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cleterthined, as scan as. the necessary arrangements Pargrisrs, at 40 ditto for live-inch Mortars; 11,61? lbs.'.. of ':. St. Anitiniocof 10Dtobs, hides with plank and :pow,
were made, t 6 pas the infantry of Lieutenant Gene-
, to ether Powder, 1... G.; 119 Muskets, 44 Oakum; 400,000 Bausium, . Name
.unknown,'of SO tons,laden with oil and hides.
sladen
ral the Earl of Rosslyn's corpsgeth with Lieu- Ban Cattridges' u Charlotte Furtintato, of 56 tons,
d
Betteriee•on the Coast j 2 Brass Tweoty-four-P Nanst unknown' of 50 tOns • laden w with oil.
with oil.
tenant General the Marquis of Huntley's division,. Brass.Tvielve-inch Mortars; 5 Iron Mortars ; 1,, Twetnye-rt7o;ureTwenty-four-bait°. of 410 tons, oil, simOudi, Sgs, a d dl
2 8.
and the light brigades of artillery, into South Beve- Pounder travelling Gun• Carriages ; 463 Rounds of Ammunition Providenaa, of so tons,Wen with il.nca:l
for Twenty•foun--Pounders, 100 ditto for Twelve-inch Mortars.. ' . T 694-71.3 Vesicle. .:
land, to form a junction with the reserve under Lieu., „ . „ Spartan,
With a large quantity of ordnance stores, tools,
M.ylsorcl—On the 2d inst. the Spartan and Mer.
tenant General Sir John Hope, and that the cavalry' . off Rovigne, May 5 18e9,
materials, iron, &c. &c. of every description, the ac- Mir
dulled two vessels into the port of Ce e • '
and ordnance ships, together with the transports for'
counts for which time will not •adm it of .being furnished.. ia llAtico,
Lieutenant General Grosvenor's division, the moment
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their services could be spared from before Flushing,
should be brought through the Slow passage, and
proceed up the West Scheldt, but of course this.
latter operation cannot take place until a sufficient
•naval force shall have been enabled.to enter the river,
send to proceed in advance, but the Very severe blow-
ing weather we have constantly experienced, added
to tlae great difficulty sof.the navigation, has hitherto
baffled all their efforts..
By letters from Lieutenant General Sir John Hope,
I find that the enemy had, on the sth instant, come
down• with about twenty-eight gun vessels before
Batz, on which place they kept up a smart cannonade
'for some hours, but were forced. to retire by 'the
from the fort, and every thing has since -remained
quiet in that-quarter.. •
I have theshonour to iriclose a Statement of the ca.
seillie-.§ that have .oecurred in the several corps be-
fore Flushing,, since the. last-returns of killed and
wounded. I. have the lineourto-ilteot4.,t(iggivtd)..
Re of the Rank and Names of Officers, atsd of the 141iinbei •
of NOMetnnxiimiontd Officers and Rat,lt and File killed, woun-
ded; anti missing since last Return (Augisst 2) to August 6, in-
elusive. .
Head OU7rters, Middleburgh, August 7. ,
ad Batt. Ist Font-4 rank and file kilisd ; 5 rank and file wour-
deJ.
sth Foot-1 rank and file killed ; 20 rank and file wounded.
14th Foot—e rank • and file wounded.
'*6th F•ot-5 sank and file killed ; 1 Lieutenant, 1 Serieant, 19
rank and file, wounded.
32d Foot--2 rank and Me killed ; 15 rank and fee wounded.
65th Font—to. rank and file killed; 1 Major, I Lieutenant, I En-
sign, 6 rank and file, wounded.
71st Foot-1 Assistant-Surgeon, 8 rank and file, killed; 2 Lieu-
tenants, 1 Sedeant, 24 rank and file, wounded ;11 rank and
missing.(Not returned in time to be inserted its last Re-
turn.)
