Note 18 — HISTORICAL RECORD
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In Colonel Drinkwater’s History of the Siege of Gibraltar, it is stated, “that in the forenoon of the 6th of September 1782, Lieut.-General Boyd, the colonel of the Thirty-ninth regiment, and Lieut.-Governor of Gibraltar, recommended, by letter, to the Governor, the immediate use of red-hot shot against the land-batteries of the besiegers. General Eliott acquiesced in the proposal, and immediately ordered Major Lewis, the commandant of the artillery, to wait on Lieut.-General Boyd for his instructions and commands, submitting entirely to him the execution of the attack which he had projected. In consequence of the Governor’s assent, preparations were instantly made; and in a short time everything was properly arranged for the service.”