APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 465 



rez, K. B. Communder in Chief 

 of his Majesty's ships and vessels 

 in the Baltic, to the Hon. William 

 Wetlesley Pole, dated on board 

 the Victory, off Nargen Island, 

 9th of July. 



Sir, — On my arrival in the Gulf 

 of Finland, having detached captain 

 Martin, of his majesty's ship Im- 

 placable, with the Melpomene un- 

 der his orders, to cruize to the east- 

 ward of Nargen Island, I herewith 

 inclose a list of vessels which he has 

 captured, for the information of the 

 lords commissioners of the admiral- 

 ty ; several of them being laden with 

 naval stores belonging to the em- 

 peror of Russia, and which cannot 

 fail proving a valuable acquisition 

 in England. 



I also inclose for their lordships' 

 information, copies of two letters 

 I have received from captain Mar- 

 tin, of yesterday's date. 

 Extract of two lettersfiom Captain 

 Martin, dated off Per cola Point, 

 July 6, 1809, to sir James Sau- 

 inarez, and by him transmitted to 

 the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 The Implacable and Melpomene 

 having stood into the Gulph of Nar- 

 va, captured nine sail of vessels, 

 laden with timbers, spars, and cord- 

 age, belonging to the emperor of 

 Russia, and which I doubt not will 

 prove a valuable acquisition to our 

 own dock yards. 



The boats of the ships under that 

 active and valuable officer, lieuten- 

 ant Havvkey (of whose enterpris- 

 ing spirit I had occasion to speak 

 60 highly when oft' Dantzig) have 

 looked into every creek along the 

 south coast of the Gulph, without 

 finding any vessels whatever, and 

 he is now on the opposite with the 

 same view. 



Vol. LI. 



• Implacable, BeUerophon, 



P. S.— Since writing the above, 

 lieutenant Hawke}' has returned 

 with three vessels, captured by the 

 boats of the Implacable, Melpo- 

 mene, and Prometheus, under his 

 command, and he reports eight sail 

 of gun-boats protecting some ships 

 in shore, and is very desirous of at- 

 tacking them, which shall be done, 

 if there is a reasonable hope of suc- 

 cess. 



His Majesty s ship Implacable, 

 off" Percola Point, July S, 

 1809. 

 Sir, 



The position taken by the Rus- 

 sian flotilla under Percola Point, 

 seemed somuch like adefiance, that 

 I considered something was neces- 

 sary to be done, in order to impress 

 these strangers with that sense of 

 respect and fear, which his majes- 

 ty's other enemies are accustomed 

 to show to the British flag ; I there- 

 fore determined to gratify the anx- 

 ious wish of lieutenant Hawkey to 

 lead the boats of the ships named 

 in the margin,* which were assem- 

 bled by nine o'clock last night, and 

 proceeded with an irresistible zeal 

 and intrepidity towards the enemy, 

 who had the advantage of local 

 knowledge, to take a position of 

 extraordinary strength within two 

 rocks, serving as a cover to their 

 wings, and from whence they could 

 pour a destructive fire of grape 

 upon our boats, which, notwith- 

 standing, advanced with perfect 

 coolness, and never fired a gun till 

 actually touching the enemy, when 

 they boarded, sword in hand, and 

 carried all before them. 



Ibelievea more brilliant achieve- 

 ment does not grace the records of 

 our naval history; each officer was 

 impatient to be the leader in the at- 

 tack, 

 Melpomene, snd Prometheus. 

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