The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-03 00:00:00

We Shall noW present our Reader's wftli such far-
ther intes,:sting Particulars res' peaing the late im-
portant Vi6iory, as have come to our knowledge
tinee those inserted in our last Number.
It appears' from every • account which has' been
received from the Spanish •Officers who have been'
taken prisoners, that Admiral VILLENitiVE cer;
tainly sailed from Cadiz with the determination of
giving battle to the English Fleet: There is, how,:
ever,.the strongest reason to belieVe, that this rtlea..-
sure was contrary both to the-views and instruCtions
of BONAPARTE, whose: intentions were, that the
Combined fleets shduid proceed from Cadiz to
Touloir, forming a junetion with the Carthagena
Squadron in. their way, that be might, by these
means, have the greatest part of the Spanish Navy
in a .Frensb' Port, and immediately in his power,
in case • any reverse of fortune might tempt the
Spanish Gbvernmentto seize a favourable oppor-
tunity to throw Off the galling yoke be has imposed
Upon it. But VILLENEUVE seems to have. been
impelled by motives of personal resentment and
wounded honour to ael. in opposition to the wishes
of his Master. He had been deeply stung by a
severe remark in the Illoniteur, upon what the
conduA of the French Fleet would be if command-
ed by a man of abilities • the Spaniards had also
openly upbraided him with not supporting. them in
the
.A6tion off Cape Finisterre • BONAPARTE, he
likewise knew, had publicly spoken of him in the
riaoSt sarcastic manner ; 'and, to complete his mis-
fortunes, he. had reCeived private inteiligenee, that
Adrbiral RoSILLY. was ordered from Paris to super-
sede him in the command of the Combined Fleets
at ,Cazltz. Under such circumstances he naturally
felt that even a defeat could add but little to his
disgrace;. whilst, on the contrary, a Vielory over a
British Fleet, commanded by the first Hero of the
age, would wipe O 1 every supposed 'stain on his
conduCt, and cover him with immortal honour.
Thus situated, he resolved to put to 'sea- before
Admiral Rositax, could arrive; in spite of every re-
monstrance' of Adthiral GalnvtNA and other Spanish
Officers of rank; who ailly attempted to dissuade
him from his design of giving battle to the British
Fleet, Which they fbiesaw would be attended with
the most disastrous Coosequences. VILLENEUvE,
howeVer, \visit-tin:cis-cable; and the intelligence he
had-receivedof Admiral Lout's add six Sail of the
Line being then.-absent from the Fleet, induced him
to believe that Lord NELsois. had only twenty-one
Sail of the Line along with him, as he was ignorant
of the reinforcement W hich %had arrived from Eng-
land, owing to the great dlitance at which the British
fleet kept from Cadiz. On this supposition, ,Vu.-
Lzsituvx's original disposition of his Fleet is gene-
rally allowed to have been' extremely judicious,—
Twenty-one of his Ships were. to be drawn up in the
usual Line of Battle, to receive the first attack of the
