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London, England, 1810-09-05 00:00:00

IRON LAST' IIIIGH1"S GAZETTC

Aimiralty-o.lfice, September 4,
.1810.

Copy of • letter trues Vtre.A Itui,at Herne, Commander in
Clod of IL* :11:ilesty`e Ships and Vnoela at the Cain. of
Good Hope, tnJoba Wilson Croker, Fag date., on board
the Hauser transport, Table. Bay, 30th aflame till°.
611-1 have the honour to trausinit herewith, for
the information of their Lowilliipa, a copy of a
letter uddraowd to tae by Captain Lambert. of IL.
Majesty's chip Iphigenia. with its iuclosurea from
Captain Willoughby, commanding Ilia 11.jesty'.
• tier. tile. conbiiains an account of au rawer-
prise asecesafully performed by Info at PortJacutel.
1 have the honour to be. Ste.
A. Dawns.
His Majesty's Rap 'Olinda. off Ibe
Meantime, by i, isle.
Sta—l have the honour to traribuist you a letter
that I tins day, received. hearing date the let IS..
Plat I. fermi Captain ti'illonghlsy. of His Maj..ty's
.ufp Neeteide, di-lading an account of a most gal-
lant awierprear peifornied by him at Putt Jacotel,
on the .oath-.-cat coral, of this ialand : hie .Herr... I
am happy to add, was crowned with iocounderable
lour, comiderioc the tore, he had t. coo.eud with.
I hart the honour to b., Sc...
LAMBERT.

Tice-Admiral Bartle, he. Ise. be.
His Makiestes Ship Neveide,
May 1, MO.
Sts—On reconnoitring the snutl..east t miss upon
this date. I perceived at the elicitor/iv of Jaeutel a
ship of about four hundred tons; mud as she lay
withia tratel-shot of the two batteries whit Ii com-
mand d the eutrancci of the harbour. I did not
kin. the Nereid.. until twelve o'clock A. ti. and
rift,r Much difficulty, fosind and entered (at five)
the nanow intricate mange ; and owing to he
water, do. surf half filling the limit.. I was in
14.11.5 s of lauding and felling in upon their left bat-
tery without being discovered, but the Imperial
schooner L'Estafette, of four brass Koos and
fourteen turn. commanded by E:isi.n De Val-gran
Henry Charsitt, unfortunately laying at anchor,
so completely g ie.- the alarm, that by the time
the bolos g-ou:id-d, both batteries and two beide '
pieces were pia) mg upon the only spot we could
land; and our men no sooner 1.1-m:4 upon the
beach than received by a heavy tire of musquetry.
As every officer knew before we lauded what was to
be dime afterwards, the whole party was instantly
upon the run, and in ten minutes isi poiraession of
the shove batten : haviog spiked the guns, we moved
towards the goof himose, protected by Iwo field-
pieces, forty troops of the ism regiment of the
line, tweuty.sie artillery. and a strong !party of mi-
litia, the whole commanded he Lieuten tut liock-
awn. of the 18th regiment. This party, whsle we
were taking the battery, had attacked and driven
our bade, with the division left to protect them, inio
the centre of the horboar. Their opening are
upon us was the siva, for charging. ands to may
estamialintent. they instantly eater .:n wit, a speed
we could not *vial ; their officer, wino deserved to
commend baiter isildittr, was taken pr'botrer with
hi., two field-pieces.
Hitherto twilight had hid one f •ree: full day
•hewed to Coe enemy the Neteiile's small hand of
euin.d.res, consisting of 50 seamen. and the saint
somber of asariues; the strongest battery in •heir
posseitsion. mod to gain which it was necessary to
piss she river Jocose!, at the foot of a Ingo hill.
coy. red wins wood, and defended by the Coln-
m soden* of the Savannah District, Colonel Euentie
Colgsrd, two cannon, and a strong Lo ly of militia.
taiiig to the late heavy rains, we found the raver
aw IL tl. mud current so strisng, that the tallest men
could se ireely wok, the sheet helpc.i over. and
es ire 0.101 oalf the party 111.011 the swim, isnd in
the think of lire from the enemy : but this ddfirulty
no bowie surmounted ( booph not without the
kw* a the greatest part of our ammunition). than
Imre cheers warned the enemy to prepere for the
The Jonrlwhill, 1110 gum, battery. and
. °loom were rank', in style, and the Command.
an, Colooel Colgard, taken prisoner: rim do 1
thiok an officer or matt of the party. except my-
self, had all anxious thought for the result of ties
unequal 14.4.
Davin{ spike., the gem sod on. mortar, purist
and des•royed their rimers, the works, maga-
zines. kr. and ..snberked the I itl-pistol. some
naval awl twittery at .res, I was upon the point of
returuing to the slit.). when the Wont party 1 had
driv.m from the first battery awl field.pietes, op-
poser' to hive recovered Iron their prole, re-as-
sembled (Aron.2ly reinforced by the militia and
b„wercH. •b tams of ihe blood) upon our left ;
and as the Neeeitle. attack of J feared was the first
PINT mvlru;o!.. any 1.21,1 or the Isle of Fr we«,
✓i, It..ontelfg •/- principal defence monad• in its
tni;stio, 1 deteriane d upon reiutinis some Ask to