made but very little progrefs with their Trenches; A. C. and befides, we gall them much with Stones from 1706 our Mortars, which, in the Night, are of more efr 'fect than Shells. They have ply'd us pretty warm this day with their Bombs, but have done little damage to our Men, and none at all to our Works or Ammunition. This Evening we are marking a "Camp on the fide of Montjuich, betwixt the Town and Caftle, that our Troops may be more at hand. in cafe of need.

12th. This Morning we found the Enemy had turn'd one of their Trenches into two Bateries of 6 Guns apiece, each facing one of the two • Northern Bastions of Montjuich. Their Men in 'making their Ambrafures wrought fo open, that we pick'd off feveral of them, yet their Work still went forward by fresh Men. This day, they have ply'd us with their Bombs, but with the ufual fuc cefs. We are mending the Baftion without Port Antonio, where there's mounted 3 Mortars and 3 'Guns, and ordering, the Curtain of the City wall betwixt the faid Port and the late Breach) fo as the Gunners may ply their Artillery with much more fecurity than formerly, and we fhall have a good many large Guns mounted there; for the Enemy are already beginning to run down Trenches that way from St. Madrona. They feem to have got afhoar all that they want from aboard their Ships, 'the Weather favouring them much, and their small 'Craft is perpetually going and coming from the Eaftward; they have 2 or 3 fmall Ships and a half "Galley to the Eastward of the City, that lies fo near the Shoar, that none of our Barks, Feluccas, &c. can pafs as formerly. Their Camp is more extended (and confequently weaker than formerly) infomuch that the Convent of Gracia appears to be the the or half way of it.

"On the 13th the Enemy mounted 12 Guns upon Journal of 2 Batteries, and 4 Mortars, with which they ply'd the Siege us as warmly as poffible; the Dutch being upon the of Barce expofed Pofts that day, about, 25 of them were lona. wounded and killed. We ply'd not thofe Guns that fac'd them as formerly, finding it difficult to get Fellows to ftand them; and the Miquelets ftay not in our Out-works as before, fo that I doubt we

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A. C. fhall have none but our own Troops to trust to 1706.when the Enemy ftorms us; however we forward and better our Works as much as Time, the Enemy and the Rockinefs of the Ground, will permit. 14th. This Morning the Enemy play'd from no lefs than 4 Batteries, one to the Eastward, and the 'other to the Weftward of the two former; and the laft, as it will be much the greatest when finifh'd, fo our Works and Men lie most exposed to it. They ply us with all the vigour imaginable, and we are pallive in the Matter, only now and then fire a fmall Gun upon them, to let them fee we are not a fleep. We hope the Earl of Peterborough will convince them, and us, that he is not fo, and that the Prince of Hefle, and he will not delay. A 'Bark got fafe into Matteron from Genoa, having 'Letters for the Court from England, &c.

15th. This Morning the Enemy had brought up < their Weftmoft Trench within half Piftol thot of our Out-work on that fide; and by the Report of a Deferter, 14 whereof came over to us this Morning, they had a defign to have attack'd us there laft Night, but fomething was lacking to them. We take it for granted they will attempt it this Night, and accordingly we are preparing,that point of our 'Out-works to receive them, which if loft, and they make a Lodgement there, they will in a few days determine the Fate of Montjuich.

16. Laft Night at 8, the Enemy begun an Attack on our Weftmoft Out-work, where were plac'd according to their Turn, ( and which I fuppofe the Enemy was acquainted with) the new Spanish 'Foot-guards, who gave way, and precipitately retired upon the Enemy's firft Onfet; fo that at 'One they advane'd to the Place where our Guards and Grenadiers were pofted, and had carry'd that 'too directly, had we not acted like Englishmen. 'Never any Soldiers behaved themselves better than

ours on this occafion. Some of them, nay, and My 'Lord Donegal himself too, throwing back the Ene'mies Grenadoes upon them. The heat of the At'tack lafted about two hours; after which the rest of the Night was taken up in popping at each other, but could not make them quit the Poft they had got, where we prefume they will, with all Ex

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'pedition this Night, raife a Battery, and confequent- A. C. ly oblige us with the greater Earneftnefs to cry out, 1706. "Good Lord come and help us. They endeavour at the fame time to terrifie the City as much as poffible by throwing burning Cannon Shot among us, and this Night we expect the additional Entertain'ment of Bombs; for befides their Mortars by 'Land, two Bomb-Ketches came into their Fleet Yesterday.

17th. Laft Night we kept firing upon the Enemy to hinder their making any Advantages of the Poft they had gained, but we found this Morning (fo indefatigable are they) they had not only raised a new Battery, but made Intrenchments too in the 'beft manner their Ground would admit to fecure it. 'This Afternoon the two Bomb-Ketches, under the Protection of two Men of War, came to an Anchor betwixt the Hungry Baftion (fo called) and the Mole Bastion, and within Gun-fhot of the former, which has not yet fired upon them. This "Motion of the Enemy made a greater in the City, ' for all began to remove their Goods into Churches, ' and their Perfons to the moft diftant or obfcure "Parts of the City. The King, the Portuguese Ambaffador, &c. removed too. This day Monfieur Lapara, the Enemies chief Ingenier, and a Lieutenant-General, going with 8 Ingeniers to view an advanced Work of Montjuich, received a Musket-fhot in the lower Part of the Belly, of which he died 'two Hours after: Which is a confiderable lofs to 'the Enemy.

