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Infernal bomb shook the city and destroyed the fort (then called 
"Quince”); but Benbow’s squadron had not any soldiers to spare to 
complete the capture and demolition. It is singular that of the two 
Bomb-ships employed on present occasion, one, the old Grenado, had 
shared in the 1693 expedition, while the other, the Infernal, was named 
after the exploded bomb. 1 2 The battering train had been got ready 
by Colonel Desaguliers for besieging Fort St. Malo ; but its walls were 
too high for our scaling ladders to admit of assault, its massive 
structure and strategic situation on a peninsula would have consumed 
too much time to overcome, and delay would have admitted of arrival 
of the approaching French army from Bordeaux. The Duke of Marl¬ 
borough, therefore, re-embarked his army, and returned to the Isle of 
Wight on 12th June, 1758. 
Notwithstanding the complete success of this expedition, with insig¬ 
nificant loss on our side, the disappointment of the nation and the 
disgust of the army were intense; Lord George Sackville, with his 
constitutional impulsiveness, threw up his employments, vowing that 
he would ".go buccaneering” no more; 3 no General could be found 
willing to assume like command, except the unfortunate General Bligh, 
who had never seen service, and who was brought over from Ireland to 
organise a fresh expedition against Cherbourg . 3 
Change of Policy. 
Hitherto the landed gentry, of both sexes, and the upper classes had 
favoured active intervention in behalf of our ally, Prussia; and the 
English people, who had never wavered in their attachment to the 
" Protestant champion ”—-as they styled Frederick—had borne with 
reluctance our ignominious loss of Hanover ; 4 while at the present crisis 
the land resounded with the news of the brilliant victories of the Great 
Frederick, at Rosbach, November 5, 1757—the last battle which 
Frederick was destined to fight directly with the French—and at 
Leuthen, December 5, 1757, over the Austrians, which enabled him to 
recover Silesia; and Pitt, whose role as War and Foreign Minister was 
to "do” everything, while Newcastle, as Treasurer, "gave” every¬ 
thing, was quick to discern the revulsion of national sentiment, and to 
perceive that the supreme moment had arrived for changing his policy 
by striking an effective blow in Western Germany with the splendidly 
equipped army now at his disposal, in conjunction with our 50,000 
Hanoverians and Hessians'—under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick— 
who had, since Kloster-seven, been maintained out of Britain's annual 
subsidy of £670,000 to Frederick. 5 The city and port of Emden had, 
fortunately, been captured by the Navy in May, and huge preparations 
were now begun for throwing an English army into it as a point 
d’appui. 
1 “ Gentleman’s Magazine,” 1758, p. 253 (for 1693 expedition), p. 285 (for 1758 expedition). 
2 “ Dictionary of National Biography,” article Lord George Germaine. “Hist. MSS. Com¬ 
mission,” 9th Report (III). 
6 “ Gentleman’s Magazine,” 1758, p. 633. 
4 “Annual Register,” 1758, p. 65. “ Frederick the Great” (Longman), p. 139, 
5 “Frederick the Great” (Longman), p. 140, 
