am in- 
 form'd, that their Magazine ot Powder is only 
 cover'd by red Tiles, ^^which appear above the 
 Top) and by Planks. 
 
 I have endeavoured to cut off tlie Communi- 
 cation by the Neck of Land upon the Sea ; but 
 find, that any Guard we fend tiiither, will be en- 
 tirely in the Enemy's Power, it being at too 
 great a D ftance to be luftain'd, befides that we 
 have no Boats to convoy them thither. 
 
 I ment!on*d to Capt. Knowles^ that a Ship ly- 
 ing near the Shores might anfwer the fame End ; 
 at leaft, if it be found neceflary to throw up a 
 Bread-work upon ;he narrow Neck of Land ; 
 Soldiers to be there ported, may be cover'd by 
 the Man ot War. That Communication once 
 cut off, I am entirely of Opinion with you, that 
 
 K 2 a
 
 [ 68 J 
 
 a Summons Ihould be fent to the Vice- Roy, who 
 perhaps might accept of reafonable Terms, ra- 
 ther than come to Extremities. 
 
 The Iiv-lofed was brought me by the Defcrter, 
 whom I now fend on board ; my Secretary un- 
 derrook. to decypher it, and I think has fuc- 
 cecded. 
 
 I am, t?^. 
 
 'Thomas Wcntworth, 
 At the Hpad ^larters at 
 
 La Qjinta, April yth, 
 
 1741. 
 
 At the Head-Barters at La Quinta, A- 
 pril7/^, 1 74 1. 
 
 TH E Council of War having taken into 
 Confiderarion the Report ot Mr. Arm- 
 jlrongy the chief Engineer, and likewife In- 
 telligence receiv'd from Prifoners, it appears to 
 the faid Council of War, that the Walls of the 
 Caftle of St. Lazare cannot be lefs than twenty- 
 five Feet in Height, which is equal to the Length 
 of their longed Ladders -, that there is, befides, 
 a Ditch with Water, and very muddy at the 
 Bottom, fuppofed to be about fifteen Feet in 
 Breadth, and about fix Feet in Dep^h : We 
 therefore, for thefe Reafons, deem it impracticable 
 to fcale the Walls ; and do relolve, with all pof- 
 fible Difpatch, to raife a Battery, in order to 
 make a Breach. 
 
 The Council of War are farther of Opinion, 
 that if the CaftJe was at the fame Time bom- 
 barded fiom the Fleet, and a large Ship brought 
 to baucr, it might greatly facilitate the Succefs. 
 
 Which
 
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 Which Refolution, the Council of War defire 
 their Rcfidenc to communicate to Admiral Ver- 
 non^ by the firft Opportunity. 
 
 TJjo. IVentworlb, 
 
 Wm. Black eney. 
 
 E. IVolfe. 
 
 IV m. Robinfon. 
 
 A. Loivther. 
 J. JVynynrd. 
 L. D. Moreton, 
 John Grant. 
 
 To the Honourable Edward Vernon, Efj; Vice 
 Admiral of his Britannick Majcjlfs Squa^ 
 dron cf the Blue. 
 
 Alny it pleafe your Honour y 
 
 WE loyal Sabjeds of Great Britain^ and 
 Prifoncrs under the I'yranny of Don 
 Bias de Lezo, chief Admiral to his Ca- 
 tholick Mijefty, humbly by the Hand of the 
 Bearer, 3.Turk Prifoner, prefume to acquaint you 
 the Manner and Circumltance of this Town, as 
 far as we are able at prefenc. The Town doth 
 contain fix hundred Men in total, and Hourly the 
 Inhabitants, Soldiers, and Sailors elope, as Op- 
 portunity offers i what through Fear and Hun- 
 ger, Fatigue and hard Ufage, they daily wifh the 
 EngUp-j to enter. Many there be of thofe of 
 other Nations, that upon the Attack leave their 
 Arms, a, id fhc:ter under the Englifh Banner. The 
 Vice-King would have deliver'd up the Town 
 long fince, but to preferve his Honour, that he 
 
 might
 
 [ 70 ] 
 
 might not be charged with Cowardice. \Vc 
 humbly beg you will be cautious of the Mines 
 in the Cadle on the Hill, and the Intrenchments 
 about the Town, for they promife much 111 : 
 There is not halt rhe DifHculty, as doth appear 
 to you ; for in fix hundred iV[cn, not four of 
 them Ihall be equipped with Firc-Arms. We 
 humbly pray God Almighty for your Triumph 
 over your Enemies, and a Releafement to our- 
 felves. 
 
 COPY of a Letter from Vicc-Adtniral 
 Vernon, i^c. a?id Sir Chaloner Ogle, Kuf. 
 to Major-Gencral Weotworth. 
 
 Princefs Carolina^ Carthagena- 
 Harbour^'jthoJ yipriii 1741. 
 SIR, 
 
 Y your Adjutant this Afternoon, I had 
 brought me your Letter of this Day, in- 
 clofing the Rcfolution of a Council of 
 War •, which I immediately took into Con- 
 federation, with S,r Chalo'ier Ogle, Mr. Lejlock 
 being polled at too great a Diliance to be fum- 
 rnoned ; and in JulHticarion to the Advice 
 we gave you, we muft remark to you, that 
 Mr. Point }\ who feemed to dread the fatal Con- 
 fequences of Delay in thefe intemperate Climates, 
 as well as we, took the Refolution of A (faulting 
 without a Breach ; and lodging in the Foot of the 
 Fort, and calling for his Scaling-Ladders, hap- 
 pily fucceeded in his Attempt -, and had the Ene- 
 my been pufhed to the Walls the firft Day, when 
 they fo fcandaloully fled before you, after an Op- 
 portunity
 
 [ 71 ] 
 
 portunity of attacking you at fo much Advan- 
 rage, on your Grenadiers coming out^ oi: the 
 Defile in marching up to your prelent Camp, we 
 imagine your Arms might have been crowned 
 with as glorious a isuccefs. But dread the Con- 
 lequenceof Delays, and think you might fafcly 
 have lodged yourfelvcs ui.der the Foot of iuch 
 high Walls as you mention ; and as we took 
 'Notice of the Hill being Full.-rs Earrh, [hink it 
 might eafily have been mined, and a Breach loon 
 made by it, if the Enemy had ftood to it, which, 
 by their fcandalous Behaviour hitherto, we think 
 they would not. 
 
 As to what you mention of one of the King's 
 Ships being brought to batcer the Fort of Si. Let" 
 zaruSf it cannot but give us the greateft Sur- 
 prize what you iTiould mean by it •, who know 
 the lyexmouth was polled wh-rc flie is now witli 
 other Ships to cover the landing ot your Army, 
 which was done with the greatclt Security to them. 
 The Enemy having by the Fire of our Ships 
 been driven from ail their Intrcnchments, To far as 
 to give your Army a fecure Landing, without 
 having lb much as a Mufquet-Shot fired at them, 
 and the continuing polled within PillolShot of 
 the Shore, has kept fccuring the Country, to fe- 
 cure your Camp from any Attack from the E- 
 nemy ever fincej and with tiie Icail Oblervation, 
 every one cannot but be fenfible, no Ships can 
 be brought to do you more Scivice in the At- 
 tack of St. Lazr.rus tlian flu has already done; 
 and we do believe you cannot but recoiled: what 
 Captain Knowks mcnrion*d to you, that he 
 thought the neareft Place ycu could fed a 
 Bomb- Battery aga rfl St. f.azarus, would be on 
 the Shore within a Piftol-Shot oi his Snip, where It 
 
 may-
 
 [ yz ] 
 
 may foon be done if you fend your Engineers to 
 view it, and they approve it. 
 
