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An Exact journal of the siege of Tangier from the first sitting down of the Moors before it on March 25, 1680 : to the late truce, May 19, following : in three letters / written by three eye-witnesses of the whole transaction.
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night Captain St. John speaking to our Governour in Town in the Speaking-Trumpet the Moors fell a hallowing and shouting all along their Lines Saturday 17. They continued their work in making their Trenches deeper they proceeded little or no farther to any purpose this day We made use of our Hand-Granadoes out of a small Mortar-piece which threw some of them into their Trenches amongst their Colours This night they made a Blind of Stones upon their Trenches about a mans height whether for their own or Colours shelter we could not certainly tell but supposed both Monday 19. They continued working on each side particularly towards Henrietta as if they intended to Gap Tuesday Wednesday Thursay Little or no extraordinary Business was acted by them save the cleansing of their Trenches with the augmentation of a small Line between Charles Fort and Henrietta Lines of Communication Friday 23. At night the Moors cut another small Trench through the Bullet Store betwixt us and their former Trenches Little or nothing else was acted by them saving their bringing a great deal of Timber but for what use is not yet known Saturday 24. The Moors cut our Lines betwixt their Trenches and Peterborough Tower into gaps at 5 or 6 yards distance each gap and took away their Blind upon the little Hill near Pond Fort and cast up the Earth in the form of a Half Round and likewise advanced that Trench begun the night before in the Bullet-store about 20 yards towards the Henrietta Sunday Monday Tuesday They wrought little or nothing They sent a Flag of Truce with a French-man and an English-man from Teinan to tell us that they had undermin'd all our Forts and if we would not yield our selves Prisoners at VVar every one of us to be Slaves they would set Fire to their Gun-powder within an hour which was all the time they would allow for an Answer and for our satisfaction brought a Seguro from the Alcaide for some of our Men to view the readiness of their Mines VVe sent two of our Miners who returning within the limited time and the Moors having the Answer of our Commanders in Chief That we would stand it out to the last They sprung their Mine between 3 and 4 a Clock without any dammage to us God be praised Friday 30. They did little or nothing save cleansing their Trenches of some Rain that fell the night before and this morning they removed all their Colours to the number of 17 or 18 out of their Trenches which had stood night and day ever since the 31th of March last Monday May 30th Tuesday and Wednesday They did attempt little or nothing save making a small Line between the Bullet-store and our Line from Henrietta I believe for Loop-holes to fire out of their other Trenches being so deep since the time the Rain has continued so violent that they were troublesom to them Thursday May 6. They brought the small Trenches next us to meet and cut some of our old Lines betwixt us and Henrietta heightning their Trenches in the bottom by Kendal Fort where our Shot did much trouble them in mounting their Guards by reason their former Trenches were full of Water Saturday May 8. They swarm'd from their Camp into their Trenches as we thought to the number of 400 or 500 who fell to cleansing their Trenches of the Rain About Two a Clock in the Afternoon we spy'd them halling Carriages of great Guns along Jews River which they placed on a little Hill near to Henrietta from whence they fired their Shot 5 or 6 times against the place We understand by some of their Balls that went into Town that they were not much above two pound which we thought would come as short of Battering down any of our Forts as their Mine came short of blowing up Charles Fort. Sunday May 9. Our People from Henrietta called to us that they could hold out no longer by reason that the Moores had made a Breach in their Wall and that their Mine was under their Fort. At night Captain St. John declar'd the same to our Governour his Excellency the Earl of Inchiquin for his better satisfaction Monday May 10. A Flag of Truce came out of Town as we thought with some Letters which was received by the Moors and answer was given in the same manner which caused the Alcaid to draw down all his Forces upon the Lines and place them one by another like so many Sheep as we thought to the number of 5 or 6000 the result not yet known They likewise began Three more Trenches One inclining to pass through the Bullet-store between our Fort and the rest of their Line another from Henrietta pointing straight towards us the Third from the brink of the Hill where they sprung the last Mine and as we think laid the Foundation of Three other Mines which we hoped to be to as little effect as the first Tuesday and Wednesday From every one of the Moors former Trenches they seemed to Mine against us insomuch that by reason thereof and their covering themselves with Boards we found our selves not in a condition to resist them Thursday May 12. We fell into a Consultation among our selves and considering on one side that our Men had declar'd that if they were not relieved in three days they would leave us there and on the other side our having refused their giving us quarter which we could not expect if they forced us out by that means likewise our Guns might be taken without being spiked and wedged which would be a great Assistance to them to batter the Town weresolved to quit the Fort on Friday and Fight our way throught whereupon we spiked and wedged all our great Guns broke and made useless all the rest of our Ammunition of Warr putting them amongst our Powder which we made ready to Blow up so soon as we should be gone out of the Fort which we abandoned about 7 or 8 of the Clock but we found their Trenches so deep that we could not make the defence we expected so that from a 170 odd men we brought off but 44 Captain Trelawney being cut to pieces amongst the rest The Town made a Sally at the same time to favour us as follows Forlorn Hope Captain Humes Lievtenant Pierson Lievtenant Bagley 4. Serjeants 80 Soldiers Main Body 150 yards in the Reer of the Forlorn Hope Major Boynton Captain Gyles Captain Eley Captain Winkefield Lievtenant Talbot Lievtenant Grimes Lievtenant Bellinger Ensign Dean Ensign Adams 8 Serjeants 128 Soldiers Reserve 100 yards in the Reer of the Main Body Captain Muneresh Captain Barber Lievtenant Tate Ensign Bowen Ensign Withers 4 Serjeants 104 Soldiers 6 deep On the Right of the Reer towards the Burying place 40 yards Captain Lesley Lievtenant Ogleby Ensign Winkefield 3 Serjeants 66 Soldiers In the Ravellin without Peterborough Tower Captain Row Lievtenant Fitzgerald Ensign Bowen 4 Serjeants 66 Soldiers The Pallizado without the Ravellin was lined with Seamen Commanded
