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and liiifi-gn Gihhon^ rallied their Platoons, and came 
lip to the Ground. Capt. Carr^ with his Company of 
Marines, and Lieutenant Cadogan^ with a Party of 
“ the Regiment, came up at the fame time, and were 
‘‘ followed by Major Heron^ with the Body of the Re- 
giment. In both Abtions the Enemy loft two Captains, 
“ one Lieutenant, and two Sergeants ; two Drummers, 
and about one hundred and fixty private Men •, and 
one Captain and nineteen Men were taken Prifoners. 
‘‘ The General, with the Regiment, halted all Night, 
“ about a Mile and a Llalf from the Enemies Camp, to 
intercept thofe who had ftraggled in the Woods ; and 
“ expeding the Enemy to make a fecond Attempt to 
“ march in the Morning ; but the General having ad- 
vanced with a Party of Indians, before Day-break, 
‘‘ towards the S'panijh Camp, found them all retreated 
into the Ruins of the Fort, and under Cover of their 
“ Cannon. ^ 
“ Next Morning, the 8th of Jtily, the General and 
his Men returned to Frederica, and he appointed a 
“ General Staff, viz. Lieutenant Primrofe Maxwell, 
and Hugh Mackay, Aids de Camp*, Lieutenant 
land, Brigade-Major ; and Sergeant John Stuart, 
fecond Enlign, for his brave Behaviour in the late 
“ Engagement. The 9th and loth of July all Hands 
“■ were employed in the Works at Frederica, and the 
Indians brought in fome Scalps and Prifoners. The 
nth of JHv a Settee and two Quarter-Galleys came 
within Gun-fhot of the Town; but on our firing fome 
“ Guns and Bombs from the Fort, and the General 
‘‘ going towards them with his Boats, they return- 
ed to their Fleet, and with the reft drew up in Line 
“ of Battle. The next Morning, being the 12th of 
July, an Eyiglijh Prifoner efcaped from them, who 
informed us, that the Enemy, on their landing, 
had refblved to give ' no Quarter ; but from the 
Day their Grenadiers were defeated, they were in 
great Terror, and intrenched themfelves, and gave 
Orders that none fhould go without their Sentinels, 
for fear of being furprized by the Indians. By 
“ other Prifoners and Deferters we were alfo told, that 
“ upon their calling over their Roils, there were two 
“ hundred and forty Men and nineteen of their Indians 
miffing ; that there were great Divifions among 
“ them, infomuch that Don Antonia de Redondo, who 
“ commanded the Cuba Forces, encamped feparate 
from thofe of St. Augujiin, and that die Commodore 
“ had ordered all his Seamen on board. That Night 
the General and five, hundred Men marched within 
a Mile of the Enemy’s Camp, intending to furprize 
‘‘ them, but was prevented by the Treachery of a. 
“ Frenchman, who was got among the Company of 
‘‘ Boatmen, and fired his Piece and gave Alarm to the 
‘‘ Enemy, , and then deferted to them. When the Gene- 
“ ral found his Intention difcovered, he ordered all 
his Drums to beat the Grenadiers March, and then re- 
“ tprned to Frederica.- 
The 'General the next Day, being the 13th of July, 
in order to defeat the Information of the French De- 
“ ferter, direfted a Letter to be wrote, and fent by a 
“ Spanijh Prifoner, who, for the fake of Money the 
‘‘ General gave him, and the Promife of Liberty, un- 
“ dertook to deliver it to the Frenchman, wherein 
he was inftrufted to acquaint the Enemy’s Com- 
manding Officer of the defencelefs State of Frederica, 
‘‘ and encourage them to come up by Water under his 
‘‘ Pilotage ; which Letter the Spanijh Prifoner delivered 
“ to the Governor of St. Auguftin, and it had fo good an 
“ .Effed, that the faid Frenchman was immediately 
“ taken into Cuftody, and looked upon as a double 
‘‘ Spy, and thereupon put into Irons. The next 
Morning, being the 14th of July, the Spaniards 
burnt th,e Barracks and Officers Houfes at St. Simon’s, 
and Capt. Horton’s Houfe on lekyll ; and the fame 
“ Night they reimbarked with fo much Precipitation, 
that they left a Quantity of Ammunition, Provifions, 
“ and fome Guns, behind them. On the 15th all the 
large Veffels with the Cuba Forces on board failed 
Southward, and the Governor and Troops from St.Au- 
“ guJHn on board the fmall Craft, went within Land, 
“ and encamped in St. Andrew’s, and caught fifty Horfesv 
“ with a Defign to carry them away ; but on the Gene- 
“ ral’s appearing in his Boats, the Enemy fhot the faid 
“ Horfes, and burnt thepfort and Houfes ra St. Andrew’ s. 
