The History of Gibraltar And of Its Political Relation to Events in Europe Wit
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D'Estaing, and all the British settlements on the coast of Africa had been destroyed.
The British fleet had scarcely rounded Cabrita Point before Admiral Barcelo, who, on the appearance of Rodney, had withdrawn his squadron within a formidable boom in the harbour of Algeciras, again anchored his ships in the roadstead, and renewed the blockade with his cruisers. Though a skilful and courageous seaman, the Spanish admiral appears to have treated his prisoners with a severity and in- humanity unw...orthy of him. In more than one instance his conduct drew indignant remonstrances from General Eliott. * On one occasion a native of Gibraltar, Gasparo Grande, captain of a xebeque, who had been taken into Algeciras by the Spaniards, and had afterwards escaped, made a statement which led to a correspondence between the governor and Bar- * " I am extremely sorry that there are allegations of Don Antonio Barcelo's treating his prisoners of war in a manner neither consistent with the customs of war, nor reconcilable to the brave character by which that officer has always been kno\\Ti to lis.
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D'Estaing, and all the British settlements on the coast of Africa had been destroyed.
The British fleet had scarcely rounded Cabrita Point before Admiral Barcelo, who, on the appearance of Rodney, had withdrawn his squadron within a formidable boom in the harbour of Algeciras, again anchored his ships in the roadstead, and renewed the blockade with his cruisers. Though a skilful and courageous seaman, the Spanish admiral appears to have treated his prisoners with a severity and in- humanity unw...orthy of him. In more than one instance his conduct drew indignant remonstrances from General Eliott. * On one occasion a native of Gibraltar, Gasparo Grande, captain of a xebeque, who had been taken into Algeciras by the Spaniards, and had afterwards escaped, made a statement which led to a correspondence between the governor and Bar- * " I am extremely sorry that there are allegations of Don Antonio Barcelo's treating his prisoners of war in a manner neither consistent with the customs of war, nor reconcilable to the brave character by which that officer has always been kno\\Ti to lis.
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