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A — — — . . , -^ JOURNAL Of the Late S I E G E B Y T H E Troops ^r ova North AMertcA^ AGAINST ^\i(t Frc?2ch at Cape Breton, the City of LouiSBOURG, and thd Territories thereunto belonging. SURRENDEiAED To tiie English, on thf; 7th of 'Junei 1745, after a Siege of Foriy-eight Days. B Y ] A M 'E S G T B S O N, Gentleman Voluntier at the aboVe Siege. LONDON: Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible arid Sun^ in St, P^hPs Church-Yard. MDCCXLV, O' 4 ■■• J*? T O T H E Commissioned Officers of the Troops at the late Siege againft the City of Lonisbourgj and the Territories thereunto belonging in North America. My dear Brethretiy and Fellow-Soldiers^ Urfuant to your Requefl, I here prefent you with a y(9//r;W, which I kept whilft the Siege was laid againft the City abovemention'd. If it fhould contribute in the Jeaft to your Pleafure in the RecoUedtionof that fignal Victory which you obtain'd, by the Blef* ling of God, thro' your great Courage and good Condud, over your Enemies at Cape Breton ; or be of Service to you in any A 2 other y DEDICATION. other Refpedl whatever, I fliall not think my Labour ill bcftpw'd. Gentlernen, as yop voluntarily left your Families, your Fortunes, your Occupations, and whatever elfe you held moft dear, to enter the Field in the Service of your Country againftthe flrong Holds of a po- tent Encniv ; agalnft a well wall'd, and well garri'di'd City j agaiiill Ih'ong Bat- teries, in flioit, and large Cannons, I hear- tily congratulate you on your good Suc- cefs, and doubt not but vour Heroic At- chievements yv^ill be tranfmitted down, with Honour, to lateft Pofterity. In regard to the poor Soldiers, who left their Families and their refpecftive Callings for no other Conlideration than fourteen Shillings llerling per Month, befides the yrofpedl of a litde Plunder, as Occafion of- fered, of which they were difappointed, I hope they will be taken care of, and meet with a Reward in fome Meafure pro- portion'd to their Service and their Merit ; iince th(sir Difappointment was wholly owing (as you are fenfible) to our gene^ rous Treatment of the Enemy, even when we had fecur'd our Gonqueft : For by the Terms of Capitulation, the French were tiot only allowed to carry off all their Ef- feds without tj^e leaft Moleflation, but lycrt tranfported, at our Expence to Old France. ] \ DEDICATION, France ; infomuch, that the Soldiers, as I before liintcd, had no Opportunity of making any Advantage of their good Suc- cefs, which otherwife they might have confidcrably in)prov*d. The Place, Gentlemen, u^hich we have thus happily made our own, inay with Propriety be call'd the Key of Canada^ and North America, The Illand is near a hundred Miles long; and has feveral fine Harbours in it very commodious for the Fi{]i'=^ry ; whereof that at Louijhcurg is the principal. The City IS not only v^ell wall'd, but as it has feveral wide Trenches and Flankers, it may properly be faid to be compleatly gar- rifon'd. There is likewife a very grand Battery, diredlly oppofite to the Mouth of the Harbour, the Ordnance whereof* confifts of above thirty Pieces of Cannon, all forty two Pounders. The Ifland Battery, moreover, which is planted at the Mouth of the Harbour, is of equal Strength and Force. Oppoiite to the Illand Battery there is alfo a very fine and commodious Light- Houfe, as well as a noble Harbour for the largeft Ships. Near the Shore and grand Banks, which are about twenty Leagues Diftance, th^re m'e Fi(h ill Abundance, iv BEDICjiriON. As to the Climate, 'tis exceeding fine for curing Fifti, and rendering them fit for a foreign Market. Here are Macka- rel and Herrings in Plenty, both fat and large for Baits. The Land here produces very good Wheat, Rye and Barley ; and the Mea- dows the beft of Grafs. Befides thefe Commodities, here are fine Beach Wood and Flake, for the mutual Benefit of the induftrious Fiflierman and the Farmer. This Port commands not only Cape ^able Shore, Canco^ and Newfoundland; but the Gulf of St. Lawrence^ and by Con- fequence, Canada, It is a Safeguard like- wife to the whole Fifliery, as well as to Foreign VelTcls. I have been informed by a French Gen- tleman, that the Settlement of the Illand of Gafpey coft his moft ' Chriftian Majefty nine Million and an Half of Money : And fince the War commenced, the Repairs that have been made to all the feveral Bat- teries have been attended with great Ex- pence. As to my own particular Part, no foon- cr was the Expedition propos'd at Bojlon in New England by the Government, but I inftandy promoted the fame, and thro* my Means fome Hundreds enter'd into the Service : And as I had the Honour to bear his DEDICATION. ^ his Majefty*s GommifEon in the Royal Regiment of Foot Guards in Barbadoes^ by Virtue of that Commiffion I volunta- rily engaged in this Expedition, without the leaft Pay or Allowance for my Ser- vice, or Provifion, during the whole Siege: And no fooner was it over, but I aflifted in the Tranfportation of the French Inha- bitants to Old France j having pafs'd my Word to proceed in a Tranfport both to France and England, Give me leave here to remind you of my Readinefs to ferve this Expedition in all Refpedls : You remember, I doubt not, the tedious Marches which I made after the Enemy, and the imminent Danger I was in at the North-Eaft Harbour, which is about ten Miles from the grand Battery, where, with four Men only, I was load- ing a Schooner with Plunder. Whilft we were bufy in the Houfe where our Car- go lay, no lefs than a hundred and forty French and IndianSy with a Shout, fired a Volley againft it : Whereupon two of the Men jumpt out of the Windaw, and were (hot dead, even after they had cry'd out Quarter. After this, tho*thei^m;fi>and/;?