APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 487 



the Pallas during the absence of 

 captain Se3'nnour, is the bearer of 

 this dispatch. He had my flag 

 for some time in that ship, and has 

 been particularly attentive to the 

 public service. 



In consequence of the protracted 

 siege of Flushing, and the necessity 

 for the flotilla going up the Scheld, 

 I have ordered guns from the ships 

 of war to fit twenty transports as 

 gun ships, and with the launches of 

 the ships under rear-admiral Ot- 

 wa)', to form a flotilla for the lower 

 part of the Scheld, which 1 trust 

 their lordships will approve. 



You will please likewise to in- 

 form their lordships, that lord 

 Gardner has ordered the Centaur 

 and Theseus to cruise off the Texel. 



1 have the honour to be, 



(Signed) R. J. Stkachan. 

 Honourable IV. W, Pule. 



Kangaroo, in the West Scheld, 

 Aug. 12, 1809. 



Sir — Havingdirected the frigates 

 named in the margin,* to proceed 

 up the West Scheld, under the 

 orders of lord William Stuart, 

 captain of the Lavinia, the moment 

 the wind was favourable, that zeal- 

 ous officer availed himself of a light 

 air from the westward, on the af- 

 ternoon of the 11th instant, not- 

 withstanding the tide was against 

 his proceeding, and passed the bat- 

 teries between Flushing and Cad- 

 sand : the ships were under the 

 enemy's fire nearly two hours. 



The gallant and seamanlike 

 manner in which this squadron was 

 conducted, and their steady and 

 well-directed fire, excited in my 

 breast the warmest sensations of 



admiration. The army witnessed 

 their exertions with applause, and 

 I am certain their lordships will 

 duly appreciate the services of lord 

 William Stuart, the captains, offi- 

 cers seamen, and marines, on this 

 occasion. 



No very material accident hap- 

 pened, except by a shell striking 

 L'Aigle, and which fell through 

 lier decks into the bread-room, 

 where it exploded ; one man was 

 killed, and four others wounded : 

 her stern frame is much shattered. 



Lord William Stuart's modest 

 letter accompanied this dispatch, 

 together with a return of the killed 

 and wounded, and the damages sus- 

 tained by his majesty's ships, in 

 forcing the entrance of this river. 

 I have the honour to be, &c. 



(Signed) R. J. Strachan. 



Fort Bathz, Aug. 12, 1809. 



Sir — I have the honour to inform 

 you, that, in pursuance of 3'our di- 

 rections, I arrived at Bathz yester- 

 day, and in order to render, if 

 practicable, an attack on the ene- 

 my's flotilla more complete, I or- 

 dered thirty flat boats, armed with 

 carronades, and some other boats 

 from the ships under my orders, to 

 rendezvous at this place, and meet 

 the flotilla under Sir Home Pop- 

 ham, but before the arrival of ei- 

 ther, six of the enemy's gun-boats 

 having grounded on a bank within 

 reach of the artillery of the fort, 

 after sustaining some injury by it, 

 were abandoned ; five of which 

 were destroyed, and the other 

 brought in. 



The arrival of Sir Home Pop- 

 ham and my boats from the cast 



Scheld 



" Lavinia, Heroine, Amethyst, Ro'la, Nymphen, I'Aigle, Euryalus, Stalira, 

 Dryad, and Ucrlin. 



