suade the
frightened matrons and damsels that he and his followers would do them
no harm. With difficulty, however, he could make them understand this,
though he signified by signs that they were all to get inside the chapel
again. Their fears were somewhat overcome when they found that no
insult was offered to any of them. He allowed, however, one of them to
go back into the town to inform the governor that they had fallen into
the hands of the English. The governor, finding that the forts were in
possession of the English and that a large number of women had also
fallen into their hands, consented to agree to the terms proposed by
Admiral Rooke. Hostages were accordingly exchanged, and the
capitulation being concluded, the Prince of Hesse marched into the town
in the evening and took possession of the land and North Mole gates and
the outworks. The Spanish troops were allowed to march out with all the
honours of war, and provisions for a six days' march. Such inhabitants
and soldiers who were willing to take an oath of fidelity to Don Carlos
the Third were allowed to remain. The Spaniards were also to discover
all their magazines of powder and other ammunition or provision and arms
in the city. All subjects of the French King were, however, excluded
from any part of the terms of this capitulation.

The town was found to be extremely strong, with a hundred guns mounted
facing the sea and the narrow pass towards the land. It was well
supplied with ammunition, but the garrison consisted of only a hundred
and fifty men. However, in the opinion of officers who examined the
works, fifty men might have defended them against thousands, so it was
acknowledged that the attack made by the seamen was brave almost beyond
example.

The British lost sixty men killed, including two lieutenants and one
master, and two hundred and sixteen wounded, including one captain,
seven lieutenants, and a boatswain. It is but justice to the naval part
of the expedition to remark that as this design was contrived by the
admiral, so it was executed entirely by the seamen, and therefore the
whole honour of it was due to them. Nothing, indeed, could have enabled
the seamen to take the place but the cannonading of it in a way which
obliged the Spaniards to quit their posts.

After leaving as many men as could be spared to garrison the place,
under the command of the Prince of Hesse, the fleet sailed for Tetuan,
in order to take in wood