478 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



who, at the request of lord Chatbam, 

 had remained on shore with his 

 lordship's permission to employ 

 them as the service might require, 

 be the next morning began to can- 

 nonade Camvere, which had been 

 summoned, but held out. The fire 

 of the gun-boats was exceedingly 

 well directed, and did much damage 

 to the town. The officers and crews 

 engaged in that service had a great 

 claim to my admiration for their 

 conduct. — Three of our gun-boats 

 were sunk. In the afternoon it 

 blew fresh; and as the strength of 

 the tide prevented the bombs from 

 acting, I directed the flotilla to fall 

 back, preserving a menacing posi- 

 tion. At night, captain Richardson, 

 of the Caesar, who was on the Dyke, 

 on shore, threw some Tockets at the 

 nearest battery of Camvere, and 

 soon after the commanding officer 

 of the town sent out an offer to sur- 

 render. A copy of the terms ac- 

 ceded to by lieutenant-general Era- 

 ser, and captain Richardson, the 

 senior naval officer on the spot, 

 accompanies this letter. 



The army under sir J. Hope 

 landed at South Beveland, on the 

 1st of this month; and by a letter 

 from sir R. Keats, of yesterday's 

 date, I find the whole of the island 

 is in our possession, the enemy's 

 ships are all above Lillo, and those 

 most advanced, as high up as Ant- 

 werp. We are getting our flotilla 

 through the slough into the West- 

 ern Scheldt, to prevent succours 

 being thrown into Flushing by the 

 canal of Ghent. 



[^The letter concludes tvUh ac' 

 Tcnowledging the particular services 

 of rear-admiral Otvoay, Sir R. 

 Keats, lord Beauclerc, and capt. 

 Cockburn, and generally of all the 



officers and seamen of his majesty's 

 ships. '\ 



R. J. Strachan. 

 Sabrina, off South Beveland, 

 August!, I80i). 



Sir — I have the satisfaction to in- 

 form you, that sir John Hope and 

 7,000 of his division of the army 

 were landed at South Beveland 

 this afternoon, since which I have 

 beeninformedbymessagefrom him, 

 that he was met on his approach 

 towards Goes by the magistrates, 

 into which place he is at liberty to 

 enter whenever he pleases. Three 

 of the enemy's ships of the line and, 

 six brigs, are at anchor ofl' the east 

 end of South Beveland ; the others 

 I conclude, have moved higher up 

 the Scheldt. 



Three of the four sloops I brought 

 up with me, struck in coming up. 

 I have hoisted my flag in the Sabri- 

 na, and am not without hopes of 

 getting the remainiHg parts of the 

 division on shore, and most part of 

 the army supplied to- morrow. 



R. G. Keats. 



The substance of this letter was 

 sent by telegraphic communication 

 from the Sabrina, at five o'clock. — 

 The six brigs are getting under sail 

 and moving up the Scheldt appa- 

 rently, but the ships of the line are 

 still fast. 



Sabrina, off" Wemeldinge, Aug. S. 



Soon after I landed, I was inform- 

 ed by letter from sir J. Hope, that 

 Bathz had been evacuated in the 

 night ; and as he informed me the 

 communication was open between 

 Walcheren and this island, and he 

 had sent to lord Chatham an ac- 

 count of the evacuation, I concluded 

 you would hear it from hence, and 

 went on to Bathz with a view to 



make 



