Brigade dissatisfy'd with the refusal went to that part of the breach where the enemies Cannon was the most hott and leapâ—â—ng over the Palissado he ran most desperately â—â—lone with his sword only in his hand to a post of the enemies and return'd with it all bloody to â—â—he same place againe Mr. Fueillade seeing him â—â—ome back in that posture told him in some kind â—â—f passion he had as good have a butcher as he for â—â—is Aide de Camp in which command he was at â—â—hat time This desperate rather then discreet action of â—â—is had like to have been the occasion of great â—â—isorders Those who saw him vault over the â—â—alissado thought themselves oblig'd in honour to â—â—oe the same and had all of them hazarded to have â—â—ollow'd the example had not Mr. Fueillade bin â—â—dvertis'd and with his utmost authority and â—â—hreatnings restrein'd them Yet all this could not hinder but Mr. Ville-Franche nephew to Mr. S. Andre took the same leap and joyning himself with the party drawn out he behaved himself so that by main strength he pull'd a Turk out of their trenches and brought him thorow all their fire to the foot of the bastion but as he was entring with his prisoner into the Town he receiv'd a pistol shot in his legg and dyed of it afterwards Mr. de la Magâ—elane de Ragny was in the same party without orders likewise slain there with 9 or 10 of our brigades and 7 or 8 of the Garrison The sixt the Venetians gave fire to a Mine under a battery they had rais'd to command the Port of Tramata but the effect was inconsiderable On the 8th they made another small sally with 8 men only who forc'd away a Colours from a post they attempted and bringing it back with them they planted it in the breach From that day to the great sally on the sixteenth there was no considerable action only some little disputes and skirmishes for small parcels of ground with which notwithstanding our brigades being dayly diminished we began to complain that instead of attempting some brave and considerable enterprize as they had promis'd us we were continually exposed to the Mines Granadoes and Fire-balls and imploy'd night and day in trifling services in which we lost the best of our men For these reasons it was the General desire of our whole party that we might be imploy'd upon some action worthy the bravery of the French before our number was utterly dis-abled seeing it was that only which ingaged us in that voyage In short we exprest so much dissatisfaction to see our selves cut off insensibly every day without doing any thing of importance and so impatient of performing some honorable thing in a sally by our selves that Mr. Fueillade resolv'd to propose it in Councel to the Venetians The Venetians were at first surprized with the proposition and represented to Mr. Fueillade the truth and no more that there was indeed honour to be hoped for by the French in so daring an enterprize but that there was also great prejudices would follow upon the Venetians nor could that little honour be acquired but at a very dear rate In short there was but small appearance that 300 men as we were no more should attaque the trenches of the Turks which were guarded with 2600 to be seconded upon occasion with far greater numbers and â—ortify'd with good redoubts from whence they could fire upon us on all sides within the shelter of their works To this they added that it was not in their power to afford us any relief in case of disaster which was too likely to befal us yea though we contrary to all probability should beat off the enemy yet all the ground we should gain would be of no advantage seeing they had neither men to make good nor pioners to throw it down and in a word that they wanted Souldiers much more then ground By this it was cleer how useless this enterprize was esteem'd by the Venetiaas and how dangerous to the French Finally they left it to Mr. Fueillade and his Councel to consider to what purpose it was to expose such a handfull of Nobless against such a numerous enemy so well entrench'd especially having no expectation of relief By the great instances he made to the Venetians to engage themselves in this sally 't is manifest his reflexion was greater then usuall proposing a way of effecting it without so visible a destruction to his men and it was to fall upon the enemy on S. Andre side by the retrenchment of the Holy Ghost but Mr. S. Andre Monbrun oppos'd that immediatly represâ—nting that he had try'd that way himself with eight hundred men and had left six hundred behind him without doing any thing considerable for the advantage of the Town But all these discouragements could not alter the resolutions of Mr. Fueillade though against the judgements of the Venetians and all the Officers of the place I will not give you his reasons for to speak truth I can see none Perhaps the end of his expedition being to performe something worthy of the Nobless he carry'd with him he thought he could not in honor return