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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



harbour of Stralsund, on the 25th ; 

 she is pierced for four guns, with 

 a crew of forty men, three of 

 wliom were only on board. — The 

 Marshal gun-brig has captured 

 a row-boat privateer, belonging 

 to Bornholm, with twelve men; 

 and the Swan cutter has this 

 morning brought in another row- 

 boat, of the "same description, 

 with eleven men, one of whom was 

 killed, another wounded, in at- 

 tempting to make their escape; 

 and also recaptured a galliot 

 which she had taken. 



28. Convoy of Danish coasters 

 driven on shore, by lieutenant 

 ,Tohn Nugent, of the Strenuous 

 gun-brig. 



SEPTEMBER. 

 1. Captain Robinson, of his ma- 

 jesty 's sloopPrometheus, chased on 

 shore and destroyed, near Pillau, 

 on the 2nd of last month, the 

 French schooner privateer Messa- 

 lina, carrying six guns and thirty- 

 eight men. 



4. Vice-admiral Bertie, com- 

 manding at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, transmits from captain 

 Willoughby, of his majesty's ship 

 Nereide, an account of his having 

 landed a party. May 1, on the 

 south-east coast of the Isle of 

 France, and running up to the bat- 

 tery by which an intricate passage 

 was defended, having taken it in 

 ten minutes ; they then, partly 

 swimming, partly wading, crossed 

 the river Jacotel, took prisoner the 

 commandant of the enemy, spiked 

 the gunsand a mortar, burnt works, 

 magazines and stores, and retired 

 to the ship with little loss, having 

 thoroughly sounded the harbour. 

 Captain Hawker, of his majes- 

 ty's ship Melamnus, in company 

 with his majesty's sloop Driver, on 

 the Halifax station, captured the 



French letter of marque La Fan- 

 tome, with ports for twenty heavy 

 carronades. 



8. Captain Briggs, of his majes- 

 ty's ship Clorinde, captured off the 

 Basses (East Indies) the French 

 privateer I'Henri, mounting eight 

 twelve-pounders; pierced for four- 

 teen. 



Captain Byron, of his majesty's 

 ship Belvidera, relates the capture 

 of three Danish gun-boats, the 

 Baldor, the Thor, and No. 5 ; the 

 latter blown up, by the boats of 

 his ship, July 22, without loss. 



Horse Guards, Sept. 9. His 

 majesty having been graciously 

 pleased to command, that, in com- 

 memoration of the brilliant vic- 

 tories obtained by divisions of his 

 army over the enemy in the 

 battles of Roleia, Vimiera, also in 

 the several instances where the 

 cavalry had an opportunity of dis- 

 tinguishing themselves against the 

 enemy in Spain, and in the battles 

 of Corunna and Talavera de la 

 Reyna, the (under-mentioned) 

 officers of the army, present on 

 those occasions, should enjoy the 

 privilege of wearing a medal : by 

 the general officer, suspended by 

 a ribband of the colour of the sash, 

 with a blue edge, round the neck ; 

 and by the commanding officers of 

 thecorps(not being of rank inferior 

 to lieutenant- colonel) and the 

 chiefs of military departments, at- 

 tached by a ribband of the same 

 colour to the button-hole of their 

 uniform. His majesty has also 

 been pleased to command, that the 

 medals which wouldhavebeen con- 

 ferred upon the officers who have 

 fallen at, or died since, the above- 

 named actions, shall, as a token of 

 respect for their memories, be 

 deposited with their respective 

 families. 



