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<HEAD>A Full and True RELATION, Of the fortunate Victory gained over the Moors by the Garri&s;on of <HI>Tangier,</HI> upon the 27. of <HI>October,</HI> 1680.</HEAD>
<P>UPon the <HI>Moors</HI> refu&s;ing to make a Peace, according to the Articles pro|po&s;ed by Sir <HI>Palms Fairbourn</HI> our Lieutenant Governour, while he was alive, and their approaching their Trenches within 12 or 15 yards of our new Work at <HI>Pauls</HI>-fort, and their bringing a Piece of Cannon within a hundred yards of the &s;aid Fort: It was re&s;olved in a Council of War, Colonel <HI>Sackville</HI> pre&s;iding, to make a Sally the 27. of this in&s;tant, at 5 of the Clock in the morning, upon the left hand of <HI>Pauls</HI>-fort, with all the Forces in the Garri&s;on, leaving only the ordinary Guards in the Town.</P>
<P>The Troops at their fir&s;t drawing out upon the left hand of <HI>Pauls</HI>-fort, were ranked in Battalia in three Lines.</P>
<P>Five Battalions of Foot, con&s;i&s;ting of about 250 men, each Battalion with a Battalion of Sea-men, con&s;i&s;ting of about 400. men, which have been a Shoar, &s;ince the taking of <HI>Pauls</HI>-fort, by order of Admiral <HI>Herbert.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;ix Battalions of Foot was drawn up on the right hand, and being &s;uffi|ciently covered on that &s;ide by the Fort, and the Line of communication be|tween the Town and the Fort,</P>
<P>The three Troops of <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> and three Troops of <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Hor&s;e, were drawn up on the left hand of the Fort; There was from every Battalion of Foot de|catch'd 48 Fuzeliers, which were di&s;po&s;ed into &s;ix &s;everal Plottons upon the head of all the Troops, with the Company of Granadeers of <HI>Dumbartons</HI> Regiment &s;eparated upon the right and left hand Plottons, where it was judged the hotte&s;t action would be: And a Company of Granadeers of Sea-men in the Center with the&s;e Plot|tons, with the number of 12 Hor&s;emen from each Troop to &s;u&s;tain the&s;e Plot|tons of Foot, who were to make the fir&s;t Attatcks upon the place of Arms, with|in one hundred yards of <HI>Pauls</HI>-fort, where the Enemy had erected a Battery, and advanced one piece of Cannon; and on the left hand toward the ruines of <HI>Monmouth</HI>-|fort, where the enemy had advanced &s;everal Trenches, and made a place of Arms.</P>
<P>All the Troops were very near form'd in Battalia, as was de&s;igned, with a great &s;ilence, before the Enemy took the Allarum, which they took at fir&s;t from their place at Arms near <HI>Monmouth</HI>-fort, upon the Advancing of the fir&s;t Troop of <HI>En|gli&s;h</HI> Hor&s;e commanded by Captain <HI>Netby.</HI></P>
<P>The Enemy from their place at Arms, with hideous cry and noi&s;e, and fireing of &s;mall &s;hot upon us, gave the Allarum immediatly to their Camp.</P>
<P>The Plotton of the Battalion of Guards, commanded by Captain <HI>Fortrey</HI> and Lieutenant <HI>Mackracken,</HI> with the half of the Company of <HI>Dumbartons</HI> Grana|deers, and the Plotton of the fir&s;t Battalion of <HI>Dumbartons</HI> Regiment, commanded by Captain <HI>Julius Lockhart,</HI> and Lieutenant <HI>James Stewart,</HI> with the other half of the Company of Granadeers, were ordered by Colonel <HI>Sackville</HI> to go and at|tack the place of Arms, where the <HI>Moors</HI> Cannon was, which they did with great courage
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and re&s;olution. The enemy being numerous in that place, &s;tood firmly and defended them&s;elves for a long time, till at la&s;t Lieutenant <HI>Mackracken,</HI> with his Granadeers, advancing up very near to their Trench, and be&s;towing the Granades liberally among&s;t them, they began to be in Confu&s;ion, and &s;urpr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">|ed at the execution the Granadeers made among&s;t them; Whereupon, he with Granadeers, leapt into their Trench among&s;t them, and was immediatly follow|ed by Captain <HI>Fortry,</HI> and Captain <HI>Lockhart</HI> and their Parties, and Lieutenant <HI>Stewart,</HI> with the re&s;t of the Granadeers, where they all behaved them&s;elves very valiantly, and beat the Enemy from that place, and made them&s;elves ma&s;ter of that piece of Cannon of the Enemies, that was there, with the lo&s;s of &s;everal Granadeers and good Souldiers, Lieutenant <HI>Mackracken</HI> of the Granadeers, was wounded with his hand on the Cannon; Captain <HI>Lockhart</HI> &s;hot through the Thigh, Lieutenant <HI>Stewart</HI> through the Leg.</P>
