. A duke and his friends : the life and letters of the second Dukeof Richmond . o, (which are here generally believed to betrue) that Mr. Anson was got safe into the South Sea,and had taken some rich Prizes; But some of theLetters say that he had been forced to sink two ofHis Ships, for want of Men to navigate them ; sothat He had only two remaining with Him ; and eventhose weakly Mand ; and that He was besides inwant of Provisions. They add, that the SpanishAdmiral, Pizaro, was at Lime, with four Ships, whichHe was refitting with all possible Expedition, inorder to go in pursuit of Mr. Ansons
. A duke and his friends : the life and letters of the second Dukeof Richmond . o, (which are here generally believed to betrue) that Mr. Anson was got safe into the South Sea,and had taken some rich Prizes; But some of theLetters say that he had been forced to sink two ofHis Ships, for want of Men to navigate them ; sothat He had only two remaining with Him ; and eventhose weakly Mand ; and that He was besides inwant of Provisions. They add, that the SpanishAdmiral, Pizaro, was at Lime, with four Ships, whichHe was refitting with all possible Expedition, inorder to go in pursuit of Mr. Ansons small squadron. The last Accounts from the Armies in Moravia,and Bohemia, are very favourable to the Queen ofHungary ; the Austrian Troops having obtained somepretty considerable Advantages against the Prussians,and Saxons : But as the French and Bavarians arenow joind, and are not far distant from MarshalKevenhuller, with the Main Army, It is probableWe shall soon have an Account of a general Action,which will decide the Fate of that War, and indeedof the House of The Panama Expedition 389 My Lord Stair has not been long enough at theHague, to have done a great deal there, as yet ; theQuarters are orderd in Flanders for the EnglishTroops that are to be sent thither ; and I believe willnot be long before they embark. I am with the greatest Respect My Lord * Your Graces Most Obedient Humble Servant Andrev^^ Stone. Perhaps it was because The Admiral barely ac-quiesced in it, as Stone says, that the expeditionagainst Panama, under the joint direction of AdmiralVernon and General Wentworth, proved a miserablefailure, and in April 1742 their armament returnedto Jamaica, exhibiting a ridiculous spectacle offolly and irresolution, as Smollett forcibly puts it. In September the two Commanders receivedorders to return to England with such troops asremained alive, and these did not form a tenth partof the number which had been sent abroad in thatinglorious service. The inferio
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