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out the reach of the enemy's fire ; 

 which I, as well as all the others, 

 scrupled to obey, before the Queen 

 Charlotte was in safety from the 

 burning ships. 



In this retreat, which, from the 

 want of wind, and the damage 

 suffered in the rigging, was very 

 slow, the ships had still to suffer 

 much from a new-opened and re- 

 doubled fire of the enemy's bat- 

 teries ; at last, the land-breeze 

 springing up, which Lord Ex- 

 mouth had reckoned upon, the 

 fleet, at 12 o'clock, came to an- 

 chor in the middle of the bay. 



The Queen Charlotte, under 

 the fire of the batteries, passing 

 the Melampus under sail, his 

 Lordship wished to be able to see 

 me, in order to completely re- 

 ward me by shaking my hand in 

 the heartiest manner, and saying, 

 — " I have not lost sight of my 

 Dutch friends ; they have, as well 

 as mine, done their best for the 

 glory of the day." 



This circumstance, and the ge- 

 neral order of Lord Exmouth to 

 the fleet, of which I have the ho- 

 nour to enclose a copy, must make 

 the squadron hope for his Ma- 

 jesty's satisfaction. 



For our loss in killed and 

 wounded, I have to refer you to 

 the subjoined list : it is I'emark- 

 ably small for ships exposed to a 

 fire of eight hours' duration, in 

 comparison with that of the Eng- 

 lish ships. In the damage done 

 to our rigging, &c. your Excel- 

 lency will observe that we have 

 been less fortunate. 



The day after the action. Lord 

 Exmouth sent a second summons 

 to the Dey, of which his lordship 

 sent me a copy : it stated, that by 

 the destruction of half Algiers, 



and of his whole navy, the Dey 

 was now chastised for his faith- 

 less conduct at Bona, &c. and 

 that he could only prevent the 

 total destruction of the town by 

 the acceptance of the conditions 

 of the preceding day. The signal 

 of the acceptance of the condi- 

 tions was the fiiingof three shots, 

 which, three hours afterwards, we 

 had the satisfaction of hearing. 

 In a conference with tAVO persons 

 empowered by the Dey, on board 

 Lord Exmouth's ship, at which 

 myself, together with Admiral 

 Milne and Captain Brisbane, were 

 present, all the points were regu- 

 lated. The conclusion of the 

 peace was for England and the 

 Netherlands celebrated by the 

 firing a salute of twice 21 cannon 5 

 and I have now the satisfaction of 

 wishing you joy on the successful 

 termination of the efforts of his 

 Majesty in the cause of humanity. 

 [Here follow praises bestowed by 

 the Admiral on the different offi- 

 cers of his squadron.] 



In proof of his adherence to the 

 treaty, the Dey must this day, at 

 12 o'clock, deliver up 300,000 

 dollars ; and aU the slaves must 

 be ready for embarkation at the 

 wharf. Those of our country are 

 in number 26 or 27, all well, be- 

 sides many others driven into the 

 interior of the country, and who 

 cannot be here before two or three 

 days. 



I shall have the honour, on a 

 future opportunity, to report far- 

 ther to your Excellency ; and am, 

 with the highest respect, &c. he. 



T. Van de Capellek. 

 His Majesty's Frigate Me- 

 lampus, Baij of Algiers, 

 August 30, 1816. 



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