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Repeated Trench Fortifications Hold Line Amid Siege
Historical Register notes ongoing trench work and fortification efforts at a coastal fortress, detailing troop rotations, arrivals from Cape St Vincent, and daily casualties. Key figures include Brigadiers and Generals from multiple brigades and colonels overseeing drains, embankments, and battery repairs as 500 to 450 workmen are employed to strengthen the great Battery near the Gallows and adjacent works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquess de Bay
Don John-Anthony d'Ornedal
Adrian Santinon
Jth
Count de Montemar
Don Rodrigo Peralta
Don Andrew de Affitte
Don George Pacheco
Don Charles Cufac
Wager
Cape St. Vincent
New Spain
Portmouth
Don Thomas
Dia Que
Count de Zuewegen
Don Francis Camillo
Chevalier de Launcy
Chevalier de Launcy, and Don John d’Uriina
Don Francis Ribadeo
Don Jerome de Solis
John-Baptist Gages
Don Andrew de Burges
Don Anthony d'Yrufta
Don Francis Balbazer