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the W. Counter Guard, and the Queen’s Redoubt; In the night they 
threw above 100 shells, several ricochet shot, and Howitzer Shells, by 
which they wounded some of the Picquet. We blew up some of their 
Ammunition at Stanhope’s tower, by a shell from the West lunette ; 
they have thrown several shells at a ship we had rigged ready for 
sailing in St Stephen’s Cove, but to no effect. They renewed their fire 
from the Battery by the burying Ground with 6 Guns. Lieut Arm¬ 
strong of Lord Effingham’s much wounded on the top of the Castle 
from the New Battery; the Enemy’s fire very smart to Day. 
The Enemy began at Day break to Cannonade as smartly as yester¬ 
day, but did not continue it so long; they poured in among us a 
prodigious quantity of shells yesterday and to day, one of which set 
fire to some of our own shells on the West Counter guard, which 
burst without wounding anybody but the Sentry, who was hurt by the 
shell that occasioned the accident; a third of their shott from their 
new Battery have gone over the Castle into the sea. We have abated 
our fire, making use only of our Mortars against their new Battery; 
and reserving our Guns against their nearer approach. 
Their Fleet off the Harbour. The Besiegers discontinued cannonad¬ 
ing all night, and were employed in repairing their works which had 
suffered in the Day; several parties of the Besiegers were seen from 
the Marlborough, in and about the place called the King’s gardens, or 
Barranco. 
The Enemy were pulling down houses all night in the town, we fired 
Small Arms at them the whole time from the covered way; in the 
morning they opened a Battery below Mr Boyd’s of five Guns againsc 
Anstrutlier and Argyle Fort, in that part of the Town opposite the 
saliant Angle of the Queen’s Redoubt, and bearing upon the Argyle 
and Anstrutlier fort; from which Battery they have already disabled 
two of the 32 Prs and one 9 Pr at the Anstrutlier; we plyed them well 
with shells, and prepared some other Batteries against them; They 
fired the whole day from Stanhope’s Tower at the North Bastion, and 
Curtain of the Castle. 
Our new Fascine Battery was opened this morning, but soon silenced 
by the fire of the Enemy’s ten Gun Battery, and a shell shot burst 
upon it, which disabled the Gun there ; several men killed and 
wounded upon this Battery, for about an hour in the night, the Enemy 
fired small Arms as fast as they could, but for what reason we could 
not guess. The works a good deal damaged by the Enemy’s continual 
fire. 
Their Fleet off the Harbour the whole Day. The Enemy are ob¬ 
served to be at work in a large Cornfield, near Quarrantine Island on 
the Philipet Shore. 
This morning we fired upon the besiegers five Gun Battery with 3 
thirty two Pounders from the Argyle, two 18 Prs from the Queen’s 
Redoubt, and four Guns upon the top of the Castle; but two of the 
32 Prs were soon silenced. We did this battery so much damage, that 
they could not fire from it the whole Day; several of our men killed 
and wounded, particularly four Sailors who were all wounded by a blind 
shell. 
The Enemy began in the morning to batter as before, but by noon 