British leleet whilsttwelve otitis sele& Ships, form-
ing a body of reserve -to winthlitard, were to bear
down and oo,.thie upon the British Line, after-the
action had commenced, and.; tins to place it between
two tires-. Every other precaution was Also taken
that was 'thotight-most likely to insure success: Ten
thousand of their choicest Troops were distributed
throughout the Fleet;. the French Ships were furl-
nished with every,species of tire-balls awl. combusti-
bles to throw On board the English Ships, in hopes of
being able either to burn them, or to produce inch
confusion as might greatly facilitate theirdesign of
boarding, where an o,,portunity offered ; and several
Of Our Ships were repeatedly set. on • tire, and some
of the seamen dre,adfolly scorched; from this un-
usual mode of warfare. British skill and intrepidity
were, however, completely triumphant over every
obstacle that was opposed to them : and, notwith-
standing the Enemy in general, and particularly the
Spaniards, fought with great obstinacy, it is the
opinion of the ablest Officers in the Fleet, that, had
there been a little more wind dnring the n6tion, to,
have enabled the rear ,of our Fleet to haVe come up
in proper time, hardly a Ship Of the Enemy would
have escaped.
The French Admiral, on seeing our Fleet so much
stronger than he expeCted, abandoned his original
plan, and formed the whole of his Ships into one
Line, firmly waiting the attackof the British, Which
was conducted in a manner so bold and unexpeded,
as soon to throw them into the greatest :confusion.
The 103101 Seivercign, in particular, which first broke
through the Enemy's Line, excited the general ad-
miration of both Fleets.
The bravery of' our Seamen has never been
doubted ; but the uncommon success and narked
Superiority which they-displayed over the Enemy on
this glorious day are chiefly to be attributed to that
cool intrepidity . and discipline Which prevailed
throughout the Fleet in a high degree : a very re-
markable proof' of whiCh is, that we haVe not heard
of a single accident having hai,pened on board any
of our Ships, from hurry or carelessness, during the
whole of the engagement.
We do not reColleCt- any general aaion where
so many of our Ships' ran on board those of the
Enemy ; no less than live of the French captUred
Ships were engaged so closely that the muzzles Of
our lower deck guns. touelsecrthOse of the Enemy ;
and it is worthy of remark, that in every instance
where this occurred, the Frenchmen immediately
lowered their ports and deserted their guns ou that
deck, whilst our seamen, ort the contrary;, were deli-
berately loading and firing their guns with two, and
often with three round Shot, which soon reduced the',
Enerby's ShipS to a perfea wreck. •
The dreadful slaughter on board, and the shat-
tered condition of all the captured Ships, whilst it
'chews with what obstinacy the 'Enemy in general
fought, is a convincing proof of the decided superio-
rity our seamen possess over the 'Enemy- in close

