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40 Serjeants, 560 rank and file 

 killed; 213 officers, 153 Serjeants, 

 12 drummers, 1,971 rank and file 

 wounded ; 1 Serjeant, 21 rank and 

 file missing. 



Portuguese loss from 3rd to 5tfi 

 April, 1812 — 1 officer, 9 rank and 

 file killed ; 3 officers, 1 drummer, 

 12 rank and file wounded. 



Portuguese loss from 6th to 7th 

 April, 1S12— S officers, 6 Serjeants, 

 1 drummer, 140 rank and file 

 killed : 45 officers, 32 Serjeants, 2 

 drummers, 4C6 rank and file 

 wounded ; 30 rank and file missing. 

 Total Portuguese loss — 9 officers, 

 6 Serjeants, 1 drummer, 149 rank 

 and file killed ; 48 officers, 32 Ser- 

 jeants, 3 drummers, 478 rank and 

 file wounded ; 30 rank and file 

 missing. 



British loss during the siege — 

 60 officers, 45 Serjeants, 715 rank 

 and file wounded ; 1 serjeant, 32 

 rank and file missing. 



Portuguese loss during the siege 

 —12 officers, G Serjeants, 2 drum- 

 mers, 195 rank and file killed; 55 

 officers, 38 Serjeants, 3 drummers, 

 684 rank and file wounded ; 30 

 rank and file missing. 



Grand total from 18th March to 

 7th April, 1812, inclusive — 72 

 officers, 5i Serjeants, 2 drummers 

 910 rank and file killed ; 308 of- 

 ficers, 216 Serjeants, 17 drummers, 

 3,248 rank'andfile wounded ; 1 ser- 

 jeant, 62 rank and file missing. 



From the London Gazette, Saturday, 



May 9. 



Admiralty-office, May, 9. 



[Transmitted by Sir Edw. Pellew.] 



His Majesty s ship Victorious, I'ort 



St. George, Lissa, March, 3. 

 Sir, — On the I6lh ultimo I ar- 

 med off the port of Venice ; the 



weather was very foggy at the time, 

 and continued so till the 21st, which 

 prevented me reconnoitring the 

 port. At half past two o'clock 

 -p. m. on that day, a brig was seen 

 E. N. S. ; at three o'clock a large 

 ship with two more brigs and two 

 settees in the samedirection ; all sail 

 was made in chase ; at four o'clock I 

 made the Weazle's signal to prepare 

 for action ; at this time 1 was con- 

 vinced that the ship seen was one 

 of the enemy's line of battle ships 

 proceeding from Venice to the port 

 of Pola, in Istria. The enemy 

 were sailing in a line of battle, 

 with the two gun-boats, and one 

 brig a-head, the other two brigs in 

 a line a-stern. At half-past two 

 o'clock a. m. I perceived that one 

 oftlieenemy'sbrigsdroppeda-stern, 

 and that the line of battle ship had 

 shortened sail to allow her to close 

 again. I hailed the Weazle. and 

 ordered Captain Andrew to endea- 

 vour to pass the Victorious, and 

 if possible, to bring the brigs 

 astern of the commodore to action, 

 in hopes of inducing him to shorten 

 sail, which had the desired effect. 

 At a quarter past four o'clock, his 

 Majesty's brig Weazle commenced 

 the action with the two brigs. At 

 half-past four we commenced action 

 at tlie distance of half pistol shot, 

 with the line of battle ship, neither 

 ships having fired a single shot until 

 that time. At five we perceived a 

 brig to blow up : at day-light 1 

 perceived the Vi'^eazle in chase of 

 the brigs, the gun-boats not in 

 sight. I recalled her as she did 

 not appear to close with the chacr. 

 We were at this time in seven 

 fathoms water off the Point of 

 Grao, and I was fearful we might 

 want assistance from her, in case 

 cither of the ships had got on shore 



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