ABSTRACT
Upon the appearance of Admiral Penn off Santo Domingc with the fleet under his orders, the Spaniards, to increase thei force, recalled their troops from Tortuga, of which island the; had been in possession about 18 months. In compliance witl his orders, the commander of the garrison, before he left th island, blew up the fort, burnt the church and all the houses and magazines, and laid the plantations waste!
