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Oglethorpe for Intelligence *, who acquainted liiiTij that 
he would probably meet with fome Spunijh VefTels to 
‘‘ the Southward of St. Auguftin ; which he accordingly 
“'did, and engaged ten Sail of the Mofquetos and 
“ drove fome of them afhore ; but in the Aftion loft 
“ feventeen of his Men. He on his return acquainted “ 
“ the General with what had happened, and could not 
“ then come in for the Defence of Georgia, but pro- ^ 
“ ceeded to Charks-T own, to clean his Ship. The Ge~ 
“ neral thereupon fent Lieutenant Maxwell by Water, and 
“ Lieutenant Hugh Mackay over Land to Carolina, with 
“ Advice to the Governor, but no Affiftance came from 
“ thence till after the Retreat of the Spaniards. Lieute- ‘‘ 
nant-CoI. Cook was at Charles-fown, in his Way to Lott- 
“ don, when Lieut. ik&Aw// arrived with the faid Advice. 
“ The 2ift of June, nine Sail endeavoured to come “ 
“ into Amelia Sound •, but the eighteen Pounders from 
“ Fort-William, and the Guard-Schooner with eighty “ 
“ Men, commanded by Capt. Dunbar, fired fo brifidy 
“ that they fheered off as fall as they could. The Ge- 
neral, on this Advice, refolving to fupport the Forts 
“ on Cumberland, fet out with, a Detachment of the Re- “ 
giment on board his Boats *, fent Capt. Horton with his “ 
“ Company of Grenadiers before, and was himfelf obliged “ 
“ to fight his Way with two Boats, through fourteen Sail “ 
“ of Spanijh Velfels which endeavoured to intercept him “ 
“ in Cumberland Sound. In this Engagement, feveral “ 
“ of the Spaniards being killed, the faid Vefiels fet out to 
“ Sea, and did not join their Fleet till the Day before “ 
“ they left St. SimoAs Sound. Lieutenant Foljon, who “ 
“ .commanded the Boat of the greateft Strength, inftead “ 
of following the General, run into a Marlh, where he “ 
“ remained till next Morning, when he returned to St. “ 
Simord s ; for which Behaviour he was put in Arreft, in “ 
“ order to be tried. Major Heron, from the Shore, “ 
“ feeing the General furrounded by the Enemy, and hid “ 
“ in Smoke, concluded him loft ; but next Day, to the “ 
great Joy of the People, he returned in the Guard- “ 
“Schooner to St. Simon's, after having drawn the Com- “ 
“ mand from St. Andrew's, and the Stores and Artillery “ 
“ that were there, and reinforced Fort William, where he “ 
“ left one of the Boats he had with him. “ 
“ He having laid an Embargo on all Veflels in the “ 
“ Harbour, took Capt. Fhomfon's, Ship, which mounted “ 
“ twenty Guns, into the King’s Service, and manned her “ 
“ out of the fmall Veflels which were of no Force. He “ 
“ alfo called in the Highland Company from Darien. “ 
“ Capt. Carr'^ Company of Marines, and the Rangers, “ 
“ from where they were differently detached j and fent “ 
“ Mr. Mullryne to Carolina, to get all the Men he could. “ 
“ The 28th o^ June th& Spanijh Flttt came to Anchor “ 
“ off St. Simon's Bar, who were diverted from coming “ 
“ in, or landing any of their Troops, for feveral Days ; “ 
“ in which time the General raifed another Troop of “ 
Rangers ; and by rewarding thofe who did extraordi- “ 
“ nary Duty, and promiflng great Encouragement to all “ 
“ who fliould fignalize themfelves on this Occafion, he “ 
“ kept up the Spirits of the People, and increafed their 
Numbers daily. The 5th of July, with the Tide of “ 
“ Flood, and a brific Gale, thirty-fix SpanijhN entred “ 
St. Simon's ¥id.vhQ\i.v, nine of which were large Top- “ 
“ maft Veflels. We received them with a briflc Fire from “ 
“ our Batteries and Ships, killed fome of them with “ 
“ our eighteen Pounders from the Fort, and our four “ 
“ Pounders from the lower Battery. The Spanijh Com- “ 
modore, on board a Ship of twenty-two Guns, with “ 
“ a Settee, with an eighteen Pounder and two nine “ 
“ Pounders in her Bow, attempted to board Captain “ 
“ Fhomfon's, Ship ; but he with his great Guns, Captain “ 
“ Carr with his Company of Marines, Lieutenant Wall “ 
“ and Enfign Otterbridge with a Party of the Regiment, “ 
made fo brave a Defence, that the Spaniards were “ 
“ obliged to retire with Lofs, A Snow of fixteen Guns “ 
at the fame time attempted to board our Guard- “ 
“ Schooner, but was alfo repulfed by Capt. Dunbar ; “ 
^^^g2,gement lafted upwards of three Hours, in “ 
“ which the Enemy loft feventeen Men, and had ten “ 
“ wounded. They paflTed all our Veflels and proceeded “ 
^ up the River, upon which the General held a Council “ 
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of War -at the Head of his Regiment, wliere it was 
the Opinion of the Whole immediately to march up to 
JJrederica, for the Defence of that Place. 
