APPENDIX to CHRONICLE. 



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ihc laouth of the Straits, and consi- 

 dering the immense propv-Tty at 

 stake, I made the signal to tack, 

 and at eight P. M. we anchored in 

 a situation to proceed for the en- 

 trance of the Straits in the morning. 

 As long as we could distinguish the 

 enemy, we perceived him steering to 

 the eastward under a press of sail. 

 The Royal George had one man 

 killed, and another wounded, many 

 shot in her hull, and more in her 

 sails; but few shot touched cither 

 the Camden or Gangvs ; and the 

 fire of the enemy seemed to be ill- 

 direded, his shot either falling 

 short, or passing over ns. Capt. 

 Tiinins carried the Ro> al George 

 into action in the most gallant man- 

 her. In justice to my brother com- 

 manders, I must state, that every 

 jhip was cleared and prepared for 

 action; and, as I had commnnica- 

 tion with almost all oi them during 

 the two days we were in presence of 

 the enemy, I found them unani- 

 mous in the determined resolution 

 to defend the valuable property en- 

 trusted to their charge to the last ex- 

 tremity, with a full conviction of the 

 successful event of their exertions ; 

 and this spirit was fully seconded by 

 the gallant ardour of all our officers 

 and ships' companies. From Ma- 

 lacca I dispatched lieut. Fowler, in 

 the Ganges brig, to Pulo Pinang, 

 with a packet from the selc6l com- 

 mittee to the captain of any of his 

 majesty's ships, soliciting their con- 

 voy to this very valuable fleet. On 

 arrival at Malacca we were informed 

 that the squadron wc had engaged 

 •was that of adm;ral Linois, consist- 

 ing of the Marengo, ot 84 guns, 

 the Belle Poule, and Seraillante, 

 heavy frigates, a corvette of 28, ami 

 the Batavian brig William, of IS 

 guns. The 2Sth February, in the 

 Streights of Malacca, lat. 40" 30' N. 



we fell in with his majesty's ships 

 Albion and Sceptre. I was then in 

 a very poor state of health ; and Mr. 

 Lance went on board the Albion, 

 and, by his very able representation 

 to capt. Ferrier of the great national 

 consequence of the hon. company's 

 ships, he was induced to take charge 

 of the fleet. On the third of March 

 I dispatched the Ganges brig with a 

 letter to the right hon. the gover- 

 nor-general, giving an account of 

 our action, to be conveyed to the 

 hon. court. We arrived at St. He- 

 lena the 9th of June, under convoy of 

 his majesty's ships Albion and Scep- 

 tre, and sailed the 18th under convoy 

 of his majesty's ship Flantagcnet, 

 with the addition of the Carmar- 

 then, capt. Dobree, and five whal- 

 ers. Accompanying this I send a 

 chart of the entrance of the Straits 

 of Malacca, with the situations of 

 the fleet on the 14th and 15th Fe- 

 bruary, which will, I trust, convey 

 a more distinft idea of the action 

 than any written description. 



I am, &c. N. Dance. 



Earl Camden, Jus. 6, 1804. 



Names of the Whalers. — William 

 Fenning, Brook Watson, Thomas, 

 or Young Tom, Betsey, Eliza, and 

 the Blackhousc, from the Coast of 

 Guinea, joined us at sea. 



Account of the Failure of the Cata- 

 viarun Expedidon against the 

 French Flotilla outside the Pier of 

 Boulogne, in a Letter from the 

 R I J. Lord Keith, K. B. &c. to 

 W. Alarsden, Esq. dated on board 

 the Monarch, off Boulogne, the 

 ^rd October, 1801. 



Mr, 



Their lordships are aware that my 

 attention has, for some time ' i)ast, 

 been dir«Gt»d to tiie objeft'of ascer- 



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