The Virginia Gazette

The Spaniards are determined to render the Havannah impregnable against any future attempts. They are now extending their works from the Moro, for several hundred yards, upon the hill where the English batteries were erected during the late siege, and in such a manner as to render every access to the Moro impracticable; and they give out that the new works shall be much stronger than the Moro, and to all appearance they are, but, very unfortunate for them, they must extend their lines much farther than they are at present, otherwise the conquest of the Moro will be effected much easier than before, by an error in their work, which they are perfectly unacquainted with. And the day approaches wherein they will stand in need of many Velascoes to spirit them in their own defence, notwithstanding the present avowed insolence of their peasants and others to English vessels when they approach their coasts, a true indication of a pusillanimous and insignificant defence hereafter.