Star.
London, England, 1810-10-13 00:00:00

LANDING IN S!CiLY.
SCILLA, srpTr.lirm
Yesterday Rear-Admiral Macklin havinr percei.
some movements in our flotilla, made t!,t2
his to sail and attack us. Our brave m'a w.:te
, prepared for the tight. During a eonsilerable
our line of anchorage received all the tiro of the en
my without answering ; at I:tst they op.mcd their f.„
upon him, and after a combat of two the La..
(Usti flotilla was obliged to g.;;.:1 the C it (t• s:c-:.
taking back as usual many of their l!cats in tow.
!this affair we lost two men killed, four wounded, a:A
had a scorridor sunk. Some gun-hi:lts tranlh..:..
maged, were the same night repaired. Tl:e
was compelled to receive many shots from our I
teries, the same always happens t 4
approaches them. Some time previous to Cie acti.%
two of our scorrid.ws chas:l two English scorri.:
under the fire of a ship, they would uadoul)tecily Ii
fallen into our hinds, hut ter the rrotection t:.::
_vessel.

To-day, at five in the morning, it v:as anneal:.;
to the King, that an enemy's corvette had hcistt.!
flag of attack, when his Makity inn:leLot:ly
nlandcd the flotilla to prepare for b..ttle. in
to the army which had arrived to att,:r.,nt
ation, it received orders to retrrc to a Ois:..oze
the Coast, and take post on the li.tia7as, in '- • •
be sheltered from die fire of die enemy.
• A little after nine o'clock the English theilla s:.
sail towards our line of anchorage, airivcd
that of our batteries ; they croned a t:reailfel fir,
which we answeited in th- most cooraoecus and Iv::
maintained manner. Twice the enemy was
back under his batteries, at last a frigate and thrt.-
brigs received orders to proceed cn us with the whol!
flotilla. Now the terrible fight again crarmenced,
and during two hours 250 catinoo kept up a continual
fire within grape shot distance; the Pirate arid three
brigs sailed twice, within musket shot, alone out
whole line c f anchorage, firing their broadsides into
our gun-boats and transports, which sustained this
new assault with a courage truly above ail euloeitien.
Both have suffered but little, because all the 'igrape
shot and bullets passed over them -and buried them.
selves in the ground. The frigate and three brigs
have been much damaged by the grape shot and
balls of 30 gun-boats and two batteries; s.at •
ps
were compelled to quit the scene of action, and re-
gain with all speed the port of Me•oina.
The retreat of the EngliOi flailla was Trade with
precipitation, and in the greatest disorder. Had it
not been for the vicinity of the enemy's coast, we
would infallibly have taken two of their gun-boats.—
One of the brigs has, in particular, greatly suffered;
its maintop-mast and all its rigging were shot away.
Five or six gun-boats were struck with shot, and were
taken away in tow.
On our side, we have bad one marine only killed,
five wounded, and six gun-boats and five transports
slightly damaged. The Lieutenant de Vaisseau
Mon-
temajor, commanding a division of gunboats, an
officer of the greatest merit, was slightly wounded.
The 10th regiment of infantry had an officer killed,
and nine soldiers wounded, though this corps was at
least 600 toises from the coast.—The enemy, on the
contrary, must have suffered considerably, having
been four hours under the grape-shot of our gunboats
and batteries.
These two affairs do the greatest honour to our
marine, and prove the bravery and superiority with
which it continues to contend against that of the
enemy. The presence of I:is Majesty animates every
officer—every marine of his flotilla ; and all endeavour
to distinguish themselves undo his eyes.
" Royal Camp, Plate, Sept. S.
" The enemy was kept completely on the alert this
laight. The scorridors and two boats of the Royal
Guard, manned by tO; grewidiers, and the Officers
of the guard charged to effect a reconnoitring, disem-
barked in the suburbs to to the south of Messina. All
the troops took to arms. and the alarm signals an-
nounced an invasion to the enemy's army. Onr scor-
ridors flied some cannon shot upon the posts, atter
which they as well as the two boats, which brought
back the men that had been landed, tranquilly re-
turned to their anchorage, whilst the enemy's scorri-
dors, which came out from Port, were tiring at ran-
dom upon the place, where die disembarkation had
taken place."
" Royal Camp, Piale, September 1!.
" His Majesty within a; to make a diversion, ordered
some transports yesterday morning to be sent to I an-
timeli, loaded with troops, and a division of gu.e.-
boats, commanded by the Captain of frigate, Ll•
nauiolo. This effectually drew from that side the
attention of the enemy, who advanced to attack them
with two vessels of 74 guns, a corvette, some
bombs, and 55 gun-boats ; he made three successive
attacks, and tircd more than 6000 balls, but our
feel
batteries and gun-boats proved in this instance all La._
advantages of a defence previously planned, and
maintained with courage and sear/roil
" The enemy was obliged to sheer off; after hay. in;
had many of his square-sails damaged. One ot his
fleet was towed into the port of Messina to be repaid-
We
have had some of our boats damaged, and tweh.
men killed or wounded.
" Our young artillery-men conducted themselves
extremely well in this action, which adds to the high
reputation which the marine in general has acquirci
this sc..ason."

" Ro)al Camp, Pi*, Sept. 18.
66 The bold reconnoitring lately executed by a de•
tachment of the guard even to the suburbs t.) the
south of Messina, had already proved that it was pcs•
sible for our army to land •on the first wind which
ooliged the enemy to break his line of anchorage 16
fact, a wind having yesterd.ly arisen, sufficientiy
strong to induce all sailors to believe that the eco
noxial gales had commenced, the English made
haste to make all their ships return to port, aild his
Majesty did not flit to profit of this occasion, to
.a disembarkation in the night.
" In consequence some detachments of the f';‘l
4thinfantry of the line, and the `2d.Neapolitan Chas.
seurs, and a Corsican battalion, were embarked, and
set sail towards ten o'clock at night, d.rectin7 !be:r
course towards Scaletta. At three o'clock in ti:e
morning they were at San-stefano, in Sicily, dislod!:'-i
the enemy from it with cries of rive l'Entirtrar.,
le Roi, and pushed their columns to the tort La-
.chessa, successively driving back all the posts the?
encountered. During this time the wind untOrtunatelf
ceased, and the dead calm which succeeded it, ^ll.
posed, as well as the currents; the other projects w!fiil
the King intended to

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