- ^/tf«j enter 'd the Houfe, the two other Men and my felf fo happily conceal'd ourfelves, as that we were not difcover'd. Some (hort Time after they withdrew, and wc made vl DEDICATION, made our Efcape to the grand Battery, tho^ with great Fatigue ; for we were fcrceci to take to a thick Wood, and run thro^ great Swamps, not daring to appear in the Road, for Fear of a Surprize. At laft, God be thanked, we arrived fafe at the grand Battery, and receiv'd the repeated Congratulations of our Friends, on Ac- count of our happy DeHverance, which- was look'd upon as almoft miraculous. - I hope. Gentlemen, I fhall not be thought vain in making mention of one other dangerous Exploit in which like- wife I came off with Succefs. At about 2 o'clock in the Morning, \vith the Affiftance of but five Men, I car- ried a Fire-ihip under the Guns of the City Batteries to the King's Gate, where I fet fire to the Train, and fo quick was the Ef- fedl of it, that I loft my Breath till I got upon Deck. After this we went in our Boat under the Guns of the circular Bat- tery before we could go over to the Weft Side of the Harbour, for Fear of being difcoyer'd by the Fire. The French^ in*- deed, fired fevcral Times at us, but we happily receiv'd no Damage. We arri- ved fafe foon after at the Grand Battery ; and no fooner had the Fire took the Pow- der, but it tore up the Decks of the Ship, and threw fuch a Quantity of Stones jnta 1 I DEDICATION^ vu into the City, that they not oply broke down a large Spire of the King's-Gtite, but the End of a large Stone-honfe, and burnt three fmall Vefiels, &c. belidcs. As the Morning was very dark, ihc In- habitants were flrangely furpris'd at fuch an unexpev5led Act of Holiility. I have notliir.g farther tD add, but that I Piave prefixed to this Jvournal a Flan of the City, the Garriion?, the Harbour, and Light-lioufe, &V. which 1 hope will meet with a favourabip Reception from you, and be thought at the fame Time an ac^ teptabie Service to the Publick. As to what Battei;ies Ihall hereafter be thought neccllary to be built, or wliat Re- pairs ought immediately to be made to thofe that are fliil {landing, I hope a true and faithful Account thereof will fpeedily be dcliver'd in to thofe whom it may more immediately concern, and that pro- per Perfons who are well Wifhers to their King and Country may be appointed, as foon as conveniently may be, to put the fime in Execution. I am, with all due Refpec^s, Gentimm, Dotted Ju!^ 3, 174^, in // 0!t isboutyjj - HarL ; vr on boird the Speeayje//, hourA fnr Fraire with French inhabitants. Tour bumble Ser^vaitty James Gibson. B P. 5. viii DEDICATION. P. S. 1 fhall here take the Liberty tq tranfcribe a Letter Verbatm^ which I re-sf peiv *d from Major Willimn Hunt, Royal Grand Battery of King Gecrge tbc Second, at Cape BretoUy in Ngrif^ America. July ^th, J 7 45. Capt. J'ames Gibfon^ I Do, in Behalf of myfelf aiid others the commiflion'd Officers, return you hearty Thanks for the Copy of your Jour- nal during the Siege againft the City of Louisbourg^ at C^pe Breto?2 -, And as you are going to France with the French In- habitants, and fo for Fnglandy we wifli you Succefs, and that you may, for your Charge and Courage, have great Encou- ragement, as you did fo voluntarily pro- ceed in the above Expedition at your ov/n pxpence. I am, v SIR, Tour inoft bumble Ser'uant^ William Hunt^ Major. « 1 A f \ [9] J O U RN AL O F T H E Siege of the City oi Louhhourg^^C. Tucfikyt AP RIL 30, 1745. HIS Day our Men of War, Privateers, and Tranfports, arriv'd fafe at Cabomch-Bay in Cape Breton^ from Canp^ where we lay from the fe- €ond Day of this Inftant April to the 28/^, at which Time we anchored within five Miles of the City of Louisbourgh, No foo ier were our Whale- Boats got out in order to land our Troops, but Capt. Morepayig came down from the City with fourfcore and feven Men to pre- vent their Attempt. Our Privateers, how- cverj lying at Anchor near the Shore, fir'd I'iriartU' at them, and in the mean Time li we lo y^ Journal c/* the Siege we landed fome hundreds of Men, who "went in Purfuit of the Enemy. We kill'd I iix of them, and took five Prifoners, and,; '•) in fliort, totally beat them off Nay more, .; we prevented them from getting into the . City, and oblig'd them to fly for flielter into the Woods. Wedncfday, MAT i. Our Troops marched towards the Grajnd Battery, and let fire to ten Houfes, the In- habitants being fled into the City. The Flames (o fiirpris'd the Soldiers in the a- forefaid Battery, that both they and their Captain (one Carey by Name) made the beft of their Way by Water into the City; whereupon feveral of our Companies took i)oflef!ion of the Place, and at Day-break loifted up King George's Flag. .. i 1 ntirfday 2, M' The French perceiving the Englip Flag lioiiled up, fir'd Shot and Bombs from the Illand Battery, and all the other Batteries in the City, againfl the Grand Battery in- cellantly Day and Night ; but to no Pur- pofe 5 for they all went over us, Where- ever tliey faw two or three Men together, they would fend a Bomb, or a Parcel of Shot after them.The Guns which we found; it> of CAPE BRETON. it in the Grand Battery were plugg'd, and their Carriage-Wheels, ^c, cut by the French, Friday 3. • The City and Batteries fir^d fmartly all Day and Night v/itli Bombs and Cannon againft the Grand Battery. One of our Guns being drill'd, v/e iir'd into the City; and the firft Shot, being unexpected, kill'd 14 Men. • • Saturday 4. The City Batteries, ^c, play'd as fail as poflible with Bombs and Cannon againft our Grand Battery. As we had two of our Guns drill'd, we fir'd againft the City with good Effedt -, for we took St. John'Sy and St. Peter's^ and burnt them. We took like wife about 20 Prifoners ; but the others made their Efcape in the Woods. We took, moreover, fevcral finall VelTels, and fome Plunder. ■ . ^ i ■ Sunday 5. The Frejich fir'd but a few Guns and Bombs againft us. This Day the firft Protefliant Sermon was preach'd in the Mafs-houfe at the Grand Battery. The Text was taken out of 1 00th Pfahn ver. 4, and 5. In the Evening we fir'd fmartly aeainil It A Jou RN A t of the Siege againft the City with our two Pieces of Cannon. Monday 6. Our Company confifting of 96 Men march'd to tne North-Eafi: Harbour, which was ten Miles from the Grand Battery, and drove the Inhabitants into the Woods. Our Grand Battery, having leveral Guns drill'd, iir'd fmartly againil: the City and Ifland Battery; they however fir'd buf feldom at us* \\ .. . Tuefday 7. .. .. . ; . Ourr Scout at tlie North^-Eaft Harbour, loaded a Schooner with Plunder, and a Shallop with excellent Fifli. Tho' the City aad other Batteries fir'd fmartly a* gainft the Grand Battery, yet they did no Damage. We^ on the other Hand, ha* ving fcveral Guns drill'd, fir'd fmartly a* gainft the City and Ifland Battery, and every Gun did Execution. J'Vednefday 8. The Grand Battery fir'd all Day againfl: rfic Ifland Battery and City, with good EfFed ; the City and other Batteries, how* ever, fir'd but feldom at us. One of our Guns happen'd to fplit, by which Acci- dent one of our Men was hurt. '\\. I'hurfday of c/CAVE BRETON, 13 Our Grand Battery, having 20 Guns drill'd, and their Carriages repair'd, fir'4 fmartly againft the City and Ifland Battery. We faw feveral Shot go through the Roofs of three Houfes ; as alfo , feveral ChiniT- neys, and the Amb^feers of the Batteries, fenock'd down. V . . / 1 ^day Friday 10. .;^. A fmall Scout, of a 5 Men got to the North-Eaft Harbour. I and four more being in a Houfe upon Plunder, 140 French and Indians came down upon us flrft, and fir*d a Volley, with a great Noife. Two ninip'4 out of the Window, and were (hot dead. With great DifH- culty the other two and myfelf got fafe to the Grand Battery. They afterwards kiird 1 9 of the remaining 20, -1 Saturday u. A Copipany this Day march'd to the North-Eaft Harbour, and buried the Men that were kill'd Yeflerday. They burnt likewife every Houfe in the Place with the Mafs-houf(?, Fiih-llages, and Ware- houfes. They deftroy'd, moreover, a^ bout ;oo ShalloivaySy and took 40 Pri-j foners. 