<P>The Plotton of the &s;econd Battalion of <HI>Dumbartons</HI> Regiment, commanded by Captain <HI>Melvil</HI> and Lieutenant <HI>Gordoun,</HI> did attack the place of Arms on the le<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> hand near <HI>Monmouths</HI>-fort, at the &s;ame time that the Attack was on the Battery on the right hand, where they had no le&s;s vigorous re&s;i&s;tance than happy &s;ucce&s;s: For the fir&s;t Battalion of <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> Regiment advanced to the Trenches upon the right hand of that place of Arms, the detatchment commanded by Captain <HI>Melvil,</HI> leapt forthwith into that place of Arms among&s;t the Moors, where they did very great execution; and the Moors &s;eeing the fir&s;t Battalion advance with &s;o much vigour, and &s;till &s;u&s;tained by the &s;econd Battalion of the &s;aid Regiment commanded by Captain <HI>Dougla&s;s</HI> of <HI>Spot,</HI> and the Battalion of Seamen com|manded by Major <HI>George Barclay,</HI> they abandoned their two fir&s;t Trenches, and retired them&s;elves behind the old Line toward the Sandy-hills, where they a&s;&s;em|bled together a con&s;iderable body of Foot, and being there under covert from our Shot, the old Line made by the Earl of <HI>Teviot</HI> &s;erving them for a Brea&s;t+work, the Major of <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> Regiment who commanded there, &s;eeing his Battalion &s;o much expo&s;ed to the fire of that enemy, thought it ab&s;olutely ne|ce&s;&s;ar<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> to undertake to beat them from that Line: Whereupon he commanded his fir&s;t Battalion, which they did mo&s;t re&s;olutely, and made the enemy retire precipitantly, and in great di&s;order; which Captain <HI>Melvils</HI> Detatchment per|ceiving, a Serjeant with fourteen or fifteen Soldiers fell out upon them, where they were carrying off their Colours, and pur&s;ued &s;o hotly, that a Foot Colour was taken and brought in by a private Soldier of <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> Regiment, which was the fir&s;t Colour was gained that day: which the enemy perceiving, from the Sand-hill Fort and from <HI>James</HI> Fort they had advanced very briskly, and &s;everal of their Hor&s;emen began to enter within the Lines; but the Comman|dant of the Spani&s;h Hor&s;es advancing with his Troop, made the Moori&s;h Hor&s;e retire without the Lines again. Colonel <HI>Sackville</HI> finding that <HI>Dumbartons</HI> fir&s;t Battalion had, till then, &s;u&s;tained, with great courage, the heat of the Action, did then order the &s;econd Battalion of <HI>Inchequins</HI> Regiment, commanded by Captain <HI>Giles,</HI> to march up on the right hand near the ruines of the Sandhill Fort, where the Moors were in great numbers, and made a very vigorous op|po&s;ition: The &s;aid Battalion of <HI>Inchequins</HI> continued for &s;ome time in that Po&s;t, with very great courage, and extreamly expo&s;ed to the enemies fire, and throw|ing of &s;tones from the ruines of the Fort; they &s;u&s;tained great lo&s;s of Officers and Soldiers: And Captain <HI>Giles</HI> finding his Souldiers to be weary of their Po&s;t, he came and prayed Major <HI>Hacket</HI> to &s;end a Battalion to his relief; whereupon Major <HI>Hacket</HI> ordered him to retire, and took his Po&s;t with the Battalions of <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> Regiment. The Moors &s;eeing <HI>Inchequins</HI> Battalion to retire, accor|ding
