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" JAMES SHAW, Mayor."
4' Mansion. !rouse, br till Novi, 1805
lialf.past Scven, A. 11."

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Admiralty.olllee, N9v. to, q. 05, Eleven P. M

MARsnEt: presents bis compliments to the

Rp MAYOR, har the honour to transmit -acs Ac-

count of the further brilliant success
oHis Ma-
/

jesty's Arms, in the Capture of -four I'rench Line-

of-battle Ships by a Squadron under the Command

of .Rear-.Acimital Sir HICITARD S;CRACIIMI, arid begs

to • offer his congratulatiOns to Isis Lgrdqiip on thy:

occaion.

o.ildriziralty Office, ;GM Arop. 1805, Pfie-P, 31.
Captain Lord Wm. FIT2IIOY3 of Majesty's

chip I,,Eolps, arrived day- with a Dq--itcli from
pin II A ft n STFACIIAY, .dated Off ROClA(.fqrt (diS"

tant go leagues), the 4th inst. giving an acconnt of
his having on that day with .I%.l,ljesty's Ships
Caster, Hero, Couragettr, and Namur, with the
ts‘
Revolutionaire, Phoenix, "Eolus, and the Sonia

Margarita ',Frigates, under his Command, fallen
in with a French Squadron, consisting of four Line-
of-battle Ships {Le Formidable, Rear Admiral PU-
NIANOIR; Duguay Trouin, Mont Blanc, and the
Scipion) which had separated from the remains of
the Combined Fleet, after the AEtion off Cape Tree
falgar, on the 21st Ota-ober ; and having engaged
them for three hours and a half, succeeded in cap-
turing the whole of them. The Enemy is under-
,stood to have between 5 and 600 men killed and
wounded.. The loss of His Majesty's Ships did not
exceed ao men killed,, and too wounded.
" Sir RICHARD STRACHAN was left with his

Prizes off the Lizard on the morning. of the Bth gist.
" True Copy (Signed)
" JAMES SHAW, Mayor.,►

" To the Masters of Lloyd's."

TTU

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

Admiralty-Office, November 11, 1805.

The Letter (and its enclosures), of which the
following are Copies, were received at this Office
last night from Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Sir
Richard Jahn Strachan, Bart. Commander of His

Majesty!s Ship the, Cxsar, addresssed to .William

Marsden; Esq
Sur,

Cesar, Nov. 7, 1805.

The accompanying Copy of a Letter, addressed
to the Hon:Admiral Cornwallis, I request you will

be pleased to lay before the Lards Commiasiohers
of the Admiralty, with my apology for the hasty

manner in which it is written.

have the Honour to be, &c.

R. J. STRACHAN.

Cesar, !Vest of Rochefort 264 Miles,

SIR,

Nov. 4, 180, Wind S. E.

Being off Ferrol, working to the Westward, with
the wind Westerly,
,on the evening of the 2d, we
observed 4 Frigate, in the N. W. making signals)
made all salvo join her before night, and, followed

by the Ships named in the Margin', tve came up
with her at eleven et night ; and at the moment she;
joined us; we saw six large Ships near us. Cap..
taro Baker informed me he had been chaced by
the Rochefort Squadrons then olose to Leeward
of. tlSt We, were delighted. I desired him to
tell the Captains of the Ships of the. Line astern'

to follow, me,: as I. meant to engage them.direEtly ;
and immediately bore away in the Cesar for the
parpose, malting all the signals I could to indicate our
movements to our Ships the moon' enabled us to

see gxe Enemy bear away in a line abreast, closely
formed; but We lost sight of them when it set,. and

I was obliged to reduce our Sails, the Hero, Coura-
geux, and "1,;o1us, being . the only Ships we could'
see. W 6 continued' steering to the E. N. all

night; and in the morning observecl the Santa Mar-
garita Mar us ; at nine we diseovered the Enemy, of
fon). Sail of the Line, in the N.E. wider all sail. We
had also every thing set, and carne up with them
fast;'in the,,evening_ we observed three Sail astern,,
and the
.14hoenix spoke tie at night. I found that.
:•i; Captain liaker, liad delivered my
ordt-r, 111(11 sent him on to assist the Santalgaig&.
ri Luling us up to the Enemy. At day-light we
were thL.:II, and the Santa Margarita had begun

in'a very gallant manner tc, fire upon their roar,'an'd

was soon joined by the Phtenix.

• A-little before noon, theYrench finding an Aetion
onavoidable,. began to take in their mall sails, and
form' in a line, bearing On the starboard tack. ' Wo

did the same, and I communicated my intention by
ling to the Captains, « That I shonkl attack the
Centre qn4.llcar,"` and at noon 'began the battle.—
In a short time the Van Ship of the Enemy utcked,
which almost dire&ty made the A6tion dose And

general. The T.
.larnur joined soon 4fter we tacked
_. • e

014 cl:d as soon as .lye could 4et the Sh; pi round,
and ! direaed her, by :;igr,al, to eng4,;c: the Van. At

Fiero, courAgeilx, and N.uroir.
Leci Sarnia Marorittij: far to lieward in tilt;

Liuth East

half past three the .A6lion ceased, the Enemy having
r
fought, to admiration, and noLsurienderlng.till4heir

Ship.; were unmanageabie. I have returned thanks
to the Captains-of the Ships Of the- Line and the Fri-

gates, and they speak in high terrns of apßrobation of
their respeaivo Officers and Ships' Coliwa.nies. If

any thing could add to the good opinion I had al-
ready formed of the Officers and Crew of the

Cmsar, it is their gallant conduCt in this day's battle.
The Enemy have suffered much, but our Ships
not more than is to be expeaed on these; occasions.
You may judge of my surprise, Sir, when I found
the Ships we bad taken were not the Rochefort
•
Squadron, but from Cadiz.

I have the Honour, to be, &c.
J. R. STRACI-LAN.

•
Honourable William Cornwallis, Admiral
of the Intite, and Commander in Chid,
&e. tec. &C.
The lievolutionaire joined at the time the Namur
did, but, with. the rest of our Frigates, in conse-
quence of the French tacking, were to Leeward of
the Enemy.
I do not know what is become of the Bellona, or

:he other two Sail we saw on the night of the ed

instant.

The reports of damage, killed, and wounded,
have not been all received. The Enemy have suf-
fered Touch.
FIRST LINE-STARBOARD TACK.

BRITISH LINI.
CXSart of 8o guns. Hero, of 74 guns.
_Cottrageux, of 74

VMS.