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ST. TESSISIIWIGN. 'EST. I I.

The following n.port has been received from
Vices Admiral Si-iavin, in the rchipelAgo, relative
to the affairs of tic I ith of May And the I:tth of
June, hetw-en the Rus,ian and Turkish squadrons,
together with an eceoult of the attempt ot the lurks
te dislodge a detachment of our troops from the
Feet mad the Island of Toned°. :

() the 7th of May, eight Turkish ships of the
line. Ns Vgates gad smaller vessels, with about SO
guo-twasta, piped the straits of the Dardanelles,
and peered 'inwards ?Peados. Admiral Siniavin,
for several reams", get wider sail with his squadron,
consisting of le ships of the and steered his
erurse towards the isbmi of Ymbro. The Turks,
wishing to avail themselves of his absence, for land-
ing their troops twin the island of Penedos, made
two attempes for this purpose on the Bth, when they
were repulsed with MU' loss, by a division of our
muses irons the fortress. under the command of
Major Ged so •sw ; of course they di ,1 not attempt
to land a 'nerd time, but stied over to the coast of
Natolia. and coecealed themselves in the creeks

Oss'necoont q• contrary winds, and a rrong
current. we could not make any attack on the
Turkish loot on the lath or 9th ; but on the 10th, at
two on tn- afteenown. the wind bring fawourable, an
attack was d terminal- upon. However, our ships
were scarcely gotunder weigh, (lien the Turks also
weighed anchor, and attempted to goin the Darda-
nelles under lull sail. Our ships pursued them to
the mouth of the Straits, and carinloadood them two
hours during their passage. The enemy's ships
were so pr, cipitate in their flight. that three of them
were orrandve hoween the battvrievand the promo's-
cur, of Asia ; most of them were considerably da.
maimed in thror hu ly and had a number of killed

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66 e Turk, hiving received a reinforcement of
ships of war and frigates Mote Coestantinople, made
their Appetit arce again tin the other side of the Dar-
dulcilo, on the I Oib of June. They had now ten
ship, of the six frigates. and five smaller !res-
eals: amore the mer were three flag-ships, one
of them a three-decker, carrying the Captain Pacha's
chiourq. and two others,. with an Admiral's Aag.
Near the island of Ymbro they cast author, and
firm, d the line of battle. In consequence of con-
trary windi and currents, our i sdron could not
approach them during three days ; but, on the
livening of the 14:11, we got under weigh with a fa.
vourable breeze.

" On the 15th, being on the other side of the is-
land of Ymbro, and unperceived by the enemy, we
learnt they had weighed anchor, and seemed for
Tenedos. At tbr *Arne time a number of boats,
with Turkish troops on board, snack their appear-
ance from the coast of Asia, upon which the Russian
garrison of Tenedos immediately got under arm.,
and occupied the most important posts and 'shores
of the wand. When the enemy's ships came within
Lill cannon shot of the tort, they were tired upon
not only by the (mt, but by the deeps lying in the
harbour, upon which they made their boats Ap-
proach the nerthern side of the island, and there at-
temptaldndina. but they were repalsed.

N-xt waning. at day break, the 'furkish
gittes and gun-boats opened their fire upon our
works, and at the same true they caused a great
number of vessels, with :re,ops on board, to ap-
proach the island tram the coast of Anatolia. To
wrpose this landing, the Russian Cosimanctant de.
tacked 300 awn ; but befote they could arrive at the
place of di-stination, tie Turks had succeeded in
landing 1000 then, under cover of their frigates and
ships of the line. lhar continual fire of grape and
langridg• from these vessels lett the small Russian
detachment no clioice as to the propriety of retiring.
" Th. enemy, well knowing t;:c weakness of the
fort, flattered themselves si h the hope of making
themselves masters of it with hula or no difficulty :
accordingly, on the 17th. they again approached it
with their whole scoadron, and one ship of the line
and a frigate kept up a cannonade against it during
three hi•urs ; but when the enemy observed that our
squadron approached Teazdos, th y got a part of
their mop.:+n bwAr.i with the utmost precipita-
tion, and stood rut to sea.

