548 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



of the officers and crew of the Caesar, 

 it is their gallant conduct in this 

 day's battle. The enemy have siifTer- 

 ed much, but our ships not more 

 than is to be expected on these oc- 

 casions. You may judge of my 

 surprise, sir, when I found the ships 

 we had taken were not the Roch- 

 fort squadron, but from Cadiz. 



R. J. Strachan. 



First line. — Starboard tad-. 



British line — Cssar of 80 guns ; 

 Hero, of 74 guns; Courageux, of 74 

 guns. 



French line — Duguay Trouin, of 

 74 guns, captain Toufflct ; Formi- 

 dable, of 80 guns, rear-admiral Du- 

 manoire ; Mont Blanc, of 74 guns, 

 captain Villegrey ; Scipion, of 74 

 guns, captain Barouger. 



Second line (zchcn the Namitr join- 

 edj. — Larboard tack. 



British line — Hero, of 74 guns, 

 hon. captain Gardner ; Namur, of 

 74 guns, captain Jlalsted ; Caesar, 

 of 80 guns, sir Richard J. Strachan ; 

 Courageux, of 74 guns, captain Lee. 



French line — Duguay Trouin, 

 Formidable, Mount Blanc and Sci. 

 pion. 



N. B. The Duguay Trouin, and 

 Scipion, totally dismasted ; the For- 

 midable, and Mont Blanc have their 

 foremasts standing. 



Onr frigates— Santa Margarita, 

 ^'Eolus, Phoenix, and Revolution- 

 naire. 



The ReTolutionnalrc joined at 

 the time the Namur did, but with 

 the rest of our frigates, in conse- 

 quence of the Frenc h tacking, were 

 to leeward of the enemy. I do not 

 know what is become of the Bello- 

 na, or the other two sail we saw on 

 the night of the 2d instant. The 

 j«ports of damage, killed^ aad 



wounded, have not been all re- 

 ceived. The enemy have suifered 

 much. 



The names of the captains who 

 commanded his majesty's frigates in 

 the late gallant action under sir R. 

 Strachan, being omitted in the ga- 

 zette extraordinary, it becomes ne- 

 cessary (o state, that the Revolu- 

 tionnaire was commanded by captain 

 H. Hotham; the Phoenix, by cap- 

 tain Baker ; the iEolub, by capt. lord 

 ,Wy Fitzroy ; and the Santa Marga- 

 rita, by captain Wilson llathborne. 



Dated CcEsar, off Falinouih, 

 Nov. 8. 

 Sir, 



Not having the returns Mlien the 

 ..5ioIus left us, and now having oc- 

 casion to send in the Santa Marga- 

 rita to procure pilots to take the 

 French ships into harbour, I trans- 

 mit you the returns of killed and 

 wounded in the action of the 4th ; 

 and also a copv of the thanks al- 

 luded to in my letter, which I re- 

 quest you will communicate to their 

 lordships. I dare s:iy their lord- 

 ships will be surprised that we have 

 lost so few men. I can only ac- 

 count for it from the enemy firing 

 high, and we closing suddenly. 



R. J. Strachan. 



I have as yet no very correct ac- 

 count of the loss of the enemy, or 

 of their number of men. 



The Mont Blanc had 700; 03 

 killed, and 96 wounded, mostly dan- 

 gerous. The Scipion, 111 killed 

 and wounded. 



The French admiral Mons. Du- 

 manoire lePcUey, wounded ; the cap- 

 tain of the Duguay Trouin, killed ; 

 and the second captain wounded. 



Killed and wounded in the action 

 with a French squadron, Nov. 4. 



Caesar — 4 killed and 25 wounded. 



Hero— 



