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ANNUAL KEGISTER, 1804. 



our j[jrape-shot covered the enemy's 

 Tesscls, llicir loss in men mnst be 

 Tery great. I never saw -guns point, 

 ed better, or so coolly. 



Killed and r^omided on board the Im- 

 mortalite, October 23. 

 Killed, J. Wilson, seamen. — 

 Woiinclfd, C Biirroiigh Strong, od 

 lieutenant; G. i3aker, .7. Diiwal, 

 and W. Tcrrcnt, since dead; D. 

 Brown, W. iiainilton, P. Humes, 

 J. Watson, and W. Kobinson, .sea- 

 men ; J. Allen and W. Cubbett, 

 privates of marines. 



(Signed) E.W. C. R. Owen. 



Another letter transmitted by 

 lord Keith from captain Hancock, 

 of the Cruizer, states, " that part 

 of the enemy's flotilla, consisting of 

 two praam ships, bearing;; the fiaj:j of 

 chief of division, and both under 

 French colours, with eighteen 

 schuyts, put to sea from Ostcnd, on 

 *h-e 23d. At this time the Cruiser 

 sloop, the Blazer, Coiifliftj 'I'igress, 

 Admiral Mitchell, Griffin, and E.^-- 

 cort gun-brigs, were standing in to 

 reconnoitre that port. The Cruizer 

 brought the headmost praam ship to 

 close action at fifteen minutes past 

 five, supported by the gun-brigs 

 and cutters, and continued it with 

 great apparent cftect, till thirty-five 

 minutes past six. It falling d;:rk, 

 and being in less than three fathom 

 water, the Conflifl; took ground, 

 and the tide left her so rapidly that 

 every effort lieutenant Ormsby used 

 to get her afioat was unsuccessful, 

 and lie was under the necessity of 

 quitting her with his people, who 

 came on board the Cruizer. Ca.pt. 

 H. immediately onlered him with 

 his people back to the ContlitTt, to 

 use every exertion to get her a- 

 ftoat when the tide made, or 



to destroy her. He .sent the 

 Admiral Mitchell cutter to assist 

 and proteft him ; and the Cruizer's 

 boats were sent under M. Fother- 

 gill, master of the Cruizer, who 

 very rommcndably volunteered his 

 services. The ebb-tide prevented 

 the boats getting in for a consider- 

 able time; when thej- had got neap^ 

 they had the mortilicatiou to find 

 the Con diet high and dry on the 

 beach, and in co^mplcte possession 

 of the enemy. His boats accord- 

 ingly returned to the Cruizer at two 

 A.M. making their report of the 

 state of the Conflict. Capt. Han- 

 cock, still determined to prevent 

 the Conflict from getting into the 

 hands of the enemy, sent a party 

 under lieutenant Forbes to attack 

 her; but the enemy had got her up 

 on the beach ; and the party re- 

 turned. On this occasion the cut- 

 ter i-eceived very considerable da- 

 mage, in standing in, from the 

 l!owitzcrs and held artillery, which 

 the enemy bad collected on the beach 

 during the night, by which one man 

 was killed, and several wounded. 

 Amongst the latter, lieut. A. Gar- 

 land, acting lieutenant of the Cruiz- 

 er, lost his right leg, very high up; 

 he was, with admirable gallantry, 

 with his party, getting into the boats 

 to board the enemy, even under the 

 discouraging circumstances of her 

 being still aground, when he receiv- 

 ed the wound.*' 



Capt. Hancock then says : — '^ I 

 have directed lieutenant Hinfon, with 

 the gun-brigs, to watch the Conflict; 

 and, should they succeed in getting 

 her afloat, to attack her; but, from 

 the appearance of the weather, and 

 the wind being to the northward, I 

 am of opinion she will go to pieces ^ 

 on the beach. I herewith inclose ^ 

 a list of the killed and wounded ; 



BCD* 



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