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purfued by our troops with a perfeverance which forms a principal feature of their character.

While fome repofe was granted to the troops, fatigued by an obftinate conflict, and while the remainder, who had not yet fought, were prepar ing for an attack on Monte Ajuto, it was obferved, that the brigade of 'General Count St. Julien had already afcended Monte Notte, and was advancing against Monte Negiro in full fpeed. The pofition on Monte Ajuto, from nature and art, had for the enemy all the advantages which I have already mentioned in thofe of la Torre di Cadibuona.

Five battalions of grenadiers were ordered by General Lattermann to march round by the right wing, while Count Palffy, at the head of the brigade of Buffy, with the utmost skill and bravery attacked the enemy, who had advanced from their intrenchments, and drove them back with confiderable lofs to the highest precipice of Monte Ajuto, mentioned be. fore; and in the fame manner as our valiant grenadiers menaced the prin cipal redoubt in the rear, to cut off the enemy's retreat, the brave regi ment of Spleny, with a divifion of pioneers, fucceeded in ftorming these works in front, and in forcing the enemy to feek fafety at Vado and Sa. vona, night only terminating the conflict."

At the fame moment the troops under General St. Julien made themfelves mafters of Monte Negiro, took one piece of cannon, several small field-pieces, and fome ammunition, made prifoners 12 officers and 86 privates, purfuing the remainder along Madona di Savona to the citadel of Savona. Thus fituated, we prepared for attacking Monte Giacomo on the 7th. The enemy made little refiftance, and a small party of our troops took poffeffion of it, while Field-marfhal-lieutenant-general Elfnitz directed his principal views towards the heights of Vado. On the morn ing of the 7th we were mafters of the different points which could lead to the conqueft of the ftrong places before us, and a divifion of the brigade of Sticker was actually advancing against Vado, across the heights of Madona del Monte, when our fpies brought the happy tidings that the enemy had precipitately quitted the fort St. Steffano and its higheft point, having deftroyed their ammunition, fpiked their cannon, and conveyed their troops by fea towards Finale; fo that, befide thefe advantageous pofitions, 17 pieces of cannon, fome fhips, and various military utenfils fell into our hands.

The divifion of the enemy which had fled toward the citadel of Savona in confufion, left in our hands 350 prifoners-and the city of Savona, and the harbour of Vado, giving protection to our allies, will certainly crown our victory.

I am in hourly expectation of reports from the Generals in the Riviere di Levante, which will determine my further operations. Meanwhile the citadel of Savona is clofely blockaded by our troops.

(Signed)

Head-quarters at Cadibuona, April 3.

MELAS, General of Cavalry.

Extract of a Letter from Field-marshal-lieutenant Count Hohenzollern, to the Imperial Commiffary, Count Cocaftelli.

Head-quarters, Bochetta, April 9, Eight o'Clock in the Evening THIS morning I gave orders to the two regiments Kray and Alvinzy, under General Rouffeau, to attack the Bochetta, hitherto deemed invincible. Seven clofe batteries, lined with heavy artillery, were affailed one by one, and carried at the point of the bayonet, by the incredible

bravery

bravery of our foldiers. The enemy, with a view of difconcerting this enterprise, had yesterday made a strong diverfion against my right wing, and advanced even against St. Benedetto, but without fuccefs. Our troops are rapidly advancing against Genoa.-Col di Tenda, Mount Cenis, Vado, and Savona are in our hands; and these fucceffes are a fure prefage of still greater advantages.

Milan, April 11.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, May 10, 1800.

Admiralty Office, May 10.

Copy of a Letter from Vice-admiral Lord Keith, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Veffels in the Mediterranean; dated on board the Minotaur, off Genoa, April 18.

I HAVE the fatisfaction of acquainting you, for the information of their Lordships, that the Guillaume Tell having attempted to escape from Malta on the evening of the 29th ult. was intercepted and captured the following morning by his Majefty's fhips Lion, Foudroyant, and Penelope; but as I have not yet received Captain Dixon's account of the particulars of the action, or of the lofs which has been fuftained, I must take another opportunity of communicating them. I understand, however, that the enemy was completely difmafted before fhe ftruck, and that the Lion and Foudroyant have had killed and wounded about 40 men each.

Admiralty Office, May 10.

LETTERS received this morning from Lord Keith, dated the 21ft of April, mention feveral important advantages gained by the Auftrians in the vicinity of Genoa, under the walls of which place the French have been obliged to concentrate their force. In many attacks the fire of the English fhips was employed with confiderable effect.--The meffenger reports that he faw an Englifh fhip towing a captured Dutch fhip of the line (with a frigate or floop) into Yarmouth Roads.

