A copy of Admiral Russel's letter to the Earl of Nottingham Orford, Edward Russell, Earl of, 1653-1727. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B04639 of text R225146 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing O418A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B04639 Wing O418A ESTC R225146 53299206 ocm 53299206 179946 2240896889

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B04639) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179946) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2808:51) A copy of Admiral Russel's letter to the Earl of Nottingham Orford, Edward Russell, Earl of, 1653-1727. 1 sheet ([1] p.) [s.n.], Printed at London and re-printed at Edinburgh : 1692. "Published by authority." Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland. eng Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702 -- Sources. Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Sources. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo A copy of Admiral Russel's letter to the Earl of Nottingham. Published by authority. Orford, Edward Russell, Earl of, 1692 1 573 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Copy of Admiral RUSSEL's LETTER to the Earl of NOTTINGHAM .

Published by Authority .

YEsterday about Three in the Morning , Cape-Barfleur bearing S. W. and b. S. distance Seven Leagues , my Scouts made the Signal for feeling the Enemy , the Wind Westerly : The French bore down to me , and at 11. Engaged me , but at some distance : We continued Fighting till half an hour past Five in the Evening , at which time the Enemy Towed away with all their Boats , and we after them : It was Calm all Day ; about Six there was a fresh Engagement to the , Westward of me , which I supposed to be the Blew : It continued Calm all Night : I can give no particular Account of Things ; but that the French were beaten , and I am now Steering away for Conquet-Road , having a fresh Gale Easterly but extream Foggy ; I suppose that is the place they design for : If it please GOD to send us a little Clear Weather , I doubt not but we shal destroy their whole Fleet : I saw in the Night Three or Four Ships blow up , but I Know not what they are : So soon as I am able to give you a more particular Relation , I will not be wanting .

May 20. 1692. Cape-Barfleur , S. W. distance Seven Leagues . Some Particulars of another Letter from the Fleet.

YEsterday in the Gray of the Morning we made the French Fleet in a Line of Battle , about two Leagues to Windward , they having the Weather-Gage , bore down very boldly and close upon us : At 11. exactly we Engaged ; the Engagement was very hot , and continued so till near Four in the Afternoon , at which time the French Fleet bore away : Then the Wind was as before , at W. b. S. and W. S. W. Veering about to N. b. E. and N. N. E. Sir Clouesly Shovel , and Sir John Ashby having the Weather-Gage , fell on , and maintained the Engagement till near 10. at Night , the French all that time bearing away , and the English pursuing them : What Damage is done on either side is not yet known , some Ships were seen in Flames about Nine at Night , but it is not discovered what they were .

Portsmouth , May 20.

SInce this Account the Mary Galley is come to Spithead from Admiral Russel , whom he left at Eight this Morning , about 15. Leagues S. and by W. from the Isle of Wight ; He saw both the French Admirals Seconds sink , and many Ships on Fire , and that for two Leagues together the Sea was full of Wrecks of Ships , but doth not know of the loss of any of their Their Majesties Ships or Commanders . This Morning when he came away , the French were running , and ours in pursuit of them ; and about Ten a Clock he heard them Engaged again , and heard the Guns till One , when the Wind sprung up at S. and S. and by W.

Printed at Edinburgh , and Re-printed at Glasgow , 1692.