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three P. M. to compel the sternmost of them to sur..• vats Marine, ditto, stncealea ; Israel Soutilwithe ordinary atm
wounded ; Thomas Newland, ordinary mamas, ditto
render, when the action ceased, leaving us in posses-111:„....an,
d,Staallatto,.landilmliaamn,poittoie;,T. M. itaptßarnard,ortiory ma.
skin of the Corona of forty-four guns, and the Bellona I 11.... p j • dn Dun.,
pe,a .
of thirty-tyro guns (the French Commodore), the Lieutenant, ditto ; John Bryan, able seaman, ditto
Favorite of 44 guns on shore, which shortly after ney, ordinary seaman,ditto ; Edward Sutherland, Captain of the
1 main-top, ditto; James Bailey, Yeoman of the Sheets, ditto --
blew up with a dreadful explosion, the corvette of the
,fodrdittati: Alexander
.r Holley, ne.di.
enemy making all possible sail to the north-west, and 1
it hr o
seaman, Jackson,
doirtdtoinarinits seaman,
trohenFnrecasti ie,
two frigates crowding sail for the port of Lessina, , eriryo ; John Simmon. ds, Ordinary se'a n, dinitto ;
the brig making off to the south-east, and the small able seaman, ditto ; William Johnson (i), able seaman, ditto;
7.
craft flying in every direction ; nor was it in my Robert Fanning, ordinary seaman, ditto ; Gia. Jose, su u-
merary, ditto ; John Harding, Captain of the After GUard,dltto;
power to prevent them, having no ship in a state to John Cook, ordinary Seaman, ditto; Barnard Henry, able sea-
follow them. j man, ditto ; Thomas Hunt, private Diarist., ditto ; John Horton,
I must now account for the Flora's getting away • able seaman, ditto ; F. G. Farewell, Midshipman, ditto ;
char
after having struck her colours. At the time I was Buthane, Volunteer let Class, dine ; Thomas Moor, Captain of
the Royal Marines, ditto ; T. E. Haste, Midshipman, ditto
engaged with that ship, the Bellona was raking us; ;
lion. William Waldearave' r, Voluntee lit Class, ditto; Jeremiah
and when she struck, J had no boat that could pos. M.Carthy, ordinary- , seaman, ditto • Peter Cowell, sulwr i : tinier-
sibly take possession of her. I therefore preferred ary, ditto ; William Dangstone, p riv
ate inariueontio ; Thomas
closing with the Bellona and taking her. to losing Donald, privas
termarine, ditto.
time alongside the Flora, which I already considered 14"1-1 kled 47 wounded
(Signed) W. Hosit, Captain.
belonging to us. I call on the officers of my own
sqtladron as well as those of the enemy to witness my A li6t of Officers, Seamen, and licjal Marines, killed or wound-
assertion. The correspondence I have had on this ed
Captain,o i n
ahiiiseMngaaigeesntiesntshwith earnbeenruesm. tienryVidliitby, Esq.
subject with the French Captain of the Danae (now Wand of Lissa, in the Adriatic, on the Ltills7a
March otiS.
iini
;
itheir Commodore,) and which I enclose herewit , is i KlLLZD-
convincing, and even their own officers (prisoners Samuel Jetlery. acting purser; Francis Surrage Davey, odd.
here) acknowledge the fact. Indeed I might have ablpnian ; William Mackey, able seaman • , John Rooney, ordl-
i nary seaman ; Thomas Cook, Captain of the main-top ; Samuel
, sunk her, and so might the Active; but as the co-
-1
lours were down, and all firing from her had long Rathbornr, Aaron Smith, landmen ; Wm. Patter4on, ordinary
g seaman, ditto ; Wm. Duncan, Landman, ditto • jolt. Braril,land-
! ceased, both Captain Gordon and myself considered man, di Ale de
ditto ; satt r Hardy, Thomas Brooks, Patrick Bogle,
her as our own ; the delay of getting a boat on board ' private marines.
j wousnen.
the Bellona, and the anxious pursuit of Capt. Gordon -
Whelan George Crutripston, Lieutenant ; John lisyan, corpe
titer's crew.
I after the beaten enemy enabled him to steal off, till" .
too late for our shattered ships to come up with him, •
the F cireelalis !Lk( -I John), riiHan a rIT ("2 7anN at La Johnlel K Hallen mm a,Captainni
his rigging and sails apparently not much injured; ' ten; William Armstrong, Alexander Campbell, ableQuarter-Mar
pe en;
tint by the laws of war I shall ever maintain he be- James Crawley, quarter gunner; Hugh M'Cormick. Joht Cu-
longs to us. sack, ordinary seamen; Joseph Warren, caulker; Alexander
The enemy's squadron, as per inclosed return, was Everiern.'wrthaeliaiuggn.,infimeasblseresesverinareello ;J
John
es Lacks 's), ropt‘
ma
ary
commanded by Monsieur Dubourdieu, a Captain de seamen ; John Connell, able seaman ; Patrick M'Coyislanrddinnian