without attempting something extraordinary But if he could not undertake any thing whilst his force was entire I see no reason why he should doe it when they were harrast out and reduc'd to a moiety of the number It may be also he thought the action would be the more illustrious and I doe not doubt but without any great violence to his inclination the gallantry and cheerfulnes of the young Cavaliers which were with him contributed much amongst whom the glory of so great an enterprize does often take away the sight of those dangers that are otherwise too evident and conspicuous But the greatest part of those who were not to bedazeâ—d by the false lusture of an exploit so evidently dangerous were of opinion it had bin better conduct to have manag'd the remainder of his forces to the benefit of the place he came on purpose to relieve And to have attended further order from his Majesty who prest him not to return as he testify'd to him himself when he came back This sentiment was but just yet when money begins to faile and souldiers every day to be pay'd one is glad to embrace any occasion of acquitting himself without any strict examination of the consequences I am not certain whether Mr. Fueillade was in any such exigency or not this I know he desir'd a young Noble-man of my acquaintance to let him have two Bills of Exchange which he had to receive But that I may loose no more time in making conjectures at the reasons of so great a piece of gallantry it is sufficient you know the news was very acceptable to all our young Nobless and that they exprest very great joy when Mr. Fueillade assured them he was preparing all things for a general sally as they had often desir'd And on the fourteenth
Gallâ—ries that run under most of the best Posts and Batteries of the enemy and not seldome into their very quarters so that sometimes as they are advancing thus in their several mines they fall upon one another 〈◊〉 close before they are aware that having no time to give fire to what they have prepar'd without equal danger to both sides instead of springing their Mines they force and tear away the baggs oâ—â— powder with hookes and sometimes come 〈◊〉 handy blows The Breach at S. Andre seem'd to me indifferently well repayred and fortify'd by a good Palissado several redoubts and a double retrenchmenâ— within the Bastion it self to which they have added another of hew'd stone since our arrival righâ—â— over against the neck of the Bastion it is in thâ—â— form of a Tenalia and stops up one side of thâ—â— Scotseza which is otherwise imperfect so welâ— that it serâ—'s also for a retrenchment The breaâ—â— is stopt up likewise with ten or twelve embrazureâ— to each of which there is planted a great Guâ—â— loaden with pistol bullets and nailes alwayâ— ready to be showerd in amongst them in case 〈◊〉 assault The Gate of S. Andre is betwixt the bastion of that name and the Scotseze in the midst of a smal courtaine of about 35 paces it is well fortify'd and the enemy has his Posts there likewise and so commodiously plac't they doe great mischief to them that defend it in so much that this is one of the places in which the service is most hot and most frequent For you most know since the Turks ruin'd the Fort Priuli and demolish'd the little Tower they have made themselves masters of all the ground betwixt the bastion and the Sea and have rais'd two great batteries besides what they had rais'd before upon the Priuli one of four Morter peices against the breach and the other of five peices of Cannon against the Gate From S. Andre I went to the Port of Tramata which lyes at about 200 paces distance in which space beyond the Gate of S. Andre is the Scotseze a small bastion whose point is very sharp and runs into the Sea 'T is properly but half a bastion by reason that side which is extended upon the shore falls in with the courtaine and makes but one line of about 50 paces upon which there are two little Redoubts not far from one another at the end of which is another half Redoubt near which â—he Sea running a good distance into the land makes the whole space it advances of the figure of 〈◊〉 reverst angle the side of which that looks towards the Scotseza is of about 30 paces and the other of about 50 which terminates in a great Demi-Redoubt which is upon that point of land that makes the bending and gives the Harbour an oval form That part of the oval that runs far thest into the Town makes almost a reverst angle on which they have rais'd a strong Tenailla the sides of which make the greatest part of the oval The entrance into this Haven being towards the Fort of S. Andre and by consequence within reach of their batteries and so unsafe for the Ships they have made a new one on the other side by which they can come in with greater security The sides of this angle reverst being much above musquet shot over they have thrown up new works upon the sides of the Tenailla and stopt up the cone or corner of the place with a long