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obliged to be contented with taking 

 j)ossession of two scliooners, laden 

 *Tk itii sugar, whicli lie most gallantly 

 brought away from alongside a 

 A^^li^fj in spite of repeated dis- 

 charges of musketry from the troops 

 and militia^ whicli poured down in 

 numbers frdm the surrounding 

 country. 



I should not hare been thns par- 

 ticular in rccountin;!; a circumstance 

 ■whjch uas not attended with n!ti. 

 mate success, were it not to mark 

 iny admiration of the noble conduct 

 of lieutenant Oliver, in so gallantly 

 attacking and carrying a fort which, 

 •witli the men it contained, ought (o 

 have maintained its position against 

 fifty times the number that were op- 

 posed ; but nothing could withstand 

 the prompt and manly. steps taken 

 hy that officer and his gallant crew 

 on this occasion ; and as, in my 

 humble judtuncnt, tho attempt was 

 most daring and hazardous, and had 

 the privateers been there, I doubt 

 not but success would have attended 

 if, so I humbly solicit the honour of 

 your notice to this most gallant of- 

 licer. C. Dashwood. 



Interesting Account of Lieut. Yco'^s 

 gallant Jetton at Mid on Butj. In 

 u Letter from Capt. F. Muillund 

 to Admiral Drurif. 



Loire, at Anchor., Murox Roady 

 i>pain, June 4. 



Sir, — Being informed that there 

 w as a French privateer, of "20 gnns, 

 tilting out at Muros, and nearly 

 ready for sea, it struck mc, from 

 my recollection of the bay, (having 

 been in it formerly, when lieutenant 

 of the Kingfisher,) as being practi- 

 cable either to bring her out or de- 



stroy her, with the ship I have the 

 honour to command. I accordingly 

 prepared yesterday evening for en- 

 gaging at anchor, and appointed 

 Mr, Veo, first lieutenant, with lieu- 

 tenants Mallock and Douglas, of 

 the marines, and Mr. Clindi, mas- 

 ter's-mate, to head the boarders and 

 marines, amounting, oHkcrs in- 

 cluded, to 50 men (beiug all that 

 can be spared from anchoring the 

 ship ami working the gnns,) in 

 landing and storming the fort, 

 though I then had no idea its 

 strength was so great as it has 

 proved. At nine this morning, on 

 the sca-brpcze setting in, I stood for 

 the bay in the ship, the men previ- 

 ously prepared being in the boats 

 ready to shove otf. On hauling 

 close round the point of the road, 

 a small battery of two gnns opened 

 a fire on the ship ; a few shot were 

 returned, but perceiving it would 

 annoy us considerably, from its si. 

 tuiition, I desired Mr. Yeo to push 

 on-shore, and spike the guns, re- 

 minding the men of its being the 

 anniversary of their sovereign's 

 birth, and that, for his sake, as well 

 as their own credit, their utmost ex- 

 ertions must be used. Though such 

 an injunction was unnecessary, it 

 had a great effect in animating and 

 raising the spirits of the people.— 

 As the ship drew in, and more fully 

 opened the bay, I perceived a very 

 long corvette, of 25 ports, appa- 

 rently nearly ready for sea, and a 

 large brig, of twenty ports, in a 

 state of fitting ; but neither of them 

 firing, led me to conclude they had 

 not their guns on board, and left no 

 other object to occupy my attention 

 but a heavy fort, which at this mo- 

 ment opened to our view, within 

 less than a quarter of a mile, and 

 began a wonderfully woU- directed 



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