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six 18-pounder long guns, which they spiked. The party then proceeded to take possession of the vessels in the bay. There is some disagreement as to how many vessels they captured and took as prizes, with the total rising as high as 12. According to
Rushworth's letter (an after action report), the prizes included a
301:'s soldiers. Murray and the naval forces were for the most part limited to conveying troops, and subsequently organising their evacuation. The Spanish colonists, though discontented with Spanish rule, were not disposed to accept British rule. They rose against the soldiers who landed, and took them prisoners.
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remained to guard the party's boats. The party landed on 2 September and crossed some two miles of marshy ground to storm a fort at
Batabano. On their way they had to break through an ambush of enemy soldiers and militia. In the process they killed two and wounded one badly. At the fort they captured
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sailed back to Saint Helena with dispatches for onward transfer to
Britain. By 27 May she had rejoined the fleet, now at Montevideo, and from then on she was employed in liaison duty, reconnaissance, and transporting senior commanders in support of the operation. By 8 July
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was purchased in the West Indies and no record of the vessel or the transaction reached the
Admiralty in London. Unusually, the acquirers gave her the same name as that of another vessel in the area,
356:, Jamaica, with a schooner in tow, a prize that she had taken. As the weather worsened, Gooding sailed closer to shore. When breakers were sighted ahead, he attempted to turn
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was sailing along the coast of San Domingo, working her way towards
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