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Monthly Chronicle.
Artillery , and 160 men , were made prisoners of war . This was an acquisition of great importance . The enemy , it was now understood , had concentred their whole force at Ciudadclla , w-here they were throwing up entrenchments to cover the town . It was- therefore determined to direct the force of the whole army , aided by the marines and ships of war , against this point . The necessary dispositions having been made for that purpose , at day-break on the 14 th the troops advanced against the place iu three columns . On their
approach the enemy quitted the works they were constructing , and retired within the walls of the town . Although their force , it was understood from deserters , amounted to 4 , 000 men , General Stuart , being in want of heavy artillery and other necessaries for a siege , judgeel it expedient to summon the Governor of the Island to surrender . The British line , to magnify the " numbers of the army , extended itself upwards of four miles in front of the Spanish works . The enemy , conceiving from this appearance , that the
British army was greatly superior in , numbers , after two shots , agreed to the * ternis of capitulation proposed by General Stuart . And thus an island , " extremely difficult of access , anel strongly defended b y nature and" art , . yielded to the British arms without the loss of a man . Vast quantities of ordnance stores and provisions were found in the place . KAPPEK . TANDY .
IN a former Number we mentioned an attempt made by Napper Tandy , i with a body of French troops , incoiisidentbJe in number , to effect a landing in Ireland ; but on hearing that the detachment under General Humbert had surrendered previously to his arrival , lie quitted the Irish coast with all possible ' expedition . The vessel which conveyed him and his companions was -driven- b y a-storm to the coast of Norway , whence , apprehensive that in n . i' vigating the North Sea , they should fall in with some English cruizer , they
-resolved to . proceed to France by land . Intelligence of'their object and their -route was received at Hamburgh shortly after they had arrived there ( on the 'Sid of November ) . They were traced to the inn bearing the sign of the cArms of America .- Sir James Crawford , the British Minister , immediately waited on the Chief Magistrate , to request a warrant to arrest those persons , as _ subjects of Ireland in rebellion against their Sovereign , but could not obtain it . Not discouragedhoweverhe three times ag . iin lied'and at
, , app , length obtained an order to the effect required . On the 24 th , soon after four ¦ in the ' morning , Sir James led the officers of police , attended . by a guard , to " the American Arms , which he completel y invested , waiting till the doors were open between five ' ancl six , when he entered with his escort , which instantly occupied every passage . The master of the house was then cv . lled , who , " on being asked for the strangers by their travelling names , -shewed their
several apartments . 'Early as it was ,. Napper . Tandy was found writing . The . Officer who entered his room demanded his passport , which he , with much confidence , said he would produce , and going to his trunk , took out * pistol ; which presenting at the officer , he said , ' this is my passport ! ' The Officer , how-fiver , being a man of uncommon ' bodily strength , seized ami ¦ Wrested the pistolfrom him ; at which time the guard , called by the scuffle , , entered the room , and secured Mr . Tandy , who , together with his associates ,
were shortly after put in irons , and , by order of Sir ' j . Crawford , confined in separate guard-houses . ¦ -No sooner had this event transpired in the morning , than Citizen Marragon , the Minister of ' the French ' Republic , ' sent a note to the Senate claiming Napper Tandy and his colleague as French citizens , and threatening to quit Hamburgh , if they were " not released . Sir James Crawford on the other hand , opposed the demand in terms equally-strong .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
Artillery , and 160 men , were made prisoners of war . This was an acquisition of great importance . The enemy , it was now understood , had concentred their whole force at Ciudadclla , w-here they were throwing up entrenchments to cover the town . It was- therefore determined to direct the force of the whole army , aided by the marines and ships of war , against this point . The necessary dispositions having been made for that purpose , at day-break on the 14 th the troops advanced against the place iu three columns . On their
approach the enemy quitted the works they were constructing , and retired within the walls of the town . Although their force , it was understood from deserters , amounted to 4 , 000 men , General Stuart , being in want of heavy artillery and other necessaries for a siege , judgeel it expedient to summon the Governor of the Island to surrender . The British line , to magnify the " numbers of the army , extended itself upwards of four miles in front of the Spanish works . The enemy , conceiving from this appearance , that the
British army was greatly superior in , numbers , after two shots , agreed to the * ternis of capitulation proposed by General Stuart . And thus an island , " extremely difficult of access , anel strongly defended b y nature and" art , . yielded to the British arms without the loss of a man . Vast quantities of ordnance stores and provisions were found in the place . KAPPEK . TANDY .
IN a former Number we mentioned an attempt made by Napper Tandy , i with a body of French troops , incoiisidentbJe in number , to effect a landing in Ireland ; but on hearing that the detachment under General Humbert had surrendered previously to his arrival , lie quitted the Irish coast with all possible ' expedition . The vessel which conveyed him and his companions was -driven- b y a-storm to the coast of Norway , whence , apprehensive that in n . i' vigating the North Sea , they should fall in with some English cruizer , they
-resolved to . proceed to France by land . Intelligence of'their object and their -route was received at Hamburgh shortly after they had arrived there ( on the 'Sid of November ) . They were traced to the inn bearing the sign of the cArms of America .- Sir James Crawford , the British Minister , immediately waited on the Chief Magistrate , to request a warrant to arrest those persons , as _ subjects of Ireland in rebellion against their Sovereign , but could not obtain it . Not discouragedhoweverhe three times ag . iin lied'and at
, , app , length obtained an order to the effect required . On the 24 th , soon after four ¦ in the ' morning , Sir James led the officers of police , attended . by a guard , to " the American Arms , which he completel y invested , waiting till the doors were open between five ' ancl six , when he entered with his escort , which instantly occupied every passage . The master of the house was then cv . lled , who , " on being asked for the strangers by their travelling names , -shewed their
several apartments . 'Early as it was ,. Napper . Tandy was found writing . The . Officer who entered his room demanded his passport , which he , with much confidence , said he would produce , and going to his trunk , took out * pistol ; which presenting at the officer , he said , ' this is my passport ! ' The Officer , how-fiver , being a man of uncommon ' bodily strength , seized ami ¦ Wrested the pistolfrom him ; at which time the guard , called by the scuffle , , entered the room , and secured Mr . Tandy , who , together with his associates ,
were shortly after put in irons , and , by order of Sir ' j . Crawford , confined in separate guard-houses . ¦ -No sooner had this event transpired in the morning , than Citizen Marragon , the Minister of ' the French ' Republic , ' sent a note to the Senate claiming Napper Tandy and his colleague as French citizens , and threatening to quit Hamburgh , if they were " not released . Sir James Crawford on the other hand , opposed the demand in terms equally-strong .