The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-11-23 00:00:00

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Riving doge, soon discovered it was • Spaniilt gas:boat.
Haying gat tow indward, he yielded or illinnt filing a shot, and
the Ls utenant commanding and 20 prisoners were brought
nn board the O'Hiegins. The cutter, with it 24-pounder and
two snivel% was theta QOPlllice by in 'officer said 12 of one
people. Lemming front she prisoners Mel the thing we had
heard all Ibemorning was in consequence of the Viceroy
baring none Juan front L$ Salo examine the forts and naval
forces, and ihst.lie was tinning but In watch us nee board'
tie /11" i 4144 #01,41 Was saw *ern by the San Martin,
hat the holier teas itasabteloi.eut her off: being too much In
ler wrist rfteetiteed tsehret lts push's's" weeder reoveraof the rug,
th4bllll.lll mewl some Mlles enemies vessel, the Luther° rot-
loll/Woks, nentmthienly ite•fnatmlosenelves in sight of the
vessels and batteries of El Gahm' - • .-
The enemy kmhlnfoesnationviallw.26th pf strange vessels
betneroff the coast, and iinvesitlestandiag his reparati ~,, s it
was vow tome trs ~'lain the honour of the Patriotic tlag. 1
besides, maxions to Gant a just conceptaun of his
to reined' and '1..194001114 as well as of what mettle his people
were made, and 'dem my awn, who yet had nine ion
as , inn. I eased .ratr twooter to (min our line Oil the one
the e..emrhati prepared, in the shape of a half-ninon, eom.
nowd of the ser,sosele of war named in tho margin, and 20
gun heats. Astern of this line was ontelber, consisting of
"Aber armed vessel*, and behind them was a considerable
numbs rof Spanish merthantmen. The foreign vessels wire
as herr Iltl the right orate enemy's line.
ord. red the San Martin to keep.fn share, seeppining that
the course 1100 k, and my one gor the fire, would teach
the rest *bat was in he done. The I.antaro being nearest,
accempaseinl she O'Higgins, and I ordered the helmsman to
t tier iiirret for the F.saieratila, which apparently sustained
the sight of the enemy's line. I still endeavoured to keep
sip some perplexity in the enemy that might he occasioned
toy tier Ist,. ',nett of the nephew and spies or she Viceroy, at
Yearend ~,, in the corvette Olsten io. Our vessels and pur-
pose- wore, however, soon discovered, and at four p. ix. the
l'Acriere lets opened her fire, steel the rest of the line and cas-
tles immediately followed. lu our onset Captain Guise. of
the Lautinu, was severely wounded, and I hail the misfor-
tune to lose his services during the rest atilt. day.
Proceeding to lake my station, and having hoisted the
Chili gag, Slid east anchor, the O'Higgins opened her bane-
Si is; lout the other vessels Of the squadron not being able to
came vp, she bad In bear the tubule of the enemy's fire. It
would, no doubt, !webs''u rashness to snstai• this position
for a quarter of an hour longer, if the skill orour enemy had
'wen equal in his preparations; hence was I able to keep it
up for two hoar,, without any very great damage. At six,
havilsz answered my purpose, I quietly aloud out, and or.
skied the "ether Vessel* to anchor within the island, not
derailing any great molestation. The enemy experienced
coomederahle kepi, and I have the happiness to say my people
inhavril in 4 manner alt 4.11111,, of Cerir country.
(Signed, COCHRAN E.
To :he tte.erctary of War and she Navy, &c.