1805. J 



Memoirs of Lord Nelfan, 



437 



and himftlf together with the remainder 

 wounded, the Spanifti Rear- Admiral 

 flieered off. Nor was the Briiifh Com- 

 mander exempt from danger ; for Capt;iin 

 Frcemantlt, who accompanied him, was 

 hurt, and his coxdvain Sykes, together 

 with fcveral fiilors, difabled. 



Two nights after another bombajdment 

 was attempted, and effefied with (uperior 

 fuccels ; for ten lali of the line, including 

 the flag-fl;ips of the Admirals Mazzaredo 

 ^nd Graving, were obliged to wurp out 

 of the langi of the rtiells. Lord St. Vin- 

 cent, no indiffeteiit juJge of bravery and 

 good conduft, concludes an account of 

 thefe achievements, in a letter addre^Ted to 

 the Admiralty, with eir.phatically t bferv- 

 ing, «' Thai any praife of Hi's would fall 

 far ("hort of Admiral Nelfon's mL-rits." 



The next exploit in which we find him 

 engaged was an auenrpt to obtain pofl'cf- 

 fion of TererifFe. Eail St. Vincent hiv- 

 ing rrceivevl intelligence, whib ftationed 

 off Cadiz, that this ifl ind was ut'erly 

 deftitute of the means cf defence, and 

 that a conliderable quantity of treafure 

 h^d been landed there, determined to de- 

 tach a fquadron againt ii, commanded by 

 an entcipriiing c.^cer. Rear Admiral 

 Nelfon being accordingly feleiSed for this 

 purpofe, was inveiled with the command 

 of the foiljwjiig (hips: 



J. Thefeus, 74 guns. Rear- Admiral Nel- 

 fon, Capt. R. W. Miller. 



a. Cullodcn, 74. guns. Captain Trow- 

 bridge. 



3. Zealous, 74. guns, Captain Samuel 

 Hood. 



4. Leander, 50 guns, Capt. Tho-npfon. 



5. Emerald, 44 guns, Capt. W;il!er. 



6. Seahorfe, 31 guns, Cnpt. Freemantle. 



7. Tcrpfichore, 36 guns, Capt. Bowen. 



8. Fox cutter, 14 guns, Capt. Giblon. 



9. Bomb-ketch. 



This armanient arrived before Santa- 

 Cruz on the aid of July, 1797, and as it 

 was intended to take the place by furprife, 

 the undeitakiiig; was deferred until nigiit, 

 but the mormng was far advanced, in 

 confequence of unforefeen delays. A 

 body of men, including one thoufand ma- 

 rines, was then landed under the direc- 

 tion of Captain (now Admiral Sir Tho- 

 mas) Trowbridge of the Cullud.n, alTltt- 

 cd by the Cap'nins H,od, Tiiomiifon, 

 Freemantle, Bowen, Miller, and Waller, 

 all of whom voluiiteeitd tht.jr lervicc* up- 

 on this occafion. 



The enemy, however, appear to have 

 been fsr better pre|<arcd than had been 

 iiuaginsd, for a very fliarp fiic was kept 



up from thcii- batteries ; one boat wag 

 ft.'ve, feveial were damaged, an \ the Fox 

 cutter loft. 



Admiral Nel on, who had gone on fhore 

 with the firlt divifijn, accomoanied it 

 nearly to the fp't which was deft ned for 

 the afirfult ; bu" having lolt his ri?ht arra 

 by a cannon(hot, he was left ■ elnnd.^-. 

 His Ton in-law. Lieutenant (now C< jtain) 

 Ni(bitt, ot the royal navy, on milling his 

 leader, returned, and finJing him fpeech, 

 lefs, placed Sir Horatio on his back, anci 

 carried him to a beat, which conveye4 

 him on board the Thefeus under a molt 

 tremendous fire from the enemy's battg» 

 ties. 



While their Commander lay in this de^? 

 plorablc ilate, the ftorming-party advancr 

 ed, fcaled the walls, and penetrated into 

 the great Iquare of the town, where hav.r 

 ing formed, to ths number of about foijf 

 hundred, they marched towards the cita» 

 dei, but fcui.d it too ftrong for them to 

 attack with any hopes of fuccefs, being 

 unprovided with cannon. 



In the mean time Ca^itain Trowbridge 

 was informed by fome of his prilbners tha^ 

 a large body of Spaniards, alTilted by fume 

 French, and fupported by five field-pieces, 

 was preparing to give them battle, On. 

 this, perceiving the utter impoffibility pf 

 receiving any further aid from the flaps, 

 he dilbatched Captain Hotd with a mefr- 

 fage to ttie Spanifh Governor, purporting, 

 " That if he would allow him freely, an4 

 without moleftatlon, to embark his people, 

 and lurmfh him wi:h boats for that pur? 

 pplt-, in the place of thofe which had been 

 (iove, the fquadron before the town (houlil 

 not be permitted to molcft it," On his 

 Excellency's replying, *< That they mult 

 lurrender prifoners of war," the meffen- 

 ger obl'erved, " That if the terms prefer.!- 

 led by him were not inffantly compliecj 

 with^ Smta-Cruz would be let fiie to, 

 and the Spaniards attacked at the poinf of 

 the bayonet.'' 



On hearing this refulute declaration. 

 Don Juan Antonio Gurturez thought it 

 prudent to comply, and Captain Tiow- 

 bridge immediately marched with his men, 

 colours flying and drums beating, to the 

 head of the mole, where boats being fur- 

 nifh.d by the S|iania:ds, they immediate? 

 lyemba'ked, their wounded mtn having 

 bi-en kindly received inio the holpital, 

 while thofe who had cfcapcd uihurt rer 

 ceivtd a plentiful lupply of prvvilions of 

 all kinds. 



Sir Horatio immediately returned to 

 England, and it was not until many 

 mor.ths alter his aim had been amputated, 



fhat 