“ The General accordingly gave Orders for the Regi- 
ment to march, and ordered all the Troops that were 
on board the Veflels, to come affiore, and dirddled 
Capt. Fhompfon, with the Guard-Schooner and Prize 
Sloop, to make the beft of their V/ay to CharlesHown-i 
and this was ail done in Sight of the Enemy. The 
General, during this Adlion, being obliged to be fome- 
times on Shipboard, fometimes at the Batteries, and 
to adt as Engineer, found himfelf under a Neceffity 
of having a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Regiment j 
he therefore appointed Major Alexander Heron Lieute- 
nant-Colonel, in the Abfcnce of Lieutenant-Colonel 
Cook, who was alfo Engineer, and the Siib-engineer,v 
having attended him to Charles-Fown, was alfo abfent. 
Late at Night the General arrived at Frederica, after 
having deftroyed ail the Stores at St. Simon's, and funk 
the Veflels that might be of Ufe to the Enemy, and 
rendered the Guns incapable of Service, and ordered . 
the Wounded to be carried off on Horfeback. That 
Night the Enemy landed their Forces on a dry Marlh, 
.about a Mile and an half from the Camp, under Cover 
of their great Guns. They lay all that Night under 
Arms, and the next Morning took Poffeflion of the 
Camp which we left. 
“ 13. About Noon the Creek Indians hvou^t us five 
Spanijh Prifoners, from whom we had Intelligence, that 
Dow Manuel de Mont earn, QoYQ.twoxoiSt.AuguJhn, com- 
manded in chief the Expedition ; and that Major- 
General Antonio de Redondo chief Engineer, and two 
Brigadiers, came with the Forces from Cuba ; that their 
whole Number confifted of about five thoufand, and 
that the Night before they had landed about four thoii- 
fand three hundred Men. One of the Prifoners the 
General fent with Mr. Bedon to Charles-Fown. The 
yth of July, at nine in the Morning, a Ranger of the 
Patrol brought an Account, that the Enemy were 
marching within a Mile and an Half of the Town, 
Whereupon the General immediately ordered four 
Platoons of the Regiment to march, and in the mean 
time went himfelf with the Highland Company, 
who was then under Arms. The Indians, and a Party 
of Rangers, came up with the Enemy about a Mile 
from the Town, as they were entring the Savannah to 
take Poflfeflion of a Ditch they had a Mind to ufe as 
an Intrenchment, but the Enemy were attacked fo 
brifldy that the General foon overcame them j moft 
of their Party, which confifted of one hundred and 
twenty of their beft Woods-Men, and forty Indians, 
being killed or taken Prifoners. The General took two 
Prifoners with his own Hands •, Lieutenant Scroggs of 
the Rangers took Capt. Sebajiian Sachio, Priioner, 
who commanded the Party. Foeanoeowi, being fliot 
through his Right Arm by Capt. Mageleto, drew his 
Piftol with the Left, and fhot him through the Head. 
“ The General purfiied the Enemy near two Miles, 
and halted on an advantageous Piece of Ground until 
the Party of the Regiment came up j he pofted them 
with the Highlanders in a Wood, with a large Savan- 
nah or Meadow in the Front, over which tht Spaniards 
muft pafs in their Way to Frederica. After which he 
haftened back to Frederica, and ordered the Rangers, 
and Company of Men, to make ready. In the mean 
time two Companies of Spaniards of fifty Men each, 
and two hundred more of the Enemies beft Troops, 
came up with Shouts, and Drums beating ; where- 
upon the General hearing Platoons firing, immediately 
made hafte that way, and met three of the Platoons, 
who in the Smoke and drizling Rain had retreated in 
Diforder, and the Fire continuing, he ordered his Men 
to rally and follow him, who haftening on, found that 
Lieutenant Sutherland, with his Platoon, and Lieute- 
nant Charles Mackay, with the Highlanders, had intirely 
defeated the faid three hundred of the Enemy, in 
which Ablion Don Antonio Barba was made Prifoner, 
and mortally wounded j feveral others were killed, and 
two Grenadiers were taken Prifoners, Capt. Demeret, 
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