Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain: From the Year 1727, to the Present Time, Volume 2

Admiral Byng Admiral Hawke Admiral Holburne affiftance againſt army artillery attack batteries boats Bofcawen Breft Britiſh cannon Capt Captain cloſe coaft Colonel command Commodore confequence confiderable confifted cruize defign deftroyed detachment diſpatched ditto enemy enemy's faid fail fame fecond fent fervice feven feveral fhall fhips fhore fhot fhould fide fiege fignal fire firſt fituation fleet floop fmall foldiers fome foon force fquadron French frigates ftation ftores fuccefs fuch fufficient fuperior fupplies furrender garrifon Gibraltar Governor greateſt Guadaloupe guns harbour himſelf honour Houſe hundred iſland killed King laft land Lieutenant lofs Lord Majefty Majefty's meaſure Minorca moft moſt neceffary occafion officers paffed poffeffion poffible poft Pondicherry port prefent prifoners privateer Quebec Rear-Admiral refolved regiment river ſent ſhall ſhe ſhips Sir Edward Hawke ſmall St Malo ſtrong ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand took town tranfports troops veffels Vice-Admiral Weft wounded