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and embarked on board them on 

 the following day the troops of the 

 Italian levy, amounting to about 

 1,000 men, under the command of 

 Lieut.-Col, Catanelli, we sailed 

 the same evening, and arrived on 

 the coast of Italy, off Via Reggio, 

 on the 9th inst. ; having fallen in 

 with the Armada and Impeneuse 

 off the north of Corsica, 1 de- 

 tained them to assist us in getting 

 the troops on shore. Haviog an- 

 chored with the squadron off the 

 town, the troops and field-pieces 

 were immediately landed ; a small 

 party of the enemy having evacu- 

 ated the place on a summons that 

 had been sent in, and possession 

 was taken of two 18 and one 12- 

 pounder guns, which defended the 

 entrance of the river. The Lieu- 

 tenant Colonel proceeded imme- 

 diately to Lucca, which place was 

 surrendered to him at twelve the 

 same night. The following day a 

 detachment of forty royal marines 

 from this ship, under Captain Rea, 

 was sent to a signal station to the 

 northward, which on his threat- 

 ening to storm, surrendered to him, 

 and eleven men who defended it 

 were made prisoners : he found it 

 to be a castle of considerable size 

 and strength, walled and ditched, 

 and capable of containing near 

 1,000 men. On receiving this re- 

 port, I sent Mr. Bazalgette, senior 

 lieutenant of the America, who 

 with a few barrels of powder 

 completely destroyed it, bringing 

 off a brass nine pounder gun, 

 which was mounted in the castle. 

 Parties from the Imperieuse and 

 Furieuse also brought ofi'two other 

 brass guns from the beach to the 

 northward and southward of the 

 town, those at the same [)lace 

 having also been embarked. 



The Lieutenant Colonel not 

 judging it advisable to return to 

 Lucca, had given me notice of 

 his intended return to Via Reggio, 

 where he arrived on the morning 

 of the 12th, and signified his in- 

 tention to proceed in another di- 

 rection. 



Not conceiving my stay with 

 this ship any longer necessary, I 

 had made arrangements for leaving 

 the Edinburgh, Furieuse, and Ter- 

 magant, under the orders of Cap- 

 tain Dundas, to keep up (if prac- 

 ticable) a communication with the 

 troops, and purposed sailing to 

 rejoin your flag as soon as it was 

 dark, when towards sun-set we 

 perceived a firing at the town, 

 and found that the troops were 

 attacked by a force of about six 

 hundred cavalrj'and infantry, with 

 a howitzer and two field-pieces. 

 They consisted of a detachment 

 from the garrison of Leghorn 

 which had been joined on its 

 march by some troops at Pisa ; 

 the Lieutenant Colonel completely 

 routed them with the loss of their 

 guns and howitzer, and a consi- 

 derable number of killed,wounded, 

 and prisoners ; the remainder re- 

 treated in much confusion towards 

 Pisa. Information having been 

 obtained from the prisoners of the 

 weak state of the garrison at Leg- 

 horn, the Lieutenant Colonel pro- 

 posed to me to intercept the re- 

 turn of the routed troops, by pro- 

 ceeding immediate off Leghorn, 

 in the hopes, that by shewing pur- 

 selves in as much force as possible, 

 the inhabitants, who, it was sup- 

 posed, were inclined to receive us, 

 might make some movement in our 

 favour, and that we might avail 

 ourselves of any practicable open- 

 ing to force our way into the place. 



