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notified her acceffian to the late treaty 
concluded at Peterfburg ; but fhe dif- 
covers very little inclination to retire from 
Hanover, and probably will not quit it 
at all.- 
‘The following are the details of the ac- 
tion of Algefiras the 6th of July, and the 
fubfequent engagement between that bay 
and°Cadiz on the s2th and 13th of July, 
as given in the French papers : 
Kear Admiral Linois, fays the Minifter 
F Marine, was apprized at half paft deven 
in the morning, that the English iquadion, 
which was cinizing before Cadiz, had 
paffed the Streights. It was compofed of 
fix fhips of the line, following in the wake 
of the ie ader, which fteered for the For. 
midable, the fhip more to the northward 
of the Defhix, the Indomptable, and the 
frigate the Murion, to the fouth. Ata 
quarter paft eight the battery of Ifle 
Verte fired upon the enemy. At half af- 
ter eight the Indomptable began the fight, 
which {oon became general. Athalf paft 
nine Adm, Linois made the fenal to cut 
tne cables. The breeze from the land had 
fallen, and as the calm continued, the 
movement of the failing off of the fhips 
was very tedious, and rendered more cri- 
‘tical the pofiiion of the three hips, whofe 
fire, however, did not flacken. At eleven 
o’clock theFormidable touched the ground, 
and the leader of the enemy’s line touched 
alfo in front of her. Two Englifh thips 
bore up with fprings upon their cables, 
within a fhort diftance from thofe of the 
Republic. The battery of Ifle Verte had 
almoft for two hours ceafed its fire, and 
the Englifh beats, and other {mall craft, 
threatened to poflefs themfelves of it. A 
captain of infantry, at the head of 130 
-foldiers, paffengers on board the Formi- 
dable, went on fhore to prevent the enemy 
from ‘landing; they juft arrived in time. 
An Englifh boat was funk, and another 
taken. The captain of the Defaix alfo 
fent people to that battery, which was alfo 
ferved with great a@ivity. An Englifh 
fhip touched the ground oppofite the bat- 
tery, the fire of which we fuftained, as 
alfo that of the Indomptable. Her flag 
was ftruck, but fome of the boats towed 
her off. The battery of ‘St. Jacques, 
fituated to the north of the line, having 
flackened its fire, the General of Brigade, 
Devaux, who was on board the French 
fquadron, haftened into’ it with troops 
from the Defaix, and poured fome well- 
directed difcharges upon the enemy. Seven 
Spanifh gun-boats teok fich an agtive pai‘t 
jn the engagement, that five of them were 
funk or totally difabled. The Evglith fhips 
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were unable to refit. Thofe which were 
-moored cut their cables, and the fhip that 
was aground near the Formidable ftruck 
her flag at two o’clock. 
after, the battle ceaied, the enemy having 
tacked, leaving the Hannibal, of 74 guns, 
behind. Admiral Linois, who takes no 
notice of his own fervices in this glorious 
day, applies himfelf only to the praife of 
all thofe who affifted him; and it is with - 
enthufafm that he fpeaks of the valour 
and difcipline of the officers and ‘oldiers, 
both by land and fea. In the evening of 
the 6th of July feveral boats of the ene- 
my’s diyifion came on board the Hanni- 
bal to take away the wounded. As they 
had not a flag of truce, and Were armed, 
Admiral, Linois detained them and made 
them prifoners. The 7th of July he per- 
ceived at Gibraltar twe of the fhips that 
had been obliged to return into the port ; 
the three others were in the road, ‘but 
only ove appeared fit to putto fea.” The 
Miniter: of Marine continues to fay. ‘the 
battle lafted fix hours, without intermif- 
fion ; each French fhip had to contend in 
fucceffion againft three or four Englifh. 
The lofs of the Englifh he ffates as 
amounting to 1500 men, kuled and wound - 
ed, and that of the French 180 men killed, 
300 wounded, of whom 13 are incurable, 
and 40 very feverely. wounded. 
The Spanifh Admiral, Moreno, gives 
the following details of the engagement of 
the r2th and 13th of July. 
*¢ On the oth of July, (fays the Admi- 
ral) a divifion of five Spanith fhips of the 
line, one French fhip of the line, and two 
frigates moored at Algefiras, under his 
command, and joined the fquadron of Vice 
Admiral Linols, encreafed by-the Han- 
nibal, taken from the Englifhs On the 
12th, at one in the afternoon, Admiral 
Moreno gave the fignal for preparing 
to return to Cadiz. During the night 
the fquadron divided, the Formidable 
and Antoine, with two Spanith fhips, 
a-ftern. Thenight wasvery dark, and the 
wind frefh. ‘Phe Englifh fquadron, which 
had been repaired at Gibraltar, and which 
failed at the fame time with his, had been 
feen to windward in the evening. Tso 
Spanifii fhips, three deckers, taking each 
other for enemies, fired and engaged upoa 
each other in a terrible combat. They 
fell on board each other, one of them took 
fire, and both blew up. TheSt. Antoine, 
which was near thefe fhips, feparated im- 
mediately on perceiving the fire, and thus 
feli to fome difiance from the fquadron. 
The Admiral had not yet heard any fure. 
account of her. The Formidable per- 
x ceiving 
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