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CJ-NH.782.026
9 May 1782:21,22 (758)
Madrid, (Spain) Feb. 19. Col. Don Pablo Sangro, one of his
Excellency the Duke de Crillon's aid-de-camps, has brought
hither the important and agreeable news of the surrender of
Fort St. Philip the 4th of this month, and that all the
garrison were prisoners of war. . . [5 lines introducing
articles of capitulation, 7 lines of Article I] . . . he
expects that his Excellency will allow that the garrison
shall go out with all the honors of war. . . [4 more lines
remainder of article]
Answer. The garrison shall be prisoners of war: but in
regard to the constancy, valour and great defence by Gen.
Murray, and the garrison, the said garrison shall go out,
holding the firelock on the shoulder, drums beating, match
lighted and flags flying. . . [5 more lines specifying
remainder of surrender ceremony, 94 lines describing
articles II-IX plus answers and mentioning that no return
was yet available] So soon as the King received the news of
so glorious an event, he ordered immediately a public
thanksgiving to the Lord of Hosts; and a Te Deum was sung in
the King's chapel, and a general illumination was exhibited
during three nights.
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