strait line very well fortify'd in the mid'st of which is the Gate of Tramata From the end of the Tenailla to the Haven of Galleys is near 200 paces all which space running along in a strait line by the Sea and fortify'd only with a few acute and reverst angles is terminated by a rising ground which runs about 110 paces into the Sea and joyns it self to a strong Castle built upon a Rock at the mouth of the Haven and covers all that side which is on the right hand as they enter That side next the Harbour is fortify'd by two Arsenals and the Gate call'd the Arsenal Gate by which they pass to the Arsenal and to that rising ground which runs out to the Castle That side which looks to the Sabionera is secur'd by a fair Mole forc't in the Sea from the foot of the great Arsenal wall to the point over against the place where the high peice of ground joynes it self to the Castle which makes the mouth of that Harbour which is called the Mole The Mole joyning it self to the Corner of the Grand Arsenal which is the farthest point that extends it self into the Harbour serves as a flankâ—â— to the side towards the Sea and at the angl 〈…〉 is at the extremity of the same side there is a â—â—rong battery that commands the Sea and 〈◊〉 long the shore where the enemys have 〈◊〉 â—heir entrenchments The other angle is secuâ—◠〈◊〉 flanker rais'd upon the courtain where 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a battery that scowrs the breach be 〈…〉 â—ount call'd the Cavalier Barbaro is be 〈…〉 â—â—lanker at the side of the inward angle of the Aâ—â—â—â—enal which â—cowrs the Trench and all long the False-Bray After I had veiw'd the two A 〈…〉 and visited the Magazins in which 〈◊〉 was nothing wanting either for the defence of a pâ—â—ce or the destruction of men I past to the Sabionera which is no further from the Grand Arsenal thâ—n the length of the Courtine and that is about a hundred paces The Sabionera is a large Bastion which shoulders â—ut towards the Royal Fort on one side and the Sea on other the point of 〈◊〉 Bastion 〈◊〉 beaten quite downe and the breach about 90 pâ—ces but they have reinforc'd it with a good Palâ—â—ssado several little platforms and two retrenchments one within the breach and the other without under â—he neck of land that is on the side towards the â—ea But its chief defence lyes in the Cavalier or mount de Zane which commands it almost every where The outworks being ruin'd I can say little of them unless it be that there is a large platform upon the close way which defends the point and another little one before the quarter which was built by General Spaal For the Entrenchments and Posts of the enemys they are almost in the same manner as before S. Andre unless it be that they have there a greate number of Redoubts especially on that side towards the breach where the Rock does not come There are reckon'd seventeen of that sort beside several entrenchments and mines to the very breach to which by the benefit of their approaches and several trenches they have cut both open and cover'd they can advance as they please nay even to the False-bray They have divers galleries likewise many of them brought a good way under the Bastion which doe often fall in with those of the Town who have their mines also under their batteries and under all the principal posts of the enemy by
which means they often incounter under ground as is observ'd already iâ— the Relation of S. Andre That which is remarkable on that side towardâ— the Bastion of S. Demetry is that the quantity oâ—â— earth the Turks have brought thither to shelter themselves is so great that they can march up and down to their several posts without so much as seeing the Rock 'T is on this side the Janisarys have their post towards the mouth of the Lazaret the other troops being quarter'd up and down upon the mouutain and thereabouts Near the mouth of the Lazaret there is a tongue of land which runs into the Sea upon which they have planted a battery of 7 great Guns which command almost to the entrance of the Mole besides which they have 3 one under the other upon the shore the farthest of which consists of three great pieces which play both upon the entrance of the Harbour and Mole That which is under that â—s of three pieces which play only upon the Harbour and the third which is nearest has but two pieces which play upon the courtaine and flanck of the Arsenal Besides these four batteries upon the shore there are three more at greater distance one of five Guns upon the Mount Marule which plays upon the point of the Bastion another of five upon a little eminence in the midst of their approaches and the third of four pieces They have two morter pieces under the breach which doe great mischeif many times to the place but that which gives them most trouble is a platform they have made in the Sea near the Haven from whence their Cannon can play into it in despight of the protection of the Mole At first the Artillery of the Castle