Star.
London, England, 1801-08-07 00:00:00

LORD ArEisort.

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Nothing Official refpeeingihe ezpicStion agait ts
Boulogne has yet been fiublilhed, but the Mut of
the attack is now pretty well known.
The ColloWing letter from Dover will Pik our
readers in poffetfion of the particulars of hiit Lord.
Thip's proceedings down to yeaerclay morning,
after which time it would appear that little more
was attempted ; for by our letters from Deal we
learn that feveral of the bombs and tenders returned
there yeiterday, and our letters from Margate flate,
that the Admiral with part of his fleet has come
into the Roads there.
Ten of the French gun-vac's have been de-
ilroyed, notwithitanding -the difficulty of getting
at them, which From the nature of the harbour was
very great. The whole bufinefs was done with
bombs, the ilallownefs of the water keeping our
men of war at fuch a dillance that their (hot could
not take effeet: this circumftance, however, en-
ables us to Hate, that the fervice that has been
rendered by the deftruetion of thefe veffels has
been accoMpinied with hardly any lofs.

The fa& tarns out to be, that at Boulogne the
pteparations of the enemy were by no means fo
formidable as report had flitted them. In their
heft nate of eqttipment they could never have-
tianfPoi:ted- 4pooo pun. The whole number 01
gun-boats at that quarter' did not exceed twenty,
and in dellroYing one•half of thew Lord N*t.so■
has done all that fpirit combined with prudenta'
Could effect, and all that Government calculated
upon.

Doiiti; THULIDAT, 01111 P. M.
be Sattirday, Lord Nelfoti (ailed from Deal, and the fame
evening took the command of the fqua'dion of (mail .spa of war
noising of Boulogne, under the coriathand of Captain Somer-
ville of the Eugenia. His Lordthip ordered all fhips of war to
ink, and (earth did on Sunday, till at left they natenuited.
thirty-fens fail, including gun-boats, brigs, the. His LIM
Rip brought them all up before Boulogne, and made fignarthg
them to divide into two rquadrons; one (quadron ao be to Willis I
ward.
On hfondaj Lord Nelfen Rood clofe into Boulogne With '
fame of the tomb-veffels, and three, leveret bombs to try bow
they would Meth the enemy. Finding they reached the ams.
be inedefirwrof renal, and they sischored *boot roar Mike
from the land.
The more at Boulogne ftrethhes nearly Bat and Weft. To-
wards the Eat a point of land runs out forming a bay. The
south of the harbour la id the middle of this, and looks canto
theporth. The enemy's leffels, confifting of fix brigs, two
(choosers, and about 20 or 3o gun-boats, were arranged in a
line along the beach, net half a mile from more, one halt Eaß'
but the largeft half Weft of the hafbour's mouth, in Rom Of
which was the iargeft brig. On the beach weft attic bantam
was a Rrong battery, which kept up a very heavy fire. The
battery on the pier-heed, eaR of the harbour, lid not fire much,
bat triad a mull now and WA.
On Monday night, Lord Nelfon Went under cover of the
dart, in a four-oared gig, a long thrift boat, and reconnoitred
die enemy's parkin, and found it as above dercribed. He then
ailed orders to begin the attack at break of day next morninr
At fad o'clock, he himfelf Rationed the bombs, five in number,
in an oblique line, Itretching from the weft end of the enemy's
line. They come to Locher, add began throwing bombs about
fist o'clock the other (hips °twee being Rationed under weigh'
is soother line, behind the bombs, ready to resider at:finance,
Nis Lordthip's, own flag was placed in front of the harbour'
having our two End, one of bombs, another of (mail (hips of
war, ftretching from his right ; behind thefe lines was the Ley-
o den, of 64 guns. His Lordthip's Intention wai to attack the
enemy's smile!, with bombs only, as they reach mach farther
than that, and would prove effedual, while the eneweg
could not read! us. At fit o'clock, however, it being dheikli.
water, Lord Welton, deGrous of convincing the enemy what a
heavy fire he coot', play upon them, and, at the lathe time, to
Induce them to difelde their krongeft points, Whiling diffieuk
to ilifeder their batteries, the cliffs being of a brown clay, fern
oar &los of war very dole to the (Mee In face of the batteries,
where they firft fired one broadfide, and, tacking round, fired
the other; then failing away loaded for another fuck attack.
This produced a molt tremendous fire en both fides, and it
was this that firft rive the town of Dover notice of the engage-
them. When the water fell it was neeeffarily given over; but
it had the dared died of convincing Lord NZLSON that he
had goer( d the nature of the enemy's itraigth, and that be had
judicioufly pladd the gun-boats. While the fhips were firing
theirsbroadlides as above mentioned, at (even in the morning,
his Leedthip was in his barge, moving about; making °birds-
' door and minutes, which may be ufcful in a future attack.
He vifited the bombs feparately, and rowed along the whole
toe, amidit a flower of (hot and Rath from the enemy, attend-
ed by the King and Queen cutters; and, by the fame cool and
intrepid condo& dl(played in all the aCtions of this great man,
giving his orders, and animating bj example. The French
batteries on each Me the harbour could only fire ftralght oat,
or nearly fo, while our bombe were Rationed fo much to their
left that the'batteries could not bear upon them. Add to this,
that the bombs, being placed to the weftward, obliquely from
the enemy's line of vrefels, every bomb thrown bad the ad-
vantage of raking the whole line, as it were. For inftance, if
a bomb were thrown for the farthelt French !hip, and fell Roost,
it had a rut chance of hitting one in the line nearer; or a.
thrown for the neareß, and going beyond her, it had a chance
of hitting another farther off. The French loon &funded the
inutility of their batteries, and found that Lord Helton bed not
been fo polite as to attack than in the manner they ezpoded:
They therefore fet a number of men on to throw up work.
-nd batteries on the hill in the eaftern turn of the Bay, which
Inks the whole lime of math This covered the mouth of the
hatlionr tolerably well; but it could not reach one band*
which WCTC at the extremity of the weilward, and the enemy
threw only akw !bells from Is. 'rhe difpcifitlon and °bled of
our wilds were to form all the Franck (kips to retreat towards
the mouth of the harbour, that, having them in a clutter, their
deltruftion might creamily be made at night. In this we
partly fucceeded. The enemy's fire continued very heavy till
about cue o'clock, when it wholly eared from the hills and
batleAdli fecarg, no doubts that k was utterly ineffeetua/ ; but
ear Art ono*** ormaimsed with smabased ricaur.—One vefei
threw tarobrad u 6 Amelas. At ale** three of ohs enemy's
"54 411 Get ‘O4 ARIA la thaws* a 164
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hag tad others flared the fame fate, and file others cadre,
endered Vela's, but were drawn by ropes on the Sore
The fire of the EngMb alfo Sickened during the afternoon'
The enemy fometlines fired a dot or threw a the& To.
wards duff the fire was mewled with a little warmth, bat
Without much meaning. It was Lord Nelfon's intention; in
the dark, to have fort three bombs elofe upon the enemy,
each bomb towed by ten boats ; the bombs were to attack the
enemy in a way that could not fail of annihilating them ; and
the boats were to be ready to row the bombs away, in cafe of
accident. Lord Nelfon likewife ordered all thips to keep as dole
zt poffible, to render them neceffary affiftanee ; but the wind
Wiling, the attack became impradicable without the utmoft
danger; and our whole fleet was obliged to haul off without
making the attempt. Lord Nelfon will, however, loon give
the Navy another opportunity of diftingufthing themfelves, as
he intends to bring up flat-bottomed boats to the attack, at the
time the bombs are throwing Sells. Yeiterday, our fleet flood
off from Boulogne ; and the various Mips have this day been
difperfed, providing themfelves with• ammunition, &e. Some
flat-bottomed boats have failed from the Downs. Part of our
fleet is now near Boulogne, and it 'is probable, the attack may
be renewed this night. The fquadron at Boulogne, is again
under command of Captain Somerville, of the Eugenia. Lord
Nelfon is making the neaffary preparations.
Our loft was on board the Sulphur one engineer' wounded,
and one fesman loft an arm. Some of the Rending rigging we*
jalio cut. This was all OUT loft. A confiderable number of
Frenchmen went to the bottom in the firft three veffels that funk.
As the gun boats raked the More, little or no damage was
done to the town of Boulogne. It was propofed to bombard it ;
but Lord Nelfon Paid, he would not make war on women and
children ; one or two bombs flitch the pier head and fplit the
stones, making thaw fly. This did lone damage, and frighten-
ed the inhabitants, as trunks and furniture were ken removing.
Molt of the inhabitants could be Peen on the heights eaftward of
the town,having left their houfa. It is laid that a fteeple was a
little damaged, but not knocked down ; neither was the town
on fire, as reported in the London Papers.—There are about so
tents on the heights welt of the town in view; but. it is confi-
dently raid there is a large encampment behind the hills on the
ealt fide.—Numbers of troops have been:fan into Boulogne lance
the attack.

