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ciited by captain Staines, of his ma- 

 jesty's ship Cyane, assisted by the 

 Espoir sloop, and the British and 

 Sicilian gun-boats. It is with re- 

 gret I add, that in a subsequent in- 

 trepid attacii upon the frigate and 

 corvette of the enemy in the bay, 

 the above gallant officer has receiv- 

 ed a wound, which must for some 

 time deprive the service of his as- 

 sistance. 



The amount of prisoners who 

 have fallen into our hands, already 

 exceeds one thousand five hundred 

 regular troops, exclusive of their 

 killed and wounded, both of mili- 

 tary and marine in different partial 

 encounters, which we have reason 

 to think are considerable. Among 

 the prisoners are a general of bri- 

 gade, two colonels, and upwards of 

 70 officers of progressive ranks. 



Nearly 100 pieces of ordnance 

 with their corresponding stores, 

 have also become our capture. 



It is with much greater satisfac- 

 tion, however, my lord, than any 

 that can be derived frona these local 

 or momentary advantages, that I 

 contemplate our success in the ma- 

 terial and important object of di- 

 version, for which this expedition 

 was designed. A considerable 

 body of troops which had been re- 

 cently detached from Naples as a 

 reinforcement to the army in Upper 

 Italy, as well as almost the whole of 

 the troops which had been sent into 

 the Roman states to aid the late 

 Hsurpation of the Papal dominions, 

 were precipitately recalled on our 

 first appearance on the coast ; and 

 1 venture to liope, that the check 

 which has been operated, and which 

 I shall endeavour to preserve, will 

 have already, though remotely, 

 contributed to support the efforts 

 of our brave allies. 



Thepreponderatingregularforce 

 which the enemy has now assembled 

 in the contiguity of Naples, aided 

 by a large body of National Guards, 

 preclude the hope at this moment 

 of any attack upon the capital. — 

 But our footing upon these healthy 

 islands (which were essentially ne- 

 cessary to us as a temporary lodg- 

 ment as well as depot) in affording 

 us theearliest means of information, 

 is also a position from which we can 

 profit from circumstance, or can 

 move with facility and promptitude 

 to ulterior objects ; while our ene- 

 my, who are observing us from the 

 unwholesome plains of Baia, must 

 be kept on the alert by the uncer- 

 tainty of our operations, and har- 

 assed by the necessity of corres- 

 ponding with our every movement. 



A flotilla of gun-boats, which I 

 found it necessary to fit out at Mes- 

 sina to aid the arm)' in that narrow 

 straight, under the direction of cap- 

 tain Reade, of the quarter-master- 

 general's department, has acquired 

 the approbation of the admiral by 

 their conduct ii;)on this service.— 

 Captain Car.'' ron, of the 21st regi- 

 ment, who commanded a division 

 of these boats, is unfortunately 

 among the few who have fallen. 



The harmony and perfect concert 

 that have subsisted between the na- 

 val and mihtary branches upon this 

 duty, and between his majesty's 

 forces and those of his Sicilian ma- 

 jesty ; the great disposition to con- 

 currence and support which I have 

 received from lieutenant general 

 lord Forbes, and the other general 

 officers ; the able arrangements of 

 the adjutant-general's and the quar- 

 ter-raaster-general's departments 

 under major-general Campbell, and 

 lieutenant-colonel Bunbury, aswell 

 as those of the ordnance branches 



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