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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
BRITISH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
of the late Naval Engagement between the
Grand Fleets of England and France.
, From the London Gazette extraordinary,
Admirals,Office, ,une 27.
The following dispatch was this morning
received from Lord Bridport, K. B.
R^Goo^/eUem 94,1795..
IT is with sincere fatisfaftioa, I acquaint
you for the information of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, that his
Majesty's squadron, under my command,
attacked the enemy's fleet, consisting of 12
ships of the line, attended with 11 frigates,
and feme smaller cruisers, on the 23d inst.
close hi with port L'Orient: The ships which
rifted are the Alexander, Le Formidable,
and Le Tygra, which were with difficulty re
tained. If the enemy had not been proted
, ed and sheltered by the land, I have every
reason to believe, that a greater number, if
not all the line of battle ships, would have
been taken or destroyed.
In detailing the particulars of this service,
lam to state, that at the dauty^y, on the
zzd inst. the Nymphe and ^ff^Tbeing the
look-out frigates a head, made the signal for
the enemy's fleet ; I soon perceived that there
was no intention to meet me in battle ; con
sequently, I made the signal for four of the
bast failing ships, the Sans Pariel, Orion,
Rpffel and Colossus, and soon afterwards for
the whole fleetto chace, which continued all
•tb,t day and during the night, with very lit-
Unwind.
.•Early in the morning, on the 23d inst. the,
beadmoft fhips,the Irrefiftable,Orion,Queen,
Charlotte, Russel, Colossus, and Sans Pariel,
were pretty well up with the enemy, and a
little before. 6 o'cicck, the adion began, and
continued until near 9, when the ships (truck;
'~ the feritilh squadron were near to force batte
ries, and in the face of a strong naval port ;.
~ which will manifeft to the public, the zeal,
intrepidity and skill of the Admirals, Cap
tains, and all other officers and soldiers em
ployed upon this service ; and they are fully
entitled tomy warmest acknowledgments. I
beg also, to be allowed to mark ' my approba
tion in a particular manner ot Captain Do
mett's condud, serving under my flag, for
his manly spirit, and for the assistance I re
ceived from his active and attentive mind.
I feel likewise, great faflsfa&ion in doing jus
tice to the meritorious condud of all the of
ficers of every class, as well as the bravery of
the seamen and soldiers in the Royal George,
uponthis event, and upon former occasions,
I judge it necessary, upon the information
I had received of the force of the* enemy, to
put the Robnft, Thunderer, and Standard,
into my line of battle ; but their distance
from the squadron, and under the circum
' , fiances @f little wind, they could not join me
until after the a&i^n was over. I shall pro
ceed upon my station as soon as I have or
dered a diftributian of the prisoners, and
made other arrangements for the squadron.
;It is my intention to keep at sea, in order to
fulfil every part of my inftrußions. I have
rf—~juoged it necessary tofend Capt. Domett with
my dispatches, who will give their Lordships
such further information as shall have occur
red to him on the vi&ory we have gained.
You will herewith receive a lift of the kill
ed and wounded, with the ships they belong
ed to, and the commanders names.
N. B. I am happy to find by the report
,made to me, that Cipt. Grindal's wounds
^ ffld ._. x ffl ,ffi DPORT
Fourteen officers and 105 men wounded;
''^TE^'capt, Domett reports, that the
remainder of the enemy's fleet made their
escape int^^^^
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b^ce—his day put to fa. It epafiftsof
^/fail of the line; 11 frigates, and many
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day. Both officers and men, are fired with
the hope of fighting the Englifh,and of gain
ing new triumph to the Republican arms.
They hope, by a decisive blow, to wrest from
the proud English, the empire, which he has
so long usurped on the Mediterranean sea.
PARIS, JUNE 11.
BARRERE.
They write from Saintes, June 3d, that
Barrere has arrived in that town, in order
to to brought to the criminal tribunal of th?
Chafenie, which is to try him, upon the ac
cusations brought against him.
June !&.According to the general state
ment of the Auftrfan forces along the Rhine,
they amount to about ^200,000 men, not in
, eluding the troops of the Empire. Accord
ing to the fame, the Republican army from
Cologne to the bank, which lies opposite the
Brifgau, amounts to 300,000 fighting men.
