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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539668" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Capture of Havana</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas in the year 1762 that France and Spain<br>Resolved, allied together, to crush Britain;<br>But the British Army sailed from England in May,<br>And arrived off Havana without any delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the British Army resolved to operate on land,<br>And the appearance of the British troops were really grand;<br>And by the Earl of Albemarle the British troops were commanded,<br>All eager for to fight as soon as they were landed. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Arduous and trying was the work the British had to do,<br>Yet with a hearty goodwill they to it flew;<br>While the tropical sun on them blazed down,<br>But the poor soldiers wrought hard and didn't frown. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bombardment was opened on the 30th of June,<br>And from the British battleships a fierce cannonade did boom;<br>And continued from six in the morning till two o'clock in the afternoon,<br>And with grief the French and Spaniards sullenly did gloom. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And by the 26th of July the guns of Fort Moro were destroyed,<br>And the French and Spaniards were greatly annoyed;<br>Because the British troops entered the Fort without dismay,<br>And drove them from it at the bayonet charge without delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But for the safety of the city the Governor organised a night attack,<br>Thinking to repulse the British and drive them back;<br>And with fifteen hundred militia he did the British attack,<br>But the British trench guards soon drove them back. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the Spandiards were charged and driven down the hill,<br>At the point of the bayonet sore against their will;<br>And they rushed to their boats, the only refuge they could find,<br>Leaving a trail of dead and wounded behind. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Lieutenant Forbes, at the head of his men,<br>Swept round the ramparts driving all before them;<br>And with levelled bayonets they drove them to and fro,<br>Then the British flag was hoisted over the bastions of Moro. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the Governor of the castle fell fighting sword in hand,<br>While rallying his men around the flagstaff the scene was grand;<br>And the Spaniards fought hard to save their ships of war,<br>But the British destroyed their ships and scattered them afar. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And every man in the Moro Fort was bayonet or shot,<br>Which in Spanish history will never be forgot;<br>And on the 10th of August Lord Albemarle sent a flag of truce,<br>And summoned the Governor to surrender, but he seemed to refuse. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then from the batteries the British opened a terrific fire,<br>And the Spaniards from their guns were forced to retire,<br>Because no longer could they the city defend;<br>Then the firing ceased and hostilities were at an end. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the city of Havana surrendered unconditionally,<br>And terms were settled, and the harbour, forts, and city,<br>With a district of one hundred miles to the westward,<br>And loads of gold and silver were the British troops' reward. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And all other valuable property was brought to London,<br>The spoils that the British Army had won;<br>And it was conveyed in grand procession to the Tower of London,<br>And the Londoners applauded the British for the honours they had won.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q>
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