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33. French, Duguay Trouin, 74 

 guns, M. Touft'et; hauled to the 

 souUnvard, ;)ncl escaped. 



N. B. i hes-L- four ships were cap- 

 tured by sir 11. Strachan, on the 

 4th inst. 



ABSTRACT. 



At Gibraltar — . — 4 



Destroyed — — 16 



In Cadiz, wrecks — '■ 6\ 

 In Cadiz, serviceable — 3 J 

 Escaped to the southward — 4 



Total— 33 

 Names and rank of the flag officers 

 of the combined fleet. 



Admiral ^''iI!eneuve, commander 

 in chief ; Bucentaure — taken. 



Admiral Don Fred. Gravina ; 

 Priu ipe de Asturias — Escaped, in 

 Cadiz, wounded in the arm. 



Vice-admiral Don Ignatio Maria 

 D'Alava, Santa Anna -Wounded 

 severely in the head, taken, but was 

 driven into Cadiz in the .Santa Anna. 



Rear-admiral Don Baltazar Hi- 

 dalgo Cisncros ; Santissima Trini- 

 dad — Taken. 



Rear-adm. Magon ; Algeziras — 

 Killed. 



Rear-adm. Dumanoir; Formida- 

 ble — escaped. 



Eunjalu.i, of Cadiz, 06i. 27. 

 My Jjord Marquis, 



A great number of Spanish sub- 

 jects having been wounded in the 

 late action between the British and 

 the combined fleets of Spain and 

 France, on the 2 1st instant; huma- 

 nity, and my desire to alliviatc the 

 ^ilferings of these wounded men, 

 dictate to me to ofl'er to your excel- 

 hncy .their enlargement, that they 

 maybe taken proper care of in the 

 hospitals on .shore, provided your 

 excellency will send boats to convey 

 them, with a proper officer to give 

 receipts for the number, and ac- 



knowledge them, in your excellen- 

 cy's answer to this letter, to be pri- 

 soners of war, to be exchanged be- 

 fore they serve again. I beg to as- 

 sure your excellency of my high 

 consideration, and that I am, &c. 



C. Collingwood. 

 To the Marquis de Solana, Cupl.-gen, 

 of Andalusia, Governor, ^c. 

 Cadi-. 

 Conditions on zchich the Spanish 



f Founded Prisoners zcere released, 



and sent on Shore to the Hospital. 



I,Guilleme Valverde, havlngbeen 

 authorised and empowered, by the 

 marquis do Solana, governor-general 

 of Andalusia and of Cadiz, to re- 

 ceive from the English squadron the 

 wounded prisoners, and such per- 

 sons as may be necessary to their 

 care, which release and enlargement 

 of the wounded, <S:c. is agreed to, 

 on tlie part of the commander in 

 chief of the British squadron, on the 

 positive-condition, that none of the 

 said prisoners shall be employed 

 again, in any public service of the 

 cro'.vn of Spain, either by sea or 

 land, until they are regularly ex- 

 changed. 



Signed on board his Britannic 

 majesty's ship the Euryalus, at 

 sea, Oct. 30. 

 Guili. De Valverde, Edecan deS. E. 

 To Vice-admiral Don Ignatio 



Maria D'Alava. Sent under 



covet' to Adni. Gravina. 



Eurytflus, off Cadiz, Oct, 30. 

 Sir, 



It is Avith great pleasure that I 

 have heard that the wound you re- 

 ceived in the action is in a hopeful 

 way of recovery, and that your 

 country may still have the benefit 

 of your future service. But, sir, 

 you surrendered yourself to me ; 

 and it was in consideration only of 

 the state of your wound, that you 



Tvere 