It is easy to judge from so terrible an Appa
ratus, that if peace does not flop the im
pending blows, there will be more disastrous
and bloody events in thi,, than in any of the
preceding campaigns. The greatest activity
is employed in repairing the fortifications of
the towns and harbors of Newport, as well
as of several other places in Weft Flanders ;
besides the town and citadel of Tournay, are
put in as good conditions as the circumstanc
es and the time would permit. What ap
pears singular, is, that while they, are forti
fying our cities oh the right fide of the fron
tiers, they have finished the demolition of the
fortreffes of Namur, so important by its po
fitian upon a high and rough mountain, at
the junaion of the rivers Maefe and Sam
bre. —_
June 19. The army which has conquers
ed Luxemburg for the Republic, is going to
take the place of the one encamped before
Coblentz, which has orders to march to re
inforce the army before Mentz.
June 2l; They write from Brussels,
That there are in Flanders, about 1200 wag
gons, employed night and day, in carrying
the wood cut down in forefts, for the build
ing of ships. It is transported by land to
Dunkirk, and from thence by sea, to Brest
and L'Orient.^
Convention, june 23.
The Plenipotentiary Ministers of the Dutch
Republic, were this day admitted to the midst
of the Reprefentativd of the French nation.§
They entered, followed by their National
flag. One of them delivered a Speech, to
which the President thus answered:
Dutch People,.
" The French Republic promises to you,
true Friendfllip, entire Liberty, and entire
Independence ; and every one knows, the
French Armies, keep the promises of the
National Convention."
The President gave the fraternal kiss to the
Dutch Plenipotentiary Ministers, amid the
shouts of " Leg live the Dutch and French
Republics."
FRENCH ACCOUNT,
Os to# late N^al ABion off Belifle.
NASTZ, JUNE 26.
From Croific, June 25.
You shall soon hear the report of a Naval
Adion ^ One of the most dreadful which has
been fought till now. We have been told
by a Citizen who arrived here this morning
from Belifle, That a warm adion commenc
ed on the 2zd,and lasted through the whole
day. , He adds, That he had a full fight of
21 men of war. The next day, 23d, a heavy
cannonade was heard through the day. And
this day, the firing was again heard till about
9 o'clock. As the weather was calm, we
think the aflion has ended in the loss of a
few men of war on each fide. The Commif.
fary fenta sloop fromhere at 5 o'clock this
morning, to Belifle, to learn the real issue of
the adton. We^fhall forward yop the par
ticulars by the next post.
d. 1 man wag inrormea
counting 21 French ships, as above, could
I ed to be of about equal force. '
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CONCORD, F RJIJ^A Y, September 4, 1795.
_m jtMmMMaMMmMßwmw»B^* W>l Lit ■^m^i^ma i?*.i^Twnr^
cut d„Wn, 8 frigates, and corvettes, Qobps &
cutters in proportion. We do not yet agree
in the exa& force of the English ; but it was
at least 22 fail of the line strong ; (some fay
24) besides frigates and other light vessels.
We have loft three men of war, the Tigre,
the Formidable, and the ci devant English
ship Alexander. This last was very near be
ing saved by a frigate which towed her to
wards the port ; but being overtaken by an
gn-lilh man'of war, the tow-line was cutto
save &e frigate The rrmwidec of oqr fleet
has got into Port Louis ; it how cenfifts of
the People, Nestor, Redoubtable, Mutius,
Rights of Man, Watigny, Zealous, Foug
eux, Jean Bart, Brave, and Scevola—[the
last two are the vessels which have been cut
down :] — The frigates are the Virginia, Re
generated, Cockade, French Republican, Fi
^delle, Dryden, Tribune, and the Porcupine,
on board of which was Admiral Villaret.
The names of the corvettes, luggers and cut
ters, we do not know. We do not know on
which of the three days, in which the fleets
were engaged, the a&ion was most severe [,
but the fury with which the two fleets have
fought during the whole time, is a fufficient
proof of the great courage of our own men,
in defending themselves so lon^, against an
enemy more than one third fupmor to them
in force. A report has just now been circu
latedj that on the last day of action 5 French
men ,f war disobeyed the orders given to
themiby the Admiral, to proted the three
men of war which have been captured. The
Admiral expresses much indignation at the
conduct of these 5 veflels. We do not, how
ever, vouch for the entire truth of this re
port
Landing of the Emigrants :
FRENCH ACCOUNT.