31st Foot-2 rank and file killed ; 1 Lieutenant, 4 rank and file,
wounded. -
35th Foot-7 rank and file wounded.
95th Foot-1 rank and file killed; 1 Lieutenant, 2 Serjeants, 6
rank and Me, wounded.
Embodied Detachment-1 En.ign, 3 rank and file, wounded.
Corps—l Lieutenant, :4 rank and Me, woueded --(Nut re-
* tur.-.:•ti in time to be included in last Return.)
oral—i Assistant-Surgeon, 25 rank and file, killed; 1
Major, 6 Lieuter.sms, 2 Ensigns 4 Serjeants, 114 rank
and Me, wounded ; 4 rank and file missing.
ICAMtS OF OFFICEitS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
4th Foot —Lieuteannt dangerously wounded.
,6th Foot—Major Thompson. terously wounded; lieutenant
H. B. klaid. and Eusign boms'n, slightly wounded.
71st Foot...Assistalit-hurgeon H. Quin, killed ; Lieutenant D.
Fletcher, sightly wound..:d.
8 I 4t I 'cot —Lieutenant N. Montgomery, slightly wolinded.
Pith Foot—Lieutenant I tembly, slightly wounded.
Embodied Detachment---kusign Addison, of the 6th Regiment,
slightly wounded.
Staff Corps—Lieu'. A. Tlylor, slightly ,wounded.
OFACERS DI:TURNED WOUNDED IN LAST RETURN, 817 T
wi-10§E NAMLS w Kitt NOT THEN KN.^WN.
`6Bth Foot—Captain Crespigny, Lieutenants M'Dnnald and 1.
Menzies, slightly wounded.
85th Foot—Cieutianc wounded:
35th:Foot—CapLin Frederick, wounded as per last Return, since
dead. R. Lotto, Cot Ail. Gen.
• Mi4delburg, August 13, teen.
MY Loan—Since closing my dispatch of yester,
day's date, the enemy, towards five o'clock in the
evening, in considerable force, made a vigorous sot.
tie upon the right of our line occupied by-Major Ge-
neral Graham's division. . .
The attack was principally directed upon our ad-
vanced piqnets, Which were supported by the 3d
battalion of the Royals, the sth and 35th. regiments,
under Colonel Hay. These corps, togrlier with
detachments of the Royal Attillery, the 95th and
light battalions of the King's Getman Legion, re.
cerred the enemy with their accustomed intrepidity ;
and, after a sharp contest of some duratiOn, forced
him to retire with very considerable loss in killed,.
wounded, and prisoners. •
In this affair, the enemy has had another oppoirtn.
nity of witnessing the superior gallantry of British
troops ; in us instance has he succeeded :n making
the least impression throughout our line, and on this
occasion, so far from' profiting by his attempt, he has ,
'been obliged to relinquish some very advantageous
Firisiad where our advanced posts .are now estab-i
I cannnt to strongly express my sense of the :utt-
remitting vigilance and ability manifested by Major-
-General Graham, in securing and maintaining his
post against the repeated attempts of the . enemy to
dislodge him ; and I have great satisfaction in ac-
quainting your Lordship, that the Major-General
mentions, in terms of the warmest approbation, the
distinguished conduct and gallantry of the officers
and troops engaged on this occasion.
_ I am now enabled to transmit, for ycwr Lordship's
information, an abstract return of .the ordnance, am.
munition, and stores, that have fallen into-our hand,
since our arrival in th:i island. I halve the honour
to be, &c. • (Signed) CHATHAM.
Middelburg, August 7, 1809.
Abstract Return of Ordnanee, Anstnunitioni and Stores taksen
from the enemy in the Island of Walchercn,by the British army
under the commando( Lieut.-General the Earl of Chatham.
Taken in. Action-4 brass 6-pounders, 1 ditto 3-pounder; 4
6-pounder travelling gur.-carriages, 1 9-pounder ditto; 100 rounds
cii ammunition for ..t4-posinden, 6 ditto fur 12-pounded x,172 ditto
for 6 pounders; 20011 n. of powder, I. G.