Vaisseau, and a Member of the Legion of Honour, Miles M`Garth, ordinary woman ; Andres ÜbricksoO, able sea-
who;
is killed. In justice to a brave man I must say, man; Chart" Monts, Landman; ThomasWeatherall, yeoman of
he set a noble example of intrepidity to those under the
man able.;seThaonmußWhintminr,urec, armosrer's mate; Wm. Chap-
hint. They sailed from Ancona the 11th inst. with King,'
Joseph Ltitn;ontis, Michael Potno,rlandinamriens7 Ainici Thomas
r'
five hundred troops on board, and every thing ne- I gerald, aliasWilliantson, ordinary seaman ; Peter Francisco, ditto,
cessary for fortifying and garrisoning the Island of inortally ; Manuel Joseph, ordinary woman; Michael 'Thomas
Rotherg. able seaman; John Croft, Henry Bentley, corporals
Lissa. Thanks to PROVIDENCE we have this time lof marines; John Home, John M'Evoy, RobeftWhitaker, John
prevented them. Righter, Henry Morgatray, private marines • Wm Venn, sail-
I have to lament the loss of many valuable officers maker;. William Lovelace 3tauner, landsman; Sirius* Goode,
and men ; but in a contest of this kind it was to be midshipman.
T urar.-13 killed. 44 wounded.
I expected. It is now my duty to endeavour to do
1 (signori)
'ustice to the brave officers and men I had the ho- HENRY WHITBY, Captain.
j A
List of Officers, Seamen, and Royal Marines, killed or womb
I nour to command. I feel myself unequal to the ed on board his Majesty's ship Active, JamesA Gorden, Esq.
n, in an engagement an enemy's squ
task ; nothing from my pen cam adel to their merit. Captai • with ' •
adron, off the
From your own knowledge of Captains Gordon,
Inland of Lissa, in the Adriatic, on the 13th of March la Its
Whitby mid Hornby, and the discipline of their ships,
KILLED.
William King, William Clarke, on:Hoary seamen; John Bar-
every thing you know, Sir, might be expected ; and
on, yeoman of the sheets; llsonym Tracey. boy.
if an officer so near in the same rank as themselves ring' WOUNDED.
may be permitted to give an opinion, I should say John Meares, Lieutenant of the Royal Marines;
they exceeded my most sanguine expectation, and it ker. Quarter-Mate, since dead; Patrick DonoUy, Hat-
norsea-
is
a duty I owe all to express in the most public man- man, ditto; George Comber, able seaman, ditto; James Quinn,
ner my grateful sense of the brave and gallant con- boapwain's mate, ditto; Thomas Horton, Captain of the Fore-
niter, ditto ; Evan Williams,
duct of every Captain, Officer, Seaman and Royal tord'indairttosrajnoihann ditwtow-n'llmarth
Marine, employed on this occasion. From my First 1 seamen); ThonUs Puler', Landman
; Burton, Joseph Nalacklert,ianbak
Lieutenant Sir Da*id Dunn, I received every assis- , the Foretop ; John Barnett, Quarter-Master; Charles')
Long,
lance that miht be excted from a zealous, brave 1 I'homaN Hall, Win. Knight, able seamen ; Thomas Ford, Cap-
and intelligent officer, and his exertions (though'
ataniln of theable Foberaeicnaan btle;klames
HM:IKI enzie, Landman ; P
g peeter Willi-
obert
wounded) in repairing our damage, is as praise-wor. I Evans, corporal of niarines ; Joset;ls KSritraust pofrimatatrimneasr;inePni,hap
thy as his conduct in the action, particularly as 1 i mutt Andrews, John Hawke, privates; George Haye, Lieute-
have been unable to assist him from a wound in my j nant, severely burnt; James Leatherbarrow, quarter-gi.nner,
right arm, and several severe contusions. Captain l ditaktor.
itraraThomas Waldron, Deane, Ge•
Moore of the Royal Marines, of this ship, received a I men ; WistreVerniondes, landman. John•rt.! Laksrkin,thaatble see
i
wotind, but returned to his quarters immediately it 1 1 rite, lost in estinguisking the fire in the C Capiti private
frigate.ma
was dressed. The Captains of the squadron speak I 'lotal-9.killed, 26 wounded.
(Signed)
in the warmest terms of their officers and men, parti-
cularly their First Lieutenants Dickenson, Hender-
son and Wolridge ; and the behaviour of my own
officers and ship's company, who have been with me
so long, was every thing I expected from their tried
worth ; but I must not particularize where all were
equally meritorious. lam now on my way to Lissa,'
•with the squadron and prizes. The damage the
ships have sustained is very considerable, and I fear
will render us totally incapable of keeping the sea.-
1 enclose a statement of the enemy's force, together
with a return of killed and wounded in the squadron,
and deeply lament they are so great.
I have the honour to be, dm

