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inclosed. Pursuant to our Council of War on the 5th of August, we sail’d from Altea, the Prince of Hesse went on Board my Lord Dursley, being a clean Ship, who with two small Frigats was sent before us to the Coast of Catalonia, that we might be truly informed of the Disposition of the People of that Country, and to know how far they could be Serviceable to us in the Reduction of Barcelona, which we heard by the People of Valencia, was providing against our coming there. We likewise sent Captain Loads in the Orford, with three or four Ships, and Two Bomb-ketehes, to Denia, a Wall'd Town, with a Castle upon an Hill of about 20 Guns, to summon it; and after he had threatened, and brought his Bomb-ketches and Ships to bear, in order to Fire upon the Town, the People obliged the Governour to forsake the Town, and admitted of a Governour, Major General Ramos Basset, sent by the King of Spain, with Captain Loads, and the Magistrates and Chief of the Citizens took an Oath of Fidelity to King Charles the Second.
WE continued our Course for Barcelona, using the greatest Diligence that was possible for such a Sort of miserable sailors as we had amongst the Transports, but the Wind and Weather favouring us, we got to Anchor near that City the 11th ultimo in the Forenoon; the Prince of Hesse was not here, but the Place was pitch’d upon for Landing, and some Marines and others were by my Lord Peterborow’s Direction embark'd in our small Frigats and Boats for that Purpose; but it was late before they could make a right Disposition, and therefore my Lord directed they should be kept in the small Frigats, in order to be Landed next Morning. Sunday the 12th the Army Landed, and the Prince of Hesse came Time enough to get ashore with them. There was no manner of Opposition, not so much as a Musquet fired to interrupt our Landing, and the People in the Neighbouring Towns and little Villages keep in
