An account of the arraignments and tryals of Col. Richard Kirkby, Capt. John Constable, Capt. Cooper Wade, Capt. Samuel Vincent, and Capt. Christopher Fogg On A Complaint Exhibited by the Judge-Advocate on Behalf of Her Majesty Queen Anne, at a court-martial held on board the ship Breda in Port-Royal Harbour in Jamaica in America, the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Days of October, 1702 For Cowardice, Neglect of Duty, Breach of Orders, and other Crimes, Committed by Them in a Fight at Sea, commenced the 19th. of August, 1702, off of St. Martha, in the Latitude of Ten Degrees North, near the Main Land of America; Between the Honourable John Benbow, Esq; and Admiral du Casse with Four French Ships of War. For which Colonel Kirkby and Captain Wade were Sentenc'd to be Shot to Death: Which said Sentence was Executed upon Them accordingly at Plymouth, on Board the Bristol Man of War. With a Particular Relation of the said engagement: And Death and Character of Admiral Benbow

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kirkby, Richard
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed for Stanley Crowder and Henry Woodgate, at the Golden-Ball in Pater-Noster-Row 1757, 1757
Subjects:	Courts-martial And Courts Of Inquiry / Great Britain Naval Offenses / Great Britain
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0232101800?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa