A Statistical Commercial And Political Description of Venezuela Trinidad Mar
A Statistical Commercial And Political Description of Venezuela Trinidad Mar
J J Jean J Dauxion Lavaysse
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On the 16th of P^ebruary, 1797, a British squa- dron of four sail of the line, under the orders of Admiral Harvey appeared off the island. The Spanish Rear-admiral Apodaca was anchored at Chagaramus with three superb ships of the line, (one of which was a three-decker, ) and a forty gun frigate. As soon as he saw the British ships, he set fire to his own, and gallantly retreated to Port Spain, reciting his rosary, and accompanied by a band of priests who followed his example. Arrived at the gov...ernor's with his chaplet of beads in his hand : " well, admiral, all is lost, as you have burnt your ships, " said Chacon to him. " No, all is not lost, " replied the 7ioble admiral ; " I have saved the image of San Jago of Campostella, the patron of my ship and myself, " taking from his pocket an image of that saint ! General Sir Ralph Abercrombie landed with four thousand men, marched to Port Spain, fired a few discharges of cannon, and after a short con- fer ence the governor capitulated. 332 POPULATION, &c.
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