APPENDIX TO. CHRONICLE. 
twelve pounder carronade, not 
mounted. 
On the howitzer is inscribed, 
«‘ Taken at the surrender of York 
Town, 1781.” 
(Signed) 
J. MiteHeEL, 
Majer, Capt. Royal Artillery. 
Admiralty-Office, March 9. 
Dispatches, of which the fol- 
lowing are copies, addressed by 
Vice- Admiral the Honourable Sir 
Alexander Cochrane, G.C.B., &c. 
to John Wilson Croker, Esq. were 
yesterday brought to this office by 
the Honourable Captain William 
Henry Percy, late of his Majesty’s 
ship Hermes. 
Armide, off Isle-au-Chat, 
Dec. 16, 1814. 
Sir,—Having arrived.at the an- 
chorage off Chandeleur Islands on 
the 8th instant, Captain Gordon, 
of the Seahorse (which ship, with 
the Armide and Sophie, I had sent 
on from off Pensacola to the an- 
chorage within Isle au Vaisseau), 
reported to me that two gun- 
vessels of the enemy, apparently 
large size sloops, of very light 
draught of water, had fired at the 
Armide upon her way down, from 
within the chain of small islands 
that ran parallel to the coast from 
Mobile toward Lac Borgne, and 
having afterwards joined three 
others cruising in the Lake, were 
then visible from his mast head. 
The Bayone Catalan (or des 
—" at the head of Lac 
Borgne, being the contemplated 
point of disembarkation, the dis- 
tance from the inner anchorage of 
the frigates and troop ships to the 
Bayone full sixty miles, and our 
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principal means of transport open 
boats, it became impossible that 
any movement of the troops could 
take place until this formidable 
flotilla was either captured or de- 
stroyed. 
Rear Admiral Malcolm joined 
me with the fleet upon the 11th 
instant; and upon the 12th I 
placed the launches, barges, and 
pinnaces of the squadron, with 
Captain Montressor of the Manly, 
and Captain Roberts, of the Me- 
teor, under the command of Cap- 
tain Lockyer of the Sophie, and 
sent them into Lac Borgne in 
pursuit of the enemy, while the 
frigates, troop ships, and smaller 
vessels moved into the inmost an- 
chorage, each vessel proceeding 
on until she took the ground. 
After an arduous row of thirty- 
six hours, Captain Lockyer had 
the good fortune to close with the 
flotilla, which he attacked with 
such judgment and determined 
bravery, that notwithstanding 
their formidable force, their ad- 
vantage of a chosen position, and 
their studied and deliberate pre- 
paration, he succeeded in cap- 
turing the whole of these vessels, 
in’so serviceable astate, as to af- 
ford at once the most essential 
aid to the expedition. 
For the particulars of this bril- 
liant affair, I refer their Lordships 
to the accompanying copy of Cap- 
tain Lockyer’s letter, detailing his 
proceedings, which I am fully 
aware their Lordships will duly 
appreciate. 
Captain Lockyer’s conduct on 
this occasion, in which he has 
been severely wounded, and his 
long and active services as a com- 
mander, justly entitling him to 
their Lordships’ protection, and, 
