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tJdn of an armed store-ship, two 

 bombards and a zebec made for the 

 Bay of Rosas. When the ships of 

 war were disposed of, as related in 

 my letter of yesterday, the convoy 

 became the object of my attention, 

 and on the 29th the Apollo was 

 sent off Rosas to examine what ves- 

 sels were there, and how far they 

 were in a situation assailable. 



The next day I appointed the 

 ships, as per margin,* for this ser- 

 vice, under the orders of captain 

 Hallowell to bring them out if the 

 wind was favourable, or otherwjse 

 to destroy them. The state of the 

 wind and sea would not permit this 

 operation until last night, when, after 

 dark, the ships bore up for the bay, 

 and anchored about five miles from 

 the castle of Rosas, under the pro- 

 tection of which castle, of Trinity 

 fort, and of several other newly- 

 erected batteries, the convoy, con- 

 sisting of eleven vessels, flveof them 

 armed, as per accompanying list, 

 were moored. 



Tlie boats being arranged in 

 separate divisions, the whole were 

 put under the orders of lieutenant 

 Tailour, first lieutenant of the 

 Tigre, and proceeded to the attack 

 of the enemy, who, although he 

 could have had no previous intima- 

 tion of such an enterprise against 

 him, was found vigilant and com- 

 pletely on his guard. The ship, 

 which was a smaller sort of frigate, 

 was inclosed in boarding nettings, 

 and a gun-boat advanced a-head of 

 her for the look out; on being 

 hailed, and the alarm-gun fired, our 

 boats stretched out, the crews atthe 

 highest pitch of animation, filling 

 the air with their cheers: each divi- 

 sion took the part previously alio tted 



to it, the armed ship was boarded 

 at all points, and carried in a few 

 minutes, notwithstanding a spirited 

 and sturdy resistance which theene- 

 my made ; all their armed vessels 

 were well defended, but the British 

 seamen and marines, determined to 

 subdue them, were not to be repel- 

 led, even b}' a force found to be 

 double that which was expected, 

 and besides the opposition made by 

 the vessels, the guns from the castle 

 the forts in the bay, the gun-boats 

 and musketry from the beach kept 

 a constant fire on them. On the 

 opening of day every ship or vessel 

 was either burnt or brought off, 

 aided by the light winds which then 

 came from the land, and the whole 

 of the convoy that came from Tou- 

 lon for the supply of the French 

 army in Spain, has been destroyed 

 with the exception of the frigate, 

 which escaped to Marseilles, and 

 one store-ship not since heard of. 



I cannot conclude this narrative 

 without an expression of the senti- 

 ment which the execution of this 

 bold enterprise has inspired me 

 with, and the respect and admiration 

 I feel for those who performed it. 



In the first place, success greatly 

 dependedupontheprevious arrange- 

 ment which was made by captain 

 Hallowell with a judgment and 

 foresight that distinguishes thatoffi- 

 cer in every service he is emplo3'ed 

 on : the division of the boats, the 

 preparation of fire materials, and 

 providing them with every imple- 

 mentthatcontingencycould require, 

 established confidence throughout 

 the whole ; and in this he was ably 

 assisted by the experience and zeal 

 of captains Wodehouse, Bullen, 

 Taylor, and Hope. The brigs were 



under 



Tip-e, Cumberland, Volontaire, Apollo, Topaze, Philomel, Scout, and Tuscan. 

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