The National Register. — London, England, 1814-01-16 00:00:00

eo Ot7 POSTSCRIPT. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, JAM. 11, 1131%!. Cony of a Letter from Rear-Admiral Freeniantle; to John Wilson Cioker, F.-q. dated on board his MAjesty's ship Milford, Trieste, - Dee. 1311. n,--I :iave the. honone of enclosing a report from the Hnn. sCrptaiir Cenloti.an, of his ;ll:r 7 ,csty's ship Havannah, riving an account atilt , min - en:ler of the very important fortress of Z:ira to the Ans tri.ai torreQ. The jintginent, ptrseveratice, and ability *hewn him, on every occasion, will not, I any prismided, escape their Lord-hip 4 ob.ervation. Capt. Cadogan, %yid' Ihe its of a frigate and tt sloop, has accomplished as nineh am required the ser ices of the sqn...dron milted at Trieste. I have the honour to be, (Signed) T. F. FR EE M iN T lli i‘lajesty's ship I-Leann:lh, before Zara, Dee. 6, 1313. .• Stn,—lt is with great satisfaction I have the honour to inform you, that the fortress of Zara has this day eapitillatled to the com bined Austrian and English forces, after sustaining a a n ti; wade I: nicer) dari from the English batteries, consisting of Iwo pound carronades, eight 18-pounders, and seven 12. pound long gums. Z IA well as two howitzers worked by Austrians. t 3 the cool lei whi:•h conycvs this information will set mot iti.mcdiatel, I wall defer (oci jog into particulars until another opportunity, and eon fnlr: ti:se:t . to thelene :d terms granter,. ‘vhicli are, that the gar rison are to mareTri out with the limootrs of war, to ground their arms on tie kind tin , l; to he conducted as prisoners of war, utail exch i n i :ed, to the outposts of the nearest French army. The gins woi k of the gun icon to be occupied this evening by the Austrian t;ompA, and the whole of the enemy to march out on the 9t l i at ten A. M. As soon a , I Call make ready'a c opy of the terms, I shall have the bonour of forwarding - them to you : in the mean time, I have the Iwthour to he, &e. (Sigmcd) GEO. CADOGAN, Captain. Rear- Admiral F:eemautleyike. The letters, of which the fallowing are copies, have been trans milted to John Wilson Croker, Eq. by Vice• Admiral Sir Edward Bart. Coinmander-its-Chief of his Majesty's ships .and vessels in the.:llediterratteae. His 'Majesty's Ship Swallow, at Sea, Sept. 16, 1813. Stn, --Belot; well in shore at daylight this morning between the Tiber and ])'At zo, a brig and xebeek were-discovered bet vrt en us tiesoil latt er harbour, and having light hafthig winds at the !itne. from the eastward, I thought the boats would have a chant..., of tc,tehine them before they got into port, and they were dispAched, tooter the direction of Lieut. Samuel Edw. Cook (first of the Swal low ). assisted by Mr. Thos. Cole, mate, and Mr. Henry Thomas, midshipman. and, after a row of two hours, they came up with, and hrtught up from close tinder D'Anzo, (from whence numerous boats, be•itics tWo gon.boats, hdd been sent to her assistance, and kept her in tow till VT moment of the boats boarding). the French Wig ()twilit ee, of four guns an:l sixty stand ormail anus. There emit, i.ot ha% e 6(.4 n more steady cool bravery displayed thaii on this rweasion, Licat, Cook speaks in the highest tams of ryes y person with him. I am sorry to say his loss has been F v ere , basing had twn seamen kilt e d am l t o t s . bev crcly %%omitted in hi• boat : as yon will find the CliClOSed return. I have the honour tu be, &e. E. K. SIRS, Commander. To the lion. Henry Dmican. CsAiiin of his Alajesty'll ship 11111111 It We. sce. List Y . Killit and !rounded of D'Anz , P, .Cept. the 16111, li . si 3, belong mg. to his iligjesty's sloy lips, ordinary seaman: N. Joues, ordinary !Mint:tn. IV 0 u N DE IL—limes Fitzgerald and John Iloyleq, ordinary seamen, severely ; James Dorsey, able seaman, ditto; William Dixon, or dinary seaman, danguromily. Ili: Majcidys ship Edinburgh, off D'Anzo, Oct. 5, 1913. St obedience to your direetiono, I put to sea and joined rapt,lin Duncan, of the Impyrictisc, and the ships named in the mar gin (viz. Rtsislance, Swallow, Eclair, and Pylades,) this mailing, oil this place, where ht had been watelling.ii convoy for some days, Az . itti the intention of attacking them the tlrst favourable opportu nity. Tlks: tiecesparr arrangonots having brew made by that utlii:cr THE NATIONAL REGISTER._ • for the attack, I added the tome of this Ship to it, and made the signal that those arrangements wOuld be adhered to, and to pi epare for battle. The place was defended by two hatteties, t!;ree heavy guns e a t + o n a mole : a tower