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Colonel Cevarignac, attacked with 

 great spirit a height in front of 

 Fort Tecla, drove away the enemy, 

 and took three mountain guns. 



A part of the 3d Italians moved 

 up the hill towards Fort RicheHeu : 

 ■while Lieutenant-Colonel Travers, 

 descending from Mount Fascia, 

 with the Calabrese and Greeks, 

 got possession of the highest part 

 of the hill above the fort, and some 

 of his men pushed forward actually 

 under the wall, when the garrison, 

 afraid of being taken by escalade, 

 surrendered. 



Fort Tecla was hastily evacuated, 

 and the greater part of the enemy's 

 force made prisoners. 



The fortunate possession of these 

 strong forts, together with the 

 heights, completely exposed the 

 enemy's left, which in consequence 

 retired. 



The attacks upon the enemy's 

 right were made in three columns 

 by Major-General Montresor's di- 

 vision, supported by tliat of Lieut- 

 General Macfarlane. The troops 

 advanced with great vigour, and 

 although the intersected state of 

 the country enabled the enemy to 

 maintain himself for a considerable 

 peiiod, his left being turned, he 

 was obliged at last to retire preci- 

 pitately into the town. The im- 

 possibility of making use of artil- 

 lery, and the cover every where 

 afforded both to the attackers and 

 defenders, prevented any serious 

 loss on either side. 



At noon, the army, under cover 

 of the houses, took a position 

 within 000 yards of the narrowest 

 and most assailable front of the 

 town, from whence the very bot- 

 tom of the wall was discovered, 

 and the defences could be easily 

 destroyed. 



Preparations were immediately 

 and with great activity made by 

 Lieut. -Col. Lemoine, command- 

 ing the artillery, and Captain Tyl- 

 den, the principal engineer officer, 

 for the construction of the neces- 

 sary batteries ; and it was hoped 

 that an assault might have been 

 given on the following day. 



On the same day Sir Edward 

 Pellew's squadron came in sight, 

 and anchored in front of Nervi. 



In the evening a deputation of 

 the inhabitants, accompanied by a 

 French officer, came to beg that I 

 would not bombard the town ; 

 they urged me to agree to a sus- 

 pension of arms for a few days ; 

 during which, from the accounts 

 from France, it would appear, that 

 peace must be made. I answered, 

 that these were arguments to use 

 to the French commandant, but 

 not to me. It was for the French 

 general to abandon a town he could 

 not defend, and for me to push an 

 advantage which fortune had put 

 within my reach. 



Tiie next morning several com- 

 munications passed between my- 

 self and the French general, whose 

 object was to gain time, in the 

 hope that some arrangement else- 

 where might avert the necessity 

 of his surrender; but as I would 

 not listen to his propositions, it was 

 at last agreed that commissioners 

 should be appointed on either side: 

 by whom the enclosed convention 

 was made, and the French garrison 

 will march out to-morrow morning. 

 It is now three years since 

 Lieut.-Gen. Macfarlane has acted 

 as my second in command ; and 

 upon this, as upon all occasions, 

 I am most thankful for his cordial 

 and honourable co-operation and 

 assistance. 



