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large shells; we returned them however many more, tho' less in size ; 
ours being mostly Cohorns from the lunettes, to annoy their working 
parties. They dismounted a 32 Pounder on the Royal Battery, and an 
18 P dr on the top of the Castle. The Rattling of the Enemys Car¬ 
riages was heard last night, about the same ground as the night before. 
The Boom this night fell down as far as the ditch of the Anstruther. 
Four men had a very particular escape from a shell of the Enemy's, 
which run down a passage after them and burst in the corner thereof 
by a necessary house, cut in the Rock, but it did no other damage, 
than blowing two of them into it, tearing away the seats so as to leave 
no remains of them, and breaking three or four firelocks to pieces, as 
likewise the door, the men not being in the least hurt. One of the 
Gunners had his leg shot off, by a Cohorn Mortar which hung fire. 
The Enemy seems to have extended their work, they Bombarded us Ma y 13th - 
all Day, which we returned, though chiefly in the night to the Town, 
where we fired some platoons of small Arms. One of the French 
Soldiers was wounded on the glacis, and fetched in; he was of Sois- 
sonnois's Reg*, and in too much pain from his wounds to admit of 
many interrogations at that time ; however the intelligence he did give, 
was that the French Army consisted of three Brigades, but that more 
was expected ; that in a day. or two the Beseigers would open two more 
Batteries, one of eight Guns near the spot of the Windmills, and one 
of three Guns in the lower end of the Town; that the Regiment he 
belongs to was ordered to the assistance of the Gunners; that he was 
one of a party of pioneers of three hundred men ; that the working 
parties were covered by Grenadiers and Yollunteers, and that the 
Guards were of about fifty Men each. Our fire was so brisk, that we 
destroyed part of their Fascine work by the Windmills or burying 
ground. 
We were informed by two Minorquin Women who came to the 
Barrier, that the Serjeant and private man sent out last reconnoitring, 
had fallen into the hands of the French, and were prisoners at Mahon. 
Upon a farther observation of the Enemys works, it was judged 
necessary to make a Battery in the place of Arms before the Bridge 
of the N. W. outward Ravelin. 
We kept a very smart fire on the Enemy's works near the burying „ uth. 
Ground, and greatly annoyed them; we heard from the prisoner taken 
yesterday, that a Battery was to be opened in the morning. 
We found the Enemy's works not to be so far advanced as we ex- „ 15th. 
pected, a Shell of the Enemy's fired five Guns upon the N. Counter 
Guard, which went off together by the Ammunition on the Battery 
taking fire ; it hurt nobody, but did great damage to the Battery; we 
threw several Shot into the Town, and in the night cut some Em- 
brazures more obliquely to bear on the Battery the Enemy were 
raising near the old burying ground. The Enemy threw very few 
shells this night; three Embrazures seen in the Enemy's work near 
the burying ground. 
We fired briskly on the Enemy's work by the old burying ground ; „ im. 
in the afternoon they beat a Parly, the Officer who came in from the 
General of the Day, brought an instrument which the Spaniards use to 
