Star.
London, England, 1808-09-19 00:00:00

➢ROM TUE GOTTENBURGII MAILS.

Head-Quarters, Gralsby, Sept. S.

On the Ist instant, at night, his Royal Majesty
received the following report from Rear-Admiral
Nauckhoff, brought by Captain Rundsquist of the
Royal Navy, relative to the blocking of the Russian
Fleet in Port Baltic or Rogerwick.
It was settled between myself and Admiral Hood,
that the fleet was to sail on the 25th in the morning.
The plan of attack was formed, and in order that I
might be able to communicate with the English Ad-
miral, in the most convenient manner, Admiral Hood
sent on board my ship Lieutenant Thompson (a dis-
tinguished officer who lest his right arm in the same
battle with his Admiral) with the signal book, and
the telegraphic mode of communication used by the
English navy, and I sent Lieutenant Count Iwson
with the Swedish signal book on board the English
flag ship Centaur.

The 25th, at five o'clock in the morning, the Eng-
lish sail of the line and this ship, set sail from Oro,
the rest of the fleet also got under weigh successively,
and at seven o'clock the whole fleet had cleared the
rocks. The wind was N. E. and N. E. by N. blow-
ing a fresh reefed top-gallant sail gale.
About nine o'clock the Russian fleet hove in sight,
and a signal for a general chase was hoisted; at ten
o'clock the fleet formed in line ; but as it soon was
found that this impeded the chase, at ten o'clock the
signal was hoisted to crowd all sail, without waiting
for those ships which were not able to keep up with
the rest. The ship Prince Fredericus Adolphus was
ordered, by signal, to proceed to Carlscrona.
The two English ships, which are copper sheathed,
and besides considered some of the best sailers of the
English navy, soon shot a-head, and gained consi-
derable headway ; but your Royal Majesty's fleet
followed with every sail set, and gained considerably
upon the enemy. On the 26th, at break of day, the
English ship Implacable came up with the sternmost
ship of the enemy's fleet, followed at a short distance
by Admiral Hood in the Centaur. Major Fischer-
strom was next to him, with the ship Tapperheten,
yet at least mile from the English. But the gal-
lant Admiral Hood, notwithstanding, immediately
engaged the enemy. At five o'clock in the morning
Captain Martin passed to the leeward of the Russian
leewardmost ship, which gave him a broadside. The
Implacable pursued her course until she gained a
sufficient distance ; she tacked, crossed the bow of
the enemy's ship, gave her a broadside, then crossed
her stern, and gave her another. The Russian ship
appeared to be very roughly handled, and would
then already have been taken, had not the enemy's
ships, which were to windward, bore down to her
assistance. Your Majesty's fleet was in the mean
time working up under a heavy press of sail. And
the ship Tapperheten and the frigates nearest the
English Admiral's ship within half a mile distance.
Admiral Hood continued the chace with every sail
set, in order to bring the enemy to a general action,
the probable consequence of which would have been
the lor.s of his whole fleet. Nor would the enemy
have been able to avoid a general engagement, had
not the wind shifted to N. E. which enabled him to
take shelter in Baltic port. The whole fleet entered
that port at 12 o'clock at noon, with the exception of
the ship engaged by the Implacable, which came to
an anchor close in with the cliffs of Rogon, and was
there attacked and captured by Admiral Hood, and
burnt the next morning.

The gallantry displayed on this occasion by Admi-

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ral Hood, his otE,.crs and, Wen, who with two ships
attacked a tleercessisting of nine sail of the line and
12 frigates, without being supported by any other
ships ond took one, is beyond description. The ship
captured and burnt was called the Sew;lod, com-
mande,l by Captain Roodnoff. She had about SOO
men killed and wounded. Nine ships of your Ma_
jesty are now at anchor close in with Baltic Port, and
the ship Tarperbeten and the frigates.cruizing round
those which are at anchor.
Oa board the ship Gu.tavus Adolphus Fourth, at anchor before
Baltic Port, the 20th August, 1808.
H. 1. NAIMOTP, Rear-Admiral..