Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-12

ton of Aleehras, tive other BritiGh fhips
OF war are diiabied they gained Gibral-
tar with The greateit difficulty, and In the
mott leaky condition--they were declared
nnht for iervice. The Pompcy is one of
.theIe fhips.; it was the that truck during
the engagement. The three other vencls
fuHcrcd couiidcrably, and were towed into
Gibraltar. The Engliih had heavy lols.
The republican captain Moncoufu was
killed. On the sth Of July the French
fhips were already fit for duty, and the
admiral's crew was completed. On the
9th, admiral Moreno, with FIVE Spaniih
vellels, and vice admiral Dunanoir, with
fome French ihips, appeared off Algeilras,
TO Join vice admiral Linois, and to take
the Hannibal in tow into Cadiz to reGt.
Admiral Linois captured fcveral Engli!h
merchantmen during his cruize. Admi-
raj Mszaredo, commanding at Cadiz, was
very active in difpatching admiral More
nos fquadron and in tending provitions,
&c. to the French at Algcfras.
The 24th of June, at break of day,
admiral Gantheaume, being in rhe channel
between Gambia and Egypt, fpied fhip
OF war, and inftantly inucd orders 70.
general chace-the French f1uadron failed
much better than the purified hip. At
5 P. M. fhe proved to be Britifh IA
having no hopes Of efcaping, the enemy
attempted to get the weather gage Of Us,
availing himfelf of the moment that the
French fquadron was widely difperfcd
the hottie fhip crowded all her fails, ihe
Went before the wind for the purpofe of
endeavouring to fight her way through the
French fquadron, but L'indiviGble and
LIE Dix Aout bore up againa and engaged
her at the diitance OF 600 toifes-lhe
fighting fhips foon came within mu.kes
fhot, and after tolerable action of an
hour, the Britilh lhip was compelled 10
ftrike. She proved TO be the Swiftfure,
one of the hncf ihips belonging to adj
miral Keith's fquadron. L'Indivifible &
LIE DIX Aout fufered bur little, tho for
mer having only four men killed, the lat
ter tx, and Is wounded.
Admiral Gan;heaume put men on board
the Swiftiure, and ihe was foon enabled
to keep the iea.
The 18th of July cutter which had
failed from Briitol, and was laden with
Proviiions for the Brit,fh army in Egypt,
alto tell into admiral Gantheaume's hands.
In the month of June we took two US
from rhe Enelih rM,,;,u..
July IS. 1t was repor,ed yelferday
evening that admiral Gan heaume had re-
turned to Touion, after having landed
o or 1000 men within TWEEN y leagues Of
Alexandria. 1t was our intention, before
we mentioned this intelligence. to wait
until 1t fhould have been confirmed by the
ott1cial journal but the Monireur does
not even notice his return. No matter,
1t is pretended that it is certain, and that
the admiral has diiembarked in Egypt The
troops which we've on board his fauadron.
La CAsf dn Cabinet.
Citizen JEROME BuoNApaRrE has
been on board the flag ihip of admiral
Gansheanme's fquadron, ever fnce its de-
par;ure from Brett. He has fi,own great
deal OF activity through the whole Of the
campaign, and particularly in the action
with the Swiftfure, an Englilh veilel of
u guns, Of which Admiral Gaptheaume
has taken PoaeHion.s 7. des Defealex,s
BRESI, LUX I6.