Copy of a Letter from Vice-admiral Lord Keith, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Ships and Veffels in the Mediterranean, to Evan Nepean, Efq.; dated in Leghorn Road, April 1.

Sir,

I HAVE the honour to enclose to you, for the information of their Lordships, a lift of merchant-veffels captured by the fhips of the fquadron under my command. I have the honour to be, &c. &c.

KEITH.

Lift of Merchant-veffels captured by the Ships of the Squadron under the Command of Vice-admiral Lord Keith, K. B. &c.

The Spanish brig El Bulcano, from Corunna bound to the River of Plate, laden with fundries: captured December 23, 1799, by the fquadron under the orders of Rear-admiral Duckworth.

The brig Catharina, of Hamburgh, from Oporto, bound to Limerick, laden with wine and fruit; recaptured December 24, 1799, by the Netley fchooner.

The

The English bark Dutchefs of Gordon, from Newfoundland, bound to Oporto, laden with 7600 quintals of fifh: recaptured December 25, 1799, by ditto.

The English veffel Venus, from London, bound to Oporto, laden with fhot, lead, tin, ftaves, &c.: recaptured December 25, 1799, by ditto.

The English brig Liberty, in ballaft: 'recaptured December 25, 1799, by ditto.

The Spanish brig La Fletcher, of So tons, 14 guns, and 44 men, from Saint Andero, bound to Vera Cruz, laden with wine, iron, paper, &c.: captured December 26, 1799, by the Caroline.

The Englith brig Commerce, laden with falt fifh: recaptured Decem ber 27, 1799, by the Netley fchooner.

A Swedifli brig, laden with iron and deals, from Stockholmn, bound to Viana: recaptured December 27, 1799, by ditto.

A Portuguese fchooner, laden with falt: recaptured December 27, 1799, by ditto.

The Spanish brig La Villa Defeada, from Vera Cruz, bound to Saint Andero, laden with fugar, hides, &c.: captured December 30, 1799, by the fquadron under the orders of Rear-admiral Duckworth.

The Spanifh fhip (name unknown), from Cadiz, bound to Lima, with bale-goods, &c.: captured December 30, 1799, by the Phoenix."

The Genoefe fhip America, of 400 tons, from Alexandria, bound to Genoa, laden with fundry merchandife: captured January 10, by the Thefeus.

The Genoefe polacre fhip Divina Providenza, from Marseilles, bound to Genoa, laden with corn and wine: captured January 12, by the Santa Dorotea.

The Spanish brig Signora Montferat, from Barcelona, bound to Genoa, laden with wine and bird-feed: captured January 13, by the Pearl.

A light festee: cut out of Ariache, and deftroyed January 18, by the Santa Dorotea.

The fhip Signor della Providenza, from Marfeilles, bound to Genoa, laden with corn and wine': captured January 19, by the Mutine.

A veffel (name unknown), the crew having deferted her, laden with corn and a few bales of leather: captured January 19, by ditto.

The Ragufan polacre fhip L'Anonciat, from Tunis, bound to Genoa, laden with corn: recaptured January 27, by the Foudroyant and Queen Charlotte.

The French brig Le Dillon, laden with oil: captured January 27, by the Pearl.

A French fettee, in ballaft: captured January 27, by ditto.

The French bombard La Françoife, from Adge, bound to Marfeilles, laden with wheat: captured January 27, by the Petterel.

The French brig Le Jean Jofeph, from Adge, bound to Marseilles, in ballaft: captured January 27, by ditto.

The French brig Le Jofeph, bound from Marfeilles to Adge, in bal laft: captured January 27, by ditto.

The Spanith brig San Juan Baptifta, from Carthagena, bound to Marfeilles, laden with barilla: captured January 27, by ditto.

The Genoefe polacre fhip Noftra Seignora Divina Providenza, from Genoa, bound to Marfeilles, faden with corn and wine: captured January 29, by the Santa Dorotea.

The

The Genoefe fettee Noftra Seignora de la Marchade, from Genoa, bound to Cette, laden with ditto: captured January 29, by ditto.

The Genoefe fettee Santiffimo Annunciato, from Genoa, bound to Toulon,-laden with ditto and dollars: captured January 29, by ditto. A fettee, from Nice, bound to Loreano: captured February 1, by the Minotaur.

- A Genoefe polacre fhip: run afhore off Narbonne, and totally loft, February 9, by the Pearl."

A fhip from Genoa, bound to Marseilles, laden with oil: captured February 9, by the Santa Dorotea.

A Neapolitan brig, from Palermo, bound to Leghorn, laden with locufts: recaptured February 10, by the Mermaid.

The Ragufan brig Nova Sorte, from Barcelona, bound to Leghorn, laden with wine: recaptured February 20, by the Mutine.

