reads as follows, viz.:--

"Royal Government Tribunal of these Islands for His Catholic
Majesty:--Whereas the Royal Government Tribunal, Supreme Government
and Captain-Generalship of His Catholic Majesty in these Islands
are gravely offended at the audacity and blindness of those men,
who, forgetting all humanity, have condemned as rebellious and
disobedient to both their Majesties, him, who as a faithful
vassal of His Catholic Majesty, and in conformity with the law,
holds the Royal Tribunal, Government and Captain-Generalship; and
having suffered by a reward being offered by order of the British
Governor in council to whomsoever shall deliver me alive or dead;
and by their having placed the arms captured in Bulacan at the
foot of the gallows--seeing that instead of their punishing and
censuring such execrable proceedings, the spirit of haughtiness
and pride is increasing, as shown in the proclamation published
in Manila on the 17th instant, in which the troops of His Majesty
are infamously calumniated--treating them as blackguards and
disaffected to their service--charging them with plotting to
assassinate the English officers and soldiers, and with having
fled when attacked--the whole of these accusations being false:
Now therefore by these presents, be it known to all Spaniards and
true Englishmen, that Messrs. Drake, Smith and Brock who signed the
proclamation referred to, must not be considered as vassals of His
Britannic Majesty, but as tyrants and common enemies unworthy of
human society, and therefore, I order that they be apprehended as
such, and I offer ten thousand pesos for each one of them alive or
dead. At the same time, I withdraw the order to treat the vassals
of His Britannic Majesty with all the humanity which the rights
of war will permit, as has been practised hitherto with respect
to the prisoners and deserters."

Anda had by this time received the consent of his King to occupy the
position which he had usurped, and the British Commander was thus
enabled to communicate officially with him, if occasion required it:
Drake therefore replied to this proclamation, recommending Anda to
carry on the war with greater moderation and humanity.

On June 27, 1763, the British made a sortie from the city to dislodge
Bustos, who still occupied Malinta. The attacking party consisted of
350 f