Here is,
for instance, one letter from an eyewitness which was printed in the
New York _Gazette_, August 31, 1747:
"I have the Honour to send you some Particulars concerning
the late Engagement on 3rd Instant off Cape Finisterre;
which, tho' in the greatest degree conducive to the Success
of that glorious Day, yet have not been once mentioned in
the publick Papers.... You may be surpriz'd, Sir, when I
assert, that out of the formidable English Squadron, but
seven Ships were engag'd properly speaking. Concerning the
Gallantry of three of them, which were the Headmost Ships,
you have already had publick accounts; and my intention by
this, is to warm your hearts with an Account of the
Behaviour of two others, the Devonshire, Admiral Warren's
Ship, and the Bristol, commanded by Capt. Montague."
The letter goes on to describe the battle minutely, telling how Warren
came boldly up to the French Commodore's ship, and attacked her,
"--And, having receiv'd her fire, as terrible a one as ever I saw, ran
up within Pistol-shot and then returned it, and continued a brisk fire
till the enemy struck.
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