Evening star., 1924-12-03
tCont nued from Yesterdays starr

Blood pointed out the fort at the
mouth of the inner harbour, which
was just bare:y visible above the
waving palms on the Intervening
tongue of land lie announced that
its armumeut was less Formidable
than that Of the outer fort, which
they had redu ed; but on the other
hand, the passage was very much
narrower. than the Eoca Chica, and
before they could attempt to make
it in any rase, they must dispose
of those dcfenCes. lie proposed that
the FIR ach ships hou d enter the
outer harhor. and proceed at once
20 -bombardmeaL \ Aranwhile, ne
would land 500 buccaneers and some
lrtil,ery. on the eastern side of the
acoon, beyond the fragrant garden
stands dense with ri h3S bearing
ruit trees, and proceed simultane-
,usIy TO storm the fort in the rear.
hus beeet on both sides at once.
nd demoraH2ed by the fate of
le much s -rOn~er outer fort,
= did not think Ghe Spaniards would
fer n very long resistance. Then
would be for NJ. de RiVarol to gar
son the fort. whilst Capt. BLOOD
ould sweep on with his men, ana
,ize the Church of Nuestra Sonora
IL imm ,diately eastward or the
,wn. Not only did that eminence
ford them a valuable and obviou'
ratec.ic al an age. but it command
! the only road that led from Carta-
ma to the interior, and once II Wer'
Id there would he no further. ques
on Of the Spaniards attempting TO
move the wealth of the city.
That TO NJ. de Rivarol was-as Capt
lood had JUDGED that It would be
.le crowning argument. Superciliou'
ntil-that moment. and disposed for
is own pride's sake to treat the
,,craneer's suggestions with cavalier
riticiSru. N. de RiVaroPs manner
uddenly changed. He became aIer
nd brisk, went so far as tolerahlIS
. commend Can't. Blood 5 pIanr ahc
seued orders that action might De
aiken upon it at once.
It is not necessary 70 follow ina
lction step ny step. 'ElInders on th'
,art of the French m2rr"d its smootE
,xacu.ion, and the india rent hand
ing of their. ships led 10 the sinkln'
f two Of them in the. course or the
fternoon b. the forts "unf1rs. Bu
~ evening. owing largely to the ir
asistihle fury with which the bucca-
oars Stormed the place from tn
.,rdward side. the fort had surrender
d. and before dusk Blood and his
len with some ordnance hauiec
hither by mules dominated the city
rom the heights Of Nuestra sonora
e la Poupa.
At noon on the morrow, shorn OF
'aPences and threatened with bonn
,ardnlent, Cartagena sent offers OF
urrender to NJ. de Rivarol.
swollen with pride by victory for
,hich he took the entire credit to
imself. the baron dictated his terms.
Ie demanded that all public effects
nd office accounts be delivered up,
hat the merchants surrender all
moneys and goods held by them for
heir correspondents; the inhabitants
.ould choose whether they would re-
lain in the city or depart; but
hose who went must first deliver up
II their property, and those VINO
Iected to remain must surrender half.
nd become the subjects France; re-
igious houses and churches should
be spared, but the" must render ac-
counts of all moneys and valuables
n their possession.
Cartagena a~reed, having no choice
n the matter, and on the next day,
which was the 5th of April, NJ. de
;ivarol entered the city and pro
Iaimed it now French colony, ap-
rointfng N. de Cussy it's governor.
hereafter he proceeded to the ca
hedral where very properly "Te
,eum" was sung in honour OF the con-
uest This hy way OF grace, where
tter NJ d. Rivarol proceeded to de-
our the city. The only detail In
which the French conquest of Carta-
.eua differed from an ordinary bucca-
ieering raid was that under the
Jeverest penalties no soldier was to
enter the house of any inha abitant.
But this apparent respect for the per-
sons and property Of the conquered
vas based in reality upon NJ. de
Hvarols anxiety lest doubloon
ihould be abstra cted from all the
wealth that was pouring into the
reasury opened by the baron in the
name OF the King of France. Once
he golden stream had ceased. he
-omoved all restrictions and left the
.ity in prey to his men. who pro-
ceeded further to pillage il of that
part Of their property which the in
habitants who became French sub
ieCts had been assured should re-
main inviolate. The plunder was
enormous. In the course of four days
over q hundred mules laden with gold
went out of the city and down to