The National Register.
London, England, 1809-07-30 00:00:00

rettettt
and to cover the comMunicaOpti with Bohemia. This retredt
wa4 necomplished JAME be order, and without any remark-
able low
The 10.5 of the enemy en his centte and left wing was very
great. We made ear prisoner!, among whom were three fie-
Orals, Wo also took 12 pieces of cannon, with ammunition,
ad he was every where so reduced that he has not since endea-
voured farther to follow the imperial and Royil army.' General
Lassalle is among the enemy's death
The Im_perlal and itroval army has also a great loss to deplore.
Generals Peter Vecsay a'Atiire and Vokassowite, are past the
hope of terdvery. Amdng the severely Wounded are Gene-
t...lls the Prince of Ilesse Ilomburgh, Stutterheitiii and Parr.—
II is Royal if igliness the Generalissimo himself, and the Prince
of Lichtenstein' have received slight gan;sltot *minds; which,b
owevet, have Had no bad consmaerices: For the rest the whole
Army displayed such proofs of (courage and firmness, as to leave
so aftxrety for the future.
tThe above Bulletin has no date, hor are the head-tquatters
mentioned.]

COURT MARTIAL ON LORD GAMBIERA

PTT DAY.

Wedntstigy tdinttienced on board his Majesty's ship the
Sladiater, lying in Portsmouth Harbour; the Trial by
Court Martial, of Adinird the Right Hon. Lord GAMBIERi

After the Court was swdro; the following documents were
read
Copy of a Letter; dated March 1,1809, from the Secretary
of the Admiralty to Lotd Gambier, ordering his Lordship to
proceed of Rochefort Of elsewhere; in pursuit of the Brest
squadron.
A Copy of a Letter, dal kd Match 19, 1869, from Lord Gam-
bier to the Secretary of the Admiralty; desiring some additional
igun-brigs and fire.ships to j.tid kis Lordship; *itb the Answer.
A Copy of a Letter, dated April 6 1809, from the Fame to
the same, acknowledging the receipt of ktters on the subject of
ati::7k on the enemy's fleet.
(1; erg, dut.zd- and 19th April, 180 to detach squa-
drons off Breit and L'Orient.

A Copy of the Gazette Letter, dated 14th April, 1t'419, from
Lord Gambier to the Setre'ary of the Admiralty, giving an ac-
count of the victory of the 10th acid 12th of .April.
A Copy of a Letter dated 22d April; 1809, from the Secre-
tary of the Admiralty to Lord Gamblet.; congratulating his
Lordship thereon, and directing him to return tO Spithead.
A Copy of a Letter from the Secretary Of the Admiralty to
Lord Gambler; with the Admiralty directions of the 20th of
March, to employ Lotd Cochrane in the attack of the enemy
in Basque Roads.
Copy of a Letter of the Proceedings In Basque Roads, In a
Letter from Lord Gambier to the Hon: Wi W. Pole, dated
London, 10th May, 1809.

Zeiler. from the lion. Pir, IV. Pole, to Lord cock rant, re-
quiring the grounds of his Lordship's objection to the vote
of thanks to Lord Gambier.

MY Logy, Laskolty Office, May 29, 1809.
Lord Mu'grave having acquaidted city Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty, that he had communicated to you the intention of
Majesty's Government, to move the thanks of bath Housesof
Parliament to the Commander in Chief, and the Officers, seamen,
and marines of the fieetok.eraployed on the fate service In Basque
Roads; and that your Lordship had declared 4 that -you should
feel it to be your duty to oppose any vote of approbation to Lord
alai:shier, for his conduct on that occasion; am commanded by
their Lordships, to signify their directions, that you state fully
to me for their information, the rounds on which your Lord-
ship objects to the vote of thanks '.r .ag moved to lord Gambier,
do the end that their Lordships ma,. Le enabled to judge how far
your Lordship's objections may fie of a nature tojostify the
euspensko of the intended motion in Parliament, or to call for
any farther Investigation. I am, my Lord{
Your Ildogdsbip's very InlnalAe servant,

W. W. rotas.

'ER.

;MIN SO.