it seems to be generally allowed, that the French
fired .with more vivacity at the commencement' of
the'llaion awn the ,Spaniards ; but that the Spa-
niards showed more firmness and courage to the end
than the French. Amongst the Spanish Ships, the
Arronauta and Rahania were defended to the last

extremity, each of them having about 40.0 men
killed and wounded. The San Juan Nuporauceno
was also fought with the utmost gallantry, till her
Captain and '350 of her Crew were killed or
wounded.

The Principe dasturias, and St. Alma, both like.
wise spewed great bravely in the action.
However disastrous this Vitiory may have proved
to the Spanish I‘Tavy, the national lioratte.r of

,5"- 41 Ay aa. a.a. aisalitJQllVll eVCiI
by.' their ,defeat. As vsziemies; though Vanquished,
their ssailantry commands \the
,highest «tspe6t and
the humanity with sviiielr'evc.,ry English 'sailor that
fell into their hands Was treated. exceeds all praise.
They refused to 'consider as prisoners of War such
of ,Our Officers and men as were driven on their.
coast; in the captured ships, by the violence of 'the
storm ; every exertion was made froth: the short; to
save their lives, and the-Spanish soldiers were turned
out of their beds to .aCcommedate our shipwrecked
seaniens ,who experienced• every mark of• kindness
and attention that a generous enemy could bestow:.
The behaviour of the French, on the contrary, in
several instances„ both during and after the Engage,
tent, forms so melabeholy a contrast to the bra':
very and humanity_ of the Spaniards, that, as we
have felt-it our, duty, to render the latter that ap-
plause which their cousin& so truly entitles them to,'
we think it ecttially ail e& of justice to record;with
impartiality, the baseness of the French, both to their
Allies and Foes.Jzl . , • '
.our last number we 'stated the extraordinary,
and. almost incredible fad, of the three French Ships,
under a Eear-4dmiral,' who'had no share in the ac-
tion, having, in their flight, fired for some time up-
on the,Satitasinza Trinadnda, and others of the Spa-
nish Prizea,.after they had struck their, col Ours to
the English. We now find; from the concurring
testimony of several Spanish Officers of rank, who,
were on board the Ships to which we. have alluded,
tutee. Rear-Admiral DUMANOIR Will the person who
fed on his division to the perpetration of,this bloody
deed, so worthy the, days of RosusPIERIM, by
which several hundreds of the Spaniards were kilted
and.wounded.
We believe that Duteastoot (whose fate is as
yet, however, smeettain) is the only French Ad-
miral that can have, escaped to tel the tidings of
that fatal day; and we have no deebt, btu. that, in
his relation of the battle; of which,le,' prudently
chese to' be a distant spedetur, he wilrenlarge, with
peculiar satisfaftion 03 the uncommon exertions
which he undoubtedly made, to sink' or destroy the
Spanish Ships after they bad surrendered to the
English. • •
We have already stated; that all the English
saliva, on board ,of the Spanish Prizes, which fell
into the hends.of the Spaniards,, were treated with
the utmost humanity, and not considered asTri.s.
matters ' • how widely different the eoliths& of the
French was, the following lad will chew
• On the surrender of the Burentaure; an Officer
and a hundred men were sent to take possession of
her, who concluded themselves with that mede-
ration 'and forbearance, to, a vanquished Enemy
which is charaderistic of Britons. The violent
storm, .which so soon followed the engagement,
prevented the removal of the Prisoners, 'and drove
the. Bucentatae
.towards - Cadiz, when the French-
men,' from their superior numbers, were easily ena-
bled to take possession of the' Ship and', carry' her
into the Harbilur, where, however, she was strand-
ed, and completely Wrecked. ;The, Crew, and the
party of Englishmen, ,were taken off the wreck by
the i3oats olsont of the French I.':igates in 'the
Harbour, and carried on board of the vessel,
where—will it be believed 'the infeneus and cow-
ardly CreW Of the Frigate, when they saw sor e. of
the gallant conquerors. of their Admiral mid his Fleet
cempietely intheirpestSts, num-rled and exhausted
with fatigue and shipviteck, and incapable of re-
sistance—in this situation did these SSistardly French-
Men, in revenge, for the defeat they had sustained,
assault and treat with the utmost c.-ueity, and.with
every species of insult and inhuman thank of the
unfortunate and defenceless English isoners,:whom
the filly of the elements, and not the fate of battle,
had thus subjected to their power.
We sincerely hope that the, Officers and Crew of
the Frigate, who allowed or committed this detest-
able an, will not escape with impunity: in the
mean time, it gives us Mat satisthelion 'to find that
orders are given, that no more of the French pri-
soners, now in our possession, shall be permitted
to return to Spain upon their parole, but they are
to be sent to England by the first opportunity.
All the Spanish prisoners, on the contrary, who
have been brought to this place, to the amount of
upwards of three thousands have been sent back to
Spain, except one wounded Officer, now' in the
vat Hospital, who earnestly requested to be allowed',
to remain upder. the care of the English Surgeons
till his wounds were cured *.
We have also the pleasure to learn, that the Spa-
niards, since their return to Spain, have aniversally
expressed the liveliest sense of, gratitude for the ge-
nerosity and humanity they. invariably experienced
whilst they were Prisoners on board of the different
English Men of War, where it kismed .to be the
Study of their conquerors to make them forget their
misfortunes. -

