316 ANNUAL 



REGISTER, 1810. 



cight-poiinders, from Dunkirk, by 

 captain M'Keriie of the Calliope. 



NOVEMBER. 



3. The Loup Garou French 

 privateer of Nantz, of sixteen 

 guns, taken by captain La Peno- 

 tiere of his majesty's sloop Orestes. 

 Oct. 27. 



6. The Neptune, Danish priva- 

 teer, of five guns, taken by cap- 

 tain Payne, of the Cretan. 



The Norwegian Girl, Danish 

 privateer of two guns, taken by 

 captain Clay, of the Nymphe. 



10. Account from captain Hall, 

 of the Rambler, at Gibraltar, of 

 an attack made by the people of 

 that ship in the night of the 28th, 

 on a party of French dragoons, 

 with cannon, which covered a 

 French privateer : the dragoons 

 being beaten with the loss of 

 seven men, and horses, the British 

 swam off to the privateer, and 

 took her by boarding. 



14. Lord Chamberlain's Office. 

 — Last night, the body of her late 

 Royal Highness, Princess Amelia, 

 was privately interred inthe Royal 

 Chapel of St. George, in Windsor. 

 (See the Chronicle, p. 288.^ 



16. Account from capt. Gran^ 

 of his majesty's ship Diana, of 

 his having, in company with the 

 Donegal, Revenge, and Niobe, 

 driven on shore two French fri- 

 gates on the coast of La Hogue. 

 A boat was sent in which fired 

 several of Congreve's rockets. 

 They were both left on their beam 

 ends. 



19. Lieutenant-general sir John 

 Stuart, at Messina, September 

 22, reports, that, at day-light, on 

 the morning of the 18th of Sep- 

 tember, the enemy's flotilla ap- 

 peared to be preparing an attempt 

 at landing between the Messina 

 and the Faro. A debarkation 



was in fact effected under general 

 Cavignac, near St. Stefano, about 

 seven miles to the southward, of 

 about 3,500 men, Corsican and 

 Neapolitan troops. 



Major-gen. Campbell repaired 

 to the menaced quarter, where he 

 found the German Riflemen en- 

 gaged with the enemy, and the 

 21st regiment, and part of the 

 2nd Germans occupying the post 

 of Mili, to prevent the advance 

 of the French upon Messina, as 

 well as the mountain passes above 

 it. As day broke, he perceived 

 the enemy already on the heights, 

 and extending from thence to the 

 beach ; but shortly after they be- 

 gan to waver, and those nearest 

 the boats to commence a preci- 

 pitate embarkation, in conse- 

 quence of a sudden and vigorous 

 attack made upon their flank by 

 the 2nd battalion of light in- 

 fantry, under lieutenant-colonel 

 Fischer. 



Major-general Campbell ob- 

 serving this movement of irreso- 

 lution, pushed forward with the 

 21st regiment, and 3rd Germans, 

 along the beach, and thus suc- 

 ceeded in cutting off all the 

 enemy's troops who had gained 

 the heights, besides some whom 

 the boats abandoned. He took 

 about 900 prisoners, including a 

 colonel, and tv/o officers of the 

 general staff", together with the 

 colours of the Corsican legion. 



20. Extraordinary Accounts 



from lord Wellington of slight 

 affairs of reconnoitering parties 

 around his works in advance of 

 Lisbon. Also of the capture of 

 350 French from the stragglers 

 of their army— also of the diffi- 

 culties of the enemy in procuring 

 provisions — also of the capture 

 of Coimbra, in the rear of the 

 French army, with 1 ,500 sick and 



