64 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1^94. 



Having on board the powder maga- 

 zines, iurnt at Toulon. 



guns. 

 L'Irii — 32 



Le Montreal — 32 



Fitted out by the English as a bomb- 

 ketch. 

 La Lutine — 32 



Remaining at Toulon, 

 La Bretonne — 18 



In commission before the English 

 fleet at Toulon. 

 SHIP 

 In the Levant, 

 La Duquesne — 74 



- FRIGATES and SLOOPS 



In the Levant. 

 La Sibile — 40 



La Sensible — 32 



La Melpornenc — 40 



La Minerve — 4o 



La Fortunee — 32 



La Fleche — 04 



La Fauvette — 24 



Taken by the English. 

 L'lmperieuse — 40 



La Modestie — 32 



L'Eclair — 20 



jIt Ville Franche. 

 La Vestale — 36 



La Badinc — 24 



Lc Hazard 30 



/ItCtrsiea. 

 La Mignon — 32 



At Cette. 

 La Brune — 24 



In ordinary at Toulon. 

 LaJunon — 40 



Building. 

 One ship of — 74 



Two frigates — 40 



On board the Victory, Hieres Bay, 

 Dec. 21, 1793. 



SIR, 



In my letter of the I2lh instant I 

 had the honour to acquaint you, 

 that from the 30th of November to 



that time no particular event hii 

 taken place, and that the hre of ihe 

 enemy was less frequent. During 

 this period they werodaiiy receiving 

 reinforcements from every qjarter, 

 and both sides were busily employed, 

 we in strengthening oar posts, and 

 the enemy in establishing new bat- 

 teries against cape Brun and Mal- 

 bousquet, but principally against 

 Fort Mulgrave, on the Heighis of 

 Balaguier. 



From all concurring accounts of 

 deserters, and oth?rs, tiie enemy's 

 army was now between 30,000 and 

 40 000 men, andan attack, upon our 

 posts was to be daily expected. 

 These, from their essential though 

 detached situations, h-d been seve- 

 rally strengthened, in theproportion , 

 their circumstances required, having 

 such central torcein the town as was 

 deemed necessary for its immediate 

 guard, and for afibrding a degree of 

 succour to any point that might be 

 more particularly attacked. 



For the complete defence of the 

 town and its extensive harbour, we 

 had long been obliged to occupy a 

 circumference of at least fifteen 

 miles, by eight principal posts, with 

 their several intermediate dependent 

 ones ; the greatest part of these were 

 merely of a temporary nature, such 

 as our means allowed us to con- 

 struct ; and of our force, which ne- 

 ver exceeded 12,000 men bearing 

 hrelocks, and composed of five dif- 

 ferent nations and languages, near 

 9000 were placed in or supporting 

 those posts, and about 3000 remain- 

 ed in the town. 



On the l5tb, at half past two 

 o'clock in the morning, t.ie enemy, 

 who had before fired from three 

 batteries on Fort Mu'grave, now 

 opened two new onei, and conti- 

 nued a very heavy cannonade and 



bombard- 



