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London, England, 1801-08-07 00:00:00

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MINISTRY Of MAP.P:E

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711 E :NIINISTER OF MARINE) TO Tlli. FIRST CON-

Paili, .irirvlt 2.

I hasten-to lay before you an Extraa of the De-
tails which I have received, of. the Battle of ...lige-
zkras.. Rear-Admiral LiNo-is was apprized at half
after- seven in the morning, that the'English Squa-
dron which was cruizing before Cadiz, had passed
the Streights. It was composed of Six Ships of the
Line, a Frigate, and a Lugger. These Vessels
were in a line, following in the wake of the leader,
which steered for the Formidable, the Ship most to
the Northward, with the Desaix,-the ladomptable,
and the Frigate the .21inircti, to the South. At a
quarter past eight,. the .Battery of Islejertu fired
upon. the Enemy. At half after eight the Indomp-
table began the fight, which soon became general.
At half past nine, Admiral Liza) J S made the signal
to cut the cables. The breeze from the land had
fallen, and as the cairn continued, the movement of
the falling off of- the Ships was very tedious, and
rendered more critical the position of the three
Ships, whose firt however did not slacken.
- eleven o'clock the Formidable touched the ground,.
and the leader of the Enemy's Line touched also in
front of her. Two English Ships. bore up with
springs upon their cables, within a short distance-
from those of the Republic. The Battery of Isle-
retie had almost for two hours ceased its fire, and
the English Boats and other small Craft threatened
to *possess themselves of it. A Captain of Infantry,
at the head of 130 Soldiers, passengers on board the
a
lndiFormidable,g were sent to prevent the Enemy from
: they just arrived_ in time. An English
boat was sunk, and another taken.
Thf, Captain of the Desaix also sent people to
the Battery, which was served with great activity.
Art Ship touched the ground opposite the
ry,
the fire of which she sustained, as also
_
of the Indomptable. Her Flag was struck,
b,ut some-Boats towed her off. The Battery of Si.
jia7zet, situate to the North of the Line, having
slackened its fire, the General of Brigade, DEvnox,
'Alio was on board the French Squadron, precipi-
tated himself into it, with Troops from the Desaix,
and poured some well-direfted discharges upon the
'neßiy. Seven Spanish Gun-boats took such an
aetive part in the engagement, that five of them
'were sunk or totally disabled. The English Ships
were unable to resist. Those which were moored
.cut their cables-, and the Ship that was agroundnear
the Formidable, sustaining the fire of the Battery,
and particularly that of the Desaix, struck her Flag
at two o'clock. In half an hour after the Battle
ceased, the, Enemy having reached Gibraltar,. leay.-
ng the Hannibal, of 74. Guns, behind. Admiral
LiNors, who takes no notice of his own services
in this glorious day, applies himself only to the
praise of all those who assisted him; and it ii:with,
enthusiasm, that he speaks of the v.dour and disci-
pline of the Om
_cers and Soldiers, in the Land and
Sea Service, as also of the Sailors. In, the evening
of the 6th July, several Boats of the Enemy's Di-
vision came on board the Hannibal to take away
the wounded. As they had not a Flag of. Truce,
and -were armed, General Lt NO is detained them,
and made them Prisoners. The 7th July, he per-
ceived atGibraltar, two of the Ships that had been.
obliged to return into the Port : the three others
Were
re in the 'toad ; but only ore appeared fit to put
tO sea. The battle of the 6th commenced within
half cannon shot with unexampled fury. It lasted
I).r six hours without intermission ; each French
four
had to contend in succession against three or
't)or English ; but the FrenCh Division fighting'
amidst continual shouts of Five la Republique, and
Seeming. to increase in strength, constantly turned
the efforts of , the Enemy against :himself. It ap-
fears that the Lugger which accompanied the Eng-
'3ll Squadron had sunk ; and; according to accounts
f
)I.°l-hrGibraltari the loss of the Enemy- amounts to
s'°o Men, killed and wounded. The French Di
, -
"irm took on this day soo Prisoners, Officers,
h 14)", and Soldiers. On the part of the French,
who have been 180 Men killed, 300 wounded, of
,voted e incurae, and .40 - very severely
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'4tIMIRAL DUNIANOI3 LE PELLEY 70 C/TI.
FORFAIT, MINISIER OF MARINE AND CO.

