APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 



651 



Captain Hope, rigged and succeeded 

 in bringing out the Ildefonso ; all of 

 which will, I hope, have arrived safe 

 at Gibraltar. For the rest, sir, I 

 inclose you a list of all the enemy's 

 llect which were in the action, and 

 how they are disposed of, which, I 

 believe, is perfectly correct. I in- 

 formed you in my letter of the 28th, 

 that the remnant of the enemy's 

 fleet c.irae out a second time, to en- 

 deavour in the bad weathor to cut 

 oir some of the hulks, when the 

 Rayo was dismasted, and fell into 

 our hands : she afterwards parted 

 her cable, went ashore, and was 

 wrecked. The Indomptable, one 

 of the same squadron, was also 

 driven ashore', wrecked, and her 

 crew perished. The Santa Anna 

 and Algeziras being driven near the 

 shore of Cadiz, got such assistance 

 as has enabled them to get in ; but 

 the ruin of their fleet is as complete 

 as could be expected, under the cir- 

 cumstances of fighting them close to 

 their own shore. Had the battle 

 been in the ocean, still fewer would 

 have escaped. Twenty sail of the 

 line are taken or destroyed ; and of 

 those which got in, not more than 

 three are in a repairable state for a 

 length of time. Rear-admiral Louis, 

 in the Canopus, who had been de- 

 tached with the Queen, Spencer, and 

 Tigre, to complete the water, &:c. 

 of these ships, and to see the con, 

 voy in safety a certain distance up 

 the Mediterranean, joined me on 

 the 30th, In clearing the captured 

 ships of prisoners, I found so many 

 wounded men, that to alleviate hu- 

 man misery as much as was in my 

 power, I sent to the marquis de So- 

 laua, govcTuor-gcneral of Anda- 

 lusia, to ofl'er him the wounded to 

 the care of their country, on re- 

 ceipts being givca; a proposal 



which was received with the greatest 

 thankfulness, not only by the gover- 

 nor, but the whole country resonnd3 

 with expressions of gratitu.ie. Two 

 French frigates were sent out to re- 

 ceive them, with a proper officer to 

 give receipts, bringing with them all 

 the English who had been wrecked 

 in several of the ships, and an offer 

 from the marquis de Solana of the 

 use of their hospitaJ^* for our wound- 

 ed, pledging the honour of Spaia 

 for their being carefully attended. 

 I have ordered most of the SpanL'i 

 prisoners to be released ; the officers 

 on parole ; the men for receipts 

 giv:;i, and a condition that they do 

 not serve in war, by sea or land, 

 until exchanged. By my corres- 

 pondence with the marquis, I found 

 that vice-admiral D'Alava was not 

 dead, but dangerously wounded ; 

 and I wrote to him a letter, claim- 

 ing him as a prisoner of war : a 

 copy of which I inclose, together 

 with a state of the flag officers of 

 the combined fleet. 



I am, &c. 

 C. Collingwood. 

 List of the Combined Fleets of France 

 and Spaiiiy in the Action of Oct. 

 21, off Cape Trafalgar, shexcing 

 hozo they xccre disposed of. 



1. Spanish ship San Ildefonso, 74 

 guns, brigadier Don Joseph de Var- 

 gas ; sent to Gibraltar. 



2. Spanish, San Juan Nepomu- 

 ceno, 74 guns, brig. Don Cosme 

 Churruca ; sent to Gibraltar. 



3. Spanish, Bahama, 74 guns ; 

 brig. Don A. D. Galiano ; sent to 

 Gibraltar. 



4. French, Swlfrsure, 74 guns, 

 M. Villcmadrin ; sent to Gibraltar. 



5. Spanish, Monarca, 74 guns, 

 Don Jeodoro Argumosa ; wrecked 

 ofl" San Lucar. 



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