The National Register.
London, England, 1811-08-04 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

FRENCH AND DANISH NAVAL EXPLOITS

PARts, JULY 27.—The following is a letter frOm Rear-Admi-
ral Emeriau to the Minister of Marine, dated on board the Aus-
terlitz, Toulon Roads, July 19, 1811 :
MoN sr torr havethe honottr to give an account to you? .
Excellency of the arrival, in Toulon Roads, of the frigates Ames
lie and Adrienne.
As soon as I was informed by signal's that these two frigates
were off Cape Betinat, I ordered thirteen ships of the line, and
the Incorruptible frigate, to get under weigh. The wind was
easterly, blowing fresh ; I therefore ordered them to steer out to
the open sea, in order to get the wind, for the purpose of pro-
tecting those two frigates, which might be cut off by the ene-
my's squadron. His Majesty's ship moved with such celerity ,
that my van was soon in presence of the advanced ships of the
English "vet, and so placed as to protect the two frigates, which,
as well as the Ulm, the Danube, the Mugnanime, and tbe Bres-
law, exchanged some broadsides with the enemy's advanced
ships. One of these advanced ships sustained sonic 'damage, and
a frigate had its little topmast shattered. The Ulm had two
nackstays cut, as al-.o her stay-sail, halyards, and her false bob-
stays. The two frigates, 'and the other ships, sustained no da-

mag e.
His Majesty's squadron manccuvred in presence of the ene-
my's fleet, consisting of IG ships of the line, two frigates, a cor-
vette, and a brig ; the two advanced guards were within twb-
thirds of uunon shot from each other, and the ether ships were,
at furthest, twice that distance apart. The enemy having tacker!
*II, I caused the ships to return to their anchorage.
(Signed) E MERIAU.

Stralsund, July 13.
REPORT or M. FAL!IF.N, LIEUTENANT OF MARINE, AND CO/41.•

MANDER or .111 E ORDER or DAN NERROG.

Having on the 2d formed a junction of my division with that
commanded by Lieutenant Fog, and having learned by signals
that ill einm' s squadron was at anchor between the isles of
Scycroe and iliehnen, we steered tom: ds that spot, and next
day discovered the enemy anchored to the S. E. of the isle of
Hielmen, a league and an half distant, and consisting of four
ships of the line, two frigates, two brigs, a cutter, and 16.) mer-
chantmen. All the armed ships were plac,d to the S. E. of the
convoy; to protect them from the flotilla of the Belt. One
small trigate and a cutter were to the N. W. at the distance of
huff a league from the shlps of war. On the evening of the 4th,
during a calm, I resolved to attack the convoy on the N. W.
side, and at ten o'clock I sailed from the isle of Hielmen, with
seven gun brigs, and ten boats. A dead calm lasted the win&
night. In about an hour and a quarter, being within cannon-
shut of the enemy, the attack commenced with all possible vi-
gour, and lasted till three o'clock ; the cutter had then been
sunk ; the frigate had lost some of her masts, and was on the
point of sinking ; and a part of the convoy was very mu, h da-
maged. The grenades had produced a terrible effect ; two ships
were already on lire; and others would have flirt the same fate,
had not a wind sprung up from N. W. which in ten minutes
blew very fresh.
Seeing ourselves then chased by all the ships of war, we were
obliged to retreat. I ordered four gun-brigs of Danish con-
struction, and ten boats, to melee off for Ilielmen with the
help of their oars; while the remaining three brigs of English
construction not bring able to use their oars from the height of
the i,• waists,' attempted to reach land by tacking. The wind
freshemd, a thick tog came on, and prevented its from seeing
the chasing ships. Convinced that the enemy did not see us, I
then changed my coarse, steering to the north ; and when again
making for laud, I found myself unexpectedly cannonaded by
an enemy's brig, which I had not seen. This brig having broke
oer line, cut off two gun-boats, commanded by Lieutenant::
Buhl and (tideland, and poured in such a terrible tire, that
these two o:Leers being severely wounded, and a terrible car-
nage made among the crews, they were obliged to surrender.
The fog again favouring my escape, i availed myself of it ; but
soon received a broadside from a 7 ' iitin ship, which from not
perceivine it, I could not avoid. Scarcely escaped from this
danger, I found myself under the guns of another ship of the
line, which poured her shot into me, and damaged my mast
and sails. I still hole-el to escape by dint of rowing, but had the
misfortune to encounter a third ship of the line, whose fire I
also received. In this situation, finding in) self surrounded with
dead and wounded, being .also slightly wounded myself, I had
no resource left, and surrendered. I was sent on board the
Dictator, wht re Messrs. Buhl and Oldeland soon after arrived
severely weunded. Tile English surgeon gives hopes of tapir

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