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which we instantly entered, and 

 were met by the governor and all 

 the garrison, &c. when, after a 

 dreadful slaughter on the part of the 

 enemy', the remainder surrendered, 

 and I instantly ordered the British 

 colours to be hoisted. — 1 feel it my 

 duty, as well as the greatest plea- 

 sure, to mention the great support I 

 receiTcd from lieutenant Mallock, 

 of the royal marines, and Mr. 

 Chas. Clinch, master's mati% as, 

 from their being near me all the 

 time of the action, I was enabled to 

 observe their very cool and gallant 

 behaviour, as also of lieut. Douglas, 

 of the royal marines, wlio, though 

 engaged at different parts of the fort, 

 1 have no less reason to be highly 

 .pleased with. — I must now beg leave 

 to say how much I am indebted to 

 every seaman and marine of the 

 party, M'ho behaved so unanimously 

 brave, nothing could withstand 

 them ; and, (o their credit, as Eng- 

 lishmen, as well as their profession, 

 the instant the fort was in our pos- 

 session, tliey seemed to try who 



I could be the first to relieve and as- 

 .sist the poor wounded prisoners, 



t who were lying in numbers in dif- 

 Iferent parts of the fort ; and I had 

 the pleasure to see their humanity 

 amply repaid by the gratitude the 



' unfortunate men's friends expressed 

 when they came down to take them 

 ^way. 



I am, Sec. James Lucas Yeo. 



Wounded on. Shore belongitig to the 



Loire. 



Lieut. .T. L. Yeo, slightly ; Mr. 



Clinch, master's mate, ditto ; IL 



I Gray, M. Hendrickson, J. Paine, 



I seamen, ditto ; J. J^eonard, marine, 



ditfo.— On board, J. Caldwell, sea- 



in-m, dangerou'-ly ; M. Johnson, 



unan, lost his right leg above the 



. iuiec J C. Wilson, seamen, calf of 



, 12 killed, and 

 F. L. Maitland. 



his leg shot off; J. Whitecombe, 

 seaman, severely ; J. Plummer, M. 

 Archer, T. Lloyd, J. Moulds, J. 

 Gillett, seamen, slightly. — Total, 2 

 officers, 12 seamen, 1 marine. 



Spnnidrdf Killed and IVomided. 



The governor of the fort, and a 

 Spanish gentleman who had volun- 

 teered ; the second captain of the 

 Con fiance, and nine others, killed. 

 7^'hirty, amongst M'hich were most 

 of the ofBcrs of the Confiance, 

 wounded. — Total 

 30 wounded. 

 JEnemy^s Fores at the Commencertient 



of the Action^ n'hen uppofed to His 



Majesfij's Ship Loire, in Muros 



lia>j, June 4, 1805. 



A fort of 12 Spanish 1 8 pounders, 

 mounted on travelling-carriages, 22 

 Spanish soldiers, and several Spanish 

 gentlemen and townsmen volunteers, 

 and about 100 of the Confiance's 

 ship's company. — The small battery 

 on the Point, 2 Spanish 18-poun- 

 ders, 1 mounted as above, the other 

 on a ship carriage, manned by 8 

 artillery men and 10 other Spa- 

 niards. 



In the Bay. — La Confiance of 

 Bourdeaux, pierced for 26 guns, 

 twelves and nines, (not on board) 

 1 16 feet long on the main-deck, 30 

 feet wide, measures about 450 tons, 

 is in good order, and a very fit ship 

 for his majesty's service; is reckon- 

 ed to sail excessively fast ; was to 

 have gone to sea in a few days ; 

 bound to India, with a complement 

 of 300 men: brought away. — Le 

 Belier, of Bourdeaux, pierced for 

 20 guns, also fitting for sea ; was to 

 have carried 18-pound carronadcs, 

 and ISO men, supposed to be dcs» 

 tined to cruize to the westward of 

 Cape Clear: burnt. — The guns on 

 the fort and battery spiked, and 

 thrown over the parapet. The car- 



