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A Great and wonderful victory obtained by the English forces, under the command of General Pen, and Gen. Venables, against the French, and others, in the West Indies: : with the manner of a great sudden, and valiant engagement, the desperate onset given by the indian bow-men, the bringing up of the great reserves by the French general, the totall routing of them all immediatly upon landing, the taking of 2[6]00 prisoners, and the number slain upon the place, the taking of three and thirty gold and silver mines, and the firing of many places by the French, and sacrificing of their lives in the flames.

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Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, : Printed for Humphrey Hutchingson, 1655.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Penn, William, > Sir, > 1621-1670 > Early works to 1800. Venables, Robert, > 1612?-1687 > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > History, Naval > Stuarts, 1603-1714 > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > History > Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 > Early works to 1800.
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