After the action, the English, who
received much damage, took shelter
in "Qurifoon Bay, with jit) 0140 uauf
.pom. It appears also certain. That
from these xranfporu they have land
ed in the Morbihan, near Vannea,
Ercigfanti, fome' fay to the number
of 5,000, others 10,000, and some
otto.a 15,000.
Citizen who hat arrived from
reports, That rhe toada, efpec
iaily near Vanned, are covered with
Republican troop, who are marching
to protest Vannes. It ii even said,
That these Emigrants, from the po
fitioni already taken, could not escape
b-ing surrounded. If it is so, the land
ing will (urn out.lifeful to us; and
will ^dire& us through dangers and
misfortunes, to a triumph and success
which will cnnfolidate our Republic.
Nevertheless, the English are the per
fed masters of the seas ; and already
they rely very much on the capture
of Belifll.it we may judge by the fol
lowing letter, (which it by no means
a forged one ;) but the bravery of the
garrison, and the firmnefs of the Com
mandant, are such as to @dve the
fag of every one. :;,"
BELISLE SUMMONED.
Erirad of a letter from BJft, dated the 9^
Mfffdor,,^e 28. .\^
" Yesterday the English squadron
anchored, wizhin two leagues of this
place.V The Admiral lent a flag of
truce, to summon us to Surrender ;
and to acknowledge Louit XVII, for
r'he'Engliffi officer, charged with
this, meffige, landed on Thore and was
condoled to Gen. Boocret, who it the
fefe^'h^,
for two days ; and that he had order, ;
EW lklWWirminnawrA«qiMi>wwma ■.<w~a—trwwi^wa*-»rr Flaw
an honorable office. Geo. Boocret,
answered in writing toih> officer, —.
"He bad [worn to die a Republican.
He commanded men, who, like bimfelf,
bad taken ibe fame oath And allw^ald .
ob/erve it. and die at their polls, before
the English saves JboUld have the op
portunity of baffling of the prfrffion of
Belifle ; and that be might immediately
ft and CATT, that innage to the King,
bib mafar?'fl
^" We wait mow for the consequenc
es of this answer ; but are all deter
mined to defend ourselves to the iaft
extremity
Yesterday there entered ft Loire,
an American vessel, loaded with 1 ico
barrels of flour and too hogsheads of
sugar 1 Alfe, a Dahiffi vessel loaded
with leather and faired provifinos.—
We do cot know whether the Danith
vessel has been spoke by any English
armed ship ; but th^ American was
flopped and vifi ed by a British frig
ate ; and alter the declared ffie was
loaded with flour, and her deflinitioc
was for Naoiz, the frigate let her go
on her way, wishing her a good voy- ,
IREST, JUNE 16.
Yeftetday entered a very large con
voy, of zoo fail, from Bourdeaux,
Nantz, and Rochfort, loaded with #
corn, flour and wine. It is the fame
the English had announced to be tak
en by Admiral W^^rave.
WA^^R!
PARIS, JULY I.
fa 'At the Diet of Rsufbbn, the ma
jority of the fla.es, namely, the King
of England, as Eledor of Hanover,
has declared against the proposal of
accepting the mediation of the King
of Pfuffia. Thus the war is certainly
to continue between the Republic and
the Germanic Body.
War appear# certain between Rus
sia and Prussia. The Court of Pe
tersburg has caused to be flopped ev«
ery communication between Courland
and Prussia.
The Prince of Conde has had a
celebration at his quarters near BaOe---
when a magnificent funeral service
was performed for the repose of the
foul of Louis XVll—the late unfor
tunate Dauphin. The Prince has al
so difpached a Courier to Moofieur,
informing him of the death of the
Dauphin, and has issued a proclama
tion to the armies, acknowledging
Monsieur, „ Louis XVIII. King of
France and Navarre.
We read in the Morning Chrono
cle of June 11, the Thunderer and
the Roberts, of 74 gum each, have
arrived at Cowes, to join the squadron
under the command of Com. Warren ft
—They are destined for a feaet ex
pedition :—The, are co 4% with
out including ,be Emigrate, Boo@
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