1809,] Account of the late Lieut. 
both of these actions, but we shall only 
quote what he says respecting the attack 
that produced the surrender of Calvi. 
“The same officer, who had carried 
the Convention Fort, was chosen also to 
conduct the storm of Calvi. Day-break 
was judged the proper ume for anaking 
the attempt. 
*¢ The French, at this period, seem to 
have made it a rule to stand an assaut, 
rather than capitulate, even after a prac- 
ticable breach was made. ‘They ex- 
pected to repel the assailants on the pre- 
sent occasion, by throwing grenades from 
the parapet nearest the breach, as well 
as by the fre of the garriSon. 
** The othicer, who was to conduct the 
assault, posted his troops at midnight, 
among the myrtle-bushes, with which ‘the 
rocks. around Calvi are covered, and as 
near the breach as possible, without 
be:ng heard by the enemy. ‘That there 
miy oht be no risk’ of alar ming them by ac- 
cidental firing, he bad ordered the sol- 
diers not to lod, having previously con- 
vinced them, that the. point would be 
best effected by the bayonet. A little 
before day-break, the» commander in 
chief arrived with the officers of his suite. 
He had the satisfaction to find that the 
garrison had not been alarmed, at that 
quarter. False attacks had been made 
elsewhere to divert their attention, 
“ After a short conversation between 
the general, and the officer who was to 
lead the assault, the signal was given. 
‘The troops advanced with a rapid step 
to the breach; and they were half-way 
before they were observed by the enemy. 
A volley of grape-shot was fired from the 
ramparts. ‘The dubious light before 
day-break made the cainoniers take a 
tulse aim: the shot flew over the heads 
of the advancing party; and some of the 
general’s attendants were wounded, 
{n a short time, the grenadiers were 
descried scrambling up the rubbish, while 
many grenades and shells were thrown 
from the parapet on the assailants, who, 
pushing past thei wounded, and dying 
triends, coatinued their course to the 
breach. ‘Those of the enemy who were 
not killed; or taken prisoners, fled into the 
town. When the general perceived the 
erenadiers ascending, he put spurs to his 
horse, and rode to the bottom of the hill, 
on which the fort stood, and quitting his 
horse, mounted directly to the breach. 
Finding the troops in possession of the 
place, ne flew into the aris of the officer - 
who had led the assault. ‘The surround- 
ing officers shouted, and threw their hats 
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-General Sir Fohn Moore. 
into the airfor joy. The moment was 
worth years of common life. 
“« Tt does not fall to the share of many 
officers, even during a pretty long mili- 
tary career, to conduct an assault, or 
even to assist in taking a fortress by 
storm, Such dangerous services seldom 
occurred formerly, as the garrison gene- 
rally Oe after a breach was made. 
Tt has been the fate of this officer, ial- 
though a young man, to conduct two, and 
to be successful in both. The most 
effectual measures were immediately 
taken for establishing the troops im the 
works they had so: bravely carried, the 
cannon of which were turned against the 
town of Calvi, which the works com- 
manded, and which capitulate soon 
after.” 
At the end ofa short period, the vee 
island of Corsica submitted to the British 
arms; and a general consulta, consisting 
of deputies chosen by the different diss 
tricts, having assembled at Corte, the 
capital, Paoli presided as_ president. 
The first business agitated, was the union 
of Corsica to the crown of England, 
which accordingly took place; and had 
prudent measures been adopted, it is not 
at all unlikeiy that the inhabitants might 
-have been conciliated, and all SHarts | on 
the part of the enemy rendered ineffec- 
tual. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Moore was imme- 
diately appointed adjutant-general, but 
he, as well as Paoli, ve to have given 
umbrage to Sir Gilbert El liot, now Lord 
Minto, and Governor General of British 
He accordingly took measures 
for the return of the ‘subject of ‘the pre- 
sent memoir, who, on this occasion, 1s 
alluded to by his own father,-in the fol- 
lowing short quotation. 
“Highly esteemed by his brother of- 
ficers, ‘beloved a his soldiers, and en- 
joying the confidence of the general who 
had succeeded in the military command, 
he had the misfortune not to please fhe. 
Vice: roy, in consequence of a representa- 
tion from whom, to the surprize of every 
body, and of none more. than the com- 
mauder of the troops, he was recalled 
from his situation in Corsica, ‘Tins 
seemed the more extraordinary, aS, in- 
dependent of the cool intrepidity, zeal 
for the, service, and the professional 
talents he had so eminently displayed ; 
he is of a modest whassuming character, 
humane, of scrupulous integrity, inoa- 
pable of adulation, and more solicitous to 
deserve, than to receive praise. To 
the Coxsicans, who have a high admirae 
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