Mr. Brow c, of the Cullom-houle, Mr. FICTOI, and others
in, a boat, went oat dating the action, and fent aline to Lord
NrxaoN, with the Extraordinary Gazette of Sir JANIS SAU.
DISISZ'S triumph. His Lurdfbip was delighted, and invited
the Gentlemen, though iteaniers, on board his (hip to dinner
They dined as comfortably at if it had been a pleafure party
An excellent dinner was ferved up, and a very fplendid deffert.
The Gentlemen were complimenting Lord Nazsow, when he
laid, .06 this uin st.thathy afar tls it is secefary t s moo
those the enemy they hall not threaten isomsforss with antraity,
s ifthasetbiNt to rift the minds of the wewm and children in Is..
dm." Here, in Dover, the people laugh at the idea of In-
'anon.

A French cartel arrived left night with cllfpatches : the was
not allowed to come ncarfhore; a boat wait clot, and received
ber difpatches : formerly the came Into the harbour. An Eng-
lish cartel failed this morning at feven. We could fee the was
not allowed to go within two miles of Calais; a boat was fait
out, and took out her cllfpatcha.

DE•L, •130V3T '6.

ArrivedtheZasaA,HEcta,Sou.nve,Voicatio,
and DI s cov a Y Bombs and Tenders,from off Bou-
logne,having deft roved refailof French gun-veffels.
MAtOATE, •uousr 6.

As the Poft is on the point of departure, we can
only Rate at prefent, that Lord NILSONg with
part of his fleet, feveral cutters; &c. have juft
come to anchor in our Roads, having deftroyed
feveral of the French gun-boats at Boulogne, and
done fome other damage to the enemy in that
quarter.

NAUTIC4II. INTELLIGENCE.