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• T . —- three - crown - battery, that defends 1 3

the port,' had hardly a gun mounted,

and the' guard, consisting of 44 mehj

■ would have been overcome by a few

boats, arid Without the lofs of a men;

the1portr,atrd:Sea* Arsenal being1com**

plete: defericelefs would^have been

carried the same momenta What sig*

riified 'delays in execution, ' when the

plan was /adopted? ;Was it wanton

cruelty ? Was it pusillariimity,' that-

‘ de'cliiied an open attach ? Even after*

landing,1 and ‘ when the approaches5

on the ' 29 of August Were but about*'

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