14 A Journal of the Siege loners. The Grand Battery iir'd frnartly r^gainfl the City. Sundav I2» Not one Gun lir'd from the Ifland Bat- tery this Day. The Grand Battery, how- ever, and our other Batteries fir'd fmartly agalnft the City to very good EfFedt ; for not a Gun was return 'd. We had a Ser^ mon in the Mafs-houfe at the Grand Bat- tery. The Text was taken from the 27th Ver fe of the 9th Chapter of the Hcbre%jus, Monday 13. At 3 o*CIock this Afternoon a large Trejich Snow came round the Ligbirrhcufe^ the Wind being Eaft-North-Eaft. 'b\\Q was oblig'd to run into the Harbour of JjCuisho7{rg. Tlio' our grand Battery, and other J]attcry fir'd at her, yet flie kept c)o{e aboard the Ifland Battery and i\vd City, till flie grounded againft tlie Ki/?gs-Gafr. This Vellcl caine from FrCijic^ laden with Stores for the Fiflier- nien. This wa.s the only Veflel that got in after we liad taken pofleffion of tlie Grand Battery. The City and Ifland Bat- tery ilr'd as fall: as polTible againil the Grand Battery till the Snow grounded. At Ni^ht we got a large Scooncr, iill'd with Coinbuftibles ; put a fnrall Jiail on her I a \ fc ct rf CAPE BRETON. 15 her, p.nd carried her between the Ifland liattery and the City. So foon as the Fire t(x)k the Train, the French fir'd from the City :\n(\ Ifland Battery againfl: the Schoon- er, and the Grand Battery, no lefsthan 30 Shot. One of our Men was kill'd by Landgrage, and feveral were wounded. Our Gunner hkewife was kill'd at our Fafcine Battery, through the Misfortune of a Gun*s fplitting. l^iicjday 14. There was a North-Eaft Storm of Wind and Rain this Day. The City fir'd fmart- ly againfl our Fafcine Battery. Our Bat- tcries^ on the other Hand, fir'd againft the City with good Effedt. In order to pre- vent the Loading of our Guns at the Fa- fcine Battery, the French fir'd fmall Acms, as foon as we had difcharg'd our Cannon j but they did no Manner of Execution. Wednefday 15; This Day the City fir'd feveral Bombs and Guns againfl our Fafcine Battery. We fir'd 28 Guns, and feveral Bombs, w^hich did great Execution in the City ; for they broke down the Wall of the Cir- cular Battery, and the Ambufeers. C I'hurfday h 16 y/ J c) u R N A L 0/* I be Sie^c T/jurfi/ay i6. Our Artillery from the Green-Hill threw above 50 Bombs and Balls into the City, which drove down Chimneys, and Roofs of Houfes. The City, indeed, fir'd fmart- ly, but not a Gun was heard from the Ifland Battery. Two of our Guns at the Grand Battery fplit, by which Misfortune two of our Men were wounded. Friday 17. Captain Roufc convoy'd fix Tranfports from Bofton with four Months Provilioa for our Land Army. Capt. Gay ton like- wife arriv'd from Boflon with Military Stores. The City fir'd fmardy all Day a:^ainft our Fafcine Battery, and the Ifland Battery threw three Bombs againft the Grand Battery. We dragg'd feveral 42 Pounders from the Grand to the Fafcine Battery, notwithftanding it was two Miles dillant, and the Way rough.. One Hun- dred Fretich went out of the City by Wa- ter, and landed at the Back of the Light- hoiife, in order to cut off our Men j but as we v/ere appris'd of their Intention, we engag'd them, kill'd three, wounded fe- veral, and took the Captain of their Com- pany Prifoner. One of our TndiiVj Friends i o/CAPE BRETON. 17 was hurt very much by the fpliting of one of our Guns. Satur^iiy 18. The City fir'd as faft as pofTible agalnfl: our Fafcine Battery and Artillery at the Green-Hill, We, o!i the other Hand, fliot fevcral of the French with our fniall Arms, ut the City Wall from our Fa- fcine Battery, as it was but 25 Rood$ Diiiance. Sunday 19. This Day a f.ul Accident happcn'd at our Fafcine Battery. Two Barrels of Powder took fire, and killM fevcn of our Men. Tho' all our Batteries fir'd fmartly againfl the City, yet the Ifland Battery did not fire a Gun for feveral Dayn 5 and the laft Shells they threw were half fiU'd with Bran : from whence we mi^-ht reafonably conjcdlure, that they grew (liort of Powder. We had a Sermon preached to Day, and the Text was the i itb Verfe of the ijth Chapter o^ Exodus. ids Moiiday 20. Two French Ships and a Snow were taken, and fent into Caboruch-Bay, Com- modore Warren and the other Ships are ftill out in chace of a Man of War. The C 2 City 1 8 A Journal of Siegf City fir*d all Day againft our Fafcine Battery. All our Batteries fir*d fo fmartly againft the City, that feme of the Am- bufeers on the South Side were beaten down at the Circular Battery. Two hun- dred of our Men march'd on a Scout to the North-Eaft Harbour. Cap.t. Fletcher fcnt his Boat afhore to take in Water. Ten Men were kill'd, and four efcap'd. 'Tiiefdciy 21 This Day the Scout of 200 Men returned to the Grand Battery, and brought with them a French Doftor, and feven other Captives, having firft bnrnt the Mals- houfe,and all the other Houfes \ as alfo de- ftroy'd a confiderable Number of Fifhing Shalloops, and the Fi(h-Stages. Commo- dore Warren fent in the French Man of War that had been chas'd for feveral Days. She is a fine new Ship of 64 Guns, call'd the Vigilant^ and laden with Stores, a great Number of large Guns, and a large Quantity of Powder ; befides Stores for the City of Louijhcurg^ and other Stores for a 70 Gun Ship which is building at Canada, A large Brigantine arriv'd this Day from France^ and came into our Fl<".et, ihro' Miftake, as the Weather was very foggy. She was laden with Brandy and .Stores. A Scout of 200 Men march'd out % 'f 'I i o/CAPE BRETON. 19 out after fome hundreds of French and hi- dians, who were coming down, us we heard, upon our Camp. Tlic Scout re- turn'd, theEnemy moving off, and brought in fevenCows and feveral Calves aiid Goat?, ^c. Our fmall Battery, with two Pieces of Cannon, iir'd on the City, and did great Execution : And notwithllanding our other Battery fir'd fmardy ngainfl the City with good Effc(5t, yet the City did not return a Gun : Neither had tlic Ifland Battery fjr'd a Gun for feveral Duvs. At the A7;;?'i- Wharj\ we found thirty Pieces of Cannon funk from 6 to 12 Pounders. Tins is the Place wiiere the Men of War heave down. 