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SIEGE OF MINORCA. 
we silenced four Guns of their last Battery; they continued firing 
from their other Batteries the whole Day, they threw but few shells in 
the first part of the night, but fired continually from the houses near 
their battery with Small Arms ; which fire our Guards in the covered 
way returned very smartly. There was a frequent discharge of Small 
Arms after the Guards took their posts in the covered way for several 
hours, at some single soldiers who kept firing at the sentrys from 
Windows, and from Corners of Streets. 
June 9th The Enemy began as usual in the Morning to batter the Castle, and 
other works, and to fire ricochet Shot from Stanhope's Tower. We 
discovered a Battery of eight Embrazures in a Corn field on the brow 
of the hill of Philipet; they poured us in, a great number of shells, 
both in the day and night. The battery on the covered way of Argyle 
is silenced, and the Enemy's fire from their five Gun Battery below Mr 
Boyd's, is so superior to ours that the Gunners cannot stand on the 
Battery. 
„ ioth The Enemy opened a battery of 8 Guns in the Cornfield above 
Philipet, and fired at the North face of the Queens redoubt, and works 
adjacent; they likewise battered the Castle and Argyle fort from their 
other batteries; they have lately fired small Arms at the Embrazures 
of the out works, while the Gunners are loading. A shell blew up the 
Ammunition Chest, on the South Counter Guard, the explosion of 
which shook the Castle like a small Earthquake. Their Fleet off. 
The five Gun Battery below Mr Boyd's was silent to day. This 
morning the three Guns on the S.W. inner Kavelin were again fired, 
after having been silent for some time, that the platforms might be 
repaired. 
„ nth The Enemy threw a great number of Shells and Howitzers last 
night ; their Howitzers were mostly directed to the Queen's Kedoubt, 
pitching between that and Kane's lunette, some by the West lunette 
towards the Castle; they battered as the day before and their fire was 
returned with equal spirit. 
In the afternoon our fascine Battery was on fire, but was soon extin¬ 
guished ; the Enemy made a great fire upon us, while it was on fire. 
The French Fleet off the Harbour, saw 20 sail. The most constant of 
the Besiegers fire is from their ten, and from their six Gun Batteries; 
their five gun battery is exposed to a much superior fire from the 
Castle, the Queen’s Kedoubt and the three 82 Prs which are now 
mounted on the Anstrutlier that they are rendered almost incapable 
of firing from it. 
The Anstruther and Argyle, Queen's Redoubt, Kane's lunette, West 
lunette, the outward and inward N. W. Kavelins, the W. Counter 
Guard, the N. W. Curtain with the N. and W. Bastions of the Castle, 
being at present the front of the attack are consequently the places 
that have suffered most by the Enemy's fire. 
12th The Enemy's fire and our return was as smart as the day before. 
Our new fascine battery set on fire twice, but extinguished without 
much loss. The Besiegers did not fire from their five Gun Battery 
after 9 o'clock this morning. They fire frequently from their Battery 
on the Philipet side during the night, but from no other; several men 
killed and wounded. 
