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tlie river, and is a very strong 

 place. I intend proceeding there 

 directly after I have arranged our 

 affairs here. 



I have left a garrison in Fort 

 Espagnol, and enclose the return of 

 the stores, guns, &c. taken in the 

 three places. The Montenegrins 

 have been of considerable service 

 in closely blockading the country 

 round Espagnol, and the neigh- 

 bourhood. I cannot mention in 

 too warm terms the conduct of 

 captain Harper ; he is ever ready, 

 and most indefatigable, and the 

 capture of the Isle of St. George 

 does him, the officers and men, the 

 highest credit. I am much in- 

 debted to captain Lowen for the 

 ready advice and assistance he at 

 all times gives me; and the zeal 

 tliat animates every one is highly 

 praiseworthy. 

 . I have the honour to be, &c. 



(Signed) W. Hoste. 

 Rear-Admiral Freemantle, &c. 



ADMIRALTY-OFFICE. 



Copy of a letter from captain 

 sir Christopher Cole, of his ma- 

 jesty's ship the Rippon, addressed 

 to admiral lord Keith, K. B. and 

 transmitted by his lordship to John 

 Wilson Croker, esq. 



His Majesti/s Ship Rippon , off 

 AbrevacU, Oct. 21, 1813. 

 _ My Lord ;— I have great satisfac- 

 tion in reporting the capture of 

 Le Weser, a French frigate of the 

 large clas'j, mounting 44 guns, and 

 having 340 men, commanded by 

 the captain dc Vaisseau Cantzlaat, 

 chevalier de L'Ordre Imperialc de 

 la Reunion, by his mrjjesty's ship 

 under my command, in company 

 Willi the Scylla and-Royalist brigs. 

 Vol. LV. 



She left the Texel on the last 

 day of September, and had cap- 

 tured two Swedish vessels in the 

 North Sea, and had lost her main 

 and mizen-masts in a gale on the 

 16th of this month. 



Capt. Macdonald's letter, which 

 I have the honour to transmit, will 

 acquaint your lordship with the 

 perseverance with which he had 

 watched this frigate, which he fell 

 in with four days ago, sixty leagues 

 to the west of Ushant, and of a 

 gallant joint attack made by the 

 Scylla and Royalist on the frigate 

 yesterday, in sight of the Rippon, 

 and upon her weather-beam. 



The judicious measures taken 

 by captains Macdonald and Bre- 

 mer, enabled the latter officer to 

 join me at three o'clock this morn- 

 ing, with intelligence of the ene- 

 my's force, whilst the Scylla 

 watched their antagonist; and at 

 day-light, the breeze springing up, 

 gave us an opportunity of closing 

 with the enem}^ 



About ten, the frigate bore up 

 towards the Rippon and struck her 

 colours, having exchanged two 

 broadsides v.ith the Scylla, and 

 just as the Rippon and Royalist 

 were within reach. 



Being near the French coast, 

 and the prize in a most crippled 

 and unmanageable state, I have 

 deemed it necessary to take on 

 board the greater number of the 

 prisoners, and to tow her into 

 port. 



Enclosed are the lists of killed 

 and wounded on board the Scylla 

 and Royalist. The enemy had lour 

 killed and fifteen wounded. 

 I am, <S.'C. 



(Signed) Ciikistopiier Cole. 

 Right Hon. Lord Keith, &c. 



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