Indeed our Navy well deserves this tribUte of ap-
plause from their enemies ; upwards of a hundred
of our gallant seamen have perished during the gale
of wind after the action; in their.generous efforts to
save the. prisoners out of the different prizes. To
record the nuinerous and singular extrtious that were
made on this, occasion, by all the ships of the Fleet,
Would fir exceed the limits prescribed to us : we
,c4AlOt, however, pass over in silence the heroic
condua of Captain MAXCOLM, and his ship's corn.,
pany; in the Dannegd, who, at the imminent ha-.
znrd of being totally lost, rescued hundreds of the
enemy from a watery grave.
wo instances of the noble -humanity sheWn by
this Ship we shall- mention :—.-During the violence of
the gale, when she was riding at anchor near the
Berwick, then in possession of the. English,. sante of
the French prisoners on bieard attic Pr;',', in a fit
of madness, or desperat*:,'Cut 'the cr.b4.; of the
• Berwick, by which means' she'.4intnediately drove
towards the-dangerous stioa4` of St, tucar, then, to
leeward,''whem there was hardly:* cliallce of.ri inan
being saved. in this sitttitien„ qiptain
without hesitation, ordered thS cables 'of the
Donne el to be instantly eutondiiood after thei/er
wick, to which he di3patched his Boats, with orders
first to save all the wounded Frenchmen, before they
brought off any of the English; which order was
most punt-tunny complied with ; the EnL,,lish were
next removed:; but, before the heats could yeturn,
the Berwick struck upon, the 3h0a1.7, cvery soul
tnr board perished; to the number of ino.

* it is proper to acknowledge here, that 'Gen, CasT A NOS,
Cornmanster tn Chiefof the Can 17efare the t..;,1rri.,014 111, t
M, A-amor A.; Spanish Agent tbr the Evuhangt or Prisonar,
have omitted no exertions of theira to bethti:4 zltepriert,l4t.
thtsationi, ortisc iEpsll,ll Ads. tirti~

.„
Tile
wounded Fret:chi:nem, who viere—
ware supplied with the cots and bedding
heeti prepared for our own sick and-woure4i,
after being treated with 'every kiudifiist! ?hark Ol
attention, they WerC: suit into Cidi df
truce, -with all.the cots and bedding in wliich they
had been placed, that they might-Sufferdslittle pare
or inconvenience as possible in their rettoVal:
The other instanee we shall, notice was .!5; 'feiL
lows : On the Vith Of Oatober, whilst the Dontrept
wag at anchor off. 'Cadiz; in .a vielent gale of .e.ind;
with tapward's of 606 prisonerS then onCietli, 11!)
fortunate Spanish' prisoner fell Overboard. Notz,
withstanding the sea was then running so Ith
that they had not ventured to hoist put a bat for
twelve hours before, tWo Seamen belonging to thti
Donnegal iminediately jumped overboard after him-,
inlmpes of caving his life, to theldmiration of tied
Spaniards, who were lost in astonialunent at so liar.;
ing an nat. The poor man, however, SUlik 411(1 Wlll
drowned, just as one' of the Enjisli seainen had
nearly got hold of ; a heat mei immediately
lowered,, and fortunately the two -gallant fellowa
were got t afi on board again.
'Tie English Officers who have retnrned from Ca..
diz, state, that the account of Lord NiLl..se's devil
was received there with extreme sorrow and regret
by the Spaniards; .and that some pt then Were 'eye/i
observed to lihed teak on the pcca,-,ion. 'They naiti,
" that, though he had beet; the ruin of their Navy,
yet they could not ll*lp latnenting h 1[1;1, ..ts
the roust gonereus E,tremy, and the greL,..:est
mender of the age!"!