Fort at Hooke-, rear the landing place-4 brass 24-pounders,
S ditto 1::.-peunders ; 3 iron whores, 2 portable magazines.
Garrison of Veer-5 brigs. 24-pounders, 2 ditto 18-pounders,
4 ditto 12-pounders, It ditto 6-pounders • 2 12-inch mor-
tars, 6 51-inch ditto,_ 3 74-inch Grass howitzers, '1 6-inch ditto ;
4 Brass Cohorns ; 2 Brass Swivels ; 4 Iron 24-pounders, .1 ditto
is-pounders, 2 ditto 12-poonders, 4 ditto 6-pounders; 10 Iron
Cohorns ; 9 24 •pounder Trieelling Gun Carriages, s 18-pounder
ditto; 6 12-pounder ditto, 4 E.-pounder ditto, 18 6-pounder ditto;
S 74 Inch 'travelling Howitzer Carriages, 2 6 inch ditto ; 2 Six
pounder Ship Gun Carriages ; 3 Waggons, 1 Caisson's, 2 bang
Carts, 2 13-inch spire mortar beds (land service, new),‘ 5 Oyns,
etimplete ; 7963 Rounds of Ammunition for 24 pounders, 2106
ditto for le-pounders, 345 ditto for 12-pounders, rirzt ditto for
6-pounders, 21104;.ditto for-S-pounders, 296 ditto for 19-inch
mortars, 79 ditto kg 74 inch howitzers, Si ditto for 6-inch ha-
winters ; 99,599 lbs. of Powder, L. G.; 1926 16-lb. Grenades,
1561 11-Ib.ditto, 1408 ditto,ll42o 4.111. ditto, 4271 3-Ib. ditto;,
534 MOsiets, 91 Carbines 100 Cutlasses; 441,000 Musket Ball
Cari.sieges; 29 Portable eivligaoinita, e Petards complete, 12
,Buoys with Mooring Chains, 1221 lbs. of Lead in balls.
Gaivison at Ramekins-6 Braes Twelve-Pounders, 3 ditto'
Sio..Poosiders, S dltto Two-Poundors ; 4 kiln Eighteen-l'Unders;
3 Iron Cohurn; 1 Twenty Sour-N(0146J travelling Guu-carriage,
1 Eighteen;Poender ditto, 1 biz-Pounder ditto; 14i.t2 Rounds
at Asnmunition for Eighteen-Pounders, 267 ditto fur Tweivt-
Peoodet3, 15? ditto for Six-Pounders, 137 ditto fog Two-

(Signed) T. MACLEOD, at. Gen,
Return of the Rank and Names of 02cers and of tb r number of
Non-eotiunissioned Officers and Rank and Fite killed, WOWI.
ded, and missing is the affair of the 7th August.
Middieburgla, Augnst 8.
.oval Artillery-. 1 Lieutenant, l yank and file wounded.
3d Batt. Ist Foot--1 rank and file kilted ; 1 Serjeant,lo rank and ,
file wounded.
sth Foot--t Serjeant, 4 rank and file, killed ; 1 Captain, 1 Lieu-
tenant, 2 Ensigns, 47 rank and file, wounded; I Brevet IVa-
jor, 3 rank and file, missing. •
35th Foot-3 rank and file wounded ;- 9 Serjeants, 51 rank laud
file, wounded, 2 mnk and file missing.
59th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. •
76th Foot-1 rank arid file killed.
95th Foot-1 Lieutenant, 2 Serjeants, 4 rank and file, wounded.
Ist Light Battalion of the King's German Legion-4 rank and file
killed; 1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 12 rani and file, wounded.