render'd this post useless to the Turks by dismounting their Guns as fast as they planted them but they have since found out so good a way of sheltring themselves that the Town cannot hinder them from shooting into which part of the Haven they please in so much that they are in too great liklyhood to become masters of it unless some way could be continued of destroying that platform by mines or otherwise And this is it that they are as serious upon as so important an inconvenience does require After I had observ'd the two Attaques of S. Andre and Sabionera both within and without and all that side towards the Sea which they commanded I survey'd the other but in transitu as it were yet to compleat my Tour of the Town I shall give a short touch of them as I proposed The first was the Bastion of Victoire which is large and beautifull with a good Mount within it that commands to the Royal Fort of S. Demetrius 't is a great work which covers the whole Bastion and part of the courtaine on the Sabionera side which Fort is likewise defended by it and the Fort of Molina which flancks the enemies works with four great pieces of Canon The Fort Royal has two half Moones at its two extremities with a good scarfe and a fair Retirade within it and for as much as the whole work is bending on the Sabionera side it could not be but the other side next the bastion of Jesus must run out longer then the other Before the point there is a kind of a spurre under the shutter of another work call'd the point of the Heartbreak The bastion of Jesus which is the next has a horne worke likewise before it but much less Betwixt the bastions de la Victoire and Jesus there is another work rais'd by the General Priuli and call'd the Fort of sainte Marie de la Presa which is in the middle of the courtaine All the other Bastions which are near it have a good Ravelin betwixt every two of them about the midst of the courtaine The Martiningo is upon the angle that runs furthest out into the land towards new Candy There is a good retreat within it and a strong â—â—mount nearer the Town it is defended by a large work called Sainte Marie without which was utterly demolish'd when the Turks removed their attaques to S. Andre as is observ'd before The Bastion of Bethlem is something less then â—â—he rest but is defended by a good Halfe-Mooâ—â— before it call'd Moccenigo The Panigra is sheâ—â—red without by a good work of the same name and has good Retreat within it The breach the Turks made there and all the ruines without have bin very well repayr'd as well as Martiningo by the diligence of an eminent Ingineer of the order of S. Francis To make these reparations they have pull'd down severall houses in the Town there being scarce any other wood â—â—eft for that purpose and for these two last years their occasions in that nature have bin so great their works and lodgments being dayly beaten down and repair'd that there are very few leâ—â— standing where one may lye secure For this reason the Soldiers and Inhabitants are glad of huts â—under ground especially in those quarters which are nearest the Attaques the showres of stones and fire-balls and granadoes are so frequent The Gate of the same name is near the flanker towards Bethlem and one that side toward S. Andre on the middle of the courtaine lyes the Ravelin of the Holy Ghost against which the enemies Canon thundring continually have made no inconsiderable breach Having thus finish'd my Tour of the Town I return'd to Mr. S. Paul where I understood of the arrival of Mr. Fueillade and all his Troopes in the Town It was designed we should have been mustered the next morning which was the 14th of Novemb. but most of our men that were not used to the Sea being indispos'd and out of order it was thought convenient to allow them two dayes longer to recollect themselves On the sixt they were drawn out before Morosini the Captain General of the place and Cornaro the Provider General of the Kingdom of Candy who found them in very good order and past many complements upon Mr. Fueillade anâ—â— the rest of our Officers Mr. Fueillade taking occasion from their greaâ— civilities desir'd we might have the guard at the bastion of S. Andre but the Knights of Malta and other Officers of the Town who had had the keeping it a long time before oppos'd it very strongly and protested they would not yeild that honour to any persons whatsoever Mr. Morosinâ— apprehending the contest might grow higher to satisfy Mr. Fueillade without disobliging his own Officers gave him the guard of a little Chappeâ— above the bastion and just by the breach and because it lay somewhat too open to the enemies shot three or four works were thrown up immediatly to secure it On the 8th day of November about 6 iâ—â— the morning Mr. S. Paul with his Brigade mounted the Guard and was not releiv'd till the next morning at the same hour he lost that day his Major Dupre and Mr. Marienval whose head was so shatter'd with a great shot