 And if your Council of War continue of O- 
 pinion for raifing Batteries to make a Breach a- 
 gainlt fo paltry a Fort as St. Lazarus, let your 
 Engineers compleat their Battery, which is the firft 
 Step, and we will anfwer for it they fhall never 
 v^ait a Minute for the Cannon. 
 
 A Ship and a Sloop are ordered to go off" 
 the Boguilla as you defire, but the Shore running 
 flat off" there, we apprehend the Ship cannot get 
 within Gun-Shot of the Shore, but they will 
 do all that can be done that way ; and we can- 
 not but think you have Troops enough to in- 
 trench a Number of them there, which would 
 effectually cut off" all their Communication that 
 Way, which is all that is wanting entirely to in- 
 vert them. 
 
 The iMortars from the Ketches have been play- 
 ing upon St. Lazarus as well as the Town, which 
 we could very plainly perceive and fhall conti- 
 nue to do fo. 
 
 And as we think it of Importance to pufh for 
 a Breach and getting into Carthagena with all pol- 
 fible Expedition, we have not prefs'd with fo 
 much Diligence the getting tl.c Spanijh Admirars 
 Ship up here, in order to be idle Spectators, 
 but fhall endeavour to encourage and forward 
 the aftivc Zeal of his Majefty*s brave Sailors, to 
 execute our Royal Mailer's Orders with Vigour 
 and Refolution. We are, c?^. 
 
 E. VernoK. 
 
 C. Ogle. 
 
 COPY
 
 [ 7.^ ] 
 
 COPY of a Refolution cf a Council cf 
 War of Land OJficcrs, held at LaQ^iiiK.^i, ' 
 the lotb (?/' April, 1741. 
 
 ^ 
 
 '7E the under written Land-OfBcers, being 
 aflcmblcd in a Council of War, 10 take 
 the prclent State of our Afniirs into Con- 
 fukration, and having duly weighed what Num- 
 bers of Men are neccffary for the oiciaiy 
 Guards of our Camp, do find that ' ur icniuinrng 
 Force is not fuffi.ienc for that Purpofe, mucli 
 Ids for ere^'^ing or guarding any Batteries which 
 may have been propofed ; we thcrctorc think it 
 necefTary to reprelenc to Vice-Adniirai Fc-rach', 
 that if he cannot by his Sailors, not only Cue buc 
 guard, the faid Batteries, the Troops under our 
 Command arc in no wife capable of unJc;:. ik- 
 ing If i and are of Opinion, it wcie fur the ICr.g's 
 Service to defi'l trom the Kntcrpr Z'. as impract;- 
 cable, ar.d to put the Remainder oi ti.e Troops 
 on Board. 
 
 T. TVeniworth^ 
 J. Gu\}(. 
 IF, Blaueney. 
 At the Head Quar- E. F/vife. 
 
 ccrs at La ^in.a^ IV, Rohi/ifGU. 
 
 ^-^on'/ioth, 1741. A Lc-jutbdr. 
 
 J. IVvijard. 
 L. D. More ton. 
 
 COPY
 
 [ 74 ] 
 
 COPY of a Refolution of a Council of 
 War, held on Board bis Majejlys Ship the 
 Piinccfs Cirolina, i?i Cartiiagcna-Harbour. 
 April i2/<6, 1741. 
 
 MR. Vernon having communicated to us 
 the Reprefcntation and Opinion of a Ge- 
 neral Council of War of Land-Officers, 
 dued the loth Inftant, and deiiver'd him Yefter- 
 day, inciofed by General IVentworth, 
 
 ^c the under-written Principal Officers of his 
 Majcdy's Fleet, being afifembled (as foon as 
 Mr. Lejlock could be fummoned to attend the 
 Council of War, from Bocha Chica, where he 
 was polled with his Squadron) have taken the 
 l.ime into mature Deliberation. 
 
 And all the Generals and principal Officers of 
 rhj Army, who are the proper Judges of the 
 Military Operations of the Army, having una- 
 nimouQy agreed in the faid Reprelentation, and 
 drdarcd their Opinion^ that their remaining For- 
 ces are not fufficient for the ordinary Guards of 
 th.:;ir Camp, much lefs for guarding any Batte- 
 ries that may have been propofed ; and having 
 like wife Information, that their Engineers, or 
 pierended Engineers, have declared that they 
 lio not know where to ereft a Battery againft 
 Si. Lazarus^ and the faid Generals and principal 
 Ouicers concluding in giving their Opinion, that 
 it <vill be for the King's Service, to defid from 
 tnc Enterpriz-i* as impradticable, and to put the 
 Kcniiiinder of the Troops on Board. 
 
 And your Council of War further obferving, 
 
 rn.it the Town is not yet entirely invefled by 
 
 i • id, t!to' that was early recommended to the 
 
 ^' \ in a Joint-Letter from Mr. Ver)wn zn^ 
 
 >.fr O^ie, dated the 6ch Inftant, and 
 
 • might,
 
 [ 75 ] 
 
 might, in our Apprehenfions, have been eafily ef- 
 fe(5led by fecuring the Encr.mce from tht^ Lake 
 t/? Zeniga^ into t'ne PafTage cali'd Juan de lugWa, 
 io that the Enemy can thereby dai!y ix^ieivc Slc- 
 cours as the Ship and Sloop polled, as was cie- 
 fired) before the Bogui/ia^ cannot m any fot pre- 
 vent that ; but in our Apprehenfions, jay very 
 eafy to have been prevented, by a Detachment of 
 two Hundred Men from the Army, being in- 
 trenched at that Entrance, from the Lake, which 
 this Reprefentation deprives us of all hopes of ; 
 as the Generals have declared their remaining 
 Forces not fufficient for the ordinary Guards of 
 their Camp. 
 
 The Council of War therefore conceive, there 
 is nothing properly for them to deliberate upon ; 
 but the fiife and honourable Retreat ol the Army, 
 from the further Purfuit ot this Enterprize, that 
 they have given it as their general Opinion to be 
 impradicable. 
 
 And as your Council of War are fully per- 
 fuaded, the Generals will be of Opinion with 
 them, that there ought to be no Thoughts of 
 Embarking the Troops 'till fuch Time as i\\q 
 Train of Artillery, that has been demanded and 
 ii landed, and now on Shore, as was defired, pre- 
 vioufly be re-embarkjd, which as their Engi- 
 neers do not know how to employ, we think, un- 
 lefs they have changed their Sentiments, fliould 
 be the fivii Thing to be re-embarked, and are 
 ready to give all neceflary Orders in it vv^henever 
 the General defires it. 
 
