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London, England, 1813-09-15 00:00:00

convoy were discoyered untior the town of Guila
Nova, on the
,coast of Abrozzal as was siv- or-
seven miles to lettward of. them », ,v:itti

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breeze and a:Current against me, I thought it best
to detach the boats, with discietionary orders to
the First Lieutenant, Hood, either to' attack them,
or wait till 1 arrived, He found the etiemy much -
stronger than was expected, consisting of seven"
large gnn-boats, cacti mounting one eighteen
.pounder in the bow, three smaller ,gun-vessels
with a four-pounder in the bow, and fourteen sail
of , merchant vessels •under their convoy, four of
which had guns in the -bow also, 'PAO shore ;
astern of the vesSels lined with troops,
'trenched on. the beach, with two field-pieces with
them.' Tliis was the force opposed to a frigate's
boats ; but no diSparity Of numbers could check
the spirit 'Of the brave officers and men employed
on. this service,. The attack was determined 'on
instantly., anti executed with all the gallantry and.
spirit which men accustomed to danger and to
.despise it have sti frequently sliewn, alit( never wag
there a finer display of it titan on this.oecasion.
'The 'boats as they, advanced were exposed to a
heavy fire-of grape and musketry, and it Was not
till-they were fairly alongside that the enemy •
slaCkened their fu e, and Were driven from their
vessels with great loss.
The troops on the:beach,' which. the French ofty;..:
curs mention as amounting to upwards of one hun-
dred men, fled on the first tire, and the held-'1 were destroyed by our marines. guy boats
were now in possession of ,the 'Convoy., many of
Which were aground, and our men woe exposed
to a scattered fire•of musketry, whilst tmployed
in getting. them afloat,
1 beg leave to recommend Lieutenant 1-irootPta -
the notice of the Commander in Chief, in the
strongest manner. atu unable to do justice to
his merit : he.speaks in
~the highest possible term,of Lieutena4 F. Unsling, Second Lieutenant.;
Lieutenant Webb, (acting) who distinguished
himself so much in the Bacchante's boats in Ja-
nuary.last, with the Corfu flotilla ; Lieutenants
Holmes and Haig, royal marines ; Messrs. Rees,
Rove, Hoste, Farewell; WaldegraVe, ;Langton, •
W.Keari, and Richardson, and every seaman'and
Marine employed. ,

1 regret to say, we linve 'suffered severely,
though not so much as Might have been expeeted
fi.om the, superiority of force, 'and the obstinacy
of. the_contest, Zyw., seamen and one marine?
killed; 'five seamen and oneini,iiinn-wcyfirated.
There was a Neapolitan flotilla fremi Ancona,
bound. to Barletta, under the direction of French
Officers; and commanded by'a Lieutenant cle Vnis-
seau, Knight of the Order of the two Sicilies, who
is a prisoner on board, with several otheroffii:ers.
and men.-1 have t,he Innour to be,

(Signed) W. HOSTE, Captain..
F. P'ieemantic, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the White.
Report Of killed: and wounded Seamenand Marines belong-
ing to his Majesty's Ship the Bacchante,, in Avlion in
the Boats of that ship, with a Flotilla of the Enemy's Gun-
boats, &c. on tha Coakt Of Italy, June'l2."l 8113.
Killid-4oh a Hinton, seaman; Charles Drerninsky, seaman;
Edward Oil:rind, marine.
Troundtcf-;—Thottai Melvin, seaman, 'very 'severely; George
Payne, seaman, very severely ;
:Nicholas Ridinore, seaman',
very severely, since dead ; John 'Veutiing, leam u i iy se-
; Patriek IShviei, seaman, very •severely; William
Snootier, marine, severely...
Tittat-4, seainen. t pittribei Itree4 13, widow:4:l 111-Irloc4
ruirottelL • (Sirtird) W. 1-It4STP,'Cantain.

A letter fioni Capiahl Taylor, a tits
dated Channel of Corfu, Jime 15, 1813, statei, an
attack made at the,North-end of Cbrft4upou four
vessels bound there from •Ilarietta, with grain
and the capture of a. French pn-boat, mounting,'
two lOng.gims, a twelve and a sir-pounder. Nine
of the enemy were badly
,wounded. Our loss was
only one man, 'tak6l from the Sliotee,
Robertson..