Historical Register1727 - Great Britain Containing an impartial relation of all transactions, foreign and domestick: with a Chronological diary of all the remarkable occurrences, viz. births, marriages, deaths, removals, promotions, etc. that happened throughout the year: together with the characters and parentage of persons deceased on the eminent rank ... |
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Page 123
... Colonels Don John Anthony d'Ordenal and Don George Pacheco , with 800 Workmen , and fix Companies of Gre- nadiers : They work'd to perfect the fecond Parallel , and to erect three Batteries against the English Batteries of Queen Anne ...
... Colonels Don John Anthony d'Ordenal and Don George Pacheco , with 800 Workmen , and fix Companies of Gre- nadiers : They work'd to perfect the fecond Parallel , and to erect three Batteries against the English Batteries of Queen Anne ...
Page 124
... Colonels , 500 Workmen , 30 Miners , and the like Number of Troops as the Night before The Works of the Batteries and of the Sap were very much advanced : The Fire from the Place was much more brisk than the Day before , and one Captain ...
... Colonels , 500 Workmen , 30 Miners , and the like Number of Troops as the Night before The Works of the Batteries and of the Sap were very much advanced : The Fire from the Place was much more brisk than the Day before , and one Captain ...
Page 125
... Colonels Don Peter de St. Maurin , and Don Auftin Brus , reliev'd the Trenches with 697 Workmen ; the Works already begun the Night before were continu'd , and two Soldiers were wounded , and one Gunner kill'd . In the Night between the ...
... Colonels Don Peter de St. Maurin , and Don Auftin Brus , reliev'd the Trenches with 697 Workmen ; the Works already begun the Night before were continu'd , and two Soldiers were wounded , and one Gunner kill'd . In the Night between the ...
Page 126
... Colonels Don Peter d'Avila , and Don William Lacy , 650 Men , and 1500 Workmen : On the Right of the great Battery , they have drawn a Parallel of 150 Fathom , advancing towards the Town a fecond Communication from the fame Battery , to ...
... Colonels Don Peter d'Avila , and Don William Lacy , 650 Men , and 1500 Workmen : On the Right of the great Battery , they have drawn a Parallel of 150 Fathom , advancing towards the Town a fecond Communication from the fame Battery , to ...
Page 127
... Colonels Don Peter Sherlock , and Don John Brieani , and the like Num- ber of Troops as the Day before , without including a Company of Grenadiers , 500 difmounted Dragoons , and one Company of Carabiniers , defign'd to repulfe the ...
... Colonels Don Peter Sherlock , and Don John Brieani , and the like Num- ber of Troops as the Day before , without including a Company of Grenadiers , 500 difmounted Dragoons , and one Company of Carabiniers , defign'd to repulfe the ...
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