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to my warmest acknowledgments; 

 thfljr persevering ardour and desire 

 to distinguish themselves, cannot be 

 too highly spoken of, and whicliit 

 w.ill be my pride to remember to the, 

 latest period of my life. 



Gaptairj Nelson, of his majesty's 

 ship AgememnoHj. who had the 

 commandand direction of the sea-: 

 men, in landing the gun^, mortars, 

 and stores; and captain Huit, who 

 commanded at. the batteries, very 

 ably assisted by captain Buller and 

 captain St-rocold, and the lieute- 

 nants Gore, Hotham, Stiles, An- 

 drews, and Brisbane,, have an equal 

 claim tomv jfratitude, as the seamen 

 under their management worked the 

 guns with great judgment and ala- 

 crity. Never was a higher spirit of 

 freater perseverance exhibited; and 

 am happy to say, that no other 

 contention wcs at any time known, 

 than who should be most forward 

 and indefatigable for promoting his 

 majesty's servic«; for^ altliou^;h the 

 difficulties they had to struggle with 

 were many and various, the perfect 

 harmony and goodhsmour that uni- 

 versally prevailed throughout tlie 

 siege overcame them all. 



Icnnnot butexpress, in the strong- 

 est terms, the meritoriousconduct of 

 captain Duncan,andlieutenant Alex- 

 ander Duncan, of the royal artillery, 

 and lieutenant De Butts, of the 

 royal engineers : but my obligation 

 ii particularly great to captain Dun- 

 can, as more zeal, ability, and 

 judgment was never shewn by any 

 officer than were displayed by him ; 

 and I take the liberty of mentioning 

 him as an offi.:er highly entitled to 

 his majesty's notice. 



I feel myself very much indebted 



for the vigilance and attention of 



captain Wolscly, of tlie Imp^ricuse, 



aud of captain Hailovvdl, who be- 



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came a volunteer wherever he could 

 be useful, after being superseded in 

 the command, of theCourageuxby 

 captain Waldegrave. The former 

 kept a diligent watch upon theisland 

 of Caprian, where. the, enemy have 

 magazines of orovisions and stores : 

 and the latter did the same, by 

 guarding the harbour's mouth of 

 Bastia with gun-boats andjaunclies 

 well armed,, the whole of every, 

 night, whilst the smaller boats were 

 very judiciously placed in the inter- 

 vals between, and rather, witho'tt • 

 the ships (which were moored in a 

 crescent just outof reach of the ene- 

 my's guns) by captain Young, of the 

 Fortitude, the centre ship, on board 

 of which every boat assembled at 

 sun-set for orders ; and the cheer- 

 fulness v.ith which the officers and , 

 men performed this nightly duty is 

 very much to be admired, and af- 

 forded me the most heartfelt satis- 

 faction and pleasure. 



The very great andefFectualassist- 

 ance I received from vice-admiral 

 Goodall, captain -Ingletield, and 

 captain Knight, as well as -from 

 every captain and officer of his ma- 

 jesty's ships under my command, 

 have a jur.t claim to my most parti- 

 cular thanks, not only in carrying 

 into execution my orders afloat, but 

 in attending to and supplying the 

 wants of the little arnly on shore : 

 it is to the very cordial and decided 

 support alone I had the honour to 

 receive from the whole, that the 

 innumerable difficulties we had to 

 contend with were so happily sur* 

 moilnted. 



Major Smith and ensign Vigoreux 

 of the 2.5th regiment, and captain' 

 Radsdale and lieutenant St. George 

 of the 11th, not embarking with 

 their respective regini.iits, having 

 civil employments oastua'C^ it is to 

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