 And the better to cover a Retreat from the 
 Enemy, we thin kthe Bomb-Batteries nowereded 
 at Land fhould be kept playing upon St. Laza- 
 rusy and with the fame View, the Council of 
 War has refolved that the Galiicia (the J ate 5/72- 
 L 2 nijb
 
 [ 7^^ ] 
 
 in/].) Admiral Ship) thar has been preparing fo^ 
 a B.utciy, to Cannonade the Town of Ciii'lha' 
 o^cnciy Ihal! now be dcllinM to bs employed in, 
 Cannonading the Fore of St. Lazarus^ where 
 they cannot p'opofe to themfelves an equal Suc- 
 cefs, from the Flatnefs ot the Shore from that 
 S le, but determine on it, as it may be a good 
 Means for TeLuring a late Retreat to the Ai my, 
 by lier Fire on any Tro(ips coming from the 
 Tow::, and hoped, they fhall be able to get her 
 in, [o batter or -luefday n;;xt. 
 
 An-.t as we conceive, the Generals will think 
 it j)ropcr to draw off their lick and wounded 
 Men rirft, cannot but recommend to have it done, 
 in the ealicil and leaft difcernable Manner from 
 tie linemy ; which we conceive to be, bv hav- 
 ing {irtl fome of the Tranfport-Sliips appointed 
 as Hofpitals lor them, and then to order that the 
 Tranfport-Boats, which carry daily Provifions for 
 the Army, Ihould takeoff, in their daily Return 
 empty, fuch of the Sick and Wounded, as the 
 General Ihould think proper firft to order off, 
 for carrying them on Board the laid Hoipital- 
 Tranfport-Shps-, and that all this fliould be tranf- 
 acted at the Landing-Place cUl'd the B-'€aft- 
 kVork^ where a convenient little Bridge is order- 
 ed to be immediately made for that Purpofei that 
 the Wharf may be kept entirely clear, for the 
 Re-embarkation of the Artillery, which being 
 to be done in great Boats, and the Channel to 
 that being very narrow, we conceive it to be ab- 
 foiutely ncccflkry, th:it no Boats Ihould be admit- 
 ted to come to that Wharf, but thofe employed 
 on that Service, which would otherwifc choak J 
 
 up that Channel, and prevent all Difpatch in that '.. 
 
 moil ncCelTary and honourable Service of a fafe 
 Re-embarkation of our Train. 
 
 And
 
 [ "^7 "I 
 
 And we conceive, now tlv. Cneral will agree 
 with Lis, that no Tnnc lliouid be Joil ici the 
 Minmg or all the Forts we are now in i^orfcflion 
 o , lb as to Jcavc the Harbour of Carlbn^ena 
 quite open and dctencclers, which tlie Council ol 
 War dcfire the cicncraJs to fignify their Senti- 
 ments in, that no Time may be loll, in giving 
 all the neceilary Orders lor it. 
 
 And chcie our unanimous Sentiments and Re- 
 folutions, the Council ol War dcfire may be lent 
 to the General To- Day, that no Tin:e m.iy be 
 loll, in letting about the heavy Woik ot Re-em- 
 barkins; the Train whenever hedefncs ic. 
 
 Given under our Hands on Board his Majefty's 
 S.iip, the Princefs Carolina^ in Catbagaui' 
 Harbour the 12th Day of Jfrilj 1741. 
 
 E. Vermn. 
 C. Ogle. 
 R. Lejlock. 
 
 COPY of tbe Refolution of a C-ouncil of 
 War of Land'Oficers of the 13//? c/" April, 
 1 74 1, and tbe An f vers from Vice- Admi- 
 ral Vernon and 5/rCh doner Ogh thereto, 
 ixith a Letter from Mdjor-GeneralV^G^ni- 
 worth to Fice- Admiral Vernon of the fame 
 Date, and tbe Refolution of a General 
 Council of War, held the 1 4?/^ ^April, 1 74 1 . 
 
 WE the Generals and principal OfHccrs of 
 the Land-Forces, being alTembled in a 
 Council of War, have taken into Con- 
 fideratioR the Opinion of a Council of War, held 
 
 on
 
 I 78 ] 
 
 on Board the PrincefsCarolinci^ April 12th, by 
 Admiral Vcrnon\ and cannot but oblerve, with 
 the greatcd Surprize, that the Qtiery in our Re- 
 prcfcntation to him of 'he i icli, relating to a 
 Number of Sailors requifite forraifing, ferving, 
 and guarding the Batteries fuppofcd to be requi- 
 ^Ai'i. lor reducing Fort 5"/. Lazarus-, fliould be 
 pafTcd over in Silence ; which appears to us the 
 more extraorJinary, as his Majclly haih parti- 
 cularly mentioned in his Infl:ru(^tions, that Batte- 
 ries, if required, fhould be Mann'd from the 
 Fleer, which being abfolutely neceflary in our 
 prtient Circumftances, we prefume that Admiral 
 Vernon cannot fpare the proper Numbers from 
 the Service of his Ships, without whofe Affilt- 
 ance, we again repeat, that we deem this En- 
 terpnze to be impradiicable. 
 
 We cannot conceive what is meant by a Charge 
 of Negkd: in our not cutting off the Communi- 
 cation of the Enemy with the Country, on the 
 Side of the Lake, a L-etter having been writ to 
 Admiral Vernon on that Subjecf, April the 7th j 
 as likewife a Meffage fent to him by Captain 
 Knowles, fignifying to him, that a Body of Sol- 
 diers Hiould be fupplied to intrench themfelves 
 u,>on the narrow Neck of Land lying between the 
 Lake and the Sea, provided they could be vidfual- 
 ed and cover'd by Ships of Force fent to lye near 
 them, to which no Anfwer was given. 
 
 Without being fo fupported, fending out Men 
 to poft ihemfelvcs where they could not be fuf- 
 tain'd from the Camp, would have been facrific- 
 ing them to the Enemy, and a6ting direftly con- 
 trary to common Prudence, as likewife to the 
 Rules of War. 
 
 We are entirely of Opinion, that the Artillery 
 iliould be embarked, as foon as may be, and 
 
 defire
 
 [ 79 ] 
 
 ddfire that Admiral Vernon will be pleafed to give 
 proper Direclions for that Purpofe, txcepting 
 the Mortars at the Battery, which we ihinkfhould 
 be continued on Shore, till near the Time of 
 embarking the Troops. 
 
 Proper Meafures were taken Ytfterday, for 
 fending the Sick and Wounded on Board, great 
 Part o\ whom we believe to be embarked in the 
 fcveral Tranfports appointed to receive them. 
 
 It the Galiicid can be got ready in any rcalon- 
 able Time, for firing upon the Caftle of S/, La- 
 zarus^ when the Troops are embarking, it can- 
 not, we believe, fail of having a good EiTc6t ; 
 and if fome fmall Ships were placed near their 
 Shore, to be ready to fire at the fame Time up- 
 on the Enemy with the Grape-Sliot, in cale they 
 fhould attempt to incommode us, may, we are 
 of Opinion, be of great Ulc. 
 
 We think itablblutely ncceflary, that the Forts 
 fhould be difmantled btefore we leave the Har- 
 bour, and that the fooner it is performed the better. 
 
