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with 18 killod upon tho Spot A 32 dangoroulsy wounded, also our Foild Peico
with 13 Chests of ammunition takou, and the same letters also mention’d that it
would bo with immediate danger for tho Agent to come to Camp, all the way up
tho River being laid with tho Enemy, and that our Gallivat and Schoners had
been frequently attack’d but tho Enemy were always boat off with considerable
loss on their side, in conscquenco of which tho Agent aftor taking tho
whole into Consideration doomed it prudent to direct the remainder
of Our Peoplo to be Embark’d, leaving only Six Gunners to assist tho Turks in
throwing shells advising Mahomet Kia accordingly by Letter, & as tho
purposo of his repairing to the Fleet was pr evented by tho above unfortunate
Affairs & his presence of no particular Service there ho determin’d on repair­
ing back to the Agency, after having issued tho necessary Orders & direc­
tions for the Comrnrs : future guidance, all which papers mention’d in this
paragraph are enclos’d for Your Honor & Cn perusal.
During the Agents being on his passago to the Fleet Advices wore rece’d
Turkish gallon of the Cliaub having attack’d the Turkish Galleys burnt several & kill’d a
burnt bj tho aab. num}jer 0f their Men all which was Confirm’d by a letter from Captn. Brewer
bearing date the 18th & rece’d tho 27th follow’g, wherein he setts forth that nine
were burnt out of twelve one of which was the Admiral Galley, that by this
Accident they had lost all tboir powder & most of their Ammunition, & this
entirely owing to their neglect in not sending out the necessary Scouts, that for
several Nights after the Enemy attack’d the Remainder of.the Galleys but Our
Sohooners had beat them off with great loss on their Sides, & the Night
preceding they had attack’d the Schooners with upwards of 1,000 Men but
were repuls’d, and the Turks then pursuing his former Advice detach’d a large
Party of Horse & Foot & drove the Enemy into their Fort making great
Slaughter, taking some prisoners; He likewise advis’d of one of the Trankeys
belonging to the Fleet on her return thereto being Burnt by the Enemy entirely
Ono of the owing to the negligence of two Naiques & 20 Seapays on Board of her being
Trankeje of the
(English P) fleet asleep but that only one was taken the others making their escape to the
burnt.
Schooners, this One the Chaub return’d to Camp next Morning, with his Right
hand, Nose, & Ears Cutt [off which kind of Cruelty had been mutually practis’d
between the Chaub & Turks all along, but to prevent the like in future
he had requested Mahomet Kia to Treat prisoners with more Lenity ; That he
had also in Company with Lieut. : Day waited upon the Mussalecm & pro­
pos’d a plan for Storming the Enemy’s Redoubts, which he Approv’d of &
promis’d assistance, but that upon the Entrance of Shaik Dorris ono of the prin­
cipal Sons, everything was disconcerted & he had reason to believe the
Chaub had intelligence there of that Night from the same Quarter, He men­
tion’d the Mussaleem requested he wou’d stay three Days before he made any
further advances, as he was then in expectations of a reinforcement from the
Persians, he writes also that he himself was preparing Timber for Scaling
Ladders '& that if the Turks wou’d not give him any assistance he wou’d Storm
the Place himself, that the Agent had better not think of coming to Camp as it
was very dangerous, he also represented Our Doctor being so dangerously ill so
& therefore
as not to be capable of being of any Service to the Sick or wounded
requested a Capable person of the Faculty might be sent, in consequence of
which the Factors apply’d to the French Chief for permission to employ his
Doctor on the Service which he having consented to on tho Condition of being
allowed 3 Frs & Diem his Diet as also that of a Servant or Linguist with his