Citation - New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy: 1745.07.22

NYGWPB.745.015
22 Jul 1745:12 (131)
ON THE TAKING OF CAPE-BRETON:
Britannia strove a Carthagena to gain,
While numbers perisht on the wat'ry main;
And Wentworth's forces languish'd ev'ry day,
Till rum and fevers swept whole hosts away:
. . . [14 lines] By an officer that went on the expedition
against Carthagena.