'Tis a long Wharf tb.at is pl.uik'd for fpreading and mending of Sails ; and a large Ship may lie along Side of it. The Vigilcmt lofl 60 Meui we only live. Wedncfday n 'f This Day the City iir'd as quick as poflible againfl us; we, on the oti)er Hand, ihot 'feveral of the French wlio were on the City Wall, with our fmall Arms ironi the Fafcine Battery ; and avS diie French Gunner was luckily kill'd likewife in the City by anodier Shot, they hoilled their Flags half M.ill: upon that Occaiion. This Pay a fdty Gun Ship join'd our Fleet. * uii! juciy 20 A Journal oj the Siege I'hurfday 23. This Day a great Number of our Men were bufily tmploy'd in furniihing near fifty of our Whale-boats with Paddles, Ladders, (^c. and about 12 o'Clock 500 Men of the Land Army and Marines em- bark'd from on board the Man of War, with a View of making themfelves Ma- Aers of the Iflind Battery; but at that Time there arofe fuch prodigious a Fog, that they could not fee where to land, notwitftanding they were in the Nut of the Shore. When it began to clear up they were oblig'd to draw off, tho* at that Time there were but 14 Men in the Illand Battery. Friday 24. The Fleet, this Day appearing off the Mouth of the Harbour, made a gallant Show. At Night, ^vq of our Men and myfelf went on board a Ship which we firft fiird with Combuftables, and then carried her under a fmall Sail by the Iron Battery till we had grounded her againfl the King* 5-G ate belonging to the City, No fooner was the Train fet on Fire, but the Gity fir*d fmartly againft us 5 and when we took Boat, we were oblig'd to row under the Mouth of their Cannon^ till we got i ' I ■ of CAPE BRETON. 21 got on the Weflern Side of the Harbour. This Firefliip did as much Execution as we could reafonably expcdl ; for it burnt three Veflels, and not only beat down the Pinacle of the King's-Gatey but great Part of a Stone-houfe in the Gity : And as this was tranfadted in the Dead of the Night, it put the Inliabitants into an un-* common Confternation; Saturday 25. This Day the Fafcine Battery fir'd fmartly againft the City Wall, and not only beat down a great Part of it, but much damag'd the Citadel, which gave ,us great Hopes of Succefs. The City, indeed, in Return, iir'd both their Can- non and their fmall Arms againft the laid Battery, but to little or no Effedl. Su?tday 26. ■ ^ This Day a Scout, confifting of 153 Men befides myfelf, march'd to the Weft- North-Weft Part of this Ifland, which is 25 Miles Diftance, or thereabouts, from the Grand Battery. We found two fine Farms upon a Neck of Land that extend- ed near 7 Miles in Leng'.h. The firft we came to was a very handfomc Houfe, and had two large Barns, well fini/h'd, that lay 22 -^Journal of the Siege lay contiguous to it. Here likewife were^ two verv larQ-e Gardens ; as ulio, fonie fine Fields of Corn of a conliderable Height, and other good Lands thereto be- longing, befides Plenty of Beacli-Wocd and Frcfh Water. In this lloufe we took feven Frenchmen^ and one Woman Prifc- licrs. It was not much more than five Hours before our Arrival, that 140 French and Indians had been killing Cat- tle here, and baking Bread, for Provifions in their March againfb our Men, who were at that Time polTefs'd of the Light- hcufe. Thcfe were the very fame Band, or Company, that murder'd 19 of our Men at the North- Eaft Harbour on the 10th Liflant, and fhot the two Men that jumpt out of the Window, as is more par- ticularly mention'd in the Article of that Day. At that unhappy Jundture they took one Serjeant Cockrin Prifoner ^ and noty/ithflaricing he had made it his whole Study fromthatTime to humour and oblige them, yet, after a Dance this Day, they fell upon him, and in a mofl barbarous Manner cut off the Ends of his Fingers; after that, they flit them up to his Hand. When this Scene of Cruelty w^as over, they enter'd upon a new one 5 and in the firfl Place cut oiT the Tip of his Tongue^, and in an inllilting Manner bid him fpeak I r/CAPE DRKTON. 2-, EngliJJj ; afcer that :]icy cut oix ibnic Part of hisFIelh, and made one of his Fellow Pfifoncrs eat it; then they cut hib Carcafe up like a Parcel of inhuman I>utchers, and to fhcw iheir iafl Marks of iMilice and. Refcntment threw \i into the Sea. The other Houfe was a iinc Stone Edi- iice, coniirting of fix Rooms on a Floor, all well nniih'd. Tiicrc was a line Walk before it, and two fine Barns conrlpuoiis to it, will! fine Gardens and other Ap- purtenances, helices fcveral fine r'ields of \Vheat. In oiiC of the Barns tiicrc were 1 5 Load of Flay, and Room iullicicrit Jor threefcorc I lories, and other Cattl:\ At our Dcpartui-c from the firft Farm we ict all we left behind us on fire ; and turn- ing back, at aiinall Diilance, we fiw ibme Hundred'^ oi" the Ent^my hovering rioiind the Flames. We likewife fct fire to, and re~ duc'd the lafii'arm, as well as the Firil, to Ruin.s. Flcre we took three Men in a Boat winch was kiden with Provifions, and filling down to the City of Louisho?,'?'g. This lail Fiouib was fituatcd on tlie Mouth of a lan}"e Salmon Fifhcrv wiiich was fmie few Roods wklc ; aiid about hull" a Mile al>v)ve it tlierc was , r 1 \*, Dca r four Miles over D ^IviJi <7\' =4 Journal of the Siege Monday 27. TJiis Day we retarn'd with our Scout, confilHng of 154 Men, to the Grand But- tery all well, and in high Spirits. At 1 2 o'clock our Wliale-boats were well fix'd with Ladders, and two hundred Men at leafl, if not more, attempted to fcale the Walls of t e Ifland Battery. The French difcover'd the lame ; and as foon as our Boats came near to Shore, the Trench fir'd their large Cannon loaded widi Langrage, which deflroy'd fevcral of our Boats as well as our Men. Thofe that adlually landed fought till Sun rife, and then call'd for Quarter. Out of the Number that went to the Ifland Battery 154 of our Men were miffing. By two tl:at deferted from the French^ we were infbrm'd, that 1 1 8 of our Men were taken, and carried Pri- foners into the City j fo that in that bold Attempt we lofl only fix and thirty Men* The French^ who were at that Time in the Battery, were between three and four Hundred. T^uefday 28. This Day not only the Grand Battery but our other Batteries fir'd fmartly on the City. We faw the Shot beat down feve- ral IX ery the Ive- ral c/CAPE BRETON. ral Chimneys, and go through the Rootti of feveral Houfes. This Day a Scout of 400 Men march'd towards Scatterec, up- on an Information that a great Number