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was more able to give sir James 

 Leith the best information and as- 

 sistance. This sir James Leith 

 acknowledges he did with a libera- 

 lity and zeal for the service in the 

 highest degree praiseworthy, and 

 he continued his valuable services 

 to the last, by acting as a volun- 

 teer, and accompanying lieute- 

 nant-general sir James Leith to the 

 trenches on the occasion of the 

 assault. I have infinite satisfaction 

 in assuring your lordship of my 

 perfect approbation of major-gen. 

 Oswald's conduct ever since the 

 Sth division formed a part of the 

 left column of the army. 



I beg to assure your lordship 

 that colonel Delancy, Deputy- 

 quarter-master-gen. and lieut.- 

 colonel Bouverie, assistant-adju- 

 tant-general, attached to the left 

 column, have continued to render 

 me the most valuable assistance ; 

 and that the zeal of captain 

 Calvert of the 29th regiment, ray 

 first aide-de-camp, as well as that 

 of the rest of the officers of my 

 personal staff, entitles them all to 

 my warmest and perfect appro- 

 bation. 



Your lordship has, with an at- 

 tention extremely grateful to me, 

 permitted me to name an officer 

 to be the bearer of your lordship's 

 dispatches home ; and I beg tore- 

 commend for that commission ma- 

 jor Hare, of the V2th foot, a gal- 

 , lant soldier of fortune, who has, 

 I on many former occasions, served 

 I on my staff, and is now attached to 

 it as assistant-adjutant-general. 

 I have the honour, &c. 

 (Signed) T.Graham. 



P. S. No return of artillery and 



, stores has yet been sent in, and 



f 1 fiear the returns of tiie severe 



losses of the troops may not be 

 quite correct. 



I have omitted to mention the 

 gallant conduct of lieutenant Ge- 

 thin, 11th regiment, acting engi- 

 neer, who conducted a Portuguese 

 column to the attack, and took the 

 enemy's colours from the cavalier. 

 (Signed) T. G. 



Admiralty Office, Oct. 12. 

 The letters, of which the follow- 

 ing are copies and extracts, have 

 been transmitted to John Wilson 

 Croker, esq. by vice-admiral sir 

 Edward Pellew, commander-in- 

 chief of his majesty's ships and 

 vessels in the Mediterranean :— 



Milford, off Porto Re, 

 July 6, 1813. 

 Sir ; — I have the honour to ac- 

 quaint you, that on the 28th ult. I 

 left Melada, and on the 30th as- 

 sembled the Elizabeth and Eagle 

 off Promontorio. On the 1st inst. 

 the squadron entered the Quarnier 

 Channel, and on the 2nd in the 

 evening anchored about four miles 

 from Fiume, which was defended 

 by four batteries mounting fifteen 

 heavy guns. On the 3rd, in the 

 morning, the ships named in the 

 margin* weighed, with a light 

 breeze from the south-west, with 

 the intention of attacking the sea- 

 line of batteries (for which the 

 arrangement had been previously 

 made and communicated), leaving 

 a detachment of boats and marines 

 with the Haughty, to storm the 

 battery at the Mole-head, as soon 

 as the guns were silenced ; but the 

 wind, very light, shifting' to the 

 S. E. with current fi am the river, 

 broke the ships off, and the Eagle 

 could only fetch the second battery, 



