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countered by the Victorious and Arrogant, 
74 gun ships, and so roughly treated, as 
to be obliged to bear up for Batavia, and 
relinquish all thoughts of their intended 
enterprise; Major Mac Donald, in the 
mean time, had exerted himself to put 
the place in the best state of defence his 
means permitted. 
„ - , * * t mi i ; j v- ' # ;• i ; ■; 
An expedition against Manilla having 
been determined on, a considerable body 
* * 
of troops were assembled and embarked, 
by order of the supreme Government, at 
Bengal and Madras, in August, 1797. 
The expedition was directed to rendez¬ 
vous, at Prince of Wales Island. 
The division of the army from Bengal, ar¬ 
rived on the 24th of August, and was 
joined in a few day3 by part of the di¬ 
vision from Madras. The Europeans of 
this portion of the Expedition, includ¬ 
ing the Navy and Indiamen, amounted 
