APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 



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iargecofvetteSjwhichlhavemanned, 

 and employed in collecting wine and 

 provisions from tiie dilFrrent ports 

 in Spain and Italy, having bee . con- 

 stantly in want of some species or 

 anotiier, and am now at short al- 

 lowance. 



Don I.angara undertook to destroy 

 the ships in the bason, but I am in- 

 formed, found it not practicable; and 

 as the Spanish troops had tiiK guar- 

 ding the powder vessels, which con- 

 tained the powder of the ships 1 

 ordered into the bason and arsenal 

 on my coming here, as well as that 

 fromthedistant magazines within the 

 enemy's reuch, I requested th^; Spa- 

 nish admiral would Lepleasedto give 

 orders for their being scuttled and 

 sunk J but, instead of doing that, 

 the officer to whom that dmy vva^ 

 intrusted blew them up, by which 

 two fine gun-boats wh.ch I Iiad or- 

 dered to attend sir S}dnLy Smith, 

 Wc;re shook to pieces. The. lieute- 

 nant commanding one of them was 

 killed, and seAcral seamen bridly 

 wounded. I am sorry to add, that 

 lieut. Goddaid of the Victory, who 

 commanded the seamen upon the 

 heights of Grass;', was wcunded, 

 but I hope and trust not dangerous- 

 ly. 



1 bej; to refer you for farther par- 

 iiculars to general Dandiis respect- 

 ing the evacuation of Toulon, and 

 to sir Sydney Smiih as to the burn- 

 ing theenemy's ships, &c. on which 

 service he verv inuvh distiu'ruished 

 himself; and he giVcs great praise 

 to cfiotain Hare, of the lire -ali'io, as 

 well as to all ihc lieutenants employ- 

 ed under him. 



It is witii pt:caliar satihfai.tion 1 

 have the honour to acijujiut you, 

 that the utmost harmon), and most 

 cordial undersLanding, has hdppily 

 subsisted in his n)aje:;ly's army and 



fleet, not only between the officers 

 of all ranks, but between the sea- 

 men and soldiers also. 



I herewith transmit a copy of 

 sir S)dney Smith's letter to me, 

 with a list of the offic.;rs employed 

 inider him, and alsoa return of offi- 

 cers and seamen killed and wound- 

 ed at Fort Mulgrave on the l/th. 

 I have the honour, &c. 



HOOD. 



P. S. The list of the ships at 

 Toulon that were burnt, and those 

 remaining, has been received since 

 writing my letter. 



Rlgkt hon. Heni-y Dundas. 



Toulon, Dec. 18, l/QS. 



MV LOK.D, 



Agreeably to your lordship's or- 

 der, 1 proceeded witii the Swallow 

 tender, three English and three 

 Spanish gun-boats, to the arsenal, 

 and immediately began making the 

 necessary preparations for burning 

 the French ships and stores therein. 

 We found the dock-gates well se- 

 cuved by the judicious arrangements 

 of the governor, although the dock- 

 yard people had already substituted 

 th? three-coloured cockade for the 

 white one. I did not think it safe 

 to attempt the securing any of ihem, 

 considering the small force I had '*' 

 with me, and considering that con- 

 test of any kind would occupy our 

 whole attention, antl prevent us 

 from accomplishing our purpose. 



The galley— laves, to the immber 

 of at least 'O'OO, shewed themselves 

 jealous spectators of our operations : 

 their dispMsiiion to o;-pose us uas 

 evidciit; andbeingunchained, which 

 was unu'.ual, rendered it necessary 

 to keep a watchJuieye on them on 

 board the galleys, by pointing the 

 guns of the Swallnw tender and one 

 of the j^un-boaib on them, in such 



a manner 



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