 A frelh Rcafon offers for tl^e Em.barkation ot 
 the Troops as foon as pradlicable, our Supplies 
 of Water being fo near exhaufted, that they will 
 karce lafl above two Days longer. 
 
 T. IVent worth. 
 y. Guife. 
 IV. Bhukeney. 
 At the Head Quar- E. Wolfe- 
 
 ters at La ^inla, W. Robinfon. 
 
 Jp'il I ^thy 1 74 1. A. Lowtber. 
 
 J. IVmyard. 
 L.D. Mere ton. 
 
 ANSWER
 
 ( 8o ] 
 
 AN S VV E R to the foregoing Reprc- 
 jentatioji^ 
 
 ^ Eneral IVerdwortb hav-mg ^y his Aid de 
 ~ Camp fent Mr. Vernon ii^Jofed a Paper 
 figncd by all the Gcfneral Cheers, he im- 
 mediately fcnc tor Sir Chafoner 0^/(?|^to commu- 
 nicate the fame to him ; and as cM^ Contents 
 fcem'd to require a fpeedy Anfwcr, >v0 the two 
 principal Officers of his Majcfty's Fleetjelblv-'d 
 DOC to lofe fo much Time, as fending for Mr. 
 Lgjhck would take up, but to return an imme- 
 diate Anfwer. 
 
 An Qbjecftion is made to no Notice being 
 taken*gj^. Part of" their Reprefentation of the 
 io:h fiSSht, That if Admiral Vernon cannot by 
 his Sailors not only fire, but guard the faid Bat- 
 teries, the Troops under their Command were in 
 no wile capable of undertaking it. 
 
 When the General was on board himfelf the 
 loth, he having faid the Engineers knew of no 
 proper Place to erect a Battery againft St. Laza- 
 rus., and the General being then told by Mr. 
 Vernon., that whenever any B.ictery was raifed, he 
 would fupply M^-n to mount the Guns and ply 
 the Battery •, we cannot conceive, what Anfwer 
 could have been made to guarding and fupplying 
 vH B.ittcry, that does not appear to have been in- 
 teiided to be erefted \ and how could we conceive 
 it fliould, when it was declared, they had not Men 
 necellary tor the ordinary Guards ot tncir Camp ; 
 11 nd have never faid, even in this lall Paper, 
 fign'd by them, that any Piace is fix'd on for 
 ered;ing a B;tteryj and in his it is only called a 
 Battery fuppofcd to be neccifary, though r,ow the 
 D"ma:;d is extended to Numbers ot Men tor 
 railing a Buttery, a Science no Seamen can be 
 
 fuppofcd
 
 [ 8r ] 
 
 fuppofcd to be educated to, or proper to under- 
 take. 
 
 But if the General wants to have thofc Ports 
 fccurcd, recommended tor invelting the Town, 
 we have no Djificulty to undertake to cut off the 
 Communication by our Seamen, it they will pu(h 
 on a Siege in form, and to fupply Seamen to 
 mount the Guns, and fire them, or lend them 
 Men upon a htorm on a Breach, which S.iilors 
 are proper for, but cannot b^ trullcd in Encamp- 
 ments. 
 
 Capt. Knowlc^s Account of the MelTage he 
 was lent with to Mr. Vernon^ and the Ani\\er he 
 gave to it, and the Orders given to Capt. Cuiv^er 
 the io:h inftant, ro victual the Soldiers on t.ie 
 Bogui.la Guard, are a tull Anfwer, that every 
 thing was done as Mr. IVentivcrth had defned in 
 th.it ielpe(ft, that Ship and a Sioup now riding 
 otf tJieie for that Purpole. 
 
 Bat this Part being only tlrj Preamble, what 
 are we to conclude, when v/c come to 'he Decla- 
 rative Part of your Opinion, That the Arti.'!ery 
 fhould be embarked as foon js may be •, and de- 
 fircthat Admiral yernon vvi!! be pleafed to give 
 proper Dircdions tor that Purpole. 
 
 And then add a frelh Reaiun for the Em- 
 barkation of the Troops as icon ;'.s practicable, 
 the Supplies of Water being fo near exhaufU-d, 
 that they will fcarce lad above two Days Lnger. 
 
 Such inconfiilent R. pref.nt .t;ons cannot but 
 greatly perplex us to give a p ooer Anfwer to. 
 
 But a Zeal for his Majciry^ Service inclines 
 us to d^ all in our Power to fujiport the G(.nt- 
 rals in any thing they can reafonably dtfirc of 
 us • but from their R.^p^'elertatiott, for Fear oi noc 
 having Time honourably to embark the Artil- 
 lery, think irnceefTary to give the Orders they dc- 
 M fire.
 
 [ 8i ] 
 
 fire, for the fpeedy Embarkation thereof, that 
 there may be Time for it, before their "Water is 
 expended. 
 
 But the Bearer, Capt. Watfon^ has Dircftions 
 not to give any Orders in it, if they judge it prac- 
 ticable to carry on the Siege, and will make us 
 any reafonable Demand for what they may want 
 for that Purpofe : And therefore, we dcfire the 
 General will give his verbal Orders to the Bearer, 
 Capt. IVatfon, for proceeding in the Embarka- 
 tion, or delaying it. 
 
 Given under our Hands, on board his Maje- 
 fty's Ship the Princefs Carolina^ in dirtha- 
 ^tf«^ Harbour, the 13th of Jpril, 1741. 
 
 E. Vernon, 
 C. Ogle, 
 
 Captain Knowles'i Declaration of the Mef- 
 J'age he receivd from General Wentworthj 
 and Admiral Vernon'i Anfwer to it, 
 
 N the loth of April in the Afternoon ^ 
 Capt. K?2owles declares he receiv*da Mcf- 
 fage from the General, relating to the hav- 
 ing the Troops he intended to fend to the Bo- 
 piiUa, viftualled on board the Man of War 
 which was appointed to lay in Punta-Canoe Bay ; 
 which MelTage he put down with a Pencil in his 
 Focket-Book, and as foon as he went on board 
 Admiral Vernon^ deiiver*d it, and took likewife 
 down the Admiral's Anfwer; which was, That 
 hedefired his Compliments to the General, and 
 that the Ship (hould have Orders to vidual any 
 
 Troops
 
 [ S5 ] 
 
 Troops he would pleafe to fend^ and Boats fhould 
 be ready to attend to carry them, whenever ; ..■ 
 General fhould think proper; and rrioiccv.r, 
 that a Canoe fhould be fitted with Ojr% Swivrl 
 Guns, i^c. proper to fend round the Like on 
 any Enterprize the General ih :u]d think fit : 
 Which Anfwcr of the AdmiraPs Cap;. Kmwks 
 delivered the Morning before he went up to Lz 
 Popa^ to view the Enemy's S.jntion, and look 
 out for a Place for ereding a B:?rtery againft 
 them. 
 
 Charles Knoiules. 
 
 COPY of an Order from Vice Admiral 
 Vernon to Capt. Cowper, Commander of 
 bis Majejiys Ship the Dunkirk. 
 
 By Edward Vernon, Efq\ Vice-Aimiral of the 
 Blue, and Commander in Chief of his Majefly^s 
 Ships and Vejfels in the Weft- Indies. 
 