The Ragufan brig La Grazia, from Barcelona, bound to Leghorn, laden with wine: recaptured March 5, by ditto.

The Genoefe polacre fhip Il Volante, from Efpecia, bound to Leghorn, laden with iron, coffee, &c.: captured March 7, by ditto.

A Spanish polacre fhip, from Barcelona, bound to Malaga, laden with brandy, wine, and merchandife: captured March 9, by the Phoenix.

Admiralty Office, May 9.

KEITH.

Copy of a Letter from Captain Cockburne, of his Majesty's Ship La Minerve, to Lord Keith.

My Lord, La Minerve, at Sea, the 2d March. I HAVE the honour to inform your Lordship that his Majefty's fhip under my command captured this morning Le Furet French brig privateer of 14 guns and So men, belonging to Nantes, out feventeen days; has only taken the Alert of North Yarmouth, which we have retaken.

I am, &c.

GEORGE COCKBURNE.

Copy of a Letter from Captain Aufien, of his Majefty's Sloop Petterel, to Captain Oliver, of his Majefty's Ship Mermaid.

Sir, Petterel, at Sea, March 22. I HAVE to inform that the veffels with which you faw me engaged yesterday afternoon, near Cape Couronne, were a fhip, brig, and xebec, belonging to the French republic; two of which, the fhip and xebec, Í drove on fhore, and after a running action of about one hour and half, during which we were not more than a cable's length from the fhore, and frequently not half that diftance, the third ftruck her colours. On taking poffeffion, found her to be La Ligurienne French brig of war, mounting 14 fix-pounders and two 36-pounder howitzers, all brafs, commanded by Citizen Francis Augufte Pelabon, Lieutenant de Vaiffeau, and had on board at the commencement of the action 104 men. Though from the fpirited conduct and alacrity of Lieutenant Packer, Mr. Thompson the mafter, and Mr. Hill the purfer (who very handfomely volunteered his fervices on the main deck), joined to the gallantry and determined courage of the reft of the officers, feamen, and marines of his Majefty's floop under my_command, I was happily enabled to bring the conteft to a favourable iffue; yet I could not but feel the want, and regret the abfence

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abfence of my firft lieutenant Mr. Glover, the gunner, and 30 men, who were at the time away in prizes. I have a lively pleasure in adding, that this fervice has been performed without a man hurt on our part, and with no other damage to the fhip than four of our carronades difmounted, and a few fhots through the fails.

La Ligurienne is a very fine veffel of the kind, well equipped with ftores of all forts, in excellent repair, and not two years old; is built on a peculiar plan, being faftened throughout with fcrew-bolts, fo as to be taken to pieces and fet up again with eafe, and is faid to have been intended to follow Bonaparte to Egypt. I learn from the prifoners that the fhip is called Le Cerf, mounting 14 fix-pounders, and the xebec, Le Joiliet, mounting fix fix-pounders: that they had failed in company with a convoy (two of which, as per margin *, I captured in the forenoon) that morning from Cette for Marfeilles. I enclofe a lift of the killed and wounded, as far as I have been able to ascertain it,

R. D. Oliver, Efq. Captain of his Majefty's Ship Mermaid.

And am, &c.

F. W. AUSTEN.

Return of the killed and wounded in an Action between his Britannic Majefty's Sloop Petterel, Francis William Auften, Efq. Commander, and the French National Brig La Ligurienne, commanded by Citizen Francis Augufte Pelabon, Lieutenant de Vaiffeau.

Petterel-None killed or wounded.

La Ligurienne-The Captain and I feaman killed; I garde marine and I feaman wounded.

Admiralty Office, May 9.

Copy of a Letter from Lieutenant Wright to Vice-admiral Dickson.

His Majefty's hired armed Lugger Lady Ann,
Yarmouth Road, May 6.

Sir, I HAVE the honour to acquaint you, that in purfuance of orders I received from A. Dickfon, Efq. captain of his Majefty's fhip Veteran, I proceeded off Flufhing, and explored that anchorage in the lugger under my command; and having done fo, and feeing nothing in the road, on returning to join the fquadron yesterday off Goree, I fell in with Les Huit Freres, French lugger privateer, mounting 14 long carriage guns (nine of which he hove overboard), when, after a clofe action of one hour and thirty-five minutes, fhe ftruck, close to the batteries along fhore, Weft Chapel S. S.W. two miles. I attribute the long continuance of the action to the unfitnefs of the guns of the lugger; however, during that period, I was very ably feconded by the profeffional skill of Mr. David Banks, mafter, and by the bravery of the crew of the Lady Ann.

It gave me great pleasure in making this capture, and particularly as

* A French bark (name unknown), laden with wheat, about 350 tons: abandoned by the crew.

A French bombard (name unknown), laden with wheat, about 150 tons: left by

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