The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-11 00:00:00

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Vica-Athlhil'ol X4o_ rd CoUlOgliond bas trebtmitted
to the Alowintrablis Wink*, Airelloslei.Pole inif..
they letter from Captain tsitt; utottS Majell's.
sloop the Scout, givieg.an oilfrit a.gallant at.
lack made on the 15111 .Inlysisr.tritatl, nt.ilaa-
into and. mariner, under 'thedjrectioti:wf Lkttle-
hint but tersby, on a atroal liattiriii*, Mitlitt .6.411-1
inaMled. the port of Carry:. elsteeta. Mredtitana I
the [thong. The fort was carried Ciampi tiny lbeij
ost our side, and 41k tho gut's ivii'apiittaill lye. of'
the enemy were kilipl kil
,stqen -pude (pri-
so:.eii.
Vice-Admiral Lord Coll:wand liai transmitted
to the Honourable William Wellesley Pule, a let.
tersfrnm Captain Brenton, tit his Majesty's ship
the'9pittan, gl'ving an account' of the retluctio%
of .tie.citadel And batteries on 'the island of Lus.
1.15,.0tti the coast of Croatia, un the 10th of Slay
lefj'PY, that ship, acting in concert with a detach.
taluft o Aiistrian troops, under the command of
bi,Atenant•Colimel Baron Ocharnick. The pr-
rldh,':eutisisting of 170 man, was compelled to
0i a Mule's' At discretion, after some' opposition to
tir attaeks of the i'b'is; in which the greatest gal-
l:1y siAdisplayid by the latter, and in which
Vie); had Only thaws men wounded. The conduct
of I..ientinaot Willes and Beainogard of thu Spae-
th, and lieutenant Figen of the Marines, is par.
ticialarly noticed by Captain Brenton.
" fluid GotNngstood Yak also inclosed a letter from
Cifptain Baldest, of. the Volontaire, giaing an ac.
cosset of the destrectipn of Fort Rioux, on the
remit of Feenee, Ind the capture of five vessels
'Aid. it protected, by the boats of the above ship;
'Alder the cos trnaud of hiestenant Shaw, of whose
gitllanyry Captain 'stolen speaks in high praise.
On the sije of the gsiglish there were only two
worn tftel enemy bad. Nee killed and eight.
wounded. . ,

Villa de Paris, off Tadao, July le. 1909.
Stit_—llaving received by the Esituir, a letter
hop Rear-Admiral Martial, dated the 2.1 instant,
eling detail of the proceedings of the squadron
utakkr hii orders, in their co-operation with the
Il3riL>;h and Sicilian army, which informs me of
their hatiag Aiutliwl on, and taken possession of,
thjialtinds of Ischia and Prochl4, where the enemy
vatic Js at little opposition, I have the huilour to
taiga:nit Rear.Adniiral Martin's letter, by which
their Gord,liips will be fully informed of what tic-
carrell on this service.
A hUmereus flotilla of gunboats, which were
l'Otlectiut from Gaeta, and other parts of- the
toast, were attacked by the Cyanc, Espoir, and
he British and Sicilian gun-boats, when about
40'' of them were taken or destroyed. The
Cystic was afterwards engaged with •uther dials
sions organ-boats,. and the batteries on shore
which prefected them, at one of Which Captain
Staines, on the 2Gth landed, stormed it, and de-
itrtigid the guns.
On the 27th the Italian frigate of forty guns
corvette which were making their escape
trikil Bails to Naples, were attacked by the
:cyaitc," anti although assisted by all the batteries
'as 'tent along shore, it was with great difficulty
she gieintO the 'Mole at Naples. It is repre-
mntsd to,me that nothing could exceed the gal-
Tarilry which was displayed by Captain Staines in
iil.titesu several attacks, in which he was for.thrett
days (and with little interruption by night) en-
gaged in a succession of battles; I ant sorry to
add that he is grievously wounded, having lust

his I:ft arm, and receives, usuch injury iti-other
Assort" of the body. Lieutenatst Hall, the Senior
- Lieu:mint, was also severely wounded, on the last
-dart as the Second Lieutenant bad been •dis.
allied before, the ship was latterly fought and
condurted by the Master, who acquitted himself
as a brave and good officer. The report of killed
and wounded 1 isielosc. •
As the Cyasse has suffered very much in her
hell and masts, and other respects, I have sent or-
den for her to proceed to England to be refitted.
I have the honour to be, &e.
• (Sigurd) COLLtN6Woon.
The Camps, at amber S. F.. end a the
Wand iseitia, July '2, 1.81.19.
My LORI, —I have the honour to acquaint your
Lordship that 1 sailed from Melizao ou the I lth
I JIM' in -company with his Majesty's ships
e
Niakt.itte., Warrior, Cyale, and Eseuir, end the
rasp...day 1 detached the Philomel with four teens.
, port coiitainiag, two regiments of infantry, which
$tr..1.,0u Stuart wished to be landed un the coast
Ut koialsria, fur the purpose of destroying the
eue y's batteries, and of undertaking the siege of
Se its, shuuld it be found practicable.
I prim:m.4l4A with the remainder of the trans-
putts guo.,buatc, ,Ste. amounting in the whole to
_ one hundred and thirty-three nil, into the Gulf of
it. F,ufetnia, ass I close along the coast of Cala-
bria, in the hope of dirertiog the attention of the
enemy truss Low er Calabria, and of enabling the
Iwo regiments detached by the General, to effect
the purpose for which they were sent. For four
or five days it was nearly calm ; and the whole
expedition continued in sight of Calabria.
'On the I.sth, the ships and transports from Pa.
lermo, amounting to nearly one hundred sail, ac.
Companied by two Sicilian frigates and the Alceste,
joined us —lli4 Royal Highness Prince Leopold
was oil hoard one of his Sicilian Majesty's frhates,
a:l4 Lictitenant-General Mittman!, appoitted to
itinmand she Sicilian troops employed on this ex.
pedition, in the other. Sir John Stuart, upon be.,
ing joined by thi‘ force, expressed a desire that
General Boarcard should continue, with his die'.
• aian, on the coast of Calabria, and actually pot
• some men on shore to effect a diversion, and that

in the mean time we should proceed with the Bri.
tibh and Sicilian troops which had sailed with us
from blelano, to mike an attack on the islands of
Ischia and Procida.
• On the 24th, Y anchored with the whole of the
ships to the northward of the said 'islands • and on
the morning of the 25th, a binding was dected ou
the island of Ischia, under cover of his Idajesty's
ships Warrior knd Success, and kis Sicilian Ma. ..
jestv's sloop Leone, with several Sicilian and Eng.
lish gunboats, without the lost of in single wan,
and the whale taken possession of, except a
strong insulated castle off the South East part of
the island, which did not surrender till the lit inst.
-at* batteries had been erected and opened against
ft. The Island of Procida capilplated en the wee.