Total—i Serjeant, 13 rank and file, killeJ ; 1 Captain„ 4
.Lieutenants, 3 Ensigns, 7 Serjeants, 126 rank and file,
wounded ; 1 Brevet Major, 4rank and file, missing.
' Names of the Officers Wounded and missing in this Affair.
. • lieutenant Grant, of the Royal Artillery, slightly.
sth Regiment of Foot—Brigade•Major Bird, missing(supposed
to have been taken prisoner); Captain Hamilton, badly
wounded ILleutemnatilird, slightly; Ensign Galbraith, ditto;
Era
DituiLietttlellif Isltt, t •
Ist Light Battalion of the 'fettle's- gertnin tegion—Lieutenant
Du Fay, badly; Ensign Hedsnutu, ditto.
1 ADMIRALTY OFFICE, AUGUST 12.
' Letters transmitted by Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwoo d.
Spartan, Trieste, April 27.
Mr Loan—l have the honour to inform Your
Lordship, that being with the Amphion and Mer-
cury off the town of Pesaro, on the 25d inst. I ob-
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served' a number of vessels lying in the Mole, and
thought it practicable to take possession of them, for
which purpose the ships were anchored with springs
upon their cables, .'within half a mile of the town.—
The boats formed into two divisions, the first consist-
ing of launches with carromides, and other boats car-
rying field-pieces, under the orders of Lieutenant
Philott, First of the Amphion, took.a station to the
northward of the town ; and the second division„con-
sisting of rocket-boats, under the order of Lieutenant.
Bautrigardtt, of the. Spartan, to the Southward, both
divisiims commanded by Lieutenant With., First of
the Spartan. As soon as these arrangements were
made, I sent a flag of truce on shore, to demad•the
surrender of all the vessels, adding, that should any.
resistance he made, the Governor-must' be answer•
able for the Consequences. I gave hi'm half an flow
to deliberate. •
At half past eleven, A. sr. the officer returned with
a message from the Commandant,. stating that initial
an hour I should receive his ;inviter.. •
' waited thirty-five minutes from the time th'eboat
came alongside, when observing no the
ntlntre. fly.
ing on shore, but that troops were asymbling incon-
siderable numbers in the streets, 'and on the quays,
and that the inhahitants wcte busily employed in dis-
in intling the vessels, I hauled down the &gni truce,
and tired ore shot over the town to give wahine-to
the women and children, and shortly afternliiletl4
sigma to commence firing, which was inetterAliithey.:l
ed by the ships and bads. At thil.-twominutes
after twelve, observing several flags ef truVe hinfg
out in .the town, made the signal.Th cease firilk,
and• Lieutenant Willis pulled into, the harliOtir,..w. hire
he was ieformed that the Commandanstaal made. his
escape with all the military.
.
I considered the Pace as surrendered at di,sceetioti,l
and gave orders fOr all the beats to be enes.lnyed in,
bringing out the vessels, and the marinas tohielalided
to protect them. •
Lieutenant Willis made the most judicious arrange-
ments, to put these orders into exectitioa; .the
vines were drawn up on the Marina, under Lieutenant
Moore of the Royals Marines, of the Amphion, the
'launches stationed is such iniaaner as to enfilade the
pyincipal streets; and tl e other boats' crews employ-
ed in rigging the vessels, and laying out warps to
haul them off with, as s, on as the tide should flow.
About two P. M. I received a lejterfran the Corn-
inalident, dated Lill past one, dean :nding another
hoes tor ,debberation ; I refused him a moment, and
told him thas-in case of resistance, I should destroy
the towe:'
Be hall-past-six 13 vessels deeply' laden, as per in.
closed list, were brought off; several others had beet
scuttled by the inhabitants, and sunk ; some were
still aground, and dismantled; there were besides a
few in ballast, and a number of fishing vessels.
