The New Hampshire Gazette

From the Caroline Papers we have the following Particulars relating to the Havannah, viz. That by the prudent and proper Measures taken by Admiral Pocock, and the Care of the Providence Pilots, the whole Fleet of Men of War, Transports &c. got safe thro' the Bahama Old Straits, and arrived before the Havannah, on the 6th of June, without the Loss of a single Vessel: That 10 Ships of the Line, besides Frigates, went down with the Fleet, and were afterwards joined by two or three more: That the Troops did not exceed 10,000 Men from the marching Regiments, with 2000 Marines from the Ships: That of those 8000 were landed on the 7th, Part on the Eastern Side of the Harbour, against the Castle El Morro, under the Earl of Albemarle; the rest on the Western Side, against the Governor's Castle, under Colonel William Howe: That four or five Days after 2000 more were landed: That our Forces had Possession of all the Neck of Land to the Westward of the Entrance of the Harbour (except the Puntal, some Batteries along shore, and the Governor's Castle, lately built upon a Hill, which commands the Town and other Forts, mounting three Tier of Cannon) and also of the River Lagune, where from they were supplied with Water through Pipes: And that the Spaniards had a prodigious Number of Cannon mounted at the Havannah, mostly on the Forts and Batteries which face the Entrance of the Harbour; but that notwithstanding it was thought the British Troops would be in Possession of the whole Place in five or six Days from the 1st of July.....

The Spanish Declaration of War against Great-Britain, it is said, was not published at the Havannah when our Fleet and Army arrived before the Place: nor at Carthagena the 20th of June; nor at St. Augustin the 1st of July....