APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE, 



657 



marine, wounded, badly.— Lively, 

 two killed, one wounded. 



Further Attempts of the British 

 Cridzers against the French Flo- 

 tilla, detailed in Letters from 

 Captains Ozoen and Hancock. 



Immortalite, off Boulogne, Oct, 23. 

 Sir, 



Being off Cape Grisnez, and 

 proceeding to my station before 

 Boulogne, I this afternoon, about 

 half past three, discovered a divi- 

 sion of the enemy's vessels, con- 

 sisting of three praam ships, seven 

 brigs, and 15 luggers, which soon 

 after bore up to the westward, 

 keeping close to the beach, under 

 cover of their batteries, and accom- 

 panied by horse artillery, making 

 the best of their way to shelter 

 themselves within the Blanc de 

 Laine. By making all sail to wind- 

 ward I was enabled to close the 

 » praams (which kept together) about 

 a quarter before five, and to open 

 my fire upon them within the dis- 

 tance of grape-shot, under the high 

 land of Cape Blanc Nez, the ene- 

 my still pushing to the westward, 

 and returning at first a brisk fire, 

 but it latterly slackened much. This 

 Tunning fight continued till near six, 

 when, having been thrice obliged to 

 sheer out into deeper water, we found 

 ourselves still within the end of the 

 Blanc de Laine, where the falling 

 tide prevented us from following 

 them, and obliged us to haul off. 

 Our little Calais squadron was to 

 windward following the enemy, of 

 which the Orestes and Basilisk join- 

 ed me in the first attack, giving me 

 every support and assistance during 

 the whole of the action ; their com- 

 |n«inders gave mc much satiafaction 



in conducing them. The other ves- 

 sels of that squadron did not get 

 within gun-shot; capt. Browne will 

 of course make his report to vice- 

 admiral Holloway ; but I spoke him 

 in passing, and was pleased to learn 

 he had sustained no damage. I en- 

 deavoured to close the enemy again 

 as they passed from behind the Blanc 

 to round Cape Grisnez, and did get 

 sight of a few of the vessels ; but 

 though we passed within half gun- 

 shot of the Cape, the enemy were 

 so effedtually screened from our 

 .sight by the dark shade of the land, 

 that I could do nothing, and am 

 unable to say whether the whole 

 number got down to Boulogne, or 

 whether (as I suspe6t) a j)art of 

 them anchored in Whitsand-bay. 

 Lieut. Payne, though ill, was upon 

 deck, and afforded me, as he has 

 done in every instance, the greatest 

 aid ; and it is not possible for me to 

 speak too highly of the conduft of 

 every officer and every man : each, 

 in his station, gave me the fullest sa- 

 tisfaction ; but it gives me serious 

 pain to add, that of these brave fel- 

 lows one w as killed and ten wound- 

 ed (three mortally), besides the 

 third lieutenant, Charles Burrough 

 Strong, of whose assistance I was 

 deprived before a shot was fired by 

 us, and whose loss I feel the more, 

 as two years service with me in this 

 ship has fully proved to me his 

 worth ; his wounds, however, are 

 not dangerous. My thanks are due 

 to Mr. Henry Thornton, our pilot, 

 for his steady attentive good con- 

 duct and alacrity, and regretting 

 that the nature of the coast, in that 

 part where we closed the enemy, 

 enabled them to skulk from our fur- 

 ther pursuit. I am, &c. 



E. W. C. R. Owen. 

 P. S, From the manner in which 



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