 WHereas the Boguilla Guard will be placed 
 fo far from the Army and Tranfpori Ships, 
 that they cannot convenientiy be victual- 
 led from thence : 
 
 You are hereby required and diredled to order 
 your Purfer to vidtual, as you do your Ship*s 
 Company, the Guard placed at the BoguiUay 
 during the Time of your being ftation'd there i 
 for which this Ihall be your Warrant. 
 
 M 2 Given
 
 [ 84 ] 
 
 Given under my Hand, on bo.\rd his Maicft:) 's 
 
 Sii ''' 'lif '^nticrfs Carolvia in Carthagtna 
 Harboui, ui.a lOih oi' yjpril ly^i. 
 
 E. Vcrnoi:. 
 
 To Capt. Cowper, Commaufier 
 of 'hs aje/iy's Ship the 
 Duiikiik. 
 
 By Command of the Admiral. ' 
 
 IVm. Pearfe. 
 
 C O '^ Y rf a Letter from Major^General 
 VVciuworth, to Vice- Admiral Veinon. 
 
 \ S the prefcnt Situation of Affairs requires 
 j^^^ that wc fhould come to fomc fpeedy Re- 
 folution, I am dcfir'd by the General OHi- 
 cers and Colonels now prelenc, to inform you, 
 that to bring M alters lo a fhort IfTue, they think 
 a General Council of War, conipofed of Sea 
 and Land Officers, fhould b; fummon'd To- 
 morrow, (if you pleafe to appoint the Hour, on 
 board the Pr'wcefs Caroiirir we will attend,) 
 where every thing maj c^^^i^ly and candidly 
 ftated, and f'uch Refolutions taken as may be 
 bell for his MajeUy's Servict.-. 
 I am, ific. 
 At La k^iintay April 'Tbomai Wetitworih. 
 
 the 13th, 1741. 
 
 At 
 
 « I
 
 [ 85 ] 
 
 At a General Council cf War, held on Beard 
 bis Majcjlys Ship the Princefs Carolina, 
 071 Tuefdriv the i^th of April 1741, at 
 the Requeji of General Wcntworth. afid 
 the Generals and Colonels^ as mentioned in 
 his Letter of the i^th^ jrom hii Camp at 
 La Quinta. 
 
 TH E Generals having reprcfented to the 
 Council of War, that the remaining Num- 
 ber of Troops in the C.mp, are omy three 
 Thoufand five Hundred and fixty-lcvcn Riitc- 
 . tives, this 14th ot\v*^rz7, 1741. 
 
 That the Placf propofed by the Engineers for 
 raifmg Cannon -B.uteries (on which nothing is 
 yet begun) neither promifes for effectual Service, 
 nor being compleed within a reafonable Time, 
 as they judge a Fortnight to be the leaft. 
 
 That there will be no Water near the Camp, 
 . for the Army, after To-morrow. 
 
 That the Troops are daily afflid:ed with fall- 
 ing fick, by great Numbers, which is each Day 
 «ncreafing more than other. 
 
 And tha: they are therefore of Opinion, there 
 is" no Profpecl of carrying on a Siege againlt a 
 Town of fo great an Exrent as Canbagena^ un- 
 der fuch Circumllances, with any Profpedt of 
 Succefs. 
 
 The Council of War taking the General's Rea- 
 foQS into mature Deliberation, unanimoufly agree 
 with the Generals, that, in fuch Circumllances, 
 it will be moft for his Majefty's Service, to defifl 
 from the farther Purfuit of this Enterprize. 
 
 That the Artillery fhould be embarked with all 
 pofliblc Expedition. 
 
 That
 
 [ 86 ] 
 
 That as foon as- the Train is fafely (hipped of, 
 they fhould begin embarking the Troops ; and 
 that it would be advifable to keep the Bomb- 
 Batteries playing to amufe the Enemy, till the 
 Artillery is embarked, and to have the Gallicia 
 got in to cannonade and annoy the Enemy. 
 
 And that all the Caftlcs in our Pofiefllon ought 
 to be mined and blown up as foon as pofilble, 
 after the Embarkation of the Troops, 
 
 That the Harbour of Carthagena might be 
 left an open Harbour, and entirely defencelefs. 
 
 And as they may daily exped to hear from 
 England^ and receive frefh Orders from his Ma- 
 jelly, it is thought proper to fufpend all further 
 Reiblutions till thcfe our Refolutions are put in 
 Execution, when another General Council (hall 
 be held, to determine on our future Operations. 
 Given under our Hands, on board his Maje- 
 fty's Ship the Princefs Carolina \n Carthu" 
 ^ena-Harhoufy this 14th of Aprils 1741. 
 
 E. Vernon. 
 C. Ogle. 
 R. Lejlock. 
 Tho. fVentworth. 
 J, Gutfe. 
 Win. Blackeney^ 
 Wm. Robinfon. 
 J. Hemington, 
 
 An ACCOUNT of the Landing-Places 
 mar the Town of Carthagena, March 29, 
 1741. 
 
 I Cannot give any particular Account of the 
 landing Places to the South of Manfanilla- 
 Caftle, but I believe the neareft is Cavallos^ 
 wh-rc I have often been by Land j it is reputed 
 
 three 
 
 i
 
 [ 87 ] 
 
 three (hort Leagues from Carthagena^ a pretty 
 good Road at this Time of the Year, but gene- 
 rally narrow, a Horfc-Path only till you arc 
 within two Miles of the Town, where you come 
 into the Road of the Texar de Gracia. 
 
 The Texar de Gracia lies juft within the Alan- 
 fam/la-C3.i\\c upon the lame Ifland, and com- 
 municates with the Land by a Wooden Bridge ; 
 about three Yards over the Landing- Place is 
 clofe by the Houfe, the Barges of the Spamjh 
 Men of War (which, 1 believe, draws more Wa- 
 ter than our Twelve Oar Boats) come up to the 
 Landing-Place without Difficulty. This Texar 
 is about a Freyich League from the Town \ it 
 IS a Coach-Road all the Way •, the firll Mile 
 very narrow, juft Room for a Carriage; Wood3 
 on each Side : After a Mile going, you come 
 into an Opening both to the Right o^d L.cir, 
 fer above half a Mile further j the Woods on 
 the Right being about twenty Paces from the 
 beaten Path, and the Bay lyes on the Left, low 
 manglar Bufhes intervening, which may be leen 
 over, and grow in fliallow Water, which is 
 ^deeper or (hallower as the Tide is in or out ; 
 the Difierence of the Tide betwixt two and 
 three Foot perpendicularly ftrait ; when you 
 are near to the End of this open Road, the great 
 Road from all the Country inward joins it i and 
 a Hundred Paces further, you come to a nar- 
 row Pafs, fcarce broad enough for two Coach- 
 es to pafs ; on the Left a Houfe and a Brickkiln, 
 called Cavallos 5 the Brick-kilns in this Country- 
 are large Buildings, cover'd with Pantiles, where 
 they dry and burn their Bricks j this narrow Pafs 
 continues above a Hundred Paces, and then you 
 have another Opening for about three Hundred 
 Paces, and then you have another Opening for 
 
