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AN NUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



and Malbousquel, from which last 

 the Spaniards withdrew in the night, 

 in consequence of the supporting 

 post of Nenpoii'ans at Micissey 

 having left the baltety there esta- 

 blished, and abandoned it without 

 orders. Every attention v/as also 

 given to ensure the tranqtiiility of 

 th-- tn\vn. In the nii'ht the com- 

 bined fleets took a new station in 

 the outer road. 



Early in the morning of the ISlh 

 the sick and wounded, and the Bri- 

 tish field ar;illery were sento.T. In the 

 courseoftheday the post of Cape Brnn 

 vas withdrawn into La Malgue, the 

 post of Sablettes was also retiied, wnd 

 the inen were put on board. Mea- 

 sures were arranged for the final 

 embarkation, during the night, of 

 he British, Piedmontese, and S})a- 

 niards, who occupied the tow n, and 

 of the troops of the same nations 

 who weie now at La Mnlgue, 

 amounting in all to about 7^00 

 men ; for the Neapolitans had, by 

 midnight, embarked. 



Having determined with lieufe- 

 nant-oeneral Ciravina, commanding 

 the Spanish troops, iliat, instead of 

 embarking at the quays and in tlie 

 arsenal of the town, oiu" whole force 

 shouldassemblenearfort La Ma'gi;e, 

 and form on the peninsula which 

 from thence extends into the har- 

 bour, every previous disposition was 

 made, and every care taken to con- 

 ceal our intention. The arsenal 

 and dock-yard were strictly guarded. 

 The troops were ranged according- 

 ly on the lampaits, and the trau- 

 f^uillity of the town was much en- 

 sured from the time the enemy be- 

 gan to throw sheila and shot into it; 

 which they did fr<Mi our late batte- 

 ries at Mici-ssey aiid .Malbousqnet. 



About ten o'clock at night tire 

 was set t« the tJiips and ajsenal. 



We immediately began our march 

 au'l the evacuation of the town, 

 which it was necessary should be 

 made with secrecy and expedition. 

 The fort of St. Catherine having, 

 without orders, been quitted in the 

 course of the day, and possessed by 

 the enemy, the consequent early 

 knowledge of our march, had we 

 taken the common route, throutrli 

 the -^aie of Italy, and within mud- 

 qutt-shot of that fort, might have 

 produced great inconvenience ; we 

 there'ore, by a sally post, gained an 

 advanced part of the road, and 

 without accident were enabled to 

 quit the town, arrive at Fort La 

 Mal_;iic, and form on the risitig 

 ground immediately abo\'e the shore. 

 Ihe boats were ready, the weather 

 and the sea in the highest degree 

 favourable. The embarkation be- 

 gan about eleven o'clock, and by 

 day-break on the lf)th the whole, 

 witiiout interruption or the loss of a 

 man, were on board ship. 



The great fire in the arsenal, the 

 blowing up of the powder ships, 

 atid other similar events which took 

 plaee in (he night, cettainly tended 

 to keep the enemy in a state of su£- 

 penre and uncertainty. 



As the security ol this operation 

 depended much on the protection 

 atfiirded from the happy situation of 

 Fort La Malgue, which so effectu- 

 ally commands the neck of the 

 peninsula, and the judicious use that 

 sho.ild be made of its artillery, this 

 important service was allotted to 

 major Ko( hler, w ith 200 meti, wfio 

 after seeing the last man oft'^he 

 shore, and spiking all the gur.s, ef- 

 fected, from hia activity and intel- 

 ligence, his own retreat without^ 

 lots. 



Captains Elphinsffine, Hallowell, 

 and Mathews, sxiperintendedthe em- 



barkatioQ. 