AN EXACT JOURNAL OF THE Siege of Tangier FROM The first sitting down of the MOORS before it on March 25 1680. TO The late TRUCE May 19 following IN THREE LETTERS WRITTEN By Three Eye-witnesses of the whole Transaction Printed at London for Joseph Hindmarsh at the Bull in Cornhill M DC LXXX AN EXACT JOURNAL OF THE Siege of Tangier ORDERS were issued by the Lord Inchiquin General of day Thursday 25. month Mar. year 1680 the Place for a Captain Lieutenant Ensign and two Serjeants with Seventy private Souldiers to be sent to the Assistance of Charles Fort then surrounded with multitudes of Moors both Horse and Foot who falling to their late way of Intrenching and having not long before made some small Works from Kendal Fort to Pond Fort with some inconsiderable Works betwixt Charles Fort and Henrietta Fort as also an additional Line towards their old Lines upon Tiviot Hill pointing streight towards Charles Fort they this night advanced their Line from Kendal Fort as far as the Pond under Pond Fort and a little farther under the Hill and that upon Tiviot Hill within Cast of a Hand-Granado of our Stockado's and that towards Henrietta Fort within half Musquet-shot of Charles Fort. Our small firing did not much disturb them by reason of their being always under Ground they not firing scarce one Shot in 24 Hours They worked very hard in every one of the aforesaid Trenches still day Friday 26. under covert 'till such time as it begun to be dark The next morning they had advanced all the Trenches from Pond Fort to the Brink of a little Hill pointing towards our Lines of Communication betwixt us and the Castle the other two not much medled withall The Workmen that wrought all that night retired to their Intrenchments before day because the Earth thrown up that night was day Satur. 27. not sufficient to shelter them from our Shot in the day time and to break up new Ground they durst not The same night all we can find they did was making a cross Trench near the Pond by reason the former being troubled with water they could not pass to relieve their Guards They wrought so hard all night that they extended their Trenches day Sunday 28. from Pond Fort in two Branches near to the Brink of the Hill and withall made a Blind with Stones from that of Tiviot-Hill in so much that not a Gun we had could bear upon them from whence they fired abundance of Shot without exposing themselves to any danger and winded their Trenches to pass betwixt us and Henrietta Fort. In so much that they cut a Gap in our old Lines of Communication day Mond 29. At night so soon as dark they put all hands to work to mark out their Ground Being a very clear night by reason of Moon-shine we could very clearly discern them in great numbers We kept small firing from Nine of the clock 'till the Moon set and made them desist their Work In the morning before day they began to work again and brought day Tuesd 30. up three Lines a-breast and wrought so hard that day that they brought their Lines very near the brink of the Hill betwixt us and Peterborough Tower and the other near our Lines of Henrietta The same day we erected upon our left hand Battery a Cavallier at least in height thirty foot above ground which would contain eight or nine Men very well to fire from and discover the bottom of a great many of their Lines to the Moors great amazement That night they exposed themselves to our sight but our Shot did much abate their Work They continued their Work very hard all day and about Three of day Wedn. 31. the clock pitched eight of their Colours in their Lines viz. one all Red under Kendal four with Yellow striped within Pistol shot betwixt us and Henrietta Fort as also one all Green and two all Red. Captain Trelawney our then Governour planting his Guns towards them very happily shot down one of their Colours the Green and tore another of them so that they were forced to remove them They continued working 'till six or seven of the clock but did not work one stroke all night This morning we espied their Army marching over the Hill in great Bodies both Horse and Foot Colours flying but to what intent we day Thursday 1. month April knew not About three of the clock in the Afternoon they all returned and pitched up their Colours in some of the former places and towards Sun-set fell to their work again so that the Trenches on that side nearest Pond Fort before Sun-rising were advanced within sight of our Lines of Communication and on the other side entred our Line betwixt us and Henrietta They continued their work on both sides which they advanced very day Friday 2. near to the Breach of our Communication They advanced their Lines on Henrietta side one passing towards day Sat. 3. day Sund. 4. the Rock another towards our Line to meet their other Line betwixt us and Peterborough Tower and had ten Colours pitched flying in their Lines They advanced their Line close to our Lines of Communication and day Mond 5. upon the other side towards Henrietta to the Top of the Hill that we could not pass either to or from the Town They cut through our Line day Tues 6. They continued their work so that at night their two Lines met between us and the Town day Wednes 7. Saturday 10. We perceived between us and Henrietta some sorts of Engines made by the Enemy to run upon wheels whether it was to shelter them from our shot in time of their work or otherwise we could not well judge The same day happen'd a discontent among our men for want of Wine with their Bergoo very near to the height of Mutiny Sunday 11. The Truckles they set up betwixt us and Henrietta but our Guns playing well upon them forced them to remove them the same night About 8 a clock at night they attaqued Henrietta our men did ply their Small-shot and Granadoes till 3 a clock in the morning and defended the place with much Bravery But what they got for their pains we could not discover Monday 12. They rested all day and night without any attempt to our view Tuesday 13. The Moors attempted little or nothing save setting up their Colours to the number of 17 or 18 betwixt us and Peterburgh Tower Wednesday 14. About one or two a clock it fell a Raining which troubled their Trenches insomuch that they were cleansing them all night Thursday 15. From the Truckle set up for a Blind betwixt us and Henrietta they digged a Trench towards the foundation of Henrietta and continued working very hard Friday 16. They continued working all along their Line betwixt Henrietta and Pond Fort making places of Armes in several places of their Lines their Drum beating like a Cooper upon a Tub and Pipe playing for most part of the time Last