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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



activity shown by captains of line 

 of battle ships in preparing the fire- 

 vessels. 



[Lord Gambier then speaks in 

 terms of high commendation of the 

 gallantry of lord Cochrane — of 

 capt, Godfrey of the JEtna, who 

 bombarded the enemy's ships on 

 the 12th and 13th. ; and of the 

 services of Mr. Congreve in the 

 management of his rockets, which 

 were placed in the fire-ships with 

 effect. He also notices the hand- 

 some and earnest manner in which 

 rear-admiral Stopford and sir H. 

 Neale volunteered their services to 

 lead the fire-ships previously to the 

 arrival of lord Cochrane.] 



I send herewith a return of the 

 killed, wounded and missing, of the 

 fleet, which I am happy to observe, 

 is comparatively small. I have not 

 yet received the returns of the 

 number of prisoners taken, but I 

 conceive they amount to between 

 four and five hundred. 



T have charged sir Harry Neale 

 with this dispatch (by the Impe- 

 rieuse), andlbegleaveto refertheir 

 lordships to him, as also to lord 

 Cochrane, for any further particu- 

 lars of which they may wish to be 

 informed. I have the honour to be, 

 &c. 



(Signed) Gambier. 



15th April. 



P. S. This morning three of the 

 enemy's line of battle ships are ob- 

 served to be still on shore under 

 Fouras, and one of them is in a 

 dangerous situation. One of their 

 frigates (L'Indienne)also onshore, 

 has fallen over, and they are now 

 dismantling her. As the tides will 

 take her off in a day or two, there is 

 every probability that she will be 

 destroyed. 



Since writing the foregoing, I 



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have learned that the honourable 

 lieutenant-colonel Cochrane ("lord 

 Cochrane'sbrother) and lieutenant 

 Bissettjof the navy, were volunteers 

 in the Imperieuse, and rendered 

 themselves extremely useful ; the 

 former by commanding some of her 

 guns on the main deck, and the lat- 

 ter in conducting one of the explo- 

 sion vessels. 



Names of the ships in Aix Roads, 

 previous to the attack on the llth 



April, 1809. 



L'Ocean, 120 guns, vice-admiral 

 Allemande, captain Koland. — Re- 

 paired in 1806; on shore under 

 Fouras. 



Foudroyant, 80 guns, rear-admi- 

 ral Gourdon, captain Henri. — Five 

 years old ; on shore under Fouras. 



Cassard, 74 guns, captain Fame, 

 commodore.— Three years eld ; on 

 shore under Fouras. 



Tourville, 1^ guns, captain La 

 Caille, — Old; on shore in the river. 



Regulus, 74 guns, captain Lucas. 

 —Five years old ; on shore under 

 Madame. 



Patriote, 74 guns, captainMahee. 

 —Repaired in 1803. 



Jemappe,74 guns, capt. Fouvan. 

 — On shore under Madame. 



Tonniere, 74 guns, captain Cle- 

 ment de la Roucierre.— Nine 

 months old, never at sea. 



Aquilon, 74 guns, captain Main- 



gon Old. — Ville de Varsovie, 80 



guns, captain — — — , Calcutta, 56 

 guns, captain La Tonie. — Loaded 

 with tiour and military stores. 



Frigates. — Indienne, capt. Pro- 

 tean. — On shore near Isle d'Enet, 

 on her beam ends,— Elbe, captain 

 Perengier. — Pallas, captain Le Bi- 

 got. — Hortense captain Aligand. 



N. B. One of the three last fri- 

 gates on shore under Isle Madame. 



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