I iitsewiT la the Hr'7: ;4- ,V Pile::
POrilt:afi=ltlare, :I; • ••87, 1.09.
I have in aeltnawlidge tl4 receipt of yourl..tter of yes: 0-
date, signifriegthe direction. of the Lot ,Is t'omini,sloner!: •le
Adristritity tti Mt; to state folly ihr their infonnation I!4e general
ty.rotinds rid Ohich I object to {he vote cif tfiraiks being rn4,.ecl tth
Litittlitmbier,, to the cud the t their Lordships mhy he d
to judge, how far my objections yet, hf a na!ore to justify the
supensind of the intended motion in Parliamt --t. .
I hoile to request, sir, that you will submit to ;r Lord.;
hips, that I shall at all times entertain a due semis of .he
nour they will Confer by nhy directions they may he pleased 4nt
give me; that in pursuing the object of their directionS, ex:,
ertions will invariably go heed in hand with my duty : and that
to satisfy their Lordships' mind in the present instant e, On 1116
point of Information regarding the late service in Basque Roa&,
I beg leave to state that the log and the signal log,znooks
of the fleet there employed, at the period alluded to, contain
the particulars of that service, and furnish premises whence
accurate conclusions ma) be readily drawn; that?. those books
are autheutic public documents, and as I mast necessarily refer
to them as to times and circumstances, any thing that I could
.offer upon the subject would, to their Lordships, be altogether
superfluous, and appear presumptuous interruptions of their
Lordships' judgment, whit it will doubtlers alp ay s found it.iolf
open those grounds only that cannot be dispe!?d.
I have the honour to be, h.r,
Your obedient humble s -ry ant,
(Signed) C
+he Iron. W. Pole, Sec. to the Admiralty
i
Lord Cambier's application for a Court .'Martial.
•
Silt, Londcn,lll“ 80, 1809.
Having fa My letter to you of the lihit inst. detailed the
whole of the proceedings of the fleet under my command, in
the a'tick on tile enemy, in the road of Ai x t I 11,,,! flattered
myself that I should have received some signification •:f an ap,
probation of my conduct, and hale had the gratifying lAA of
tonveying to the officers and men undet my coMmand, tn.:. esti.
'nation in which the gallantry and discipline displayed by them
upon that occasion were held by his Majesty and their country.
Understanding, however,_ that there are some doubts whether
the fleet Is to he eo honoured ; and feeling that even a doubt
upon such a subject cannot be entertained consistently with my
reputatihn as Conunander in Chief, I request that you ts ill be
pleased to move the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
direct a Court Martial to be assembled, as early as possible, for
the purpose of enquiring into my conduct as Commander in
Chief, and all the transactions relating to the fleet under my
command, froni the 11th March last, when the Caledonia an-
chored in Basque Roads, to the time of her quitting that an-
thorage for Englanas on the 29th uIC
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Si vied) GAMBIER.
The nod. W. W, Peke, &c. &c.

Tht ♦arious orders which. bard Gambier received from the
Admiralty, while Commdnder of the Channel fleet. were then
read.

Mr. Stocks Master of the Caledonia, produced the leg-book
of his Majesty's ship Caledonia, and a sketch or drawing of the
anchorage at isle d'Airi and the situation of the British fleets
Be said he had prepared this drawing partly from the know•
ledge he gained, and partly from a manuscript Frrach chart.
Lieutenant Hawkins, signal-lieutenant on board the Caledonia,
produced the signal-book of that Alp.

Lord Cochratse sworn and examined.

Q. Wag your Lordship instructed by Lord Gambier with the
conduct of the fire ships in the attack on the enemy iu Basque
Roads.—A. I was.

Q. On *hat day did you* Lordship arrive in the Imperlease,
in Basque Roads?--A. It appears train the log, oft the
April, but Ido not myself recollect it. I thiuk that was the
day.
Q: What was the strength of the enemy's Beet at that time,
how moored, and how protected by the works on the Isle of Aix.
and shoals near the harbour I—A. The enemy's Beet appeared
to contain nine sail of the regular line, besides one ship of three
decks, and th:. Calcutta i of 50 guns, and four frigates t and there
was another large vessel, I don't know what she was ; she might
he a store-ship. They appeared to be moored, as nenr as I Mk
judge, Y. and g. at neatly so. I thought at first they Inelioedi,
Coneiderabli mine to the 2. mid $, W. Titv were tiefeedef

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fresh d 1 VibiOlie and great superiority, am:deafly fUrred the left wine Lord Cochrisne
near Neasidel, and:compelled It to (0111 backs As one flans of
Nllti
the Imperial and Royal Only was thus threttenedi hit Imperial
I have it, otknowle
Highness the Generalissimo,f thought it oir,ht to order g rettedt
by Hamsdorf and the ItiAlamberg,4l3 order to take n new positidil; datin Sig riT itlg. the al
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