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Sans Pareil, right hon. lord Hugh 
Seymour, captain Browell—7 sca- 
men and 1 soldier killed--iieutenant 
C, M. Stocker, od lieutenant; lieu- 
tenant W. Jephcott, lieutenant of 
marines, killed; lieutenant F. Nott, 
and Mr, Richard Spencer, midship- 
man, wounded, 
London, -captain E. Grifith—2 
seamen wounded ; Mr. J. E. Baker, 
.Taidshipman, wounded, 
Queen, vice-admiral sir A. Gard. 
ner, captain Bedford—none killed 
or wounded. 
Prince George, captain Edge— 
none killed or wouuded. 
Royal George, admiral lord Brid- 
port, captain Domett— 5 seamen 
and 1 soldier wounded. 
Briprort. 
Royal George at Seay Fune 24. 
Landon Gazette Extraordinary. 
Horse Guards, Nov 23, 1795+ 
Dispatches, of which the following 
are copies and an extract, have 
been this day received by the right 
hon. Henry Dundas, one of his 
majesty’s principal secretaries of 
state, from vice-admiral sir Geo, 
Keith Elphinstone, K. B. and ma. 
jor-generals Alured Clarke, and 
J. H. Craig. 
Castle of the Cape of Gsed Hope, 
Sept. 21) 1795- 
Sir, 
HE Dutch governor having 
- not only rejected, in the most 
peremptory terms, the proposals 
which had been made to him, that 
the settlement should place itself 
under the protection of Great Bri- 
tain, but having also a¢ted in a 
manner demonstrative of such hos- 
tile dispositions towards us, as to 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
justify the suspicion which was 
conveyed to us of its being his inten- 
tion to set fire to Simon’s Town, 
from which all the inhabitants had. 
been obliged:to retire by his order, 
the admiral and myself concurred 
in thinking it expedient to prevent 
the execution of his -purpose, by 
Jandivg ourselves, and taking pos- 
session of the place, which I ac- 
cordingly did on the a4th of July, 
with the part of the 78th regiment 
under my command, and the ma- 
rines of the squadron, the latter 
amounting to about 350 men, and 
the former to 450. Very few days 
elapsed before our patroles were 
fired upon by the Burghar militia 
and Hottentots, who occupied the 
hills round us, while our  pcople 
were restrained by the directions 
which they had received not to 
commit any act of hostility towards 
the Dutch troops. Hostilities be- 
ing, however, thus commenced, 
and as the time approached when 
we might reasonably expect the ar- 
rival ot the troops and stores which 
had been requested of the goyernor 
of St. Helena, it appeared to me 
to be an object of consequence to 
dispossess the Dutch forces of the 
post which they occupied at the 
important pass of Muizenburg, as 
by it we might perhaps open a 
more ready communication with 
the country, at the same time that 
we should by doing so convince 
the inhabitants of the reality of 
our intentions, of which we knew 
they entertained doubts. I accord- 
ingly proposed it to sir George El- 
phinstone, who immediately agreed 
to it with that readiness which has 
so strongly attended all the in- 
stances of assistance which I have 
received from him. Sir George. 
having landed a detachment of sea- 
meny 
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