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fourteenth of Sepr should be omitted so that the day succeeding the second should be called the fourteenth of that Month-- On the 17th of April --1756-- Admiral Byng sailed from Spithead with the Ships of the line and was afterwards joined by two or three others-- When the Admiral approached Minorca he saw the British Coulars-- still flying at the Castle of St Philip, and at the same time the French fleet appearing to the South East, he formed the line of battle and when Byng was exhorted by his Captain to bear down upon the enemy in order to support the Ships of the Van, he coldly replied that it was his determination to keep the line of Battle entire-- By endeavouring to keep this line of Battle in order to fight with more advantage it could scarcely be affirmed-- that he fought at all--the distance at which he engaged being so great that he received only a few shot and not one man was killed or