 about
 
 [ 88 j 
 
 about tliree Hundred Paces more ; in this Open- 
 ing are cwo Roads, that to the Left, which is 
 called Lofanos^ goes to a Brick-kiln and an Or- 
 chard •, tne Orchard is full oi Cocoa Trees ; you 
 difcover from thence, at a little more than a Quar- 
 ter of a Mile, the Caftle of St. Lazaro, or St. 
 felipe de Beraxas ; but the Cocoas are lb thick, 
 that you cannot be leen Irom St. Lazaro -, in this 
 Orchard is a Brick-houle ; the Road to the right 
 Hand is the high Road, in which you have two 
 narrow Palles, of a Hundred Paces each, both 
 at the Foot of the Popa^ and then you join the 
 private Road by the Brick-kiln and Orchard, and 
 come into an open Plain, where you difcover, 
 and are difcovcr'd by St. Lazaro^ which lies on 
 an Eminence about two Hundred Paces from the 
 outer Gate of Ximenis which is called the Media 
 Luna, or Halr-jMoon. About a Hundred and 
 Fifty Paces before you come to the Bottom of the 
 Hill ol St. Lazaro, there is a Bye-Road on the 
 right Hand, which is cover'd from the Caftle in- 
 ditfcrentiy well byBufh-Wood for about a Quar- 
 ter of a Mile, and then you come into an open 
 Plain, at the End of which, a little more than a 
 Quarter of a Mile from the Calile, is a fmall Hill, 
 which feems properly fituated for making a Bat- 
 tery againft the Town and againll the Caftle : 
 A new Work which appears on the North-Side 
 of the Caflle, was, I luppofe, made on purpofe 
 to prevent any Advantage being made of this ri- 
 fing Ground ; from hence is a good Road, part- 
 ly open and partly mclofcd, to the narrow Neck 
 of lyand which leads to St. Catherine^ Gdic, on 
 the Sea-fide about Midway you muft pals a Wa- 
 ter about thirty Paces over, and generJly Uj.) to 
 the Horfc*s Girrhs ; this Neck of Land and the 
 high Road abovsmention'd, are the ^-nly great 
 
 Entrances,
 
 [ 89 ] 
 
 Entrances into the City, and tlie only praftls'^ 
 Communication betwixt thcfc: Roads is under St. 
 Lazaroy either the Bye- Way I have defer ibed, or 
 betwixt St. Lazaro and the Town, which is very 
 open, and into which the Bye-Way enters belore 
 you come to the riling Ground bctore delcnb'd. 
 I know it is very eafy to open a Communication 
 betwixt them on tlie further Side of the great 
 Lake ; the illicit Traders ofcen carry their Goods 
 that Way for the greater Security, but take care 
 to make no beaten Path. Befides, the two Land 
 Gates abovemention'd, there is a litde Gate to 
 the Eaitward of St. Caiherwe*s, which was never 
 openM in our Time, tilJ the Year 1739, or 40, 
 and then for the Convenience, as I was told, of 
 the Inhabitants on that Side the City, for the 
 more eafy carrying out Rutbifli, fift-. there is 
 no Path from this Gate, I believe, further than to 
 the Lake by St. Catherine's Gate. 
 
 The next Landing-Place to the Texiir de Gra- 
 ciasy which is icfs than half a Mile nearer the Ci- 
 ty, and m the fame RoaJ is B^'/que ; about h ilf 
 a Mile nearer is another called /Jf/hia % this isj'.ilt 
 at the End of the narrow Pait of the Ro.;d. 
 There is ap.other Landing- Place half a Mile near- 
 er, which belongs to the ^rintay but is fome- 
 what difficult to Bnd, it lying through fome ftr:iit 
 Channels among the Mar.vrives ; it is jult oppo- 
 fite to where the great Road joins the Road trom • 
 the Texar deGracia. B':fqiie, /I'.froia^ ^linla, and 
 Lofano are very fine Ciil:erns forWa:cr, but at this 
 Timeot Year they are generally very low ; at 
 Bofque is a deep Well, but I know not whether the 
 Water be good : There is another Well under the 
 Popa to the Southward, which 1 know is good. 
 
 To cut off all Communication by tlie great 
 Road to the City, mufl: be by a Line froui the 
 
 N Lake
 
 [ 90 ] 
 
 Lake to the Bay, which is about a Quarter of a 
 Mile i the Road is narrovy and mollly throug,h 
 a Wood. 
 
 COPY of a LET TEV. from Edward 
 Vernon, Efq\ Vice-Ad??nral of the Blue^ 
 and Commander in Chief of bis Mnjeftyi 
 Shipi arid Vcffels in the Weft- Indies, to his 
 Excellency Don Sebaftian dc Eriava, Vice- 
 King of Santa Fe. 
 
 7\^IoJl Excellent Sir, 
 
 AS 1 am perlwaded it will be a Pleafure to 
 your Excellency to give Relief to fuch of 
 your Royal Matter's Subjects as are Prifo- 
 ners with us, as it will to me for thofe of my 
 Royal Mafler'i. Sabjeds that are Prifoners with 
 you, IbiTie of which, I have learn'd, have been 
 lb for fome Time, and not under very humane 
 Treatment •, but that, I am perfjided, is only 
 for Want of your Exceilency's being inl'orm'd 
 of it. 
 
 I have fcin one of my Captains to propofe an 
 Exchange oi Prilbners to your Excellency. I be- 
 lieve I have a Number fufficient here, to exchange 
 ag^infl what your Excellency may have of ours; 
 but if not, I can loon make the Numbers up 
 fi'om Jamaica, and ihall not fail to fend them, 
 wherever your Excellency defires •, with my bed 
 Wifhes for your Excellency's Health, lam, 
 
 Moll Excellent Sir, 
 Princefs Cnrolif?a,Car- 
 thager.a-Harhoury Your EA:ellency's, i^c. 
 A^r-l i7ch, 1741. 
 
 K. Vernot,
 
 [ 91 ] 
 
 ^TRANSLATION of a LET- 
 T E Kfrorn his Excellency Dm Scbaftian 
 de Erl;.va, Vice-Ki7jg 0/ Santa Fe, to Vice- 
 Admircl Vernon. 
 
 Mcfl Excellent Sir, 
 
 YEfterday I received your Excellency's Fa- 
 vour of the lame Date, in which you are 
 pleafcd to propofe to me an Exchange of 
 the Prifoneis of the King my Mafter, with thofc 
 of his Britanmck Majedy j I am glad of the Oc- 
 cafion to fhew your Excellency my Readinefs to 
 con^piy with your Rcquefts, and at the fame 
 Time, to give the refpedive Subjects the Satis- 
 fadion of returning to their own Bodies ; but I 
 aflure you thufe who have been Prilbners in this 
 City have vvanred for nothing, as Officers and 
 Soldiers c.ia tclbiy » and if they have not been 
 all attended witli equal Care, your Excellency 
 may be perfwaded any fuch Negled; never came 
 to my Knowledge. 
 
