st, and
those that were killed being esteemed the Flower of the Flock, the
General declared he was no longer in a Condition to defend himself,
much more to carry on a Siege against the Place, and hoped, if the
Admiral (who had ordered the _Weymouth_ to erect a Bomb-Battery, which
was finished and played in two Days) expected any Thing to be done, he
would order some Ships in to cannonade the Town[_H_], otherwise desired
these Things might be considered in a general Council of War, of Sea
and Land Officers, and accordingly on the 15th a Council of War was
held, who came to a Resolution (upon the General's Representation of
the bad State of the Army)[_I_], to have the Cannon and Forces
reimbarked with all convenient Speed, and the 17th in the Night the
Troops were accordingly[_K_] taken off the Shore.

Nothing remained now but to get the Fleet and Transports ready for Sea,
and to demolish the Castles and Fortifications already taken, which
last was effectually done by blowing them up, and by the 12th of _May_
the whole Fleet and Forces had taken leave of _Carthagena_.

APPENDIX.

In order more fully and clearly to form a Judgment of the foregoing
Expedition, it may not be improper to subjoin this Narrative of the
Enemy's Situation, Strength, and Disposition at _Carthagena_, as the
Fleet and Forces found them on their Arrival there: And in order to
carry it on agreeable to the Advances that were made, begin with a
_Disposition_ of _Punta Canoa_ Bay, where the Fleet first anchored.
This Bay is about five Miles to the North West of the City of
_Carthagena_, but not an extraordinary good anchoring Place, as the
Water is shoal a great Way off the Shore, and the Coast pretty strait,
that Ships are not much sheltered with the Point of Land, from the
Violence of the Breezes that generally blow. In the Bottom of this Bay
is an Entrance into the great Lake of _Jesea_, (called the _Boquilla_)
where the Enemy had a small Fascine Battery of four Pieces of Cannon,
and kept a Guard; but upon the Fleet's Arrival, (and during the Time
they continued to lie there) a considerable Number of the Enemy's
Forces, both Horse and Foot, kept constantly there, expecting a
Descent. The next Place of Note was the _Cruizes_, where the Enemy kept
a Guard ordinarily of a hundred Men: This Place is about half Way from
the _Boquilla_ to the Town, and guards a narrow Creek or Pass from the
Town to the Lake, called _Passa de Juan D'Ingola_, throu