‘‘ The General the next Day, being the i6th of July, 
“ followed the Spaniards \vith all his fmall Craft, but ' 
“ was not ftrong enough to attack them. • Lie landed a' 
“ Man out of his Boat on Cmnberland, who that Night 
“ paffed the Enemy’s Camp, and early the next Morn- 
“ ing came to Fort -William, with Advice 'to Enfign 
‘‘ Stuart that the Spaniards were beat off St'. Simon’s, 
“ and that the General was coming with Succours, and 
“ ordered him to defend the Fort to the utmoft. On 
■“ the 1 8th of July twenty-eight Sail of Spanijh appeared 
off Fort-William, fourteen of which came within Land, 
“ and attacked the Fort from their Galleys and other 
“ Veffels, and attempted to land, but were repulfed by 
a Party of Rangers from behind the Sand-Hills. 
“ Enfign Stuart, who commanded with fixty Men 
“ in the Fort, defended it fo bravely, that after an 
Attack of upwards of three Hours, they were obliged, 
to put to Sea with confiderable Lofs. 
“ The Eighteen Pounders there difabled two of their 
Galleys. The 19th of July the General was on his 
“ Way to Fort-William. The 20th of July the Gene- 
“ ral arrived at Fort-William, and fent his Boats and 
“ Rangers as far as the River St. John, who returned 
“ next Day, and brought Advice that the Enemy was 
“ quite gone ; LFpon which the General gave the necef- 
“ fary Orders for repairing Fort William, and on the 
“ 2 2d returned to Frederica. A few Days afterwards 
“ the Men of War from Charles-Fown came off St. Si- 
“ mons Bar, and Capt. Fhompfon with fome Volunteers 
“ from Carolina ; our Guard-Schooner and two Galleys 
“ came into St. Simon’s Llarbour ; and Capt. Hardy, of 
the Rye Man of War, receiving a Meffage from the 
“ General, by Lieutenant Maxwell, who went on board 
“ him, fent for Anfwer, that he would take a Cruife 
“ with the reft of the King’s Ships. But the General 
“ apprehending the Spaniards, upon recovering their 
“ Fright, might return with more Courage and better 
“ Conduff, continued Capt. Fhompjon’ s Ship in the 
“ King’s Service, and fent Expreffes over Land to the 
“ Northern Provinces on this Occafion. 
“ Thefe Forces were commanded by Don Manuel de 
Monteano, Governor of St. Augujiin, Commander in 
“ Chief of the Expedition ; Major-General Antonio de 
Rodondo Engineer-General, two Colonels with Brevits 
“ of Brigadiers ; and confifted of one Regiment of Dra- 
“ goons difmounted, with their Saddles and Bridles; 
“ the Regiment called the Battalion of the Havanna, 
“ ten Companies, of fifty Men each, draughted off from 
tt feveral Regiments at Havanna ; one Regiment of the 
“ Havanna Militia, confifting of ten Companies of loa 
“ Men each ; one Regiment of Negroes, regularly officered 
“ by Negroes ; one ditto of Malattoes, and one Com- 
“ pany of Miquelets ; one Company of Train, with, 
“ proper Artillery; Augujiin Forets confifting of about 
“ three hundred Men, ninety Indians and fifteen Ne- 
“ groes, who run av/ay from South Carolina. To thefe 
“ Accounts I fhall add the following Depofition of Sa.muel 
“ Cloake, formerly belonging to his Majefty’s Ship the 
“ Flam.borough, and taken Prifoner off St. Augujiin by the 
“ Spaniards in May 1742. 
Frederica in 
Georgia, fs. 
V “ This Deponent, being duly fworn, faith. That he 
was put Prifoner on board a Ship called the Pretty 
“ Nancy, taken by the Spaniards from the Englijh, fit- 
“ ted out with ten Carriage and fix Swivel Guns, v/hich 
“ was Part of the Fleet that carried the Troops from 
“ St. Augujiin for the Invafion of Georgia and South Caro- 
“ Ima : That ftie had one hundred and fifty Soldiers on 
“ board, befides Sailors; That he counted forty-four Sail, 
“ befides the Launches and thofe that went in Land, and 
‘‘ Pcttiaiiguas which carried the Indians : That they failed 
“ from St. Augujiin Cat beginning of and met with 
t£ very hard Gales for threeDays, which difperfed theFleet: 
“ That the chief Pilot on board the Commodore was one 
Parris, 
