---- Proceeded to the _Grande Playa_, to windward of the town of Carthagena -- ---- Capture of forts _St. Jago_ and _St. Philip_ -- ---- Capture of the castle of _Bocca Chica_ 27 ---- Capture of Fort _St. Joseph_ -- ---- Capture of the castle of _Grande Castello_ -- ---- Attack of St. Lazar by escalade -- 1741 Repulse of the troops, and abandonment of the enterprise 28 ---- The forts and castle of Carthagena demolished -- ---- The expedition returned to Jamaica -- ---- Another expedition proceeded to the island of Cuba 29 ---- Returned to Jamaica after encountering much sickness and numerous casualties 30 1742 The island of _Rattan_, in the bay of Honduras, taken possession of, and placed in a state of defence 31 ---- A detachment sent to the assistance of General Oglethorpe, in South Carolina, against the Spaniards 32 ---- Recall of Admiral Vernon and General Wentworth -- ---- The independent Companies at Jamaica (now the forty-ninth regiment) and the Marines on board of the fleet, completed with effective men; the remainder of the troops returned to England -- ---- The command of the fleet in the West Indies devolved on Sir Chaloner Ogle -- 1743 Another expedition proceeded to South America, under the command of Commodore Knowles of the Navy, with 400 men of the thirty-eighth regiment and 600 Marines 33 ---- Sailed to Antigua, and proceeded to attack La Guira in Terra Firma -- ---- Proceeded to Curaçao to refit -- ---- Sailed again for Porto Cavallo -- ---- Attack of Ponta Brava -- ---- Returned to Jamaica 34 ---- Declaration of war against France on 31st March, 1743 35 1744 Engagement of a party of Marines of the Essex ship-of-war in the Mediterranean 35 ---- Active means adopted for completing the ten regiments of Marines -- 1745 Expedition against Cape Breton 36 ---- Capitulation of Louisburg and of the Island of Cape Breton --