I should have burnt the merchant vessels, but Was
apprehensive of setting fire al the town, and destroy-
,ing the fishing boats, I 'therefore directed Lieutenant
'Willis to blow up the castle at the entrance °Elbe
harbour, and bring' off, his people ; this. he did at
seven o'clock. •
• I, ann. happy to say we .did . not hear of satyr lives.
being lost in the town, although many of the houses
were Much damaged ; one man only was killed by,
the explosion of the castle ; after the match had been
lightet4 and our people retreated, he approached it
a musket was fired over him to drive him away, but
he sought refuge behind the cattle, and was buried
ill its ruins.
As the enemy made no active resistance, I can only
express my admiration of the zeal and promptitude
with which Captain Hoste and the Hollow able Henry
Duncan, executed the orders they received, and the
manner in which they placed their ships. Lieutenant
Willis upon this, as upon every ether occasion, dis-
played the greatest energy, skill, and judgment; the
arrangements he made for the defence of his party,
whilst in the harbour, and the expedition used in send-
ing out the prizes, do him the highest credit. • '
Lieutenant Philott and Lieutenant Baumgardttiin
the command of their respective divisions, and Lieu-
tenant Moore in that of the marines, was also exem-
plary. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)
J. nazNToN.
List of Enemy's Vessels captured in the raft of Pesaro, by his
Majesty's Ships Spartan, A 14111911, and Mercury, on the 234
of April.
• St. Nicholas, of 132 tons, laden with oil and Almonds.
II Praetico, of 90 tons, laden with oil.
I.'Az zard o Fortunato, of 54 tons, laden with oil.
A vessel, nasiae unknown, of 180 tons, laden with oil, bidet, and
a'. molds.
A vessel, name unknown, of 90 tons, laden with oil and hemp.
St. Antr.nio, of iso tors, laden with oil.
Santo Nio, of 56 tons, laden with woroccs leather, hides, bees'
was, anti planks.

the entrance of which is very auirenw, and . was de.
fended by a battery of two guns (24 pounders) and
a castle; observing at the same time several other
vessels lying there, I determined to take possession of
them if possible.. This coast is so shoal, that we had
only four fathoms considerably out Of, gunshot of the
town ; I was, therefore under the aeuessity of senclink
the boats ahead, and on each bow, to lead us in, with
directions to make a signal when in•three fathoms.
We were by this means enabled to anchor at noon in
a quarter threei.withia range of grape of the battery,
and very soon iced it, when the'boats under the
command of Lieutenant Willis, first of the Spartan,
pushed in, and took possession of it, turning the gull,
uport.the castlevad town, which were soon after de.
serted. We capeavad in the port I 2 vessels, some
laden with corn for Tessice, and the enders being in
ballast. We filled• them 'With hemp and non out 01
the magazines for iliose articles that were on the quay
and in which the sails and rud/lets of some of theves.
sels were concealed.
Another large vessel laden with lion, which lav at
the entrance of theharbour scuttled, we blunt, •
aA
after blowing up the c :stle and magazines, destroviL;
the battery, and spiEng the guns, the boats came oti.,
I am happy to say,.withont the loss of a man, or am
perion being wounded, althoegh much exposed to the
fire of the battery, as well as musketry, nor was a v
damage done to the ships.
The Mercury, froth Captain Dnncan's. anxiety IN.
place her as near the town as posible, took
-ground, but in to favourable a position as gave the
eek
fulleszagto her fire. She vas however hove eif
by 6P. -withoutiraring s..•taitied any injury. I
never witnessed more zeal and energy dutrwas evitt-
ced by Captain Duncan upon this occasion. Lieute,
nant Willis displayed great gall.trknriip takingopos-
session of the hattery. the rnament tfirifiips had ceased
firing ;in the expedition jai *hat 'lie turned the
guns againstAbc_ place ;his emrtions also in bringing
out the vessels were very great. MuCh credit is also
due to the officers and meh of both ships for their
activity. (Signed.) ..fnu,.l.3iszsixoa4

FROM7RE DUTaPdPiRBI

AMSTERDAM, JULY 2t

Onr Court Gazette contain" fusilier observations on
the Public Reports to the fo..lovting
The principal subjects which occupy the puLlie
mina, are :
1. Tei employment of the Oephans. •
" 2. Iteetatining of the Busghen.