of French and Indians were marchint?; towards our Camps in order to cut them off. As our Scout was marching down a Hill at the North-Eiill Harbour, they came all oa a fudden upon 160 French aad Indians^ who, in a great Conflernation ran up ano- ther riili that was full of Trees and f'^rti- fied with Rocks. As our People wer(? only in an open Garden, as it were, the French and Indiam fir'd fmartly at them ; but notwidillandincr their advan!:a'}"eous Si- tuatior, we kill'd 37, and wounded 41, as we were inform'd by the French (Captain's Wife, whom we had taken Prifoner ; and they kill'donly ten of ours. The French and Indians made off in fuch a Murry, that they did not flay to bury their Dead. This was the fame Company that Vv^as at the Weft-North- Well: Neck of Land on Sundax the 2()th Inftant. We took their Shalloways laden with Provifions, c^^, TFcdnefdiiy 29. ThisDay our Scout, confifling ofiooMen, march 'd to Scatter cc^ where we burnt fe- veral Iloufes, and took lix Men and tliree Won^n Prifoners. Scattcrce is about 20 - D 2 Miles it 26 yi J O U R N A L ^ ' fl>c Sic^'t' Miles from the Grand Cattery. Lafl Night we (fori was amongft tlicm) lodg'd in the W (^ods. The French and Indium drew off. Our Batteries fir'd finartly iigaiijfl the City. ThnrfJiin 30. Thi^ Day our Scout abovcmentloned of 400 MvH return'd to die Grand Battery well, and in high Spirits, &c. ' '■ Friilay 31. Rain and Fog. — Not a Gxxn was fir'd this Day on one fide or the ot-her. Saturday, JUNE i. This Day our Batteries play'd finartly ap;ainll: the Gitv with their Bombs ;;nd Cannon. The Ifland Battery did nc;i; lire w Gun for feveral Days together, .ind the City but a few. Sunday 2. LaH: Night we rais'd a great Part of a new Battery at the Light-hoiifc. Two hundred Men were at work upon it. The Frc7id\ at the Ifland Battery, when they faw it in the Morning were not only fur- pris'd, but fo incens'd at the Progrefs our Men had made^ that they iir'd as fifl as pofTible a ivo he jey [r- lur las )le c/CAPE BRETON. i^ poUiblc with their Bombs and Cannon up- on them, and obhg'd them to draw off. One Flanker of this Battery fronts the Sea, and the other is dirc(5lly oppofite to tlic Tfland Battery ; fo that we can fweep the Platform of the liland Battpry and com- mand all the Shipping that goes in or comes out. The French laid a Boom from the Eaft Battery to that of the Wefl, in order to prevent any of our Firefliips from annoying the City, or any of our Boats fl-om Landing. We had a Sermon on the following \Vords, Prepare to jueet thy Gody O Zio?i. Monday 3. This Day a Veffel arriv'd from Bo/ion with a large Mortar-piece, which was landed, and drawn to the Light-houle Bat- tery. We had Advice from the Captain that 1000 Men were voluntarily rais'd to reinforce our Troops here ; and that we might exped: them very foon. We had farther Advice, that the French Fleet of Men of War were ilopt at Brejl by owxFn- gliJJd Men of War. We had moreover, 600 Barrels of Powder arriv'd from Bo/Ion^ be- fides Stores for the Army. This Supply of Ammunition came very opportunely ; for we had not Powder fufficient for any more aS A Journal of the SJrge more than four Rounds at the the Grand Battery. This put new Life and Spirits into all of us. I'tiejii^ty / . This Dc.iy we fii'd our Cannon and Bombs cigainri: the City. Both of our Mortars piov'd fo dclu-tive, that it was not though: fafe to make w^c of thcni any more. Wljticupon a Privateer .Snow was fcnt immediatelv to yhidpolis for a frefh Si:pply. We he-ud fuch a great Num- ber of Guns fir'd at ^'ei, that we conehid- cd there wac a fmart lMi;!;ngcment between our fvlen of v\ ar aixl tiie French. Wednefdivy 5. I./,;{1 Nigl t v/as tikcn and brought in a French Ship of i/j. Carriage Guns, anda- bove 300 Ton, laden with Beef, Pork, Butter, Ch.eeic, Peafe, Beans, Brandy,' Salt, and o^.lier Stores for the Fifhery. This was the Ship, it feems, which we heard in ihc Engagement Yefterday. The Fafcine Battery play'd fmartly with their Bon;bs and Cannon, and to very good Ef- fect. In tlie Moining, the- Frcjich drank to us from the City Wall, we being fo near that we could fpeak to each other, I'hurjday :f- ifo I ■• 6/CAPK BRETON. 2/,'» <-• id ay g: lafh Night dcfertcd the French 3^ A Journal of the ^Icgc French Guards in the Clly, aiifl cMine to our Grand Battery, \\ o iiiforni'd us, tl^it there was no IVleat to be liad in all the City ; and that the French fubliftcd wholly on Salt-filli, Bread, and Peafc. They afTur'd us like wile, that there were but about 100 Barrels of Powder left for all their Batteries : To this they added, that the firfl Gun that we drill'd, and fir'd from the Grand Battery, kill'd 14 of their Men. TJiis Day our Men of War went in Chafe of a large Ship (which prov'd to be a Man of War) to join our Fleet from Engla?2d, Two valuable Prizes were taken, and lent to BoJIon, A large Sloop of no Tons from Canada^ laden with Proviilon, and bound for Louisbciir'/, was chas'd by one of our Privateers, and ran on Shore at the Back of the Light-Hotifc, About 50 Men made their Efcape. We got the Vellel off without any Damage. V 10. Monday This Day our New Battery, at th Light'HonJe, play'd with three Pieces of Cannon againfl the Illand Battery. Our South Flanker fwept the Weft Platform,, fo that they could not load their Caii'ion. The French would have jumpt out of the Ambafeers into the Sea; but when they found we had but three Guns mounted, they fu-'d US, Ih of CAPE BRETON. 31 ;*d Bombs and Shrtt, as faft as poflibly they dar'd to load from the North Flanker. It was all no Piirpofe, however ; for wc beat down Part of their Garrifon-hoiife. iC l*uefday 11. This Day a Scout of 230 Men (amongft whom I was one) march'd out of the Grand Battery to Scatteree, we being in- form'd by fome Prifoners, that feveral Hundreds of French and Indians were coming down upon our Camps. Two of our Tranfports landed fome Ordnance and Provifions at the Light ^Houfe , Tho' the French at the Ifland Battery fir*d Bombs and Shot in the Morning as faft as pofTibly they could, yet they did no Manner of Damage. Laft Night two Boats came fafe into the Harbour with Powder and Ball. We had 200 Men at work a-nights lit the Light-houfe Battery. All our Bat- teries fir'd fmartly againft the Gity, and with good EfFedt. As their Shot and Bombs fell fhort, we imagin'd that their Powder was near fpcnt. Wediiefday 12. For three Nights paft our Boats brought in ProVifions and Stores from Cabonich- Ba)\ by the Illand Battery, without the leall Interruption. This Day our Scout E of 32 A Journal of the Siege of 230 Men rcturn'd from their March, and found the Enemy were mov'd off. Yeflerday two Men of War from England join'd our Fleet. The City threw 62 Bombs ao;ainfi: us from three o' Clock in the After- noon, to eight the next Morning, and a great Number of Shot belides, which did no great Damage. However, our Bombs and Shot beat down feveral Chimneys and Roofs of Houfes, &c, Thurfday 13. Yefterday the City fir'd 17 Bombs and Shot againil a fmall Battery which we had erev^ed about a Mile from the Grand Bat- tery. Five of them were 42 Pounders. Laft Nidit we carried a Schooner out of the Harbour. Tho* the Illand Battery fir*d twenty odd Bombs and Shot like- wife againil our Ligh-houfe Battery, yet they did no Damage. Our Bombs and Shot, on the other Hand, did confider- able Execution. The Ships of War which lay at Anchor before the Harbour, are thefe that fol- low, "viz, Con.unodore Warrefi^ in the Superb^ Tiie Heaor, • The Althamy The Lciuncejlon. The k I cf CAVE BRETON. 