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military art. Colonel Grant, who then commanded the 72d, 

 seemed to have duly estimated his merits, and desired his 

 promotion ; but having been wounded in this engagement at 

 the Cape, Carmichael lost, in consequence, an active friend. 

 He always spoke of his profession with the warmth of a 

 soldier, and of his brother officers with fondness; a fact, 

 indeed, which also proves that his own deportment was 

 such as commanded their rearard. 



Of this brave action which terminated so favourably for 

 the British arms, we shall give the description in Capt. Car- 

 michael's own words. 



" The expedition under the command of Sir David Baird, 

 which was destined to act against the Cape of Good Hope, 

 consisted of the 24th, 38th, and 83d regiments, commanded 

 by Brigadier-General Beresford; and the 71st, 72d, and 93d, 

 commanded by Brigadier-General Ferguson; three com- 

 panies of the Royal Artillery under General Yorke; and 

 two squadrons of the 20th Light Dragoons. To this force 

 must be added the 59th regiment, embarked for the East 

 Indies, which was ordered to co-operate with us in the re- 

 duction of the Cape. The naval force, commanded by Sir 

 Home Popham, consisted of two 64 gun-ships, and one of 50 

 guns ; two frigates, a sloop of war, and two gun-brigs. 



" The expedition sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 

 2d day of September, 1805, and on the 4th of October, the 

 fleet, amounting to about seventy sail, came to anchor in 

 Funchal Roads, off the Island of Madeira. We weighed 

 anchor again, and directed our course for St. Salvador, on 

 the Coast of Brazil, where we arrived on the 12th of 

 November, with the loss of the Britannia Indiaman, and the 

 King George transport, with General Yorke on board, which 

 were wrecked on the shoal called the Racers, off Cape St. 

 Augustine. Leaving St. Salvador on the 26th of November, 

 we made the Cape of Good Hope on the 3d of January, 

 1806; and on the evening of the 4th, the whole fleet came 

 to an anchor in the channel, between Robin Island and the 

 Blueberg. 



" Early on. the morning of the 5th of January, General 



