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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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Letter from Carthagena dated December 15 reports that the King of Morocco led his army to besiege Melille on December 8, occupying heights and launching ineffective bombs the next day; artillery appears limited to small cannons, suggesting potential failure.
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"By letters from Melille, of the 9th instant, we learn that the King of Morocco appeared in person at the head of his army before that place on the 8th in the morning; that he immediately occupied the eminencies, and the day following began to throw some bombs into the town, but at so great a distance as to be of no effect:
"We know not yet the quantity or the calibre of his artillery, of which we have not hitherto seen any but eight or ten pieces of cannon, of about six or eight pounders; and if he has not any larger for making this siege, he will probably fail in his enterprize."
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Melille
Event Date
8th And 9th Instant, Per Letters Dated December 15
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bombs thrown but ineffective due to distance; artillery limited to eight or ten pieces of six or eight pounders; likely to fail without larger artillery
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The King of Morocco appeared in person at the head of his army before Melille on the 8th instant in the morning, occupied the eminencies, and the following day began throwing bombs into the town at a great distance with no effect. Only eight or ten small cannons observed so far.