From COLLECTIONS OF THE Georgia Historical Society, Vol. VII. ADDRESS OF HON. WALTER G. CHARLTON. "In May, 1740, with an army two thousand strong, consisting of regulars, militia and Indians, with co-operative fleet under Admiral Vernon, he moved on to St. Augustine; captured Fort Moosa [Mose], and signaling the fleet to action, prepared to deliver the assault on the fortifications of the Florida stronghold. The fleet failed to respond and departed, and the unsupported attack from the land becoming thus impracticable, a siege of three weeks followed, which Oglethorpe was finally compelled to abandon.