The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria, Volume 2 Papyras Classics

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Chapter 190

Expedition to Minorca

An expedition to Minorca was more successful. In the autumn Admiral Duckworth’s squadron landed in Addaya Bay in that island a land-force of about eight hundred men, under General Sir Charles Stuart, which compelled the Spanish governor to surrender the whole of the island by capitulation.