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London, England, 1809-11-30 00:00:00

the entrance of the Rhone, it became necessary to
keep to the wind during the night. The following.
morning, the 25th, the same ships were again seen,
and chased bet Ween Cette and Frontignan, where
• they' ran on shore; two of them (an eighty gun
ship, bearing a Rear-Admiral's flag, and a seventy-
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at.th6 latter place, and one• ship of the line
and a frigate gat .the former. From the shoal water
and intricacy of the navigation, it 'was linpOssible-tO
get close enough to the enemy's two line of battle
ships -near Frontignan, to attack them when on
shore.; for, in. attempting to do so, one of his Ma-
jesty's ships was under. five fathoms water, and ano-
ther in less than six.

On the 26th, I sent the boats to sound, meaning
if possibly to buoy the Channel (if any had :been
found) by which the enemy's ships could be attack-
ed but at night we had the satisfa&ion to see them
set on fire.

From the circumstances under which the ship and
frigate 'ran on shore at the entrance of the port of '1
Cette,-I 'have little doubt the former will be lost;
and the frigate must .certainty have received consi-f
derable damage ; but they cannot be got at on ac-
count of the batteries.

'Your Lordship must be well aware that nothing
but the great press of sail cirried by his Majesty's
ships, and the good look-out kept, could have 'enal
bled them to close with those of the enemy, frorn'i
the distance they were at the time they commenced:
the chase.—l have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) G. MARTIN.
Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood, Com-
mander in Chief, &c. &c. &c.

Ville de Paris, off R9ias,
Auvember 1,,1809.

. SlR—When the enemy's convoy. -..vas Chased, on
the 23d ult. their transports se,parated from the ships.
or war, and, under the protedion of an armed
store-ship, two bombards, and a zebeck, made for
tiNe 'Bay of Rosas. When the ships of war were
disposed of, as related in my letter of yesterday, the-
convoy became the.objed of my attention, and, on
the 29th, the Apollo was soot off Itosas to examine
-.what,vessels were there, and how far they were in a
situation assailable.
The next day I appointed the ships, as. per mar-
gin-*,; for this service, under the orders of Captaiit
Hallowell, to bring them oat if the wind was fa-
vourable', or otherwise to destroy them. The state Of ,
the wind and sea would not perm it this operation
until last night, when, after dank, the ships-bore up
-for the Bay, and anchored about five miles from the
castle of Rosas, under the protection of which castle,
of Trinity-Fort, and of several other newly-ere Lied
batteries, the convoy, consisting of eleven vessels.:
-five of them armed, as per accompanying list, were-
moored.

The boats being arranged in separate divisions,
the whole were put under the orders of Lieutenant
Tailour, First Lieutenant of the Tigre,, and pro-
ceeded to the attack of the enemy, who, although be
could have had no previous intimation of sail an
enterprize against him, was found vigilant and coM-,
pletely upon his guard. The ship, which was• a
smaller, sort ,of frigate, was inclosed in boarding
nettings, and a gun-boat ,advanced a-head of' her
for the look-out; on being hailed; and the alaim
gun fired, our boats stretched our 5 the crews, at the`
highest pitch of animation, filling the air with their
cheers-; each division took the part priviOusly al-
lotted to it ; the .armed Ship was boarded at all
points, and carried in .a. few minutes, -notwithstand-
ing a-spirited and 'sturdy resistance which the ene- •
my • Made.; all their armed. vessels were, well de-
fended, but the British searnen and marines deter-
mined to subdue theca, were not to be repelled,
• even by a force found to be double that which; Was
a
expeaed; and besides. the opposition made by
the vessels, :the guns from the castle, the forts in
the Bay, the gun-boats, and musketry from the
beach, kept a constant are on them.. On the open-
ing
of day, every ship or vessel was either bnrnfor
brought off, aided by the.light winds, whick then
came • from the land, and the whole of the cdnvoy
that came from Toulon for': he sripply of the French
army in Spain has been destroyed, with the excep.
-tion of one frigate, which escaped to Marseilles, and
one store-ship, not,since heard of. 1 •
, I cannot conclude this narrative without an ex-
pression of the sentiment which the execution of
this bold enterprize has inspired me with, .and the
respea and admiratian I feel for those who per-.
I formed, it.

In the first place,, success greatly depended upon
the previous arrangement, which was made by Cap-
tain Hallowell, with. -a judgment and foresight that
distingukhes that officer in every service he is em--
pl6yed on;- the division of the boats, the prepara-
tions of fire materials, and prbviding them with
every implement that contingency could require,
established confidence throughout the whole.; and
in this he was ably assisted by the experience and

* Tigre, Cumberland, Volotaire, Apollo, Topaz°, Phi.
lonic', Scout, and Tuscan.