33 The Prhiccfs Mar\\ The Mermaid^ The Cbe/kr, Tiie Canterbury^ The Sunderland ^ The hark^ The Vigilant y a Man of War of 64 Guns taken from the French, Befides thefe, fcveral 20 Gun ^hips from New Rnglaid-j alf:> Snows, Brigan- tines, and Sloops of Force, in all above 20. And iiK-reover 8 5 Tranfports, Twenty French Prizes were taken to this Day. A l;n*ge Privateer Brigantinc, of 1 8 Car- riii^,e Guns, arid 120 Ton:-, was fitted cut, and was to tail the Day we landed ; but the French immediately fcuttled and funk her in the Hiii'bour. Yeilerday we got up a fine Sloop which the French had fuiik, ladcji witli Plank and Timber, intended for a PiCw Platform, tlie Foundation whereof was laid at the Well: Part of the Grand Battery, and was to be finiili'd this Year ; but we have iliv'd them that Charge and Troubie. Friday 14. Lafl Night the large Mortar from Bojlon was convey'd to thcLight-Iioufe Bat- V. 2 terv. I 1 It '> 34 -^Journal of the Siege tery, which play'd againft the Ifland Bat- tery feven Pieces of Ordnance, and one Mortar, which beat down not only the End of the Garrifon, but all tlie Chimneys and Part of the Roof : As alfo the North Ambafeers, and difmounted feveral Guns. When the French faw a Boinb coming they would jump out of the Ambafeers into the Sea. As the City was highly dif- gufted at this Battery, they fir*d 46 Bombs^ and as many Shot. On the other Hand, our feveral Batteries play'd all Day long, and fir'd 1 60 Bombs befides Shot. Lad- ders are at this Time fitting in order to fcale the Walls of the City : A great Num- ber of Shalloways likewife are now fitting in order to land Men from the Fleet, or take up Men in Cafe a Man of War fhould be funk as fhe came into the HaF- bouf. Saturday 15. This Day our whole Fleet of Men of War, Privateers, and Tranlports, made a gallant Appearance before the Harbour. A Flag of Truce came from the City, at 4 o'clock in the Afternoon to our Camps, and offer'd to deliver up the City on the Terms we propos'd on our Demand of the City, and the Territories thereunto be- longing, in the Name, and on the Behalf of our Sovereign Lord King George the Se- cond, 3 or i of CAPE BRETON. 35 cond. The Confideration of fo important iiti Affair, was poftpon*d till eight o'Clock the next Morning, at which Time the Flag of Truce agreed to attend. Where- upon all our Batteries ceas'd firing till far- ther Orders, Sunday 16. The French Flag of Truce came out of the City to our Camps, at 8 o'Clock this Morning ; and it was then finally a- greed and determi n'd, by Capitulation, that the French ihould have all their per- Ibnal Eflfedts, and likewife be tranlported to France at the Expence of the Englip. The faid Articles being thus fettled and adjuftcd, we have now Liberty to march into the City with our Land Army. The Men of War likewife, the Privateers, and Tranfports, may now without Interruption anchor in the Harbour, ^c. ^7- Monday This Day the French Flag was flruck, and the Fnglijh one hoifled up in its Place sit the Ifland Battery. — We took poflel- fion early in the Morning. — We' hoiiled likewife the EngliJJ:) Flag at the Grand Battery, and our other new Batteries: Then fir'd cjr Cannon, and gave three Huzza'S. At two o'Clock in the After- noon •n 36 i i !!( A Journal oj the Siege noon, Commodore Warren^ with all tlie Men of War ; as alfo the Prize Man of War of 64 Guns; our twenty Gun Ships 5 likewife our Snows, Brigantines, Priva- teers, and Tranfports, came all into Louif- bourg Harbour, which made a beautiful Appearance. When all were fafely moor'd, they proceeded to fire on fuch a vidlorious and joyful Occafion. About 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon our Land Army march'd to the South Gate of the City, and en- ter'd the fame, and fo proceeded to the Parade near the Citadel, the French Troops at the fame Time being all drawn up in a very regular Order. Our Army re- ceiv'd the uiual Salutes from thenj, every Part being performed with all the Decency and Decorum imagiriable. And as the French were allow'd to carry off their Effects, fo our Guards took all the Care they poffibly could to prevent the com-» mon Soldiers from pilfering and ftealing, or otherwife giving them the leaft Mo- ieflation. The Guard and Watch of the City, the Garrifons, ^c, were de» liver'd to our Troops. ^uefday 18, T^afl Night a Ship came againft the Mouth of our Harbour, and lay there be- calm'd. In the Morning a Man of War tow'd i ill tlie Ian of Ships; Priva- Louif- autiful loor'd, torious 'Clock larch'd nd en- to the Froops 1 up in ly re- , cverv ecency as the F their e Care com- ealing, Mo- ch of Ire de* ift the ^re be- War tow'd I \ o/CAPE BRETON. 37 tow'd out, and fir*d two Shot at her. She anfwer'd with one, and then ftruck. Whereupon fhe was tow'd into the Har- bour by our Boats. She prov'd to be a Storefhip of 20 Guns, about 300 Ton from France^ and very valuable. We dm f day 19, This Day, upon the neareft Computa- tion that could be made, it was agreed on both Sides, that fince the EngUJh had laid Siege to the City, ^c, that 9000 Shot, and 600 Bombs had been difcharg*d by the Englijto againft the French. ^burfday 20. The Guns being mov'd from one of our fmall Batteries to the Grand Battery, the Ambafeers were levell'd. Friday 21. The Guns being mov'd from the Fa- fcine Battery into the City, the Ambafeers were levelPd. Saturday 22. More Guns mov*d to the City. — The Guns likewife at tlie Light-hotife were dif- mounted. Sunday 3? A JoORfJAL cf the Siege Sunday 23- f - A Sermon preach'd at the Grand Bat- tery fi'om the following Words in the third Chapter of the Revelations, Behold J Jiand at the Door^ ^c. Monday 24. Very foggy— ^ We heard feveral Guns at Sea. It proved to be Captain Roiife from Anapolis^ with three Mortars, Shells, and Shot. . ^ Tuefday 25. A great Number of Men were em- ployed to get up the Veflels which were funk in the Harbour by the French the very firft Day we landed. We are in Hopes they will prove valuable. .. " Wednefday 26. Lafl Night we got off two trench Veflels that had been haull'd afhore. When our Men got up, the Veflels funk. ^hurjday 27. This Evening feveral Shallops came in from the Ifland Scattaree with French In- habitants, 1 c/CAPE BRETON. 