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to their cu&s;tom upon &s;uch occa&s;ions, did then advance very re&s;olutely, both Hor&s;e and Foot, and would have again entered the Lines: But <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> Battalions gave &s;oon a &s;top to their courage, and made them quickly run from the &s;aid Hill-fort, from whence they had made the greate&s;t re&s;i&s;tance. The Major perceiving that they retired from thence to <HI>James</HI> Fort, which flanked his Battalions on the right, and had annoyed them very much during the heat of the Action, thought fit, without any further delay, to attack <HI>James</HI>'s Fort likewayes: There was a very great number of Moors there, and &s;everal Foot|collours planted. The Officers and Souldiers of the two Battalions appeared to be mightily &s;atisfied with the Majors de&s;ign of attacking that place; whereup|on they went on with an unanimous re&s;olution, and within a very &s;hort &s;pace beat the Moors from <HI>James</HI>'s Fort, and from all the Lines on that hand: And the Moors having no further place of refuge there, did make them&s;elves to down|right running towards their Camps; and <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> Souldiers pur&s;uing them &s;till, did find them drawing off a &s;mall piece of Bra&s;s-Cannon of four pound Ball, which they beat the Moors from, and it was brought in by Lieutenant <HI>Robert Innes,</HI> Adjutant to the &s;econd Battalion.</P>
<P>Colonel <HI>Sackville</HI> no &s;ooner &s;ees the Moors running, and <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> men &s;till in pur&s;ute of them beyond the Lines; But he, upon the head of the Spani&s;h Hor&s;e, did immediatly ride over the Lines to pur&s;ue them more vigorou&s;ly, and to bring off the Foot, if any Ambu&s;h had been laid for them.</P>
<P>About the &s;ame time that <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> Batallions had pa&s;&s;ed the Lines at <HI>James</HI>'s Fort, the Battalion of Seamen had likewayes pa&s;t over the Line near <HI>Monmouths</HI> Fort, The three Troops of Engli&s;h Hor&s;e that were commanded to &s;u&s;tain the Seamen, pa&s;&s;ed the Lines immediatly after them, and got to their head very quickly, where they pur&s;ued the Moors fir&s;t into their Camp.</P>
<P>Near the Camp, Captain <HI>Netby</HI> with his Troop of Engli&s;h Hor&s;e, took five Foot-collours, and one of them with his own hand.</P>
<P>At that &s;ame time, the Major of <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> Regiment, coming up to Colonel <HI>Sackville,</HI> who did not know well what way the enemy had retired from <HI>James</HI>'s Fort, the Major therefore, who had taken very good notice, and had pur&s;ued them in their retreat, did take Colonel <HI>Sackville</HI> with the Commandant of the Spani&s;h Hor&s;e, to a little Valley towards the right of <HI>James</HI>'s Fort, from whence the Spani&s;h Hor&s;e pur&s;ued them ju&s;t into their Camp; and there was a Collours taken by one of the Commandants Troop. Captain <HI>Lang&s;toun</HI> was &s;hot in the Leg in the pur&s;ute. Upon the Engli&s;h and Spani&s;h Hor&s;es approaching their Camp, they began to carry away their Women with great precipitation.</P>
<P>In the morning, when the Garri&s;on &s;allied out, four Captains of the Earl of <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> Regiment being then on Guard in <HI>Pauls</HI> Fort, Colonel <HI>Sackville</HI> thought fit to command, out of the Fort, Captain <HI>Lundie</HI> and Captain <HI>Home,</HI> with 150 men of that Guard, to &s;ally out upon the right hand; And at the &s;ame time that the Plottons of Foot with the Granadeers, did attack the place of Arms, they did attack the advanced Trenches that was within twelve or fifteen yards of the Fort, with very great courage and &s;ucce&s;s. They were both dan|gerou&s;ly wounded, with the lo&s;s of &s;everal good men.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Bows,</HI> Commandant of the Guards, advancing with his Battalion to|wards the left hand of the place where the Cannon was found, continued there all that day for a re&s;erve till the Cannon was carried off and the enemies Trenches filled on both &s;ides of the Fort. Major <HI>Boynten</HI> &s;tayed with his Battalion near <HI>Monmouth</HI> Fort for a re&s;erve.</P>
<P>The Admiral <HI>Herbert</HI> had ordered all the Long-boats belonging to his Fleet, to
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be manned, and Armed, and row out towards the Enemies Batte<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> that they had made u&s;e of nine Piece of Cannon to play upon the Mole, and th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Ships that lay near, which proved to be very advantagious to our de&s;ign, by re<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">|&s;on it gave a jealou&s;ie to the Enemy, and diverted a con&s;iderable part of their Forces.</P>