CITIZEN MINISTER, jutv 16.
General MO3IZNO has entered the road: General Li-
N°; 3 will-give you an account of the operations of getting
4:ldor Wey, and of the passage of the. Squadron. I cannot
conceal the chagrin that 7 felt on-not perceiving the French
Ship the Saint Antoine, and the two three-deckers, the Real.
t".%rles and the'Ereacnegilde. A boat, saved from the Real
Carlos, with 45 tnen, informs us, that towards n.idnlght,
the Squadien having attempted to board the English, the
Real Carlos anti the Ermenegilde took each other for enc-
. Trlies• A very furious battle commenced between them; the
two Ships being nearly on board each other, the Real Car-
IDE took lire, which scan mottnted into the. air, and ernliraced
the Errnenegilde, which has experienced the sante fate. The
Saint ArrtOine,o-i.s near th 6 latter Vessel; and this position
ittll43 BiVen me much uneasiness : however; I am assured that
me:ll7l,re only twb explosions. I must thence conclude,
4 tg get.away from the, Ere, Captain LERAt may have
elred for the Coast of Africa, where the calms and cur.:.
rerlts %ve kept him at a distance flop the Squadron, which
I.,t.,lntitning found itself six leagues to the West of Cadiz„:--
; 'tree English Ships and a French Shim were descried the
:,"-before yesterday front the Coast, in the Streights, but
he signals have not described the latter as. taken. This may
some hope, if the signals were accurate. There remains
Men.for,rne nothing but uncertainty and much apprehension,
acid I know not on what to conclude.

" After having so far dwelt Upon our losses, it is very
grateful to me to speak to you upon the subjed of the new
Vary with which the Formidable, commanded by Captain
-1' it 0 T.; Sr., has covered herself. During the cannonade of the
light, in the midst of the Streights, this Shipleceived equal-
ly the fire of friends and fees ; but with the coolness of coo-
NE; the Captain would not retina the fire, from the fear of
atigUrienting the conft:sion, and, withdrawing himself to the
SNilith Coast, lre removed to a distance froth, the coo-1-
'4%104s Ile was fdlows4 lay an kagliori yisico .1 Illrot

sight of Cad t, and about five leagues from the Squ:tiror,;, he
was attacked by the three Ships, with which he had au ci-
gagernent for hail an hour, and obliged two of them to sl4.e:c
off; the third, crowding her Sails, attempted to. the
Formidable upon her quarter, while the Frigate cannonaded
her abaft.' Notwith.itanding the bad state of her masts, Cap-
tain TR °cos bore up within musket-shot of the English
Ship the Pompee, vthich, having lost her main-mast, soon
withdrew from the tire, being towed away by the Frigate.—
Shortly after all her other masts went by the board, and the
Ship seemed to be abanclonCd; but as the t.vo other Vessels
and the Frigate were at a short distance, Captain TROUDE
was not abl; to take possession of her : he expeded to be at-
tacked anew. , The Enemy, disconcerted by his fire and his
tiravery, left him to continue his route without interruption.
Tins engagement took place within view of all' Cadiz;
and the glorious result of such an uneqUal contest has in-
fused
the most ardent enthu4iasm into the hearts of the Spa.:
Maids. The 'Formidable was scarcely repaired from the
battle of the 6th; at Algeziras, and in this disabled state the
brave Tito one, instead of flying front the Enemy, made the
attack himself, and by this manoeuvre,. as judicious as bohi,
he extricated himself in' the first place froM two Ships, after
doing them much: injury, and ending, by totally clearing
away the masts of the Pompee,Which he fought valiantly for
an hour and a half. •

'" The Combined 'Squadron was at this time becalmed
about five leagues distance out at sea. exiieeted to see it

come with the breeze to take possession of this Vessel, and
to chace or take the four English Ships that were in sight;.
but J was far from suspeding the unhappy fate of the two
three deckers, which has, no doubt, caused the separation
of, the Saint Antoine. At night the Squadron came to a
mooring.

" Rear-Admiral I.tNOts extremely regrets that he was
not on board. the Formidable ;* but he could not resist the
pressing solicitations of General 11101iENO, who prevailed
upon hirri to go on board his Frigate, foil the purpose of con-
cert in the, operations. Health and Respea:

" DUMANOIR L PELLEY."

. Here follows a report from the Capitaine tie
Fregate, TROUDE, atting Commander of the For-
midable, under Rear Admiral LINOIS. The follow-
ing is an extrad from it :