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Tome hope, if the fignals are' eorreet. Nothing re-
mains to me but uncertainty, with a gretudeal ofj
fear, and I do not know what opinion to entertain.
After having fpoken of our loffes, it\ gives me
great pleafure to Elate to you the new glory witb
which le Formidable, commanded by Captain
TROUDE, has been covered. During the night-
cannonade, in the middle of the Streight, this Rip
received the fire of friends and enemies ; but with
intrepid coolnefe, the Captain would not return
the fire left be should increafe the diforder, and
keeping clofe to the Spanifh coaft, he retired from
the combatants : be was followed by a divifion of
the Briti(h fleet of three (hips and a frigate, and at
break of day, being in fight of Cadiz, and five
leagues diftant from the fquadron, he was attack-
ed by three (hips, with which he was engaged for
half an hour, and obliged two of. them to -retire :
the third endeavoured to attack le Formidable on
the quarter, while• the frigate cannonaded her in
the ftern. But, notwithftanding the bad Rate of,
his malls, Captain Taouoa approached within
, - mufket (hot of the Britifh (hip the Possess,
• which having loft her main mall, after an en-
gagement of on hour anti an half, made halite
to get away, being taken in tow by the frigate:
Come time after both her other malts came down
and the veal had the appearance of having yield-
ed, but as the two other (hips and the frigate were
at a fhort diftance, Captain Tao UDE would not take
poffeffion of her : be expeaed to be attacked again.
The enemy difconcerted both in their fire, and their
bravery, fuffered him quietly to purfue his courfe.
This engagement took place in fight of all Ca-
diz, and the glorious refult of a combat fo une-
quail. by covenng our arms with glory, has filled the
hearts of the Spaniards with the utmoft degree of
cube:aim. Le Formidable was fcarcely repair.
ed after the battle of Algefiras on the 6th : top-gal-
lant-maftsfervedher as top.mafts,butin thisderang.
ed Rate thebraveTeoNDE,inftead of flying from the
-.• 4111eray, who might have captured him without firing
, . a mot, offered them battle, and by this manceuvre,
as prudent as bold, he firft extricated binsfelf from
• the two (hips, which he greatly damaged, and at
, left totally difmafted le Postree, which fought
him bravely for an hour and a half. The com-
bined fquadron was at that time becalmed at the
diftance of five leagues. I expeacd to fee it,on the
breeze fpringing up,come to take poffelfion of this
-se, veffel, and give chace to, or capture the four Bri-
tifh (hips which were in fight ; but I was far from
having any idea of the misfortune which befel the
two three deckers, which, without doubt, occafion-
, ed the feparation of the St. Antonia ; and in the
evening the fquadron came CO anchor.
Rear-Admiral 14110111 was exceedingly forry
that he was not on board le Formidable, but he
did not think proper to refift the urgent folicita-
. tions of General Moans°, 'who induced him to go
• on board his frigate, that they might better con-
cert their operations.—My rcfpeaful falutations.
(Signed) nuseisota-Lt.r att.'s%
ACCOUNTS PROM EGYPT.
IMIIIIPIKTGI Or RITIEWS, TO Till MINISTER
AT wax.
• Lc ern, July
I left Alexandria, Citizen Minifter, on s ft of
May. I was taken by the Englifh frigate la PicLus,
off Alexandria, and was carried to Aboukir, where'
I arrived on the Bth of June, and from which I fet
out on the soth of June. At that.period, Egypt
. was in the following fitnation : General Mxsou
was at Alexandria, mailer of the Lake Mareotis.
He was encamped on the heights without the walls
of Alexandria. The Englifit occupied the penin-
fula of Aboukir with a part of their army, having
not advaeseed one ftep fine their landing. Thefe
two balk reconnoitred each other without offer-
ing an attack. The crews of the (hips of war in'
the port of Alexandria formed the garrifon of that;
city and the forts.
On the 9th of Jane, the corvette Heliopolis,
which General °ASTMS/LOME had difpatched, cn
tend Alexandria : it was laden with ammuniticin!
and carried !brae troops. It left General Quo
-
T M t AO MR at anchor twenty-five leagues from Mar)
andria.
General Be LLIAIID commanded at Cairo. having
under his command, Generals LAGR AMOS, ROBIN,
PONZSLAT, BROM, &c. The main body of his ar-
my was much flronger than that at Alexandria
Chef de Brigade Du/AS commanded in the citadel
of Cairo, and the General of Brigade Alm
at Giza).

The Englifh army, under the command of Ge-
neral HVTCHIN/011,*was at Terrance. The Cap•
taro Puha, with the flotilla, was on the Nile, op-
polite to Terrance, co-operating with the Englifh
army.
The Grand Vizier was at Benxi': he had ad-
vanced to Cairo; he had been completely beaten
by General Bei.s.tsan, and repulfcd as far as Sa-
laiiich. General BELLtARD had been nightly
woiladed in this affair.
Tlsc Engliib eftirnate their Infs in the battles of
13t1i, aad z tft of litarch, at scut men killed.
hi.y are much ailed with fore eves.

If Central BILLIARD beats the corps of Eighth I
at Terrante, the Englifh army may find Veil' in a
difficult fituation; Chef de Brigade Cavalier, who
tvas ercorting a convoy of 600 camels, with Soo
' men, infantry, cavalry and artillery, had the Mil-
fortune to be furrounded and taken prifoner by
the Englifh army between Alkam and Terrance.
The gatrifons of Damietta and Burlos, forming
together Soo or 600, were alfo made prifoners.
Health and refped. ( Signed) .Da v az.