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Atimiraltp-Oitice, Oct. 27, 1804.

Copy of a L-tter from the [(tight Hun. Lurd Keith, K. B.
Admiral ef the Sim-, ire to William Marsden, E,l. dated
uff RAntegatc, i4fft nistani.
SIR,

I herewith transmit, for their Lordships' informa-
tion, a copy of a letter from Captain Owen, of His
Majesty's ship the Immortalite. to Rcar.Admiral
Louis, detailing the particulars of an anion between
that ship, the Orestes sloop, a:.41 Basilisk gun-brig,
and a division of the enemy's flotilla, passing yes-
terday from the Eastward towards Boulogne.
It will no doubt afford their Lordships much sa-
tisfattion to observe the very favourable report
which Captain Owen makes on the condo.% of His
Majesty's Officers and men; and equal regret to
remark the extent of the lass that has been sustain-
ed, mid that the shallowness of the water alone pre-
vented that anise and enterprising Officer from
cutting any pert of this division off from the shore.
I enclose a list of the killed and wounded on board
the Immortalite; and have the honour to be. &c.

1111TH.
Hi Majesty's ship Immortalise. off
SIR, Roul.igne, Oct. is, 1604
Being off Cape Grisnez. and proceeding to my
station before Boulogne, 1 this afternoon, about
half-past three, discovered a division of the enemy's
vessels, consisting of three praam ships, seven brigs,
and fifteen lugger', which soon after bore up to the
Westward, keeping close to the beach, under cover
of their batteries, and accompanied by horse artil-
lery, making the be.t of their way to shelter them-
sels•es within the Banc de Lame.

By making all sail to windward, I was enabled
to dose the praams (which kept together) about a
quarter before Are, and to open my are upon them
within the distance of grape shot, under the high
land of Cape Blanc Sea, the enemy still pushing to
the westward, and retuning at hest a brisk are, but

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(talc' SIXPINCE.

r it. latterly slackened much :—this running fight co' •
muted till near six, when, having been thrice oblig, d
to sheer out into deeper w rtes. we found onr:elves
still within the end of the Bane de Laine, where tl.e
falling tide prevented us from following them, and
obliged us to haul off.
Our little Calais tquadrnn was to windward fol.
lowing the enemy, of which the Orestes and Basilisk
joined me in the first of the attack, giving me every
support and assistance during the whole of the
aCton ; their commanders gave me much satisfac-
tion in condueting them. The other vessels of that
squadron did not get within gun-shot; Captain •
Brown will of course make his report to Vies-Ad.
miral Holloway; but I spoke him in passing. and
was pleased to learn he had sustained no damage
I endeavoured to el oe the enemy again as they
passed from behind the Banc to round Cape.Grisnva,
and did get sight of a few of the vessels ; but
though we passel within half gun shot of the Cape,
the enemy were so effettually screened from our
sight by the dark shade of the land, that I cou!d Jo
nothing, and am unable to say whet!!er the wh..le
numbxr got down to Boulogne, or n hethvr (as I
so fl) a part of them anc:,cored in ‘Vhitsand Bay.
Lieutenant Payne, though ill, was upon deck,
and afforded me, as he has cli•nc in every instance,
the greatest aid; and it is not possible for me to
speak too highly of the conelna of every oil er rad
every man ; each, in his station, gave me e.e
satistaltion: but it gives me serious pain to add,
that, of these brave tello..vs, one WAS killed and ten
wounded (three mortally). besides the :'hird Lieu-
tenant, Charles Burrough Strong, of whose assist-
ance I was deprived before a shot was fired by us,
an.l.whose loss I fe.,l the more, as two years' service
with me in this ship has fully proved to rue his
worth; his wonn.ls, however, are not dangerous.
My thanks are due to Mr Henry Thornton, our
pilot, for his steady, attentive, good eondita and
alacrity, and regretting that the nature of the coast
in that part where we closed the enemy enabled
them to skulk from our further pursuit.
I have the honour to he, &e.
(Signed) E. W. C. R. Owen.
Rear Adagral Lquel. he. &c.

