St ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



their honour I mention that they 

 relinquished thoseemploymentp, and 

 joined their corps soon after the 

 troops were landed. 



It is very much my duty to in- 

 form you, that I am extremely ob- 

 liged to general Pctrecono, Mr. 

 Frediani, and all the officers of the 

 Corsicans, serving with the army, 

 for their zeal, ardour, and atten- 

 tion, in forwarding the reduction 

 cf Bastia by every means in their 

 power, who were of inhnite service 

 t»y preserving good order in their 

 troops. 



I transmit an account of the loss 

 on the part of his majesty in killed 

 and wounded, which I am happy 

 to say is inconsiderable ; but the 

 enemy suffered much, their hospitals 

 being full. 



At the commencement of the 

 trege, the number of the enemy 

 bearing arms was 3,000. 



By the first ship that sails for Eng- 

 land, 1 shall have the honour of 

 sending, to be hvd at his majesty's 

 feet, the several Stands of colours 

 taken at Bastia. 



Captain Hunt, who was on shore 

 in the command of the batteries 

 from the hour the troops hincled to 

 the surrender of the town, will be 

 the bearer of this dispatch, and ran 

 give any farther ir.forniation you 

 may wish to know respecting the 

 »iege, 



I have the honour, tec. 



HOOD. 

 Rivlit hon. Henry Dundas, fife. 



His Britatmic Mi;esty^t ship Victory, 

 off Bastia, May 19, 1T94-. 

 In consideration of the very gal- 

 lant defence the garrison of Bastia 

 has made, and from the principles 

 of humanity whicli ever govern Bri- 

 , 4ih officers, I am disposed to give 



you terms ; and if you will send 6if 

 board two or three officers, properly 

 authorized totreat,ltru8tacapitula- 

 lation will be soon settled, as ho- 

 nourable to the inhabitants as can 

 in any reason be expected. 



(Signed) HOOD. 



To the commandant of the garrison 

 and mayor of the town of Bastia. 



TRANSLATION. 



Basfia, fhc 2d Prairial, 2d year of ih: 

 French republic, one and indivisibhi 



The general ot division, command- 

 er-ui-chief of the army of the 

 French republic in Corsica, to ad- 

 miral Hood, commander-in-chief j 

 pf the squadron of the king of j| 

 Great Britain before Bastia. 



MY LORD, 



In consequence of the proposal I 

 which you did me the honour of 

 making- in your dispatch of May the 

 18th (old style), I have the honour 

 of sending to you two adjutant-ge- 

 nerals of the army, and two mem- 

 bers of the administrative corps of 

 this town, who are commissioned to 

 present to you the plan of a capitu- 

 lation between the garrison and in- 

 habitants of Bastia and you, my lord» 

 in the name of the king of Great 

 Britain. ' 



These four commistioncrs, who 

 equally possess my confidence and i 



tliat of the garrison and of the citi- 

 zens, have instructions to arrange, 

 with you, the settlement of all mat- 

 ters relative to this capitulation, 

 I hope that you will be saiisfiedj aiid 

 thai they will enable you to fulfil 

 the views you hr.vc signified to me, 

 of putting an end to the unavoid- 

 able consequences of the calamities 

 of war. Captain Young has had a 

 lo:)g conference with me ; I was of 

 opinion that a reciprocalunderstand- 

 ing mightt:o-operatc in thesuccesscs 



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