APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 



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dispatch of the 2d instflnt, to be de- 

 livf-'"d by my iirst captain,' sir Ro'^er 



Cu-t'S. 



Early inthe morning of the 28th, 

 the ^t);my wen» discovered ■l)y the 

 advanc. d frigates, far distant on the 

 weather bow. The wind then fresh 

 from the S. by W. with a rer)' 

 rough sea. 



They came down, for some time, 

 in a loose order, seeming' y unap- 

 prized that they had the British fleet 

 jn view." After hauhng the wind 

 ■when they' came nearer, they were 

 some hours before they could com- 

 pletely form in regular order of bat- 

 tle upon the starboard tack ; the 

 British' fleet continuing as before in 

 the order of sailing. 



The time required for the enemy 

 to perfect their disposition, had faci- 

 litated the nearer approach of liis 

 maicsty's jleet to them, and for the 

 iseparately 'appointed and detached 

 part of it, comhnanded by rear- 

 admiral Pasley, to be placed more 

 advantageously for making an im- 

 pression on their rear. 



' The signals denoting that inten- 

 tion being ma'dc, the rear-admiral, 

 near upon the close of the day, led 

 liis division on with pecjliar firm- 

 ness, and attacked a three-decked 

 ship (the Revolutionaire) thestern- 

 inosr in the enemy's line. 



Making known soon after thst he 

 hada top-mast disabled, assistance 

 was directed to be' given to him in 

 that situation. The quick approach 

 of night only allowed rriie to observe, 

 that lo id Hugh Seymour (Con way) 

 in the Leviathan, with equal good 

 judgment aud determined courage, 

 pushed up aloiig-sidc of the three- 

 decked French ship, and was sup- 

 ported, as it appeared, by captain 

 Parker of the Audacious, in the 



most spirited manner. 

 i. 



The darkness which now prevail- 

 ed did not admit of my making any 

 more accurate observations on the 

 conduct of those ships and others 

 concerned in the same service ; hut 

 I have since learnt that the Levia- 

 than stretched out farthera-her.d,for 

 bringing tlie second ship from the 

 enemy's rear to action, as soon as 

 her fcrmer station could be occupied 

 by a succeeding British ship; also, 

 that the three-decked ship irj the 

 enemy's rear as aforesaid, being un- 

 sustained by their other ships, struck 

 to the Audacious, and that they 

 parted company together soon after. 



The two opponent fleets con- 

 tinued on the starboard tack, in a 

 parallel direction, the enemy still 

 to windward the remainder of the 

 night. The British fleet appearing 

 in the morning of the 29th, when 

 in order of battle, to be far enough 

 advanced for the ships in the van tu 

 make some farther impression on the 

 enemy's rear, was tacked in »ucces- 

 sion with that intent. 



The enemy wore hereupon from 

 van to rear, and continued edging 

 down in line a-head to engage the 

 van of the British fleet: when ar- 

 rived at such a distance as to be just 

 able to reach our most advanced 

 ships, their headmost ships, as tl»;y 

 came successirely into the wake of 

 their respective seconds a-head, 

 opened with that distant fire upon 

 the headmost ships of the BritisJi 

 van. The signal for passingthrough 

 their line, made when the fleet at- 

 tacked before, was then renewed. 



It could not be for some time 

 seen, through the fire from the two 

 fleets in the van, to what extent 

 that signal was complied with. But 

 as the smoke at mtervals dispersed, 

 it was observed that the Caesar, the 

 leading ship of the British van, after 



being 



