CHAPTER V P A P E R S R E L A T I N G T O T H E C A P T U R E O F T H E

M A R Y G A L L E Y B Y F R E N C H P R I V A T E E R S ,

O F F T H E C O A S T O F J U T L A N D , O N

18 A U G U S T 1707

CA P T A IN T O L S O N ’S movements up to the time he left Calcutta in January 1706/7, to join the Dutch fleet bound for England, have already been traced. From Paper 78 below we know that the Mary Galley

sailed in company with her consorts from 10 April until 24 July 1707, and from Paper 99 we learn that the fleet reached the Cape on 25 March and remained there until 23 April, but there are no particulars extant respecting the voyage, or in fact any news whatever in the correspondence available regarding the Mary Galley and her crew, until 1 September 1707, when Elias Grist sent a letter to Bowrey and the owners from Dunkirk (Paper 75), announcing the capture of the ship by French privateers off the coast of “ Norroway,” though, in reality, the capture took place off the coast of Jutland.