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A53423 Admiral Russel's letter to the Earl of Nottingham containing an exact and particular relation of the late happy victory and success against the French fleet. Orford, Edward Russell, Earl of, 1653-1727. 1692 (1692) Wing O420; ESTC W36085 6,402 6

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Carcasses and a vast quantity of other Warlike Ammunition Sir Martin Beckman goes Chief Engineer Lievt Collonel George Brown Lievt Coll. of the Train Capt. Thomas Brown Master of the Bombardoes and Capt. Leak Master Gunner of England is also Ordered to attend this Train with Forty Gunners Eighty Montrosses Twenty Fire-Mortars and Thirty Boombardoes and they Expect orders every hour to Embarque Transport ships being already taken up for that purpose God Almighty give Their Majesties as good Success by Land as by Sea The same Letter adds that they are hard at Work in Repairing the Damage our ships received in the Fight and would in 14 dayes be able to put to Sea in Order to relieve Sir John Ashby and the Dutch who were then Cruising on the French Coast And that the Seamen who were on Board the Royal Sun of France tells them that that Ship cost the French King Three Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling And that on the Poop the Effigies of Lewis the 14th was Curiously Carved holding all the Confederate Princes in Chains and by all they could learn from the Seamen there is not killed in the English Fleet not above 500 and above 1500 wounded Oh that the Almighty God may have the Glory of this his so great appearance for us Monday 23d of May About 3 this afternoon our Admiral made the Signal for the Long-Boats and Barges to go a Cruising we believe there was 150 Long-Boats and Barges Man'd and Arm'd every Long-Boat having on Board between 20 and 30 Men with Musquets Pistols and other Fire Arms as Blunderbusses and Cutlashes thus arm'd we went to Le Hogue and burnt Six Sail of ships that Night and return'd by the light about six the next Morning we went and burnt the other 7 Sail with abou● sixteen Sail of Merchantmen and Privateers The Fort playing upon us very smartly all the time and smal shot playing from the shoar the French having a Camp During all this action we have Lost none but Fire-ships but the French has Lost in this Engagement Twenty Three Sail. Tuesday June 7th 1692. This very day brings News That the Town of Marmur but not the Castle have Surrendred to the French sooner then it needed to have done but at so dear a rate as 't is hoped will cost the French King his Kingdom for the Armies were within a mile of each other our King labouring to Attack them The French King was there but he shuffled back to Paris being excused as sick of the Gout Five Hundred Deserters came over a Sunday and Monday was seven-night and some come away almost every day as they can get away It 's concluded there hath been Action ere now and we are bigg with hopes to receive a most glorious Account from Flanders as we have had from the Fleet which were the vvords our King used to encourage his Army Our Armado and Transport Ships are very busy in taken in men and Meterials at Portsmouth to make a speedy Descent into France The English Fleet Consists of Ships sixty Three Seamen Tvventy seven Thousand seven hundred Tvventy five Cannons Four Thousand Five Hundred Fire-ships and Frigats Tvventy Three The Dutch Fleet Consists of Ships Thirtty six Seamen Tvvelve Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty Cannons Tvvo Thousand four hundred Ninety Four Fireships and Frigats Fourteen In all Ninety Nine Ships Forty Thousand six hundred seventy five Seamen six Thousand nine Hundred ninety four Cannons eighty seven Fireships and Frigats THe Happy News of this Success and Victory obtained by Their Majesties Royal Navy over the French Fleet was Received by Their Majesties Loyal Subjects of their Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England with all Hearty Expressions and Demonstrations of Joy His Excellency the Governour being absent upon an Expedition against the Common Enemy The Lieutenant Governour accompanied with the Gentlemen of the Council Principal Gentlemen Military Officers and Merchants of the Town of Boston Repairing unto the Fort the great Ordnance at the Fort and other Fortifications in and about the said Town and at Their Majesties Castle were Discharged and Loud Acclamations of God Save King William and Queen Mary and grant them a Long and Prosperous Reign made by the whole Concourse of People there Assembled FINIS Boston Printed and Sold by Benjamin Harris at the London-Coffee-House 1692.