P. S. From the manner in ve-ich our grape-shot
covered the enemy's vessels, their loss in tnen must
have been very great.—l never saw guns pointed
better or so coolly.
Lot of the killed and wounded men on hoard His Mijesty% ship
the Inimoitalite, in action vrth a divislqii iv' Le mein) 's
ven-ls riff Cave Wane IS ei 2 Id of' October, 112.4
Killed—Jones Wffson seaman.
Wended... Charles Burn:igh Soon!, Third Li-etenant;
G.-urge Barker (since dead), John bawd! (•eitce dead),
Terrent (since dead), David Boom, W,ha n
Ha-
milton, Pete, John Watson, ant Without Roinn-
son, acclaim; Jame; Al itai col Witliar Grevheit, p-i a as
of marines. (Sirn-4) E .C. B. tMVLN.
(A Copy KEITH.
Copy cdanother Letter from the Right Hon. Lori Keith, K. B.
Artniral of the Woe, drc. to icallian Micsden, E. 4.. dated
off Rowans, the 15th
SIR,
lam sorry to acquaint their Lordships, that Hie
'Majesty's gun-brig the Cunflia has I,liten ran on
shore, on the enemy's coast, and I fear has rar•
into their possession, while endeavouring, unehT the
orders of Captain Hancock, of the Cruiser, to ob-
strua the passage of a division of the enemy's f 1...
tilla, proceeding from Ostend to the westward, un
the night of the 43d.
herewith transmit the panic:ll7ms of that sink's,.
tunas event, detailed in C tail) Hancock's letter to
me and Lieutenant Ormsby's letter to him. from
which it appears, that Captain Hancock, and Lieu-
tedants Ormsby and Forbes, as well as the other
officers and men employed on :his occasion, have
manifested great gallantry and pets'' verance ; and
that their failure has only been occasioned by the
construction of the enemy's vessels admitting of
their passing closer to the shore than our's. I have
no doubt that the case of acting Lieutenant Garland
will interest their Lordships much.
l am, &c. Kerrie.
Cruiser, off Nieiyort, at anchor, six n.
MY LORD, Wednesday. 24th Oct Is 4
I beg to acquaint your Lordship, that part of the
enemy s flotilla. consisting of two ?num ships, one
bearing the flag of Chierof liivision, and both un-
der French colours, with eighteen schuyts, put to
sea yesterday afternoon front Ostend at four p.m.
to run to the westward, just at the moment His Ma. •
jesty's sloop under my command, with the gun.
brigs and cutters named in the margin*, were stand-
ing in to reconnoitre that port.
As soon as I could give the necessary dire Rictus
to the gun-brigs to put themselves under my orders,
&c. I made sail in pursuit of the headmost pr-ain
ship, wnich brought to close anion at fifteen mi-
nutes past five, in which I was very handsomely vv.
ported by the gun-brigs and carters, and comiaued
it with great apparent effea. till thirty-five minutes
past six the enemy's tire being entirely rlenced. and
for the last halt hour only keeping up a taint the of
musketry. _

The tide aas however falling so rapidly, and the
enemy kept in such shoal water, that it was not pos-
sible to close with him, to take that advantage which,
by our fire, we had so manifestly over him.
It was falling also dark, 31,41 being in less than
three fathoms water. I considered it proper to haul
off and anchor, having no t erson on board ac.
quainted with the shoals to the westward oC Ostend.
It is witteztreme concern, I acquaint your Lord-
ship, that Ifi Lieutenant Ormsby'. gallant zeal to
close with the enemy, agreeably to my orders, the
Conflia took the grouni, and the tide left her so
rapidly, that every endeavour he used to get her
afloat was unsuccessful, and he was under the neces-
sity of quitting her with his people.
The darkness, that came or. betoie the cloy. of the •
aftion, prevented me from being aware of this un-
fortunate accident till Lieu' Ormsby came on board
the Cruiser with his people after we had anchored.
I unmediacelv ordered him with his people back

• Maser, t, A...uital 544404 Gr.:La, .Alai
Jason.

