The siege of Gibraltar : from the twelfth of April to the twenty-seventh of May, 1781 : to which is prefixed, some account of the blockade

The siege of Gibraltar : from the twelfth of April to the twenty-seventh of May, 1781 : to which is prefixed, some account of the blockade

London : Printed for the authoress, and sold by J. Fielding ... and by the authoress ..., [1781]

viii, 23, [1] p. ; 24 cm. (4to)

L2014F102 1781

(OCoLC)54200353

Dedication signed: Catharine Upton.
Signatures: [a]2 b2 B-G2.
Leaves B1-F2: vertical chain lines.
"Address to Æolus, on hearing that Col. Ross was appointed to command the Seventy-Second Regiment, or Royal Manchester Volunteers" (p. 19-20); "A short description of Gibraltar, with the manner of taking it by Sir George Rooke ..." (p. [21]-23).
Woman's account of the Siege of Gibraltar providing details of the privations endured by the author & her children, and their escape back to England in 1781.
Library copy: pencil drawing on verso of title.

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