JAMES A. CORDON, Captain.
JOHN ANCOS, Surgeon.
A List of Officers, Seamen, and Royal Marines, killed or wows.
ded on board his Majesty's ship Volage, Phipps Hornbnial.
Captain, in an Engagement with the Enemy's Squadron Gerbil
Island of Lissa, in the Adriatic, on the 13th of March, Ibll.
KILLED.
John George, Midshipman ; Walter Barber, Yeoman of tba
Sheets; James Hawkins, Captain of the Forecastle; Rowland
Owens and Richard Curtis, Quarter Gunners; George Junes,
Able Seaman ; John Coghlan, Ordinary Seaman ; Wm. Thomas
and Wm. Mathews, Landmen ; Thomas M'Donald, buy ; Janes
Nash and Thomas Pri:chard, Private Marines; John Gragg, Cap-
tain of the Foretop, wounded, since dead.
WOUNDED.

(Signed)
WILLIAM HOST&
To George Eyre, Esq. Senior Officer of his Majesty's
ships and •essels in the Adriatic, &c. &c. &c.
Order of Battle of the English and combined french and Italian
Squadrons, os the 18th of March 1811, in the action off the
Island of Lissa, in the Adriatic.

Joseph Baptiste, Landman; Peter Brown, Corporal ;
son, Quarter-Master's Mate; Lawrence Moore, Ordinary Sea-
man ; John Atkinson, Peter Lawrence, and Daniel Downey,
Able Seamen ; Wm. Smith and Jean Tobin, Ordinary Seamen ;
David Jones and John Enis, Landmen ; James M.lntire, Carpen-
ter's Crew ; Josepl Nixon, boy ; Henry Rix, Boatswain's Mare;
John Thompson, Quarter-Master ; John Bowden, Yeoman of
the Powiler room; Wm Jimitinson, Able Seaman ; Sam. Marsh,
Captain of the Forecastle; Wm. Pinhorwood and David Davis,
Able Seamen ; Antony Rolfe, Ordinary Seaman ; Geo. Dodgin,
Captain of the Maintop ; John Hughes, Attie Seaman ; James
Taunten, George Burchill, and Win. Welsh, Landsmen; James
Sheil, Ordinary Seaman i Benjamin Coffree, Landsman ; W. S.
Knapman, Lieutenant of Marines; John Melwish, James Strike,
James Spires, scud John Cook, Private Marines.
Total-.-13 killed, 33 wounded. (Signed)
PHIPPS lIIIHNST, Captain.
S. J. SWAP tiz, Surgeon.

ENGLISH SQUADRON.
Aisphion, William Hone, Esq. Captain, of Si guns and 254 men.
Active, I. A. Gordon, Isq. Captain, of 38 guns and :XOO men.
Volase, P. Hamby, Esq. Captiimof 22 guns and 17$ men.
Cu-Innis, Henry Whitby, Esq. Captain, of 32 guns and 154 men.
Guns. Men.
124 283
104

Total
Deduct ships short of complemeat -

124

Total - .

1;.

