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Bonneau et Avril DS, Journal des travaux..., September 1780. La Grande Plaine, [St. Domingue].
Folder : Oversize Manuscripts
[circa 1748] . Manuscript account of the Battle of Havana.
4 pages
Box 1
In Spanish. Narrative by an unknown author, beginning a month before the battle with the capture of an English prisoner, and then the Spanish pursuit of the British fleet. The writer explained that Andrés Reggio's squadron mistook the British squadron for an endangered treasure convoy. Includes specifics of the battle, including the destruction of the Africa and subsequent efforts at a prisoner exchange. The final page includes a list of six of the ships in the Spanish fleet, and the dead and wounded officers aboard each of them.