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Siege Activities and Capitulation Notes from Messina
Supplement to the Amsterdam Gazette reports detailed siege progress at Messina including two lodgments on the ravine, breaches at the Half Moon and Counterguard, and preparations for a four 24 pounder battery. Officers tally killed and wounded, with 2009 fusiliers and 200 grenadiers landed to Scaletta, and negotiations leading to capitulation terms.
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the Republick