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instant the troops quitted TerVeere, 

 on their way to Fort Ramekens, 

 when we were constantly employed 

 in the construction of works, and 

 drawing heavy cannon, till it also 

 capitulated on the 2nd at night. 

 The detachment then proceeded to 

 East Zouberg, and were employed 

 day and night in cutting fascines, 

 erecting batteries, and drawing 

 heavy ordnance unto them. The 

 artillery horses being found inade- 

 quate to perform that service, from 

 the narrow roads, darkness of the 

 night, and difficulty of driving clear 

 of the ditches, into which they had 

 thrown several 24-pounder guns 

 and carnages. This important 

 duty, from the heavy rains and soft 

 muddy soil, was attended with the 

 greatest difficulty and fatigue. 



After having assisted in mounting 

 all the batteries, and otherwise com- 

 pleting them on the 12th, general 

 sir Eyre Coote honoured me with 

 the command of a new work just 

 lined out for six 24-pounders ; we 

 made every possible exertion to 

 complete it under a galling fire from 

 the enemy's ramparts, distant only 

 600 yards ; during the day, four 

 were killed and one wounded in the 

 battery. At sun-rise on the 14th, 

 we opened a most destructive fire 

 on the rampart and town in front 

 of us, and in two hours every gun 

 we could bear upon was silent. 

 Our fire was kept up incessantly 

 until about seven o'clock in the 

 evening, when I received an order 

 to cease firing, as did all the other 

 works. We immediately put the 

 battery in a state for renewing the 

 fire, if found necessary, and at nine 

 we opened again by order, with 

 still greater effect, and continued 

 our fire until two o'clock, when we 

 ceased to fire, by order, the French 



general having agreed to capitu- 

 late on the basis of the garrison 

 becoming prisoners of war. I have 

 the honour to be, &c. 



Charles Richardson. 

 Rear- Admiral Wvi. A. Otway. 



A return of the killed and wound- 

 ed belonging to his majesty's ships, 

 in passing the batteries of Flushing, 

 on the 15th August, 1809. 



Blake. — Killed. James Gatt, 

 Serjeant of marines ; John Lowry, 



seaman. Wounded. Andrew 



Rloney, seaman, slightly ; Thomas 

 Coat, seaman, slightly ; Robert 

 M'Burnie, seaman, slightly; James 

 Lee, seaman, slightly ; James Good- 

 by, private of marines, severely ; 

 William Stewart, corporal of ma- 

 rines, severely ; John Macnamara, 

 private of marines, slightly; Wil- 

 liam Manby, private of marines, 

 slightly ; William Firby, private of 

 marines, slightly. 



San Domingo. — Wounded. John 

 Maynard,CharlesM'Murray,Hugh 

 Molloy, James Grady, Richard 

 Plat, John Kirby, William Connor, 

 Joseph Clearman, and William 

 Owens, seamen. — Total, 2 killed, 

 18 wounded. 



(Copy) R. J. Strachan. 



A return of the killedand wound- 

 ed in the seamen's battery before 

 Flushing, being a detacliment of 

 seamen under the orders of capt. 

 C. Richardson, of the Cassar, Aug. 

 14, 1809. 



Revenge. — Wounded. Edward 

 Harrick, midshipman, Felix Ben- 

 jamin, seaman; Benjamin Parrat, 

 seaman; John Hitchcock, seaman, 

 and Thomas Scott, seaman. 



Hero Wounded. John Wood- 

 cock, seaman ; and William Butler, 

 seaman. — Total, 7 wounded. 



Total 