• Theihreet of ail iiivestoe froth
• 54 Tfaiiiniriber of ..trietClid*-wantiug: cath-plete
the army is
.6060, and 'yet b wished tsrAolude. the
orphans fitanthe militarrierVicei• - fidiiirl,er., they
are not to be destined ter %Mk heavies, recourse muit
be had either to a fOreign army, to theCOnsiripts, or
:to a vialuraary reeruiting. In the present state pf the
• world, no militia= can tie placed on a foreign strmY;
'and-the King has already % enly &dared against
Conscription,
.1a the face of thenatioa, and of all
Europe. But lei foreign army must be resorted to,
such etneasure ant be considered as nothing less than
.rensnancing our freedom' and political existence, and
'..eurresidering our 'rank among Independent
.4. With reweet to arming the Burghers, it viotill
'indeed be shaitteful,t,if a nation such as our's, a pec•
pie who would be :independent and vi-Onhy of their
.ancestors, should be incapable of presenting any
vstance• to hositlie descent or. invasion. It is the
duty of the King to adopt the most vigorous mea.
Lkores of defence. But there are persons wig) would
Iplite the King in the situation of a man required to
walk with his legs bound.' They are so unre.isone.ble
gas to .desire things totally incompatible with e;it:t
-other.. They would have the independence of the
',country, a polisical,mtistencer and at the same time
no land forces,: :_`.Cher would ,11. we the post. rigid
-economy in the public expenditure,-and at.tbe same
tiny a fdtmid,ibTinivy. They would have no con-
se: iption,i no foreiguittany, And yet suggest no htlaer
means ofdefence.• - • '
f• Shogid a lamiling,taka place in Holland, such a
misfortune would cost toe nation•dirar.-. :rho senseless)
who wish that mktoittuse know not what they wish,
and, perhap4.aVilf not find their aceoont in it.- We Lto
not allude merely to*the partizans of tt.eold House
,of Orange. We can easily. conceive that a House
. which not performed such important services for Hob
land, .may have friends. nor our part, we are sin.-
cereiy devoted to the Monarchy of Holl.md, because
we are persuaded that whatever turn European rela-
ti'ins may take,. the :old state of- affairs never coin
return, since, if such an event happened, it would be
the greatest misfortune for the country to resume that
defective form of Government—a form which was
maintained-during two centuries; only by the zeal
of the great European Powers,:
.who 'successively in-
terested themselves in supporting.. it, -chiefly on at..
count of the good,:nioral, and persevering character
of-the body of the .peoplei-of that inidellelelass of
society, who, without being the .richest, constitute
the true wealth and strength of tie State. To us it is
evident that our duty, our *oath, and the welfare of
the nation, as well as the wisle of the great majority
of the people, bind us to our present Government,
airaahat since the 'death of the last Stadtholder,'Uo
, attachment, no duty, no oath, ought any longer to bind
us to the House Orange. The nephew of. the
Staciholder may' still find some partizans; some friends
of his name : but after all that has happened sel.hin
these 'fifteen years, he must have delivered himself
into the hands of intriguers and ambitious men, if he
allow himself to be brought forward as a pretex: for
disturbing the order and tranquility which we enjoy
under our present Government.
" Let us then all unite our efforts to shew cur
King that true Dittclimen wish to protect I im who
labours for.them. Let it not be forgotten, that if the
Prince has duties to fulfil, the people have also obli-
gations towards him, even though his government
,*should not possess all the confidence of the nation.—
May we thus ever merit the care and the love of a
King who gives us unceabing proofs that he is less our
Sovereign than out Firs Maivitoraw. and Lh.g4u a`
;he Nation 1"