CHAPTER X.

Causes of the Expedition to Candia--Court Intrigue--Turenne and the Duke d’Albret--Preparations for the Expedition--Beaufort Commands it--Departure of the Fleet--Its Arrival before Candia--State of this Island--Description of the Place besieged--Last Council of War--Plan of Attack, which is fixed for the Middle of the Night of June 24, 1669--The First Movements are successful--Terrible Explosion of the Magazine of a Battery--Fearful Panic--Rout of the French--Re-embarkation of the Troops--Certainty of Beaufort’s Death 113