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Identifier: westindiantaleso00aspi (find matches)
Title: West Indian tales of old
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Aspinall, Algernon Edward, Sir, 1871-1952
Subjects: Legends -- West Indies, British West Indies, British -- History West Indies, British -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Duckworth and Co
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

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chfleet left Basseterre Road and put to sea. Duringthis day we received a brisk fire from the enemysworks.1 Hood brought with him the 69th Regiment (nowthe 2nd battalion Welsh Regiment) from Barbados,besides General Prescott and the 28th Regiment(now the Gloucestershire) and two companies of the13th (the Somerset Light Infantry) which he hadpicked up at Antigua. His intention had been toattack de Grasse, whose fleet lay off Basseterre atdaybreak on the 24th, but a collision between theAlfred and the Nymphe necessitated a change of planand the fleet lay to for a day, during which the Espien,a French cutter, loaded with stores for the siege andcommanded by a Knight of Malta, was captured.At 1 p.m. on the 24th Hood rounded the south endof Nevis, and enticing de Grasse with his twenty-four ships of the line and two fifties out to sea, hesuccessfully captured the anchorage, a brilliantmanoeuvre, which was watched by crowds of excitedonlookers from the slopes of Nevis. He failed, however, m
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pel P3 CO 00 ^ !_; 5^ c-i THE SIEGE OF BRIMSTONE HILL materially to relieve the situation, for the inhabitantsof St. Kitts, though now not actually hostile, con-tinued to observe a strict neutrality. On gaining the anchorage, Hood and Prescottsent Lieut. Potter of the 15th Regiment to thegarrison to ascertain what assistance was required.Governor Shirley placed too great reliance on thestrength of the position and only requested that hemight be furnished with an able naval officer and afew seamen for the better management of thisartillery.1 For the rest, he said that, as Prescott hadtaken the trouble to come with his troops to hisassistance, he would be glad of the honour of seeinghim, but he was in no want of him or his troops.To return to Governor Shirleys journal: Friday, January 25. ... At daybreak we perceivedboth fleets off Nevis Point, the British to wind-ward of the French. The fleets being employed inmanoeuvring during the morning, about two oclockthe English fleet forming a

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