18. The Enemy made no fresh Attack laft Night at Montjuich as we expected; they kept now and ⚫ then a Gun firing, to fright our Spaniards from clear'ing the Breaches they make in the day, when they fire defperately. Their Mortars keep playing there 'ftill, fometimes 3 or 4 Shells together.

19. This Morning before Day, the Enemy threw 8 or 10 Bombs, into the City from their Ketches, ⚫ and abundance of Shot from St. Madrona, which awes our Spaniards fo much, that we cannot get them to work on the Courtine as ufual; and as for • Montjuich, their Guns and Mortars play with all "the fury imaginable, and they expect to make the Angles of the Baftions capable of an Attack to Morrow.

A. C. Morrow. Our loffes are not fo confiderable as per1706. haps the Enemy believe, one of the worft Misfor'tunes we have met with was this Morning in Montjuich, where one of our wretched Spanish Gunners, "instead of hitting the Enemy, killed and difabled feveral of our best Men at the Weft point of our Works; fuch loffes go hard with us, for tho' we have good Men enough to baffle the Enemy upon any fair Attack, we have not enough (.we dare rely on) to relieve and refresh each other. There is no trufting to Neapolitans nor Spaniards, and it liés too 'hard on our good Troops to be always upon the Guard, and perform every thing that's to be 'done in the face of Danger. A Party of our Dragoons 'Patrolling round without the City,theEnemy fired3 Cannon-Balls at them, by which we find their Field pieces (or part of them) are near the Convent of "Gratia, a little Eastward of it. Befides our two Mor'tars that throw Stones from the Castle, we have one 6 that throws Shells from our Line of Communica'tion, but our Artillery-Men are no Conjurers.

20th. All laft Night the Enemy have entertained 'the City with their Bombs from Sea, and their Shot from St. Madrona, but the chief defign of the 'latter is to fright our Workmen on the Courtine on that fide. Montjuich too never had fo many be'fore of the one and the other, (befides what I formerly mentioned) they play two more Guns and 'Mortars from a Battery raised on the Lodgement they laft made, fo that we are now on all fides mauled confoundedly. My Lord Donegal's Beha'viour there is highly approved at Court, he fhewing upon all Occafions a true Englife Valour, and the Prefervation of the Place is chiefly owing to his Example. Befides their two Ketches, they have a Ship that throws Bombs, whereof we compute they threw near 200 laft Night into the City, and have fhatter'd the Palace moft pitiously.

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21th. The Enemy this Morning grew fomething more calm in their Thundring and Lightning at Montjuich, where laft Night (among other Mis'fortunes of leffer moment) we had kill'd and dif **abled 8 or 10 Men, by 5 or 6 Barrels of Powder "that blew up, whether by Accident or no I have 'not learnt. The truth is, our good Men are fo har

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'rafs'd that they cannot hold up from fleeping under A. C their Arms, &c. At Two laft Night a Half Galley 1706. entred the Mole, bringing 50 Barrels of Powder from Mattheo, by which you may conclude, we are not over well ftockt with that Commodity, and the Spanish Powder is moft wretched Stuff. A Barque or 'Felucca brought in two or three of our Officers,(who give us very comfortable Accounts of my Lord Peterborough's Preparations to relieve us. They relate, That his Lordfhip is come from Va lencia to Martarel, with 2000 Foot, and 1000 Horfe, and that being joined by the Miquelets and Catalans, he will use his utmost Endeavours to throw Men into this City, and harrass the Enemy, who laft Night, maul'd the City with their Shells from Sea more than the Night foregoing, but not a Soul flain by them that I hear of. As for Goods and Houfes, the Inhabitants value them not a ftraw, fo zealous are they upon this Occafion. The Women and-Boys carry up and give 'the Soldiers at Montjuich Water and Victuals gratis; and the Friars, fome of them fight, and others bear away the Slain and Wounded on their Shoulders. 21. This Evening at Seven began an unhappy 'Attack, made fo more by Carelefnefs and Rafhnefs, than any Vigour of the Enemy; it was thus: TheEnemy flung into Montjuich four Bombs at once, 'being their Signal; upon which they advanc'd, hollowing as they came, which being unexpectedly, put us into Confufion. Many of our Officers ⚫ were abfent, and the few that were there had much ado to get their Men under Arms, tho' the Enemy was already in our Works in two Places; at the 'WeftmoftPoint,andat the Breach of Velafco's Bastion. Our Men at the Weftmoft Works, fearing to be cut off from the Caftle by the Enemy at the Breach, retired thither, and then not only beat the Enemy off, but made them retire at the other End too; they were much confounded at our facing about. By this time our Officers, that were abfent came, and believing the Place to be clear of the Enemy, we advanc'd to a Battalion drawn up in the Works to give them new Orders, (taking them to be the Dutch by their Cloathing) but found them to be the Enemy, who took most of our Officers, and many Soldiers Prisoners, without firing one Gun

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