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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46305	A journal of the expedition of Monsieur de La Fueillade for the relief of Candy written in French (by way of letter) by a gentleman who was a voluntiere in that service, and faithfully Englished.; Journal de l'expédition de Monsieur de la Fueillade, pour le secours de Candie. English	Volontaire.	1670 (1670)	Wing J1097A; Wing R868_PARTIAL; ESTC R21251	59,302	127

Gall●ries that run under most of the best Posts and Batteries of the enemy and not seldome into their very quarters so that sometimes as they are advancing thus in their several mines they fall upon one another 〈◊〉 close before they are aware that having no time to give fire to what they have prepar'd without equal danger to both sides instead of springing their Mines they force and tear away the baggs o●● powder with hookes and sometimes come 〈◊〉 handy blows The Breach at S. Andre seem'd to me indifferently well repayred and fortify'd by a good Palissado several redoubts and a double retrenchmen● within the Bastion it self to which they have added another of hew'd stone since our arrival righ●● over against the neck of the Bastion it is in th●● form of a Tenalia and stops up one side of th●● Scotseza which is otherwise imperfect so wel● that it ser●'s also for a retrenchment The brea●● is stopt up likewise with ten or twelve embrazure● to each of which there is planted a great Gu●● loaden with pistol bullets and nailes alway● ready to be showerd in amongst them in case 〈◊〉 assault The Gate of S. Andre is betwixt the bastion of that name and the Scotseze in the midst of a smal courtaine of about 35 paces it is well fortify'd and the enemy has his Posts there likewise and so commodiously plac't they doe great mischief to them that defend it in so much that this is one of the places in which the service is most hot and most frequent For you most know since the Turks ruin'd the Fort Priuli and demolish'd the little Tower they have made themselves masters of all the ground betwixt the bastion and the Sea and have rais'd two great batteries besides what they had rais'd before upon the Priuli one of four Morter peices against the breach and the other of five peices of Cannon against the Gate From S. Andre I went to the Port of Tramata which lyes at about 200 paces distance in which space beyond the Gate of S. Andre is the Scotseze a small bastion whose point is very sharp and runs into the Sea 'T is properly but half a bastion by reason that side which is extended upon the shore falls in with the courtaine and makes but one line of about 50 paces upon which there are two little Redoubts not far from one another at the end of which is another half Redoubt near which ●he Sea running a good distance into the land makes the whole space it advances of the figure of 〈◊〉 reverst angle the side of which that looks towards the Scotseza is of about 30 paces and the other of about 50 which terminates in a great Demi-Redoubt which is upon that point of land that makes the bending and gives the Harbour an oval form That part of the oval that runs far thest into the Town makes almost a reverst angle on which they have rais'd a strong Tenailla the sides of which make the greatest part of the oval The entrance into this Haven being towards the Fort of S. Andre and by consequence within reach of their batteries and so unsafe for the Ships they have made a new one on the other side by which they can come in with greater security The sides of this angle reverst being much above musquet shot over they have thrown up new works upon the sides of the Tenailla and stopt up the cone or corner of the place with a long strait line very well fortify'd in the mid'st of which is the Gate of Tramata From the end of the Tenailla to the Haven of Galleys is near 200 paces all which space running along in a strait line by the Sea and fortify'd only with a few acute and reverst angles is terminated by a rising ground which runs about 110 paces into the Sea and joyns it self to a strong Castle built upon a Rock at the mouth of the Haven and covers all that side which is on the right hand as they enter That side next the Harbour is fortify'd by two Arsenals and the Gate call'd the Arsenal Gate by which they pass to the Arsenal and to that rising ground which runs out to the Castle That side which looks to the Sabionera is secur'd by a fair Mole forc't in the Sea from the foot of the great Arsenal wall to the point over against the place where the high peice of ground joynes it self to the Castle which makes the mouth of that Harbour which is called the Mole The Mole joyning it self to the Corner of the Grand Arsenal which is the farthest point that extends it self into the Harbour serves as a flank●● to the side towards the Sea and at the angl 〈…〉 is at the extremity of the same side there is a ●●rong battery that commands the Sea and 〈◊〉 long the shore where the enemys have 〈◊〉 ●heir entrenchments The other angle is secu●● 〈◊〉 flanker rais'd upon the courtain where 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a battery that scowrs the breach be 〈…〉 ●ount call'd the Cavalier Barbaro is be 〈…〉 ●●lanker at the side of the inward angle of the A●●●●enal which ●cowrs the Trench and all long the False-Bray After I had veiw'd the two A 〈…〉 and visited the Magazins in which 〈◊〉 was nothing wanting either for the defence of a p●●ce or the destruction of men I past to the Sabionera which is no further from the Grand Arsenal th●n the length of the Courtine and that is about a hundred paces The Sabionera is a large Bastion which shoulders ●ut towards the Royal Fort on one side and the Sea on other the point of 〈◊〉 Bastion 〈◊〉 beaten quite downe and the breach about 90 p●ces but they have reinforc'd it with a good Pal●●ssado several little platforms and two retrenchments one within the breach and the other without under ●he neck of land that is on the side towards the ●ea But its chief defence lyes in the Cavalier or mount de Zane which commands it almost every where The outworks being ruin'd I can say little of them unless it be that there is a large platform upon the close way which defends the point and another little one before the quarter which was built by General Spaal For the Entrenchments and Posts of the enemys they are almost in the same manner as before S. Andre unless it be that they have there a greate number of Redoubts especially on that side towards the breach where the Rock does not come There are reckon'd seventeen of that sort beside several entrenchments and mines to the very breach to which by the benefit of their approaches and several trenches they have cut both open and cover'd they can advance as they please nay even to the False-bray They have divers galleries likewise many of them brought a good way under the Bastion which doe often fall in with those of the Town who have their mines also under their batteries and under all the principal posts of the enemy by