THE CHRONICLE, 
Lif of the Spanifh fleet opifofed to the Bri- 
tifh, the 14th of February, V797. 
Santifima Trinidada, 130 guns; 
Mexicana, 112; Principe d’Aftu- 
rias, 112; Concepcion, ‘12; Conde 
de Regla, 112; Salvador del Mundo, 
(taken) 112; San Jofef, (taken) 
112; San Nicholas, (taken) 84; 
Oriente, 74; Gloriofo, 74; At- 
lante, 74; Conqueftador, 74; So- 
berano, 74; Firme, 74; Pelayo, 
74; San Genaro, 74; San Idelphon- 
fo, 74; San Juan Nepomuceno, 74; 
San Francifco de Paula, 74; San 
Ifidro, (taken) 74; San Antonio, 
74; San Pablo, 74; San Firmjo, 74; 
Neptuna, 74; Bahama, 74; Name 
unknown, 74; Name unknown, 
74. [Then follows a return of 
the killed and wounded in the fqua- 
dron under the command of Sir 
John Jervis, in the action with the 
“Spanith fleet, on Feb. 14, 1797-— 
Total killed 73, wounded 227.— 
Total 300.} 
London Gazette Extraordmary. 
Monday, Oétober 16. 
Admiralty-Office, O. 16. 
Captain Fairfax, of the Venera- 
ble, arrived early this morning 
with difpatches from Adam Dun- 
can, Efq. Admiral of the Blue, 
Commander in Chief of his Ma- 
jefty’s thips, &c. employed in the 
North Sea, to Evan Nepean, Efq. 
Secretary of the Admiralty, of 
which the following are copies : 
Fenerable, at fea, 13th O8. 1797, 
off the coaft of Holland. 
Sir, Be pleafed to acquaint the 
Lords Commiffioners of the Admi- 
ralty, that, judging it of confe- 
quence their Lordfhips fhould have 
as early information as poffible of 
the defeat of the Dutch fleet under 
75 
the command of Admiral de Win- 
ter, 1 difpatched the Rofe cutter 
at thrce P. M. on the 12th (11th) 
inftant, with a fhort letter to you 
immediately after the action was 
ended. I have now farther to ac- 
quaint you, for their Lordfhips in- 
formation, that in the night of the 
10th inftant, after 1 had fent away 
my letter to you, of that date, I 
placed my {quadron in fuch a fitua- 
tion as to prevent the enemy from 
returning to the Texel without my 
falling in with them. At nine 
o’clock in the morning of the 11th, 
I got fight of Captain Trollope’s 
{quadron, with fignals flying for an 
enemy to leeward; I immediately 
bore up, and made the fignal for a 
general chace, and foon got fight of 
them, forming ima line on the lar- 
board tack-to receive us, the wind 
at north-weft. As we approached 
near, I made the fignal for the {qua- 
dron to fhorten fail, in order fo 
conneét them; foon after I faw the 
land between Camperdown and 
Egmont, about nine miles to lee- 
ward of the enemy, and finding 
there was no time to be loft in 
making the attack, I made the fig- 
nal to bear up, break the enemy’s 
linc, and engage them to leeward, 
each fhip her opponent, by which 
I got between them and the land, 
whither they were faft approaching. 
My fignals were obeyed with great 
promptitude, and Vice- Admiral 
Onflow, in the Monarch, bore 
down on the enemy’s rear in the 
moft gallant manner, his divifion 
following his example ; and the ac- 
tion commenced about forty mi- 
nutes paft twelve o’clock. The 
Venerable foon got through the 
enemy’s line, and I began a clofe 
action, with my divifion on their 
van, which lafted near two hours 
and 