" The wind is r
having in the o. the
13th, our squadron was dehrin,d till the l7th, in its
passage between the blind of I'mbio and the Eu-
ropean coast ; but on the 17th, with the North
wind in their favour, they bore up for Tenedos,
and observing that tile enemy's small craft, with
troops, Were still upon the coast, the Russian row.
galleys were ordered to attack them. A part of
them were sunk by the galleys, and the rest dis-
persed.
" As soon as the fort had been supplied with ne-
cessaries, and dispcsitions made for preventing the
approach of the enemy's vessels, the frigate Pettus,
and the Spitsbergen sloop. were left to prnte& the
emit. On the IB.h, the Russian fleet was again
*nave sail, steering shrir course for Lemnos, where
they h-ped to find the Turks. On tLe 19. h, at day•
break, they descried. asthey expefted, ten ships of
abe line, five frigate:, and an equal number of small
vessels. The 'folks formed their hoe without
delay. Our side followed their example, with the
intention of attacking the enemy's flag ship.—
Our ship Rq,boil was the hoodrnrist to our line,
and when bearing down upon the enemy, it
was observed that the lurks opened their fire
at a very great cbstance. (fur ship the Rephail,
on the contrary, being ordered to attack the enemy's
lag ship, retained her fire till she tTis wahrn a very
small distance from her opponent : but on account
of receiving so much darn.ige in her sails, as not to
be able to bear up against the wind, she was driven
into the enemy's brie. At the same time V iee-Ad.
nand Girsig was ordered by Admiral Siniaviii to at-
tack the enemy's van, consisting I (cue ship of the
line, and two large frigates. These frigates being
soon disabled. and obliged to retire, the Itaphati
broke thronxh the enemy's line, when she was fired
upon by several of their ships'of war ; and Vice-
Achottal &nutria. who bate down to support the
Raphael, was in a slum time rendered outlast to con-
tinue the configt.

A cali sce,:eading immediately after, as it was
the steps to m4staavre, they became
' the enemly's wit* tdron, as to
iscrutaily of repairing their 44-

manes. Ac soon as the wind began to blow a little
esh, Admiral Siniavin made the signal for pursu-
ing some of the enemy's ships of the line, and two
frigates that were a considerable way behind the rest
of the squadron.
" In the following night, the ship of the Captaib
Bey, which was damaged more Clan the rest, was
taken, with Beck'r Bey and 774 men on hoard.=
This vessel caries 8(1 pieces of brass cannon, and is
in every respe3 a very fiat ship.
a On the following day, Vice-Admiral GM&
with three ships, was ordered in pursuit of an tire:
say's ship of the line, and two frigates, that were
discovered between Pismo and the promontory of
Asia. When the Turks found it was impossible to
escape, they ran their ships aground, and, after
getting the people on shore, set fire to the vessels.
a Our three ships having returned to the ttra•
dron, Admiral Siniavin last no time in proceeding
to the island of Tenvaios, with the view of affording
thegarrisnn the ne-essary assistance.
a During the passage to I enedos, on the 22J, a
smoke was ebserved near the island *Cassia, where
the Turkish Rest had been defeated, and some
firing heard ; and upon our arrival at Tenedos, we
learned, that it arose from the burning of one of
the enemy's ships and a frigate, which had been
considerably damaged during the 'idiom
" The result of-this last affion has been the
loss of three Turkish ships if the line and three
frigates.
" On the 26th, after Admiral Siniavin had
taken proper measures for investing the island on
all sides, and for cutting off all communication be-
tween the enemy and the Continent, wishing to
spare the effusion of bland, he sent a proposal to the
Commandant of the Turkish troops upon the island
to evacuate it, and offering them a tree passage to
the coast of Asia. In consequence of this offer, on
the rtn the Turkish Commandant sent an Officer
to annatmee his acceptance of this proposal ; and,
if order to relieve the garrison as soon as possible
from the blockade it was under, the Turkish army,
consisting of 4,600 men, was transported over to
the Atiatie coast on the 23i1.
" Admiral Siniavin bestows very high encomiums
upon the valour of Admiral Ortiz; the Captains of
therank of Post, Malagese, Scheltedg, and Krnwwe ;
the Captain of the second rank, Ricchtochow ; and
Colonel Padeiski, the Commander of the Garrison
of Tenedos.

" In these engagements we have lost 132 pi ivates,
three superior Officers, the Captains lgnetgew, Lu-
kin, Sec. Among the wounded, 17 Officers of the
Staff, anal 392 privates. On the part of the enemy.
in the ships that were taken these were 230 killed,
and 160 wounded ; from whence we may infer. that
their whole loss must have been considerable. Of
the Turkish troops that landed at Tenedo:, in the
various attempts upon that island, and during the
blockade, which lasted ten days, the loss sustained
was about 1,000 men."

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