APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE, 
of Still more consequence than those 
advantages, an indelible impression 
is established of the superior bra- 
very and discipline of the British 
troops.” 
Extract of a Dispatch from Sir John 
Stuart, to Hugh Elliot, esq. dated 
Messina, August 3. 
** Having occasion to send an ex- 
press to my aid-de-camp, captain 
Bulkeley, at Palermo, I avail my- 
self of the opportunity to acquaint 
you with another fortunate result 
of our auspicious day at Maida. 
*Cotrone, with all its stores, maga- 
‘zines, &c. and 600 troops (now pri- 
Soners) capitulated on Wednesday 
evening last, to the land and naval 
forces of his Britannic majesty, un- 
der lieut.-col. M‘Leod, of the 78th 
regiment, and capt. Hoste, of the 
‘Amphion, who were assisted in their 
‘eperations against that place, and 
upon the adjacent coasts, by the 
gun-boats of his Sicilian Majesty. 
300 prisoners, who prove to be sur- 
’. yivors of the wounded after the ac- 
tion of the 4th ult. are already ar- 
rived in this fort. General Regnier, 
‘who had endeavoured to hold his 
position, under much embarrass- 
ment for some time past, between 
Cotrone and Catanzaro, has retreat- 
ed precipitately towards Tarento ; 
and it was reported, when the trans- 
‘portleft Cotrone, that he had been 
attacked by the masse, and had Jost 
6 or 700 of his flying people. Iam 
how to congratulate, you on the 
total evacuation of Calabria Ultra, 
in which single province, previous 
to the action of the 4th, we have 
every certainty that the enemy had 
a distributed force of at least 9000 
men; of these, when general Reg- 
hier quitted his position near Co- 
trone, certainly aot 3000 remained. 
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The losses of the French in Upper 
Calabria have also bornea propor« 
tion. A great deal of heavy ord. 
nance, lately transported by the 
French to Cotrone, besides what 
was found mounted on the castle, 
amounting in the whole to about 
40 pieces, have fallen into our 
hands.,”’ 
A dispatch from general Fox to 
Mr. Windham, dated Messina, Aug. 
3, incloses extracts from two letters 
received from lieutenant - colonel 
M‘Cleod, of the 78th regiment, 
which give a detail of the operations 
that led to the surrender of Cotrone. 
Much praise is bestowed on captain 
Hoste, for the judicious manner in 
which he brought his frigate and the 
gun-boats to the annoyance of the 
enemy. In the second letter, speak- 
ing of the enemy’s retreat from bes 
fore Cotrone, in which a garrison 
was left of 1000 men, it appears that 
they retired precipitately amongst 
the mountains, endeavouring to pass 
by Cozenza. He adds—‘‘ The ene. 
my’s route from this city has been 
marked by circumstances of the most 
cruel devastation. The village of 
Strongoli, with several others within 
our view, which he conceived hostile 
_to his cause, have been ransacked, 
and burnt to the ground. Our in. 
formation of yesterday stated, that 
1000 men had been left to garrison 
the town and city of Cotrone ; but 
several deserters, who joined us this 
morning, having mentioned that the 
greatest part. of this force had 
marched to join their army in the 
course of the night, captain Hoste 
agreed with myself in the propriety 
of summoning the town and citadel 
to surrender to the force under our 
orders, conceiving that the imme- 
diate possession of what we under. 
stood to be the enemy’s sole depét, 
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