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mj' astonishment at her proving to 

 be La Persanne, of 860 tons, 26 9- 

 pounders, and a complement of 125 

 men and 65 troops, having on board 

 120 iron and a few brass ordnance; 

 slie was commanded by Mobs. 

 Joseph Endie Stotie, Capitaine 

 de Frigate, whose masterly ma- 

 noeuvres and persevering resistance 

 for near four hours, reflect great 

 credit on him. Our masts, yards, 

 sails, and rigging, bear ample tes- 

 timony to his galling fire. We 

 have onl}' one man wounded ; the 

 enemy two killed, and four wound- 

 ed. The coolness and steady atten- 

 tion to my orders on the part of 

 my First Lieutenant, Mr. W. 

 Crabb, Lieutenant M'Dougall, 

 Lieutenant Hotham, Mr. Gibson, 

 lately promoted for his gallantry on 

 board the Active, and the whole of 

 the other officers and ship's com- 

 pany, could only be equalled by 

 theirextreme disappointment at dis- 

 covering, at the enemy's surrender, 

 we had been opposed to a vessel of 

 inferior force. I inclose a list of our 

 defects, and the name of the wound- 

 ed man— (Thomas Tate, ordinary, 

 severely) — I remain, &c. 



(Signed) 



E. H. Chamberlayne, Capt. 

 M. Maxwell, Captain of his 



Majesty's ship Alceste, and 



senior officer, &c. 



List of the enetny's squadron en- 

 gaged hy his Majesty's ships Al- 

 ceste, Active, and Unite, off" Lissa, 

 on the 29//i of November, 1811. 

 La Pauline, M. Montfort, Cap- 

 tain, of -ii guns, 322 men, and 

 1,100 tons ; escaped. 



La Poraone, C. Rosamel, Capt. 

 of 44 guns, 322 men, and 1,100 

 tons, taken. Has in Iier hold 42 

 iron and 9 brass guns, and 220 

 iron wheels for gun carriages. 



La Persanne, M. Stotie, of 26 

 guns, 190 men, and 860 tons, 

 taken. Is a stoi-e ship of 26 nine 

 pounds guns (new) ; has about 130 

 iron and some brass guns in her 

 hold. 



(Signed) 



Murray Maxwell, Capt. 



Admiralty-Office, March S\st. 



Copy of a letter to Rear-Admi- 

 ral Foley, commander-in-chief in 

 the Downs : — 



His Majesty's sloop, Rosario, 

 offi Dieppe, March 21th. 



Sir ; — It is with much satisfac- 

 tion I have to acquaint you, that at 

 half-pasl eight a. m. Dieppe bear- 

 ing S. W. four or five miles, we 

 observed an enemy's flotilla, con- 

 sisting of twelve brigs and one 

 lugger, standing along shore ; and 

 immediately made sail to cut off 

 the leeward-most. The enemy, 

 by signal from their commodore, 

 formed into a line, and engaged us 

 severally as we passed ; but upon 

 luSing up to-cut off the sternmost, 

 the whole bore up to support her, 

 and endeavour to close with us. 

 Finding them thus determined to 

 support each other, and the small 

 force of the Rosario not admitting 

 my running the risk of being laid 

 on board by several at once, I bore 

 up to a brig we observed in the 

 offing (and which' proved to be the 

 Griflbn) and made the signal for 

 an enemy. The moment she had 

 answered, we hauled to the wind, 

 and at forty minutes after twelve, 

 began to harass the enemy's rear, 

 who were then endeavouring to 

 get into Dieppe under all sail ; 

 tacked and wore occasionally to 

 close, receiving and returning the 

 fire of the whole line each time ; 

 at half-past one, being far enough 

 to windward, run into the body of 



the 



