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non, well flanked ; had a wet ditch 

 and abbatis in front ; manned by 

 about 500 infantry, and was so de- 

 filed from the sea £l to render it 

 almost secure from the fire of llie 

 shipping. His majesty's ship Leo- 

 nidas came to anchor as close as 

 the water would admit of; mean- 

 while thetroops formed in columns 

 approached, and were, to a certain 

 distance, covered by the ground. 

 On opening the front of the work, 

 they became exposed to a heavy 

 and well-directed fire of grape and 

 musquetry. Captains Eyre and Ste- 

 vens, of the royal navy, wereamong 

 the most animated in the combat, 

 and were both wounded in the dis- 

 play of professional characteristic 

 valour. Upon finding the head of 

 the column could not be brought 

 to the assault, general Oswald 

 immediately directedmajor Clarke 

 to bring up the battalion of de- 

 tachments, consisting of two com- 

 panies of the royal marines, under 

 captains Snow and Stuart, two 

 companies of the Roll's under 

 major de Bosset, and two com- 

 panies of Calabrian free corps, 

 under major Oswald. The royal 

 marines, led by major Clarke, and 

 headed by their officers, broke 

 through the abbatis, and charged 

 into theintrenchments; they were 

 nobly supported by the Roll's 

 under major Bosset. The contest 

 was not of long duration ; the ene- 

 my fied at all points, pursued with 

 the bayonet from work to work ; 

 and such was the precipitation, 

 that he not only abandoned the 

 camp and cannon of the attack- 

 ed fine, but left the remaining 

 strong position, followed by major 

 Clarke's command even to the 

 gates of the fortress. The fortress 

 surrendered to his majesty's arms 

 on the 16th of April : nine days 

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after, batteries, consisting of two 

 thirty-two-pounders, nine eigh- 

 teen-poundtrs, four howitzers, and 

 six mortars, were opened against 

 it : a portion of this artillery, how- 

 ever, had only been three days in 

 action The garrison were to be 

 prisonersof war ; theofficerslo be 

 sent to Italy on parole.— Return 

 of the French garrison : one bri- 

 gadier-general, one aide-de-camp, 

 two attached to the staff, one 

 lieutenant-colonel, three staff', 

 four captains, eight lieutenants 

 twenty-seven Serjeants, thirty- 

 nine drummers, 638 rank and 

 file, total, 714< — N. B. Seventeen 

 sick, and sixty-nine wounded, 

 not included. — Return of killed, 

 wounded, and missing, of the 

 troops under the command of bri- 

 gadier-general Oswald: total, one 

 staff", twelve rank and file killed ; 

 two field officers, seven captains, 

 six subalterns, one staff, four Ser- 

 jeants, seventy-four rank and file 

 wounded : seventeen rank and file 

 missing, March 24. — Total, one 

 Serjeant, ten rank and file, killed ; 

 one field officer, thirty-two rank 

 and file, wounded, April 16. 



26. Capture of Le Maitre de 

 Danse, of four guns, by La Bonne 

 Citoyenne. 



30. Order in council of the 

 27th instant, directing ships bound 

 to Liverpool, &c. from places 

 whence quarantine is required to 

 be performed, in future to perform 

 their quarantine at Bromborough 

 Pool. 



JULY. 



10. Letter from captain Hart, 

 of his majesty's ship the Fox, to 

 Admiral Drury, stating that the 

 boats of that ship had cut out La 

 Caravanne, mounting eight four 

 pounders, from under the batte- 

 ries of Saprara, in the East Indies. 



