The Attacks Upon the Spanish Main by Admiral Vernon #231497

On the fifth of November. This squadron set sail. The Sheerness be ing sent as a scout in the direction of Cartagena. While the rest headed for Porto Bello, off which port they lay to on the twentieth of that month. On the twenty-first, he attacked the Iron Fort. So called, at the harbor's entrance, with his full strength at close range, and with such vigor that, after a short but spirited resistance.