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force might be spared from the 

 army, and delayed their departure 

 from Sicily, until the 23rd Septem- 

 ber, when the Warrior sailed from 

 Messina, with the Philomel sloop 

 and transports, carrying about 

 1,600 troops under the command 

 of brig.-gen. Oswald. The Spar- 

 tan, at the same time sailed from 

 Malta, with Mr. Faresti, and count 

 Cladan, a Cephalonian gentleman, 

 who had for some time taken refuge 

 at Malta, and whose local know- 

 ledge and influence in the country, 

 I hoped would be advantageous to 

 the service. Orders were also sent 

 to capt. Eyre, of the Magnificent, 

 to join them with the Corfu squa- 

 dron. 



I have now great satisfaction in 

 informing you, sir, of the complete 

 success of this expedition, and that 

 the French garrison in the islands 

 of Zante, Ceplialonia, Ithaca, and 

 Cerigo, have, after a very faint re- 

 sistance, surrendered to his majes- 

 ty's arms, the people liberated from 

 the oppression of the French, and 

 government of the Sept'Insular 

 republic deelared to be restored. 



(Signed) Collingwood. 



Warrior, Bay of Zante, 

 Oct. 3, 1809. 

 Sir, — I have the honour to ac- 

 quaint you, for the information of 

 the commander-in-chief, that, in 

 pursuance of his lordship's orders, 

 I sailed from Messina on the 23rd 

 ult. in company with the sloop Phi- 

 lomel, two large gun-boats, and the 

 transports, with troops under the 

 command of brig.-gen. Oswald, and 

 proceeded off Cephalonia, where 

 we arrived on the 28th, and conti- 

 nued in sight of the island until the 

 Ist of October, during whicii days 

 we were joined, as had been previ- 



ously arranged, by the Spartan 

 from Malta, and the Magnificent, 

 Belle Poole, and King-fisher, from 

 Corfu, and anchored that night in 

 the Bay of Zante, just without 

 reach of the nearest battery. 



At day-light on the following 

 morning, the troops assembled 

 alongside the Warrior, and under 

 cover of the Spartan, Belle Poole, 

 and gun-boats, who soon silenced 

 the batteries, landed a division of 

 the army, in the most perfect order, 

 about three miles from the town, 

 and whilst general Oswald was ad- 

 vancing, captain Brenton and Bris- 

 bane, and the gun-boats, conducted 

 by Mr. Cole, my first lieutenant, 

 were actively employed in keeping 

 theenemy, whohad re-manned their 

 batteries, in check, and covering the 

 second disembarkation, when the 

 whole army moved forward, and 

 closely invested the castle, to which 

 the French had retired from every 

 direction. 



A proclamation was in the mean 

 time distributed to the inhabitants, 

 explanatory of our views, and find- 

 ing, as was expected, that they re- 

 joiced in the expulsion of these 

 common disturbers of mankind, I 

 forbore attacking with the ships a 

 strong battery on the Mole Head, 

 which could not be taken without 

 destroying a great part of the town, 

 and have the satisfaction of adding, 

 that in the course of the day, the 

 enemy, though advantageously situ- 

 ated in a most important and com- 

 manding position, thought proper 

 to capitulate on the terms which I 

 have the honour to inclose. 

 (Signed) 



J. W. Spranger. 

 Rear Admiral Martin, S^c. 



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