SIEGE OF MINORCA. 
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about day break they fired both their Cannon and Mortars, but not 
with great violence; in the Evening their Fleet stood to the North¬ 
ward behind Cape Mola. 
The Enemy’s Carriages heard between the Town Guard and burying 
ground, they are repairing and encreasing that Battery. 
The Enemy threw a great many shells to day, most of which burst May 26 th. 
in the Castle square; their fleet behind Cape Mola; we imagine the 
Enemy are carrying on a Battery behind a mount commonly called 
Turk’s Mount, a little above Marlborough fort towards the sea, by 
which we think they intend to oppose the entrance of any Ships into 
the harbour. They have added a great Quantity of Earth to their 
Battery near the burying Ground, they have five Guns at the burying 
Ground battery but fire very little from them, two of them bear upon 
the West face of the Queen’s Redoubt and have impaired it greatly. 
The Enemy threw but few shells in the night ; we fired as usual, .. 27th. 
particularly 011 the Town. The Enemy’s fleet to the Eastward of Cape 
Mola. 
For several days past the Enemy has given us very little annoyance, 
nor does it yet appear that they have made any great progress towards 
the acquisition of the place, or have proceeded with the vigour that 
might be apprehended from so formidable an Army, as we are informed 
they have invested the place with. 
The Enemy fired little in the night, and we kept a smart fire as .. 28 th. 
usual; their Fleet appeared off the harbour, and we counted 27 Sail, 
but no addition of Men of War ; several of the Ships parted from the 
Fleet in the afternoon, and went to the Eastward; it is imagined these 
Vessels have brought them either more Troops, or Stores. The Lieut 
Governor had a dish of fish at his Table, killed by the explosion of a 
shell in the Water at St Stephen’s Cove. 
The Enemy were very quiet in the night, not firing at all and but .. 29th. 
little the whole day. In the morning their Fleet was so near the 
harbour, that several of their ships were in danger of being ashore 
near Turks Mount, it being almost calm, but they were towed off 
again. They fired several shot last night at a Vessel passing the Har¬ 
bours mouth, which hoisted French Colours, but struck them upon 
their firing. They have now seven Mortars at their Battery by Major 
Innes’s; about seven o’clock this Evening they fired upon us from a 
ricochet battery of three Guns, and two Mortars which lie concealed 
behind a rocky part, a little to the right of Turks Mount, most of 
their shot went clean over the Castle. It does not appear they have 
much repaired their Battery near the burying ground. 
The Enemy threw very few shells last night, and fired in the morn- » 30th - 
ing Cannon from Turks Mount; we directed a Carcass and fire balls 
to their Battery, and gave them many shells and Cannon Shot; their 
smartest fire was in the morning, being pretty moderate the rest of 
the day ; one of their shells set fire to half a barrel of Powder on 
Argyle fort, by which accident 40 Cohorn shells fired, and burst on the 
Battery, but hurt nobody. They fire very little from their Gun Bat¬ 
tery by the burying Ground, four Embrazures of which are now filled 
up and the whole Battery very much damaged by pur constant fire of 
Shot & Shells upon it. 
