West Indian tales of old . little sausage; scarcely can wehear the Governor on the top, directing them withhis trumpet, the Centaur lying close under it, likea cocoa-shell. A four months supply of provisions and w4aterwas put ashore and, as soon as the guns had beenlanded, active preparations were made for the defenceof the position. On the lower part of the slopereferred to above, a 24-pounder was mounted on acentral point carriage. This formed the QueensBattery, which commanded the approach to the rockand also nearly the entire bay, across which novessel could any longer pass unmolested. Her
West Indian tales of old . little sausage; scarcely can wehear the Governor on the top, directing them withhis trumpet, the Centaur lying close under it, likea cocoa-shell. A four months supply of provisions and w4aterwas put ashore and, as soon as the guns had beenlanded, active preparations were made for the defenceof the position. On the lower part of the slopereferred to above, a 24-pounder was mounted on acentral point carriage. This formed the QueensBattery, which commanded the approach to the rockand also nearly the entire bay, across which novessel could any longer pass unmolested. Here onJanuary 19, Queen Charlottes birthday, the Britishflag was hoisted, and a royal salute of twenty-oneguns broke the stillness of the air, and here too themorning and evening guns were regularly fired. Fromthe Queens a covered way led to another Batterycalled after the flagship the Centaur, which facedthe north-east. Here also a 24-pounder was mounted * Royal Naval Biography, Supplement Part I., byJohn Marshall, HAULING CANNON UP THE ROCK FROM CENTAUR *i^ ??/mm \. WFr &* &m SSki^ W%>- s&W <u-. v-y aaSRv: |K JBk Ir - &&% ^?ssi WA r~.i -jf S. S&4 «#*wb*£21i - » ^J— t*S ^l ?- ? ? ilttjltl •* ™~ - ^r- 5 »—SS3IS ml. \ THE NORTH-EAST FACE, SHOWING THE QUEENS BATTERY THE DIAMOND ROCKFrom engravings after the paintings by John Eckstein THE DIAMOND ROCK and this commanded the sea on the other these batteries the middle of the rock andHoods Battery, which carried the third 24-pounder,were reached by means of a rope ladder, and from therethe tortuous ascent to the top wound through shrubsand crags. On the very summit were the two 18-pounders from Hippomenes, over which formany a month the Union Jack proudly floated. De Jonnes who, with spy-glass to his eye, wasan interested spectator, watching the proceedingsfrom the shores of Martinique, gives some additionalinformation regarding the fortification of the rock.*He tells us
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