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position most advantageous to annoy the ene- 
-t™y, and preserve his owa ship; which could 
“mdét be exceeded by any feat of vaiour hi- 
therto achieved by the British navy. 
It is due to Rear-Acmiral Stopford, and Sir 
Farry Neale, that Ishould here take the op- 
portunity of acquanting their lordships of the 
handsome ‘and earnest manner in which both 
“these meritorious officers had volunteered 
their services before the arrival of Lord Coch- 
rane to undertake an attack upon the enemy 
with fire ships; and that, had not their lord- 
ships fixed upon hint to conduct the enterprise, 
T have full confidence that the result of their 
efforts would have been highly creditable to 
them. 
I should feel that I did not do justice to the 
services of Captain Godfrey of the Aftna, in 
bombarding the enemy’s ships on the 12th, 
and nearly all the day of the 13th, if I did not 
tecommend him to their lordships notice ; and 
J cannot admit bearing due testimony to the 
anxious desire expressed by Mr. Congreve to 
be employed wherever | might conceive his 
servicesin the management of his rockets 
would be useful ; some of them were placed in 
the fire shins with effect; and I have every 
reason to be Satisfied with the artillerymen 
and others who had the management cf them, 
under Mr. Congreve’s direction. | 
I send herewith: a return of the killed, 
wounded, and missing of the fleet, which I 
am happy tu observe, is comparatively small. 
I have not yet received the returns of the 
humber of prisoners taken, but I conceive 
they amount to between 4 and 500. 
I have charged Sir Herry Neale with this 
dispatch (by the Imperieuse) and I beg lteave 
to refer their lordships to him. as also to Lord 
Cochrane, for any further particulars of which 
they may wish to be informed. 
T have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed) GAMBIER 
15th April. 
PS. This morning three of the -enemy’s 
line of ba‘tle slips are observed to be still on 
shore under Fouras, and one of them is in a 
dangerous situation. Ore of their frigates 
(L’Indienne), also on shore, has jallen over, 
aad they are now dismantling her. As the tides 
will take off ina day or two, there is every . 
probability that she will*be destroyed. 
Since writing the foregoing, I have learnt 
that the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Cochrane { Lerd 
Cochrane’s brother) and Lieut. Bissett of the 
navy, were volunteers in the Imperie€use, and 
fendered themselves extremely useful, the 
former by commanding some of her guns on 
the main deck; and the latter conducting one 
of the explosion-vessels. 
Names of the Ships in Aix Roads, previous tc the 
~ attack on the 11th April, 1809. 
L’Ocean, 120 guns, Vice- Admiral Alleman- 
de, Capt. Roland.—Repaired in 1806, on 
shore under Fouras. 
_ Destructionof the Brest Fleet. 
[May 1, 
Foudroyant, 80 guxs, Rear-Admiral Gourdon, 
Capt. Henri.—Five years old; on shore ua- 
der Fouras. 
Cassard, 74 guns, Capt. Faure, Commodore. 
—Three years old 3 on shore under Fouras. 
Tourville, 74 guns, Capt. La Caille.—Old; on 
shore in the river. 
Regulus, 74 guns, Capt. Lucus.—Five years 
old; onshore under Madame. . 
Patsiutd, 74 guns, Capt. Mahee. — Repaired in 
18053. 
Jemappe, 74 guns, Capt. Fadia! —On shore - 
under Madame. 
Tonnérre, 74 guns, Capt. Clement de Ja Ron- 
clere,—»Nine months old, never at sea. 
Aquilon, 74 guns, Capc. Miaiaeten —Old. 
Ville de Varsovie, 80 guns, Capt. Cuvillier. 
—New, never at sea. 
Calcutta, 56 guns, Capt. La Tonie. Loaded 
with flour and military stores. 
Frigates. 
Indienne, Capt. Proteau.—QOn shore near Isle 
d’Enet, on her beam ends, 
Elbe, Capt. Perengier. 
Pallas, Capt. Le Bigot. 
Hortense, Capt. Allgand. 
N.B. One of the three last frigates on 
shore under Isle Madame. 
Return of Officers, Seamen, and Ma; ‘ines, killed, 
wounded and missnz, between the 1ith ta 
14th of April, 1869, inclusive. 
~ Names of Officers kilied.—W. Flintoff, acting 
Lieutenant 0: the Casar; J. Seggese, 
gunner of tae Mediator. 
Names of Officers wounded.—Wm. Ed: ward 
Fairfax, Master of the fleet, Celedonia ; 
R.F. Jewers, Master’s Mate, Theseus ; 
Mr. Gilbert, Surgeon’s Assistant, andM. 
Marsdea, Purser, I.siperieuse; J. Gar- 
land, Lieutenant, Revenge; James 
Wooldridge, Captain; Nicholes Brent 
Clements, Lieutant; and James Pearl, 
Lieutenant, Mediator; Richard W. 
Charston, Midshipman, Etna. 
Total—-2 officers, 8 men, killed; 9 offi- 
cers, 26 men, wounded; 1 man, missing. 
Total 46. 
GamBIER. 
Return received since the above was writ- 
ten.=<=1 officer, 1 man, wounded. 
This gazette of the 15th of April, con- 
tains a letter from Captain Yeo, of the 
Confiance, dated Cayenne Harbour, Jan. 
15th. It announces the capture of that 
important colony by a descent of British 
and Portuguese troops on the 4th of that 
month. Little resist ance was made by 
the enemy; and there is nothing in the 
above letter, which would authorise us 
to give itin detail. Captain Yeo pays 
the highest compliments to all the officers 
and men under his command. The place 
Was taken possession of in the name of 
the 