- - - - -
FRENCiI SQUADRON. • TOTAL.
Assemon-15 killed, 17 woumled.
La Favorite, Monsieur Dubordieu, Commandant de Division,
1 CTXBLRUS-1S killed
wounded
, 44 wounded.
Captain DellanalHere, of 44. guns and 350 men ; burnt.
Fiore, M. Pe in Tidier, Captain, of 44 guns and 330 men ; struck, bAc uric-9 killed, 26 .
Vo:...stre-13 killed, 33 wounded.
escaped. Total-50 killed, 150 wounded.
Dance, of 44 guns and 350 men ; escaped.
Corona, M. Pasquilago, Captain, of 44 .4-pounders and 330 mai ; His Britannic Majesty's Ship Amphion, at the
Island of Lima, March 15, 1811.
taken.
Belloca, M. Dudon, Captain, of 32 guns and 224 men ; Mken. Sin—The frigate you commanded in the late ac-
Caroline, M. Barataria, Captain, of 28 guns and 224 men ; tion with the British squadron, struck her colours to
•iscaped. his Britannic Majesty's ship Amphion, under my
Principe de Augusta Brig, Bologne, Captain, of 16 guns and 105
men ; escaped. command ;
I was not able to take possession of you
Schooner, of 10 gone and 60 men ; escaped. at that motnent, being engaged with the Bellona fri-
Schooner, of 2 guns and 17 men. gate, but I considered you as my own, and as a man
Xebec, of s gum and 70 men ; escaped. of honour, you must have thought so yourself ; I call
Gun-boar, of 2 guns and S 3 men ; escaped. nn the officers of your own squadron, as well as those
Troops embarked 500.
Total-272 gone, ..:45.5 men. • I have the honour to command, to witness my asser-
(sicaed) WILLIAM HOIITL. CapI110; tion. You know, Sir, I might have sunk you,had I not
A List of Officers, Seamen, and Royal Marines, Killed or wools. considered you as having surrendered, and so might
ded en board his Majesty's Ship Aniphion, William Hone, trip of my squadron also. By the laws of war, the
Esq. Captain, in an engagement with the Enemy's Squadron Flora belongs to me ; and the purport of my present
oft. the Island of Lissa, in the Adriatic, the 13th of March.
truce is to demand her restitution in the same state
Richard Uothank, Boatswain, killed ; I. R. Speannam, Mid-
shipman, ditto , Charles Hayes, Midshipman (belongiog to his as when she struck.—l have the honour to be, &c.
Majesty's ship Acorn) ditto ; John Morgan, umernumerary (be- . (Signed) WILLIAM HOSTS.
longing to his Majesty's ship Acorn) ditto • William M'Min, su- ; To Monsieur Peridier, Captain, commanding
pernurnerary, wounded ; James Simmonds, ordinary seaman, ' ow frigate Elora, off Lessina.
ditto ; James Cartoe, able seaman, ditto ; James Sebastian, Cog.
awahl, killed ; John Newman, ordinary seaman, ditto ; Cornelius I (TRANSLATION.)
Hansworth, able seaman, ditto • Thema° Buntin,ordinary sea. Ott board his Imperial and Royal Majesty's frigate
man, ditto • Joseph Bandall, ordinary seaman, ditto ; Cornelius Danne, in the Roads of Lessina.
Brasson, able seaman, ditto; Richard Wallington, private ma. SIR—In consequence of the wounds received by
rine, ditto ; Anthony easumary, private marine, ditto ; William Monsieur Peridier, Commandant of his Imperial and
• Conner, supernumerary For wages, ditto ; Piero Perot, supernu.
Royal Majesty's frigate la Fiore, I have had the ho-
merary, ditto ; Thomas Warner, ordinary iseaman, wounded ; Hour to take upon me the command of his Imperial
Charles Topot, Carpenter's crew, ditto; William Johnson (3)
ordinary seaman, ditto; William Berry, ship's Corporal, ditto: and Royal Majesty's ships, and cannot surrender to
James lodes (I), awe scaman,ilitto ; James Smith, able starna,n, you his Majesty's frigate under the laws to which you
ditto ; Thomas Fielding, private marine, ditto ; Hugh Boyle, or- refer, because she did not strike her colours, as you
dinary seaman, ditto ; Winiaut Smith, ordinary seaman, ditto ;--
are pleased to state. His Majesty's frigate had her
Fredmiek Lewis, Captalo's Clerk, ditto ; John Steebable seaman
4/104 SOS WOO% WC SUMP) .411,1)i Willie.* Dudley, pri.: lag cut by shot, Her state not allowing per to con-