it been effectually executed, (but Fear made the Enemy work in too
much Hurry.) Near three Miles further up the Harbour, on two flat sandy
Islands, or Keys, stands the famous City of _Carthagena_, and _Himani_,
called its Suburbs, which are both irregular Figures, but well
fortified to the Land with strong Bastions at proper Distances, and
Lakes and Morasses running round them; and the Water at the Head of the
Harbour shoal so far off, that Ships cannot come near enough to do any
material Execution with their Guns, which adds much to its Strength.

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About a Quarter of a Mile from the Gate of _Himani_, on a pretty high
Eminence, stands the Castle (or Redoubt) of _St. Lazare_, which in
itself is but trifling, but its Situation very advantageous, and by
some new Works lately thrown up much strengthened. This Redoubt
overlooks all the Town, but has a Brow of a Hill (about four hundred
Yards from it) that overlooks it as much, and entirely commands it,
where would have been a proper Place to have raised a Battery, which
the Enemy full well knew, for they constantly kept a Guard there, to
observe the Army's Motions. As it was this famous Castle put an End to
the Siege of _Carthagena_, a particular Description of it may not be
unwelcome.

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The Hill it stands on is about fifty or sixty Foot high, naturally
steep, but made more so by the Earth out of the Trenches and Lines
being thrown over the Brow. The Castle is a Square of about fifty Foot,
with three Demi-Bastions, two Guns in each Face, one in each Flank, and
three in each Curtain. When the Army first landed, there was no
material Works about the Castle, but a Fascine Battery, of five Guns at
the North End of the Hill, facing the Brow of the commanding Hill
abovementioned; but whilst they were encamping, _&c._ the Enemy cut
Lines round the Foot of the Castle, and erected another Fascine-Battery
on the South Brow of the Hill, and brought four Guns out of the North
Battery, and mounted in this, as it commanded the Ascent of the Hill
best; these Lines ran in Traverses, and communicated from Battery to
Battery, and were a better Defence, and much stronger, than all the
other Works together. After the Attack, the Enemy being able to judge
where their Foible lay, mounted two Guns in the Lines, against the
angular Point of one of the Bastions (which was not defended) where the