to the northward of this, with one gnu, and a liattery to the southward with two guns, to cover the mole. Every thing being prepared, at half-past oce P the ships bore up, and took their stations as follows : —The hove ricuse and Resistance to the mole batteries ; the Swallow to the Tower; the Yelair and Pylades to the battery to the southward; the Edinbureli supported the last•named Phipg. Shortly after the ships (welled their fire, w hick they did by signal together ; the slot /ilk.; party, under Lieut. Ti avers, of the lupe rietine, and mai hies, i n Capt. Mitchell, hurled in the best ordt r close under the soothero battery, Which Lien t. Travers caviled in stantly, on which the flew in all dire( bons : Lieut. Nlapletoo, havieg taken po,:srs.ion of the mole head, the convoy, consisting of t~+cuts nine ‘essels, was !Jour:lit not without any loss twi City of which are laden w iii 11111t)el• fur the arsenal at Toulon. On !cavity:, the place all the winks were blown lip, and most corn , pletely destroyed. I feel the destruction of the defences of this place to lie of eontivienee, a‘ it was a roovcnient twit f': . shippioi the %cry hvge rinaniity of timber the enemy now have on the adja ; rent coaat. The eaptaii , s, ollicers , and sh ip : eolepili oe ., deserve I my wia - mrst acknowledgment for their excitioos on this occa•ion. few shot in the hulls and rigging of the ships is the only damage Captain Dmienn informs me, that he gained. very tnateiial and necessary infoimation respecting ties place, by a vei y gallant ex ploit performed a few nights ago by Lieut. Travers, of the I m pe. rieuse, who slot tiled, with a hoat's crew, a tower ofcne gi n destroy ing it, and bringing the guard away, I am, &e. G. H. L. DUNDAS ) Captain. To Capt. Rovtlf.y,hiA Majesty's ship America, Set;kr Officer. His Majesty's Ship Furiense, at Sea, Oct 9, 1813. SIR—I beg leave to acquaint yon, that on the 4tn instant, run Mug along the coast to the island of Pouza, at one, P. M. I ob served a convoy of nineteen vessels in the harbour of Marinelo, (about six miles to the eastward of Civita Vecchia) protected by two gun boats, a fart ot two lung twenty-four pormdera,and a strong fortified castle and tower, and rt appearing practicable to cut them out, as the wind was fair for that pin'pose, Lieuts. Croker and Lester, with Lients. Whyloek and Davies, of marines, gallantly volunteered to storm the tort on the land side with the whole or the marines and boats crews, whilst the ship anchored before it, which service Iva% omptly performed ; and After n few broadsides I had the sati-fAct.ou of seeing the battery carried and gnus spiked by our gallant party on shore. The enemy retreated. and touk the strong positions ot the castle and tower nye' looking the har'sone, where they kept tip a constant fire of musketry through loop-holes, without the possibility of being dislodged ; although I weighed and moved in, so that the whole fire of the ship was directed against it. Nothing could damp the ardour of the party on shore, who, together with Lieut. Lester in the lands, lost not a moment in boarding and cutting the rabies of sixteen vessels, under a most galling fire, two of which were sunk in the entrance of the harbour, and fourteen got out. I have to regret the loss of twelve brave nwn killed and wontoled, which is less than might have been expected, as more than :WO regular troops arrived from Civita Vecchia ; but were kept in cheek in coining along, and thread to take a circuitous route, by a well directed tire from the ship, which allowed sufficient time for all our men to embark. It is now a pleasing duty to pay a just tribute of praise to the very gallant and 'determined conduct of Mr. Cioker. 1114 lieutenant, whose zeal bn this and every other Occasion merit my warmest commendation ; and he speaks in the highest terms of acl miration of the determisted bravery of Lients. Lester, NVltylock, and Davies, the petty officers, seamen, and !loyal marines, under his command. The whole of this service was most suceesefidly accomplished in Chace hours, and Com teett iessels deeply laileu got clear off, which I wa4 obliged to take in tow, as their mails had all la en unbent, and tak' u on slime to prevent flits getting t;tein out. T have the honour to he, &v. (Signed) WM. MOU MEI', Captain, The Him. Henry Dieneao, Captain of his lfajc•ty's ship Impel liaise.. K D. --William ilsou, ordinary seaman; William Chant hers, marine. WemenED.—lienry Wadby, captain of forecastle, very severe!v fiovicr, captain of foretop, ditto ; t relfibdld Cuwavreap Tu Om loNnoN EITE. JAN. 16.