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FrO It SATUltbilt Rica,' Airs t.di STT. B.
..dillialderofre, .41.1g0a 9,1806.
Copy of slow (sow the ILiatitt Honourable the lii, if St
V vso.lit. IC. S. admiral sod Commander in Chief of Hl*
WM ei Elia ellaPklllid is the Clan eel , Soundings, dm
to Waists ansiceo I.e
i, . amid on board His Majesty's Skip
ILWI II ibernia, tal Wheat, the Mis instant.
Stn-1 have great gdowerre in transmitting the
accompanying letter's:ma Captain Keats, with its
inclosure from Captain R. D. Oliver. of His Ma-
jesty's ship the Mars, whose perseverance and judg-
meat enabled him to capture a fine French frigate,
in the face of her three consorts, of equal force.
I am, Stc.• ST. VINCENT.
MY LORD, Superb, August 2, 1906.
I have the honour to inclose your L •rdship a let.
ter from Captain Oliver, of the hears, stating his
chace, from the sqoldron, and captu•a of Le Rhin,
a fine French frigate, on the 2811 ultimo, with which
he i, just returned ; and I lament exceedingly that
the Mars could not he kept sight riche night of the
27th, as it would, &mistiest, have led to more im-
portant success. I hate the honour to he, &c.
( ',.gri. I) R. G. KI:•TS.
The F.Lirl of St View.', 11C 8 A Inkiral and
Commander iii Chief, &c. Ire. See
Mao, at 9.. e, J de 29, 10011, Lit 45 Der. 9 Min.
SIR, N l.in n 4 Deg. 3' Niurt..at .."111.
I beg leave to arquai -I. . on. that I c,•.i.intied in
pursuit of tour of the enemT's frigates the night of
the 27th irorAlit ; ilfilungli I lost sight of them, as
also the squash a is..J:r your command, soon alter
it was dark, except the Africa, wici xe saw u itil
ahour eleven o'clock, on the lee qnarter, when she
was observed to hunt some false fires. We steered
about a liturit free the whole night, with a light in
the st, rn, at:lading to the southward, and carried a
press of sail ; I was induced so to do, fr.= observ-
ing the course the enemy's squadron was steering
when first seen, and judging that it would increase
their difficulty of getting to leeward of es; it had
that effea most fully, fur at daylight yesterday
morning, they were discovered precisely on the same
bearing as on the previous evening, though at a
greater distance, except their sternmoef ship, which
we appealed to be gaining on ; this induced the
French Commodore to tack with his three headmost
ships, and join her, and formed in line of battle on
the larboard tack, I thought, and hoped, with a de-
termination to try the fortune of war, which was
'.what every one on board the Mars most anxiously
ithed ; but, after making some steals, about
ee in the afternoon he made off with three fri-
tes, the other continued her course under an ex-
ordinary press of sail, and finding that she was
the only one that we had gained on during a chace
of one hundred and fifty miles, and the day far spent,
I still kept after her till six o'clock, when, in the
'that of a violent squall of wind and hail, we were
nging upon her lee quarter ' • after the first shot.
e suuck her colours, just at the moment our broad-
' ' e was Amu to open on her. She proved to be
.1.. e Rhin, a very fine French frigate, of forty-four
ns, 18-pounders, on the main deck, and three
unshed and eighteen men ; only four years old,
:untended by Captain Chesneau ; the squadron
• as commanded by Monsieur Lamarre Lameillerie,
In the Hortense, with the Hermione and Tbemis fri-
tes9 on their return from Porto Rico. Soon after
Rhin had surrendered, on the squall clearing
ay, the other three frigates were seen standing
the south-east; and I regret that the weather,
• hitt has yet prevented our removing more than
mew
purse
of the prisoners, made it inapraaicahle for
e to them further. I cannot conclude witb-
, out expressing my admiration of the condua of every
Officer and man in this ship, daring a ehace of
twenty-four hours, against so superior a force, with
very bad weather, and incesiant rain; several of our
sails were split, and replaced with alacrity; and, is
'short, had the remainder of the French squadron
gaited our approach, flans the great zeal manifested
'by every person on board, I have no doubt but nor
efforts would have been crowned with complete suc-
cess in their destru:tion.
1 I have the honour to he, &c.
Roe. Denier Otavaa.
To Captain Rests, of His Majeaty's Ship Superb,
ceturnaading a detached Squadron, &c. kc. itc.
P. S. The Rhin hove overboard in the chace
six of bee quarter-deck and forecastle guns, and a
bower anchor.