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beat down, and the Battery silenced. Captain Hobby killed by a shell 
in the Castle. 
The Enemy have not battered much this day or two, one of their June 22nd. 
Howitzer shells set fire to some of our 13 Inch shells on the N. West 
outward Ravelin, and 17 of them burst, but without hurting anybody; 
their fire and ours this night was as usual. 
The Enemy worked hard last night, particularly behind the little 
parade in the Town ; where it may very soon be expected that they will 
open a Battery. Our working parties employed again at the Argyle 
covered way, where the Embrazures are ordered to be masked, six 
Embrazures of the Enemy's ten Cun Battery are now masked. 
The Enemy seem to be very busy in Town, and preparing Bat- 23rd. 
teries; they threw more shells in the night than usual; several Men 
killed and wounded in the night. The French Fleet in sight. 
The besiegers are opening Embrazures in a work just in the front of 
the Tower by Major Innes's House. 
All the 32 Pounders that were on the Royal Battery are demolished 
except four, three of which are mounted in the covered way of Argyle, 
and one only of them remains at the Royal Battery. 
The Guns are loaded with Grape shot during the night, and run out 
to the Embrazures, but drawn in again in the Morning, and the Em¬ 
brazures masked. 
In the morning the Enemy began a very brisk and regular fire, 24th. 
which they continued all day from their Mortars and a prodigious 
number of shells were thrown into the works, particularly the Castle 
square; we very plainly saw three Batteries in the Town, with their 
Embrazures masked; which they opened about 12 o'clock, one by 
Water Tower of 4 Guns near Major Innes's, another opposite Kane's 
Fort, from whence they fired nine Guns successively, but the extent of 
their Battery and the number of its Embrazures does not yet appear; 
and the third near where Mr Baker lived; from these they fired with 
great fury the whole Day as well as from their Howitzer and ricochet 
Battery's ; they Bombarded and Cannonaded so warmly, that we may 
conclude this Day's firing to be the Hottest we had yet sustained. 
Our works were extremely battered, and the Enemy kept a constant 
fire with their Small Arms at our outworks and Embrazures. We 
threw many shells, but fired little with Cannon, Our Merlons being 
greatly destroyed. Three small parties of the Enemy came upon the 
Glacis in the night within 30 or 40 paces of the Palisadoes; and 
exchanged some Shot with our Guards in the outward covered way, 
before the Queen's Redoubt, Argyle and Anstruther. 
The fire from the Enemy is now become so very heavy upon all the 
outworks in the front of the attack, that the Gunners are no longer 
able to stand to the few Guns still remaining; at least till the parapets 
and Merlons are repaired. 
The Enemy kept a very hot fire the whole Day with their Cannon, .. 25th. 
Mortars and Small Arms on the outworks, and have so destroyed our 
Embrazures and Merlons, that we could play but very few Cannon 
against them; except the N. E. Ravelin, which bears upon the besiegers 
three and four Gun Batteries at the Water Tower by Major Innes's; 
but we plyed them pretty warmly with shells. 