 A Lift of the Numbers of Prifoners with Di- 
 (linclion of the Sick and Wounded accompanies 
 this i all which fhall be lent To-morrow (except 
 fuch as may receive Prejudice by bjing moved) 
 in the Manner that fhali be agreed upon by the 
 Officers appointed for chat Purpofe on both Sides \ 
 and as to compleating the Number, an Account 
 fhall be made on each Side, reftgring, bona fidcy 
 the Prifoners, which fhould be made to remain •, 
 according to the Cuftom of War, and eftablifK'd 
 Practice ot the Armies in Europe. 
 
 God preferve, i^c. 
 April iS/^, 1741. 
 
 Sebajiian de Erlava. 
 
 N2 copr
 
 [ 92^] 
 
 COPY of another L ET T E Kfro?n Vice-, 
 Admiral ' Vernon, to the Vice-King of 
 Santa Fc. 
 
 JMoJl Excellent Sir, 
 
 IWas favoui*d with your Excellency's Letter 
 Yc'lerday, exprelliug, as I expeded from 
 
 your Excellency's humane Dilpofuion, a Plea- 
 fure in mutually giving that Relief to the Sub- 
 jects of our Royal Mailers, that the Laws of 
 Arm.s would permit us. 
 
 - By Cuptain Rentone, I fent on that Service, I 
 learn'd the three wounded OlTicers we had Pri- 
 foners with you are dead, and the drunken Fool, 
 your Excellency calls a Captain, I btrlieve you 
 will not efleem one, when I acquaint your Ex- 
 cellency, he was only appointed by the Gover- 
 nor of Jamaica a temporary Officer, to com- 
 mand Negroes, fent for doing the Labour of 
 the Army, to preferve them, in thefe intempe- 
 rate Climates. 
 
 The others you have defired are fent, and even 
 a greater Num'jer than your's amount to ; and 
 for the Officer you defired, and is fent to 7^- 
 mdca^ if you are defirous in having him with 
 you, I fnall make no Difficulty in obliging your 
 Exrellency in that too, if you dtfire ir^ ^hd 
 fcnu him you by fome of my Cruizers. 
 
 And I have fent you for a Prefent likewife all 
 the Padres, for by being taken on the^Scas, they 
 -are by all Sea Cartels, as liable to Imprifonment, 
 'till Exchange, as any other Perfon ; and as Six 
 cf thefe, the Fathers o\ St. Juan de Dios, are u fed 
 to attend the Sick of your Army and Fleet, they 
 are'in lb me Sort a Military Order, and that at 
 this Time was of Weight with mc, m the detain- 
 ing
 
 [ 93 ] 
 
 ing tliem j but as I fliall always have a Pleafurc 
 in paying a Refped to Perfons, who profefs to 
 dedicate their Services to the Almighty, I take 
 a Pleafure in prefenting your Excellency with 
 their Liberty. It any of our Wounded arc not 
 fit to come now, your Excellency's AfTurance to 
 return them, by one of my Cruizers, will be fuf- 
 ficient. 
 
 I hear a Mate and three Men belonging to one 
 of my Ships at PaJJ'ci-Cav alios were feized as they 
 were getting Water; confidering the CompafTion 
 I have fliewed to the Country in prefcrving all 
 their Buildings, I think that ought not to have 
 been pradifed; I dcfire they may be returned mc 
 without foiil, and hope they will not be fo impru- 
 dent as to make any more fuch Attempts, for 
 fear of the Confequences : And with my bed 
 Wiilies for your Excellency's Health, and long 
 Enjoyment of it, I am, isc. 
 
 E. Vernon, 
 Princefs Carolina, in Car- 
 
 thagena-Harbour, April 
 
 i^th, 1 74 1. 
 
 TRANSLATrONc/j;2c/y^£'r LET- 
 T E R from the Vice Ki?jg 0/ Santa Fe, 
 to Vice- Admiral Vernon. 
 
 M(jjt Excellent Sir, 
 
 I Have juft received the Favour of your Ex- 
 c^:llency's Letter of this Dare, and I acknow- 
 ledge n^.yfelf obliged to your Excellency 
 for the Favour you ha/e done me in fending all 
 the Prifoncrs, Subjcds of the King my Maftcr, 
 
 including
 
 [ 94 I 
 
 including thofe of the religious Order of ^/. ^Juan 
 de Diost according to Stipulation. 
 
 A Captain who is ftationed in the Country ad- 
 vifes me, that four Sailors are taken belonging to 
 your Excellency's Squadron ; 1 iuppofe they are 
 the fame, which your Excellency fays were tak- 
 ing in Water at Pafa Cavallos ; I fhall order 
 them to be reflored fo foon as they arrive, and i 
 
 fhall reprimand thof^ who took them, who, as \ 
 
 they are Country People, are incapable of diftin- 
 guilhing what ought to be pradifed in Matters re- i 
 
 iating to War. ' 
 
 I return your Excellency my Thanks for, and 
 accept the Offer you make me of lending from 
 Jamaica the Officer taken in the Frigatt; which 
 came from Porio Belio ; and if at the Time he 
 arrives, there lliould be any Prifoners here, I Hiall 
 return them, being defirous on all Occafions, 
 and all Time?, to correfpond with your Excel- 
 Jency's Politenefs, and am glad of the prcfent 
 Opportunity to afTure you of my Wifhcs to 
 fcrve you. 
 
 God preferve you, (Xc. 
 April 19th, 
 
 1 74 1. Sehajl'tan de Erlava, 
 
 COPY of another L E T T E K from Vke^ 
 Admiral Vernon, to the Vice-Kin^ ^San- 
 ta Fe. 
 
 Mofl Excellent Sir, 
 
 I A M favour'd with your Excellency's Let^ 
 ter of the 30th, N. S. and thank your Ex- 
 cellency for the Sailors you lent, and the 
 Orders you have given. 
 
 The
 
 I 95 ] 
 
 The young Cadet being fent mc up from Eo- 
 cha Chkd laft Nighu, I have fenc him your Hx- 
 cellent) this Morning, by Captain Rentone^ and 
 fhall have aPlcafure in obliging your Excellency 
 by fending you from Jamaica^ the Officer taken 
 in the Frgate coming from Forio Bello. 
 
 I afTurc your Excellency, I am pcrfwaded, it is 
 both the Inclination ot my Royal Mafter, and 
 all his Subjects, to live well with the 6'/'^;7i/Z' Na- 
 tion ; and as I believe it is the mutual Intereft 
 of both Nations fo to do, I am glad of all Oc- 
 cafions in my Power to contribute to reftore that 
 good Underftanding that has in many Ages fub- 
 filted to the mutual Advantage of both. 
 
 With my befb Wifhes for your Excellency's 
 good Health, and long Enjoyment of it, 
 
 I am, (^c. 
 Princefs Carolina, /;/ Car- 
 thagena- Harbour, April E.Vernon. 
 
 2l/i, I 741. 
 
 TRANSLATIO No/ ^LETTER 
 
 from the Vice-King of Santa Fe to Vice- 
 Admiral Vernon. 
 
 Moft Excellent Sir, 
 
 BY Captain Rentone^ who brought the Ca- 
 det Prifoner, I received yoar Favour oi 
 Yefterday5and return you repeated Thanks 
 for your generous Behaviour and diftinguifhed 
 Attention, of which you have given fo many 
 Proofs. 
 