39 habitants, and furrender'd themfelves on the Terms niention'd in the Capitulation with the French in the City. Friday 28. From this Day to July the fourth, wd were preparing VefTels for the Tranfpor- tation of the French in Louijbourg to Rochfort in Old Fra?2ce, yVLT 4. This Day eleven Tranfports (i^t fiiil to- gether with the Laiinccjhn Man of War, a 40 Gun Ship, Captain Man, who was our Convoy, Commander. There were feveral Occurrenees which were very remarkable during the Siege. In the firft Place, all the Houfes in the City (one only excepted) had fome Shot through them more or lefs ; fome had their Roofs beat down with Bombs : As for the famous Citadel and Hofpital they were almofl: demoli(h'd by Bombs andShot. The next Thing remarkable was, that from the firfl Day we began the Siege to that of out marching into the City, it was fuch fine Weather, that we did not lofc on^ iingle Day in the Profecution of our F Defign, i: 4^0 y^ Journal of the S/rg^^ Dclign. And moreover, that from the ijtb o{ June to tlie 4/^/^ of July, (v/hich was the Ony v/e fuil'd for France^ with the French Inliahitai'.ts) it eitlier riiin'd, or the Weathicr v/as very foggv : U]X)ii wliich a FrcuchiUiDi made tlic following Remark, that th.e Virgin Mnrj was pe- culiarly kind to the Fjiglijh, in fending tliem f Jr VV^eather during tlic whole Siege, and tlien in clianging it to Rain and Fofji;, as loon as it was over. I fliail conclude mv ^lonrnal of the late Expedition, and Siege againd the City of L,oi(ijho2irg^ and the Territories thereunto belonging with tlie following Additions. After we had march'd iiito the City, I waited on a Gentleman who was in- violably attached to the King of Franc c\ in Qiieen An?ic'^ War. This Gentleman l:ad taken the Ncvo England Country Galley ; he aflifled likewife in the taking of 70 Sail of Veflels more on the Coafl of New England ; and now in the above- mcnticn'd Siege, he came out of Loii?f- kourg with fourfcore and feven Men, in order to prevent our Troops from land- liig, but was happily b^^at off ; this Gentleman, I fiy, told me, thr.t he had not Jiad liis Cloaths off his Back, either 1: '«; '1 V 'N'jent or Day, from tlie f rft Com- mencement 1 t]ic A'hich with rain'd, Ujx)n owing as pe- nding whole ) Rail I )f the (I the •itorics Dwing P City, s in- cman r.ntrv :akin2; Coafl bove- m, in land- this had fither om- hient ( ^ ^/CAPE BRETON. 4/ mcncciiient of the Siege. He addcid, morever, that in all tl.ic Hiflorics he liavt ever read, he never met \vi''.i an I::i^a'MX c-)f lb bold •:\nA prcluiriptiioiis an , ift-c:. 11 j^t 3 that 'twas almofl: in\pi\:dueiibl>, as any one would think, for only 3 or 4.000 rav/, nndifeiplin'd Men, to luy '-a^^^ to fuch a Ib'ong, well fortified LVv, fiicli Garr]f()ns, Batteries, &c. for liiould iiny one have afk'd me, fiid lij, wii.iL Num- l^er of Men would have been f.inieiwnt to Jiave carried on tlvat very En^crprize, lje fhould have anf.vcr'd no Icfs than thirty Thoufu)d. To this he tubjoiif d, that i\^ Jiever heard of, or ever law iuch Cou- rage ar.d hitrep'di^y in fuch a Handful of Men, who re'j.«ided neither Shot 3K)l Bombs : But what was fLJli more fur-- priilng than all tlie refl, he fiid, was t])is, namelv, to fee Batteries rais'd in a Night's Time 5 and more particuiarly tlic Fafcine Batterv, which was not five and twenty Rood? from the City W^ill ; niul to fee Guns, that Vv'ere forty t\V(; l^ciuuiens drag^>;'d by the Englijh from th'.:ir (.5';and Battery, notwith (landing it v/a,:. tvv'oMijcs diftant at leaft, and the Road too very rough. May Courage, Rcf)lution, Life and. Vigour, be forever confpicuous in all our BiigUjh Officers^, and Soldier^- ! for Victory, Y z u \. iiVUl } ■ 42 j^ ]ovRNAL cf the Siege und'^r God, depends principally on their Care and Condud: : And may the Ex- ample of the abovc-nam'd French Cap^ tain, animate us to be bold and daring in a juft Caufe ! In a Word, may it in- duce us fiiithfuUy to difcharge the great, the important Truft repos'd in us, by Virtue of the Commiflions which we bear under our mod gracious Sovereign Lord K-ing George ! Should this be the happy Effed: of that Gentlemen's Example, then we may daily expedt to make large Additions to his Majefty's Dominions; then we may hope, with juft Grounds, to defeat the common Difturber of our Peace and Tranquility ; to humble his Pride, and make hini tributary to us ; then, in (hort, we may reafonably expedl to fee Halcyon Days throughout his Majefty's extenfive Dominions, and fecure our moil excel- lent Conftitution both in Church and State. \ ' : 'A IN ,11 lii [43 ] IN IN order to give our Readers a tran- fient Idea of the ill Treatment we met with at Rochfort in France^ \ fhall here take the Liberty, not only to tran- fcribe a Letter which I wrote on that Subjedl to an intimate Friend, but the PetitioJi which Twelve of us, in Behalf of ourfelves and Fellow- Sufferers, iign'd, and fent in the moil fubmiliive Manner to Commodore Mac Lemar roughs wlio, like an inhuman Savage, turn'd a deaf Ear to our Complaints, and rather added to our Miferies, than any ways re- liev'd us. The Copy of the Letter. Honoured Sir^ PUrfuant to your Requefl, I here give you a true and impartial Account of the cruel and barbarous Treatment which we met with from the French at Rochfort y m France, On the Fourth of 'July laft Four- teen Cartells, with the Laiinceflon Man of War, fet Sail from Loidjbourg at Cape Breton, for France, with French In- habitants. No fooncr were we arrived in the [44] the Roadflcad of Rochfort^ but Commo- dore Mac hemarrovghy in a Ship of 74 Guns, oblig'd us to come to, under nis Stern, in 13 Fatliom of Water. We obey'd, and (hev/'d our Paflports, which , when he had read, he infifled that every Mailer fliould deliver into his Hands his particular Journal. 