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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



Bart, addressed to John Wilson 

 Croker, Esq. of which the follow- 

 ing is a copy. 



His Majesty's Ship Caledonia, 

 Genoa Mole, April 14, 1814. 



Sir, — 1 have great pleasure in 

 announcing to their Lordships the 

 surrender of this fortress last night 

 by capitulation. I have the honour 

 to enclose the terms. 



At the request of Lord William 

 Bentinck, I came hither with the 

 ships named in the margin,* leav- 

 ing the remainder of the fleet to 

 *vatch Toulon, under the orders of 

 Rear Admiral Sir Richard King ; 

 and on my arrival on the morning 

 of the 17th, the batteries had just 

 opened their fire, and were warm- 

 ly engaged with those which had 

 been opened by the assailants. I 

 have desired Sir Josias Rowley to 

 make a report of that part of the 

 service which devolved upon the 

 naval force employed on this ser- 

 vice, and beg to recommend those 

 whom he has pointed out to their 

 Lordships' favour ; but it remains 

 for me to state, that the manner 

 in which the whole service has 

 been conducted by Sir Josias Row- 

 ley claims my sincere acknowledg- 

 ments, and their Lordships will, 1 

 am sensible, receive it with a just 

 consideration of his uniform zeal 

 and merits. 



I have the honour to be, &e. 



Edward Pellew. 

 John Wilson Croker, Esq. 

 Secretary to the Admiralty. 



* Caledonia, Boyne, Union, Prince 

 of Wales, and Pembroke. 



His Majesty^ s Ship America, 

 of Genoa, April 18, 1814. 

 Sir, — I have the honour to in- 

 form you, that in pursuance of my 



communication of the 31st ultimo, 

 from Leghorn roads, I sailed from 

 thence on the 7th of April, with 

 his excellency Lieutenant General 

 Lord William Bentinck on board. 

 After various communications with 

 the troops of Spezia and other 

 parts of the coast, we anchored off 

 Recce, in the gulf of Genoa, on 

 the 11th. The Honourable Cap- 

 tain Dundas had, with the Edin- 

 burgh, Rainbow, and some of the 

 flotilla, during my absence, co- 

 operated with the advance of the 

 array with his usual activity and 

 zeal. 



On the 13th, the transports hav- 

 ing arrived from Sicily, the troops 

 were immediately landed, and the 

 ships and gun-boats moved on in 

 advance with the army. 



On the 17th, every preparation 

 being made for the attack, at day- 

 light the army moved forwards to 

 drive the enemy from their posi- 

 tions without the town of Genoa. 

 The gun and mortar vessels, with 

 the ships' boats, armed with carro- 

 nades, were advanced along the sea 

 line to attack the batteries; the 

 greater part of the marines, under 

 the command of Captain Rea, 

 royal marines, were also embarked 

 in the transports boats, ready to 

 land as occasion might require. As 

 soon as the troops advanced, the 

 whole of the gun-vessels and boats 

 opened their fire with such effect, 

 that on the landing of the seamen 

 and marines, and preparing to 

 storm, the enemy deserted their 

 batteries, and the whole of the sea 

 line, without the walls, which 

 were instantly taken possesion of, 

 and soon turned on the place ; by 

 this means drawing off a consider- 

 able portion of the enemy's fire. 

 The arrival of the Caledonia af- 



