APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 491 



ttfied about three this morning, 

 when detachments of the royals on 

 the right, and of his majesty's 71st 

 regiment on the left, took posses- 

 sion of the gates of the town. The 

 garrison will march out to-morrow, 

 and will be embarked as speedily as 

 possible. 



I will now congratulate your 

 lordship on tiie fall of a place so 

 indispensably necessary to our fu- 

 ture operations, as so large a pro- 

 portion of our force being required 

 to carry on the siege with that de- 

 gree of vigour and dispatch which 

 the means of defence the enemy 

 possessed, and particularly his 

 powers of inundation, which was 

 rapidly spreading to an alarming 

 extent, rendered absolutely neces- 

 sary. 



Having hoped, hadcircumstances 

 permitted, to have proceeded up 

 the river at an earlier period, I had 

 committed to lieut.-gen. sir Eyre 

 Coote the direction of the details 

 of the siege, and of the operations 

 before Flushing, and I cannot suf- 

 ficiently express my sense of the 

 unremitting zeal and exertion with 

 which he has conducted the ardu- 

 ous service entrusted to him, in 

 which he was ably assisted by lieut.- 

 cols. Walsh and Offery attached to 

 him, as assistants in the adjutant 

 and quarter-master-general's de- 

 partment. 



1 haveevery reason to be satisfied 

 with the judicious manner in which 

 the general officers have directed 

 the several operations, as well as with 

 the spirit and intelligence manifest- 

 ed by the commanding officers of 

 corps, and the zeal and ardour of 

 all ranks of officers. 



It is with great pleasure I can re- 

 port the uniform good conduct of 

 tlic troops, who have not only on 



all occasions shown the greatest in- 

 trepidity in presence of the enemy, 

 but have sustained, with great plea- 

 sure and cheerfulnesss, the labori- 

 ous duties they have had to per- 

 form. 



The active and persevering ex- 

 ertions of the corps of royal engi- 

 neers have been conducted with 

 much skill and judgment by colonel 

 Fyers, aided by lieutenant-colonel 

 D'Arcey, and it is impossible for 

 me to do sufficient justice to the 

 distinguished conduct of the officers 

 and men of the royal artillery, un- 

 der the able direction and animat- 

 ing example of brigadier-general 

 M'Leod. 



The seamen, whose labours had 

 already been so useful to the army, 

 sought their reward in a further op- 

 portunity of distinguishing them- 

 selves, and one of the batteries was 

 accordingly entrusted to them, and 

 which they served with admirable 

 vigour and effect. 



I must here beg to express my 

 strong sense of the constant and 

 cordial co-operation of the navy on 

 all occasions, and my warmest ac- 

 knowledgments are most particu- 

 larly due to capt. Cockburn of the 

 Belleisle, commanding the flotilla, 

 and to capt. Richardson of the Cae- 

 sar, commanding the b'igade of 

 seamen, landed with the army. I 

 have the honour to inclose a return 

 of the garrison of Flushing, in ad- 

 dition to which I have learned, that 

 besides the number killed, which 

 was considerable, upwards of 1,000 

 wounded men were transported to 

 Cadsand, previous to the complete 

 investment of the town. I also 

 subjoin a statement of deserters 

 and prisoners, exclusive of the gar- 

 rison of Flushing. 



This dispatch will be delivered 



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