5'ome, looking on it as an unreaf(.iiahle Demand, with Refolu- tion oppos'd it, but were corifin'd in Irons on his Ship for their Rerulal. Soon after he fent for me on Board, aiul I attended accordingly. Being admitted into the Cabin, he order'd me to fit down at liis Green Table, and give an Account of my own Proceedings in W^i icing; which Or- ders I readily conipiied with. Having iinidi'd mv Declaration, I dclivcr'd it in- to Iiis Hands, and upon the Receipt of it, ]^e told me in diie«5l Terms, that the Car- tclls could expcdl no Favour at Rocbfort -, and that, as for my own parliculai Part, fnice he was credibly inform'd by feveral of the Paflengers, thi.t I had been a very bufv, adive Fellow ayainft the hiterefl of his jMofl Chriftian Majefty at Louisbourg^ in cafe he could find out any Article wJiatevcr that was in the leaft contradic- tory to the Declaration I had deliver'd, that he would fend me to the Tower. Whereupon he immediately fent on Board for »niino- 0fj74 dcr his We which : c very- ids his on it ^efolu- 1 Irons ri after tended o the at liis of my h Or- laving it in- of it, Car- '^fort 3 Part, iveral very iftof Irticie adic- ler'd, Iwer. loard for for my Trunk, and in lifted on hiy glvliig him the Key. I did, and he took out alt my Papers, and read them over in tlic fiiil Place ; after tliat, lie broke open tlic Letters which I had directed for London, Thofe indeed lie feal'd up again, and hav- ing put them into the Trunk, difniifs'd me. His next Orders were, that th.e Car- tclls fhoukl not prciumc to go on Board their Convoy the Laimccilon on any Pre- tence whatever, without his Permiflion : He charg'd us hkewifc not to go on Shore; and gave llrid; Orders to the Garrifon to watch us Night and Day ; and in cafe any of us attempted to fct foot on Shore, the Guards were diredled tortioot us with- out asking any Queftions about the Matter. His Severity, in Ihort, extended fo far, as not to permit a Boat to bring us tlie lead Supply of any Nature or Kind whatfo- ever ; infomuch, that v/e were oblig'd to live v/hoUy on fait Pi ovifions, and drink Wat^r that was ropy, and very offenfive to the Smell for above fix Weeks fuccel- fivelv. When this cruel Commodore fet fail with his rHcct, with about two Hun- dred fail of Merchantmen and feven Men of V/ar for Hifprjiioh', anorhcr Com- modore immediately fupplied his Place. On Sunday Eve lie font out a Yaul, with Orders for all tlic Cartelh. to unbend their Sail?. ,1 [46] Sails. We did as direded, aiid oti Mon- day-Morning his Men came in their Long- Boat, and carried all our Sails on Shore into the Garrifon, which furpriz'd us to the lad Degree, as we had been detain 'd fo long, and liv'd in Expe^flation of our Pafs- ports every Day. At this unhappy Jun- cture, Capt. Robert Man, who was Com- mander of the Launcejion^ was taken vio- lently ill of a Fever 3 and notwithflanding IntercefTion was made that he might be remov'd on Shore, as the Noife on board affeded his Head too much, yet the Fa- vour was inhumanly deny'd him; and every Officer in the Ship befides. As to the poor Efiglijh Prifoners, they were us*d in a moft barbarous Manner ; for their principal Food was Horfe-beans, and a- bout an Inch of Beef once in about 24 Hours : Befides, they were fo clofe im- prifon'd, that fome of them fainted away for want of Air : And had not it been for the private charitable Relief which they receiv'd from a good old Proteflant Lady, feveral of them mull have been actually ftarvM : Nay, moreover, when any of them were lick, flie would vifit them, and bring them Prayer-Books, and other Books of Devotion, which llie conceaPd in a Cheil: underground ; and then would '^X- lon- ong- hore IS to i'dfo Pafs- Jun- 1 vio- nding ht be board i Fa- ; and As to e us'd I their nd a- Ut 24 im~ away en for they ady, ually ny of hem, other I'd in ,vould t 47 ] exhort them to put their Trufl and. Con- fidence in God, who in his own due Time would deliver them out of the Hands of their arbitrary, and blood-thirfly Enemies. And if any died, flrie would fend Coffins privately by Night for the Removal of their Bodies, and bury them at her own Expence. One of thefe poor Wretches was in fuch a weak and fickly Condition, that being thirfty, and inclining his Head to drink out of a Stone Font, had not Strength to raife it again, and by that Means, was unhappily ftrangled. All, in fhort, that liv'd to come on Board, were fo weak that they could fcarce crawl upon the Deck. As our Treatment from the Frefjch was in every Reiped: fo cruel and inhu- man, a Petition or Remonftrance to Com- modore Mac Lanarroiigh was drawn up, and fign'd on the 25/A oi Augiifi^ i745' by Twelve of us : The Purport where- of*was as follows. That the Petitioners were taken up at the City of Louijboiirg^ in his Britannid Majefty's Service on the 20th of 'Jmie then laft pail, in order to tranfport the French Inhabitants of that City to Roch- fort. That the Petitioners were well aflur'd by General Pepperill and Commodore Warrm ; as alio, by thci couimanding G Officer [48] Officer of Louijboiirg^ that, as the Terms of the Capitulation were fo generous, in regard to the Inhabitants, that there was no Doubt to be made of their Meeting with a like generous Treatment in France^ end that the Petitioners would be dif- patch'd to England without Delay. That the Petitioners had been arriv'4 above 20 Days, and that they and their Men fuffer^d very feverely for want of frefh Provifions 5 that great Numbers of them lay fick, and that the Caufe, as they humbly conceiv'd, was their living on fait Provifions entirely, and drinking nothing but ropy Water that was noifom to the Smell. ■ That the Petitioners had been deny'd all Manner of Supplies for their Vellels, tho* never fo abfolutely neceffary. That, if the Petitioners had Leave to fail diredlly fpr Englajtd^ it would be fome confiderable Time before they could be difpatch'd from thence. That, as the Petitioners Return to New England v/ould at beft be very late in the Year, and their A^oyage by Confequence very cold, comfortlefs, and dangerous, every Day was very valuable to them; and bcfides, that their being detain'd fo long was very cxpenfive. The Petitioners therefore pray'd, that his Honour woiijd take the PremilTcs an d their [49] their unhappy Sufferings into his ferlous Confidcration, and order fuch Relief, in regard to their Provilion, Necellaries for their Veffelp, and their fpeedy Dif- patch, as to his Honour fhould feem mofl meet. Inftead, however, of meeting with any Favour or Indulgence, by Virtue of the above Petition, all the Cartells were or- der'd to unbend their Sails ; their Sails were carried on fhore into the Garrifons, and the Guards directed to fhoot every En^ gliJJjman that attempted to go on Shore, without afking any Queftions whatfoever. J am. Sir, Tour mofi humble Servajif, James Gibson,