<P>Ma&s;ter <HI>Sheers</HI> ordered all his Mole Hor&s;es to be mounted with Men, an<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Armes; and Captain <HI>Mackenzie</HI> was commanded with them, and &s;ixteen of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> own Troop, to March out at the Furrage-gate in the Ca&s;tle, and without th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Spur before <HI>Peterburrough</HI> Tower, with a Colours of each Batalion of Foot, with in the Spur, and &s;everal Drums from each Battalion.</P>
<P>Captain <HI>Mackenzie</HI> gave the Allarum toward <HI>Charles</HI>-fort, at the &s;ame tim<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> they attacked before <HI>Pauls</HI>-fort.</P>
<P>The Hor&s;e that pur&s;ued the Enemy to their Camp, returned in good order with little or no lo&s;s. The Battalions of <HI>Dumbartons</HI> Regiment continued to ke<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> their Po&s;t at <HI>James</HI>-fort, till about four of the Clock in the Afternoon. Th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Enemy, upon our Retiring of our Hor&s;es and Foot within the old Line, did ad+vance again with Colours into their old Trenches, and behind the little Sand-hi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> all round from <HI>James</HI> to <HI>Monmouth</HI>-fort within Pi&s;tol-&s;hot. The Battalion of Sea+men that was Po&s;ted on the left hand of <HI>Dumbartons</HI> Battalions, continued like wi&s;e Skirmi&s;hing with them till about four of the Clock in the Afternoon, and about that time Major <HI>Betman</HI> Ingenier, who had been mightily employed and expo&s;ed all the day, having then ended his Bu&s;ine&s;s, and all the Enemies place of Arms being thrown down, and their Trenches filled up; the Signal was gi|ven from the Fort to Retire from the Lines, which was ob&s;erved, with very grea<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Order and Conduct: And the Moors who never had &s;uch a defeat from the Gar+ri&s;on of <HI>Tangier,</HI> did not offer to follow us upon our Retiring, according to their former Cu&s;tome.</P>
<P>There were five Pri&s;oners taken alive, four Collours taken, two Piece of Can|non, many good Arms, both Fire-locks, and Cymetars, and a great deal of rich Plunder of Cloaths, and Silver and Gold, which is a great &s;ign of man<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> of their Officers and be&s;t &s;ort of People being killed: to the judgement of all that was in that Action, they lo&s;t 400 Men.</P>
<P>There was left within our Lines a great many of their bodies, and about thirty|&s;ix of their heads cut off and brought in, whereof the Sea-men had great &s;tore.</P>
<P>The next day we gave back their Bodies and Heads to them to bury.</P>
<P>This happy Victory we obtained with the lo&s;s of a great many of our be&s;t Offi|cers and Souldiers; whereof I cannot give an exact account, &s;ave of the two Bat|talions of <HI>Dumbartouns</HI> Regiment.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Render Ju&s;tice to every one, All the Officers in general behaved them&s;elves with great Conduct and Courage.</P>
<P>And to do Ju&s;tice to the Moors, They Fought, mo&s;t bravely for the &s;pace of two hours, and e&s;pecially their Hor&s;emen did the harde&s;t and bolde&s;t things tha<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> ever was &s;een done: But they were not numerous, for there was not &s;een above 150 Hor&s;emen.</P>
<P>The Pri&s;oners we took, confe&s;s they had not above 3000 Foot, and 150 Hor&s;e commanded by the <HI>Alcade</HI> of <HI>Tituan.</HI></P>
<P>All the Officers both <HI>Scots</HI> and <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> behaved them&s;elves in this Action, with a great deal of bravery and re&s;olution; and particularly Lieutenant Collonel <HI>Tal|ma&s;h,</HI> who carries to His <HI>Majesty</HI> the good news of this Victory.</P>
<P>This is a true Relation of the Action.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Sic Sub&s;cribitur, <HI>Major JA. HACKET.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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