COPY OF EgTTEE FHOZA Mt OVTICER 1104 E '_ti
MS MAJESTY'S L.P,71 t,tl,, DAT.L:I)
CADIZ'THE 29TH OF oC4.oilliß, 180.5;
" An' was fought on the !list instant',
which has added new glory to the British Navy and
the British Nation, The Combined Fleet 4. galled
from Cadiz on the 19th, When it was nearly ealm
we stood 'towards the. Streights, and on the Both
they were seen to leeward by our look-out ShipS,
it then blowing hard, with thick rainy weathere
which continued all night with great violence, the
Frigates between us and the Enemy making signals
to keep sight of
.each other, and to dire& our opera-
tions. • In the Morning it wae moderately cairn,
,a
heavy sea running, and the. Coelbined Fleet wits
tie!) to leeward about ten ,or,eleven The
signal was iminedietely made for the order of sailinee
Which, end thetmode of attack, had beets previously
settled and perfeEtly understood by each Captaib,
from the continued friendly commuuication of our
amiable Commender in Chief. Ali sail was Mime-
diately set but owing to the wind being light, we
were not able to close with them till ten minutes
bethre" noon, When. the &int Sovereign with Ad-
uiaral Cotteeowoole's 'Flag, was fired at by morel
thee half the Enerity'S Line, and stistained their tire
inn manner that estpnishced every cue, until being
nearly within pistol-shot, he opened his frona bath
sideS, and in five minutes two of' his opponents.
were. dismasted. He• was .followed by the 7 Unlalit,
and Fall the rest of his Division, who stiCeesSiVely
corniing up, joined its the battle, which, for a short
tinie, was doeldful indeed. Whilst this waS daintge.
the weather line, loci by tilt~ remerairr, .attneked
their van ; the Tifeiare Was next, bearing the Flag
of the Immo:eels Neteoe ; and as"from this timti
the Leelarbree wastett,bet one to the ViCiwer, MY,
ideas of what passed nms bo very imperfett, aselore
the incessant tiring we .tiad only time t(i4tl4,ii'd to
our own ship. Never, I will venture to sae, wa4
such regularity kept. up, every man ready, obed.;o'.ut,
and. deterrHilie4, and not a shot hove away. We
passed through their line, dismasted one ship that
way; opposed to us, raked the Foutedeeker, which in
less than half en hour, struck to the APepttoth, and
passed ()rite the Si. ilagnstine, one of ,severt litj
'were apparently` coming to surround' us. She:was
silenced 41.15 Minutes, and we laid her on board,
making her fast with 'a hawser, and towed her into
our Fleet, with the eeiglish Jack flying. It was,nOw
that the liribg ceased for a short time on board us,
but only to be renewed with fresh spirits. A.Freeeli
ship, L'lntrepide, had, by,distant thine, cut oer
sails and riggiog to pieces, but soon pia tier it, SI
three of our ships came up Whilst she w;u eeeaging
us, and she, after a noble releance, Wes ebliged
sat
surreuder. When Iliad time to look abo!..tt, I saw
the remainder of the Enemy, about eleve!i' sad of
the line, ,getting away as fast as they could, not
hawing been much' hurt. When the stetemeiu
reitell
ed US that .19. Sail werre yett: may imagiue
the.exultetion,we all felt in the glary ef the achieve-
went '; bet when it Was understood that our brave
. Admiral,: the Hero who led Vie:tory in three .ditfer-
ent parts,, they, friend of the distressed, the Pather of
his Fleet, the Great, thellenevolent Lord Neesoil,
Was,no more,-,-every eye • Was bathed in .tears--such
tears es 4ew for .him whew lifeedevoted to
his dolintry,. was at last laid down in its service,
surrounded with.Vielory-the French Commander
,in Chief am Prisoner' on board Ids Ship—,and every
other cireemstance attendltr;, hint which melte to
nmark the-kath ofstreb ata Hero.
" Of the coinmaiider under whom I have 'in this
Ship the honour to,serve, it would be too poor a
compliment to say that she was Managed iri the meat
masterlyrnannere Suffice it that he laid us so clese
that we jumped on board the se. .thrgultine,
We made our PrNo. Our loss is very having
only four
,men killed and 19 wounded : the Ship
we took had 176 killed, and 200 wounded !.!
But though we, can conquer the French anti Spa-
tiLuids; it is out of htunati power to contend \vial
the elenwnts. Iremediately etter the battle a twit
severe gale of wind carne oa, and WO ban I,>ooll
übligetl.tO destroy treirly all oat Prizes, they being
drimasted,, and to hop e 3 of savihic them from frhing
into:the hands, and NVO b:iva been, folly
employed-in iepairing odr dm:ridges, and firvirt.!: the
lives of the Prisoners;' ' ,

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