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

NELSON and BRONTE,
BY an Official return from the Admiral
ty College, at Copenhagen, Of the killed
and wounded vc hoard the defence fhip
in the road, and in the battle of the cd G,
April, we find that $40 men were killed
IN the engagement, of which Il were Off
GERS, Io4 were wounded, and afterwards
died OF their wounds and $40 were
wounded, three of them are officers. who
are Hill living The whole number OF
killed and wounded appears, by the fame
official return, TO amount 20 leo.
DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY.
he following are the orders circulated
by the commanding officer from the fouth-
welt dlaritt, and they are nearly fimilar
thro' the country:
Wmcbeaer Jxy II, 1901.
". o. he troops in the fouth- welt
diitrltt, are again called upon, in the moa
pointed manner poi1ible, to be in conltane
readiness 20 move on tive fhorteR notice,
according TO the feyeral battaIions.
The commanding officers . fcorps are ef-
pecially required to pay conaant attention
to the fate of the regiments, as it regards
the readiness on tie infant to move 10 any
part OF the diitrief which may be threaten.
ed by the enemy, and they will be held
reipont,ble for that particular circumstance
of duty.
will frequently turn them our, li9 i1 a. atis
them according to the order for the light
equipment, and fee that the officers, as well
as men, are properly appointed in every
reipeet, in conformity to his Royal
Highneis the Commander in Chiefs or.
der.
The general concludes, it is on this oc-
Gallon uunecefary to repeat what he expects
from the zeal, ardour, bravery, and above
all, difcipline of the troops he has the ho
nor and fatisfaftion to command but he
relies on the unremitted exertions Of COM
manding officers, on whom he again calls to
make known to the troops the nature of
the tervice, they may expect in cafe of in
yaiion from the enemy, to point out to them
ditinetly how much, at this crihs, the
country depends an them for Its preicrva-
tion and defence againff barbarous, i'm
Placable, and defperate enemy.
Every thing will of courfe be expected
from the high fate of difcipline in which
the troops in this diifriet are and fhould
the location offer, there is no doubt, it is
to be hoped, that every advantage will be
reaped from it.
The portion OF the companies already
ordered, mutt continue to be praetiied con-
itantly in the mode of fervice adopted by
ligh troops, as thefe will be found enen-
tally u1eful.
Commanding officers will take care that
their battalion guns, with every thing be-
longing to them, horfes, drivers, and the
men appropriated for them, are expert in
their exercifes. Ammunition for their
guns nuft be filled without delay, and
bail-cartridges ready to be infantly deli
yercd out to the men when ordered.
The women, Gck, and heavy baggage
will be difpofed of according to the orders
already given, and be ient to Amefbury
if the army moves forward to the coat,
any fuPerAuous baggage found on the
march, will be Immediately burned, and
as the General is refolved On this point.
officers are again cautioned accordingly.
A mott rigid obiervance of his royal
highnefs the commander in chiefs orders
will be expected, and the commanding Of
ficers of corps will, upon all locations,
be looked upon as refponible for ,ittits