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o the Conflid, to use every exertion to get he r
afloat whet the tide made, or, in event his not being
able to succeed, to destroy her, being then in hopes
that the enemy were not aware of her situation.
I sent the Admiral Mitchell cutter to ;write& and
assist him; and the Cruiser's boats were als:i sent un-
der Mr. Fotliergill, Master 01 the Cruiser, who very
corn Imola / volunteered his services.
The ebb tide prevented the boats getting in for
a considerable time; when th-y got near, they had
the mortification to find the Q nA a high and dry on
the beach, and in complete possession of the enemy.
Ilia boats accordingly returned to the Cruiser at.'
two e. Me making their report of the state of the
Conflid.
As I considered it my duty to make every at-
tempt to save the King's ship, or at leas: prevent
her falling into the {lauds of the enemy, I detsn.-
mined to attack her with the two cutters, by laying
her on board at high water, when I kns w =he cut-
ters could get close along side of her. They were
accordingly sent, having, in addition to their own
crews, Lientenarit Ormsby, and the whole of the
Corillias ship's company, to which I added ten
picked men and half the marines from the Cruiser,
under the orders of Lieutenant A. Garland, Ading
Lieutenant of the Cruiser, the whole being under
the command of Lieutenant Forbes, of the Grin
cutter.

Lieutenant Forbes proceeded with great gallantry
and spirit to put his orders in executio;:, but found,
on arriving dose to her, the enemy had winded the
head of the Confliet in shore, with her head-sails full
. to forge her on tile beads, and had besides hove her
diem upon the sand, as the tide rose ; it not being
therefeio pOSkiblc to carry her in this situaLiou, he re-
turned to the Cruiser.
It is with great pain I have to relate to your
Lordship the cuter- received very considerable da-
mage standing in, from the howitzers and field
artillery n • ene4.y had coileded on the
beach durin t..e night, by seitis.h one man was
killed and seven wounded; amongst the latter; nr ich
have I to seg.t, that Lieutenant A. Garland, Aft-
ing rsientesia-1 of the Cruiser, has lost his right leg
very [sigh ms, who was, with admirable gallantry,
with his party, getting into the boa's to board the
enemy, even mete the discourogiag circumstances
of her being still aground when he received the
wound.
I hope it will not be thought intrusive, ahhongh
it, has not been my fortune to meet ss iui that suc-
cess which the gallant exertions of the officers and
men tinder my command entitled them to, but only
to relate misfortune, it, in justice to their nieritr, I
beg to convey to your Lotdship the strongest testi-
mony of the zeal and gallantry with which Grey
clo eel with the enemy.
I must also int' ude on ycor Lordship to recom-
mend to your prottsection (ir be survives his wound)
Lieutenant A. Garland, Aging Lieutenant of the
Cruiser, who has served his time and passed, and
whose general good condu.i asan officer, since he
has been with me, entitles him to my warmest ap-
probation, independent of his late miuortune, whisu,
I trust, n nil plead my excuse fur thus tespa -sing on
your Lordship.
1 enclose tht Copy of a Letter from Lieutenant
Ormsby to me, giving the particulars of the unicr-
tunate loss of the Conflift, which leaves me nothing
to add, best to repeat my admiration of his cet.duct
whilst engaged with the praam, and to regret sLy
sad accident by which that vessel is got into Übe poe.
session of the env: y.
have diretled Lieutenant Hinton, with the gins-
brigs, to watch the Conilia ; and, should they suc-
ceed in getting her afloat, to attack her ; hut, Ire us
ti.e ape, a: ante of the weather, and C 0.,:
to the northwaed, I am of of anion is,
pieces on the beach.
I herewith enclose a list of the L..led and w[u.s.l
ed. None of the gun-brigs have sulieitd a" [;:eis
"lasts, &c. nor has the Crutzei reacived any niacin's
injury, except her sails, standing and mining rig-
ging, which are much cut.
One of the preams was nbserved by the boats to
be hi4h and dry on the beach at ten o'clock this
morning, about three miles to the westward of the
ConfliEt r, but she got off, I aeerehend, at high sla-
ter, and procee lest to the wes ward.
1 have the honem to oe„ &c.
Jnurs Hascuce.