 Some Sea-Officers, Friends of thofe who were 
 taken in the GalHcia, and fenc to London^ hav« 
 
 defired
 
 t 96 ] 
 
 defired Leave to write to them, and now fend 
 the Letters open to Mr. Ord, that he may for- 
 ward them ; they go open, that it may be mani- 
 feft they are only intended to procure the above- 
 mentioned Prifoners Letters of Exchange j as 
 this will neceffarily be of great Rel.ef to them, I 
 make no doubt your Excellency will permit the 
 Execution. 
 
 I repeat the great Defires I have to ferve your 
 Excellency, ^c. 
 
 Sehajlian de Erlava. 
 
 April 22, 1741. 
 
 COpy^/^ LETTER from Major- 
 General Went worth, Commaitder in Chief 
 cf his Ma je/iys Land- Forces employed on 
 the pnfent Expedition^ /o Edward Vernon, 
 'Eifqi Vice- Admiral cf the Blue ^ and Com' 
 ■maruUr in Chief of his Majeftfs Ships a?td 
 Vejj'ds in the Wefl-Indies. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 .\ S the Artillery will all be embarked thjs 
 Evening, excepting one Mortar, which 
 lliall come oPi with the advanced Guard -, 
 we propolc to get the Troops on Board To-mor- 
 row in the Evening, wl.ich becomes hourly more 
 Jic>:ciT.iry., kventy-fix having fickened and died 
 finct Yefterday bdides Officers. 1 have inclofed 
 a Pian for Embarkation, :f you approve of it, 
 or Ihall make any Alteration, you will be pleafed 
 figrdfy to me as foon as may be in a Readi- 
 neis againd the Time. 
 
 If you defire any Soldiers with Arms to be put 
 on board the Ships you propofe for covering our 
 
 Em-
 
 [ 97 ] 
 
 •Embarlcation, I will, when I iliall know th^ 
 Number required, order them to be in Reatlincis* 
 •when Boats (hall come to receive them. 
 I am, ^L, 
 
 7" bo. IVen,woni>. 
 At the Head-Quarters at 
 La ^arLi, J^ril 15. 
 1741. 
 
 COPY of a LETTER frovt Vice^ 
 Admiral Yanon^ to Major-GencralWtnx.- 
 worth, ^c. 
 
 S I R, 
 
 I Have jufl: now rereivM yours by Mr. Jfal- 
 lop ; and all the Boats of our two Divifions 
 fhall be to attend the Embarkation of the 
 Troops at Nine To-morrow Eveni .g, as you 
 defiie, which you know can't be embarked at 
 once i and I think the firfl Detachment to be 
 embarked from where the Cannon was fhipped 
 off, fhouid be of no more than three hundred ; 
 and they to be immediately put on board the 
 Weymouth, and Fire Ships and Sloops, ported to 
 cover the Embarkation : And as the Channel to 
 that Wharf is very narrow, which may create 
 Confufion by (lopping it up, and is within the 
 Enemy's Fire, I think no more ihould be fhip- 
 ped otf from thence, as it can be done with 
 greater Safety, and much more Expedition, from 
 the Breaft -Works, where I have had a very good 
 Bridge made for the Purpofe, juit over-againit 
 where the Cruizer lies -, and when thofe you de- 
 fign (hipping there are carry'd off, the Boats 
 
 O (hall
 
 [ 98- ] 
 
 rriall return to tHe Place you lirft landed at, for 
 taking of the reft ; and all your Tranfport- 
 Boacs may come to that Place the firft of the 
 Nighc. 
 
 But as to finding out particular Ships to put 
 them on board in the Night, that might create 
 Confulion and Delay ; fo that if they be put on 
 board the neareft Ships for the prefent, they may 
 be fiiifted to their proper Ships the next Day, 
 who for each Regiment, fhould be diftinguifh'd 
 by their Colours, which Mr. Wallace can eafily 
 give pioper Orders in, and advife me of what iie 
 has done. 
 
 1 fend you inclofcd the Examinations of the 
 two Countrymen you fent off this Morning, and 
 am Sir, 
 
 Your moft obedient. 
 
 Humble Servant, 
 
 Princefs Carolina^ in Carthagena- 
 ' Harbour, 15th of Jpril 1741. 
 
 E. Vernon, 
 
 At a General Council of War, held on Board 
 his Majeftys Ship the Princefs Carolina, in 
 the Harbour c/' Carthagena, the i^d of 
 April, 1 74 1. 
 
 T was taken into Confideration, what could 
 • be furrher done in Purfuance of his Maje- 
 fty's Inftrudions of the loth of July 1740. 
 And Mr. Vernon fuggefting to the Council of 
 War, that Panama was the moft defireable At- 
 tempt, if the Army were judged by the Generals 
 to be in a Condition to attempt it, and the ap- 
 proaching
 
 [ 99 ] 
 
 proaching rainy Seafons were not too near, as t!:c 
 Succcfs ot fuch an Attempt would entirely dif- 
 able the Enemy from holding their Fair, and 
 throw all their Affairs into the utmoft Confufion. 
 
 What he thought he could aafwer for was, 
 that by Means of the Sinu-Hulks taken here, he 
 apprehended the Troops could be conveyed up 
 the Chagre, as far as Gofgona, or Cruzes, from 
 whence it was faid, they would have feven Spanijb 
 Leagues to Panama^ and that a Communicatioa 
 by the River Chagre might be maintained by 
 fmall Sloops, and the Sinu-Hulks with Gorgona 
 or Cruzes, 
 
 Upon which the Generals defiring Time to 
 confider of the faid Propofil by a Council of 
 General OfHcers, and thac their Council might 
 be again lummoned To-morrow, to form fur- 
 ther Kelolutions upon, it was accordingly to ad- 
 journ coming to a final Relblution 'till To-mor- 
 row. 
 
 /if E. Vernon. 
 
 ^^ (^ W"'- 
 
 At a Council of War held on Board his Ma^ 
 jejlys Ship the Princels Carolina, in Car- 
 thagena- Harbour, on Friday the 2^th of 
 April, 1741. 
 
 TH E Generals having from our laft Coun- 
 cil of War Yefterday, taken Time to con^^ 
 fider the State of their Forces, and whe- 
 ^er they were in any Condition for proceeding 
 on the Enterprize proposed, they reported, 
 
 That
 
 [ ICO 3 
 
 That they find many of thtii* principal Offi- 
 cers daily falling ill, and fuch a general Sicknefs 
 fpreading through all their Troop:, that they 
 cannot think the Army in any Condition for iinr 
 dertaking any Enterprize till they fhall be put 
 into Quarters of Refrcfiiment. 
 
 Upon which the Council of War came to an 
 unanimoui) Refolution for proceeding with the 
 Fleet and Tranfports to Jamaica with all pofllble 
 Expedition, as foon as the deftroying the Enc' 
 my*s Forts fliall be cfftded ; and that as fuch a 
 Numbci of Traiifports will rtquire Time to get 
 them to Sea, it will be advifcable to difpatch them 
 under feveral Convoys, as. fait as they can b- ■ 
 to Sua. ■-''• " ' 
 
 £. Vermi 
 
 C. Ogle. 
 J. Guife, 
 
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