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Fire and Siege Report from Cartagena Coastal Campaign
Letters describe a March to Cartagena as Vice Admiral Vernon leads 124 ships and transports with Sir Chaloner Ogle and Brigadier Wentworth. Describes fort bombardments, breaches at Bocca Chica, captures of Galicia and St Joseph's Fort, boarding actions, and preparations to land forces for a potential assault.
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Colo
Hawkins
Sea-flower
Clark
Guitel
New-York
Abril
James
Cadiz
Lisbon
Sicily
Rupert Alan
Deptford
Dove
Liverpool
Lee
St. 5
Ftians
Althor
Scully
Tne
Mery
Darling
Riga
London
Vorky
Haddock
Seville
Spanish West Indies
London Gazette
Whitehall
Laws
Spence
Duke of Newcastle
Majzity
Vernon
Wentworth
West Indies
Cartagena
Irish Bay
Hispaniola
Playa Grande
Chaloner Ogle
Batteris
Terra Bomba
Mr. Lestock
Chamba
St. Jago
St. Philip
Norfolk
Buffel
Shrewsbury
St. [Ayo
Brigadier Wentworth
Barradera
Watson
Norris
Colby
Boscawen
Cotes
Bocca Chica
Lestock
Boyne
Prince Frederick
Hampton-Court
Suffolk
Tilbury
Leeward
Hampton Court
Aubrey Beauclerc
Bocca-chica
Knowles
Joseph
Dennis
Cleland
Broderick
Bocca Chica Castle
St. Joseph’s Fort
Don Blas
Galicia
San Carlos
Africa
Griffin
Burford
Augustus’ Rutzroy
Orford
Harcour
Worcester
Weymouth
Patio Cavallos
Pasfo Cavallos
Jersey
Theinemy
Castillo Grande
Corquittador
Dragon
Cafe Grande
Orterd
Acces