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they endured the constant expo- 

 sure in boats in the most severe 

 weather, excited our admiration. 



I am much indebted to Captain 

 Grant for his able advice and as- 

 sistance; to the Hon. Captain 

 Dundas, who undertook the di- 

 rection of the marines and seamen ; 

 and to Captain Hamilton, who 

 volunteered his services on shore, 

 my thanks are particularly due, 

 for the gallant manner in which 

 they conducted them ; and I feel 

 much indebted to the Hon. Cap- 

 tain Duncan for the ready and 

 useful assistance he afforded me on 

 every occasion. Captain Mounsey, 

 when the landing was effected, 

 had moved with the Furieuse and 

 Termagant to watch the motions 

 of three brigs of war lying in the 

 outer mole, but which afterwards 

 moved into the inner one, the 

 crews having landed to assist in 

 the defence of the place. 



Captain Dunn was indefatigable 

 in his exertions at the landing 

 place, and I feel called upon to 

 notice tlie good conduct of the 

 officers and crews of the boats 

 through a continued and most 

 fatiguing: service. 



I beg that I may be permitted 

 to mention the assistance 1 re- 

 ceived from Lieutenant Basalgette, 

 senior of this ship, a most deserv- 

 ing officer ; and to notice the con- 

 duct of Mr. Bromley, the surgeon, 

 who volunteered his services on 

 shore with the troops. 



I herewith inclose a list of the 

 killed and wounded, and am happy 

 to say our loss is much smaller 

 than might have been expected. 

 I have no account of that of the 

 Italian levy, but I believe it is not 

 considerable. There have been 

 no correct return? of prisoners, 



but Captain Dundas informs me, 

 that above three hundred have 

 been taken in the two affaire. 

 I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) 



Jos. Rowley, Captam. 

 Vice-Admiral Sir Edward 

 Pel lew, &c. &c. &c. 



His Majesty^s ship Edin- 

 burgh, off Leghorn, 

 Dec. 15, 1813. 



Sir, — In obedience to your di- 

 rections. Captain Hamilton and 

 myself landed on the evening of 

 the 13th, with the marines of his 

 Majesty's ships America, Armada, 

 Edinburgh, Imperieuse, Furieuse, 

 Rainbow, Termagant, and Mer- 

 maid, to co-operate with Lieu- 

 tenant-Col. Catanelli. We pushed 

 on that evening with the advance 

 of the marines and Italian levy, 

 and got possession of the suburbs 

 of the town of Leghorn. The 

 extreme darkness of the night, 

 and the road being nearly im- 

 jiassable, prevented the body of 

 the troops joining until the morn- 

 ing ; the moment a sufficient 

 number had come up, in com- 

 pliance with the Lieut.-Colonel's 

 arrangement, the Italians occupied 

 the suburbs, and buildings close 

 to the ramparts ; the marines oc- 

 cupied a position on the Pisa road. 

 As soon after day-light as possible, 

 we reconnoitered the town ; just 

 as we had finished, and were re- 

 turning from the southern p«rt of 

 the town, a tiring was heard in 

 the direction of the Pisa road, 

 where we proceeded instantly, and 

 found that the marines were at 

 that moment attacked by a con- 

 siderable body of the enemy's 

 troops, consisting of at hast seven 



