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.

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1757