The monitor & Wilmington repository. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1800-1801, 1801-05-23
LeNpeN GAzsrTE EXTRAORDINARY.
Wednelday, Apul IS.
Admiralty. Once, April IS.


difpa,ch, from admiral fir Hyde Parker, cent
mauder in chief OF fquadroe OF his mHJthy's
ihips employed on particular ierviee, to Evan
Ncpean, efq. dated on board the London IN
openhagsa Roads, the Oh init. Of which the
following are copies:
SiE,
Yen will be pIeaftd to scquaut the lords
commfiioners Of the admiralty, thai tnce nay
ietter Of the zsd March, no eppitunity OF
wind offered lur going up the Sound until the
18th when the wind ihifted ia niait violent
fqualI ron the S. w. to che n. w and Northn,
and blew with fuch violence, ard with 10
great fea, as to render it impoilib'e for any
Clip to have weighed her anchcr. Tic wind
and lea were 70 violent, as to oblige many Hips
toilet 90 fccoud anchor to prevent them from
driving, notwithstanding they were driving
with two cables an end and by the morning
the wind veered again to the Southwark Of the
wet.
On the goth of laa month the wind having
comc TO the nnrthward, we paasd into tins
Sonrd with rEe Acct, but not before had at
hfed mYfslf Of tao hottie intentions Of the
Danes to oppofe our paTage, as the papers
ma'kod No Il, &, and 4, will prove; after
this intercouhe there could be no doubt re-
naming Of thir determination to retiit.
After anchorirg abou; five or fix miles frem
she ihlpd of FInn, reeonnoitered. with viee
sl,niral lord Melton, and rear admiral Graves,
ale formidable line Of ihips, rads&rs, ponsoons,
gslleys, FIRE fniPs, and guu.boats, fanksd and
sxteuGve batteries on the TWO ilanas called the
Crowns; tie largsh OF which was mounted
with from fifty to twenty pieces of cannen
shsfe were again defended by two ilips Of
seventy guns, and large frigate ia the inner
road OF Copenhagen ; aud two fixty-tour gun
fips {wi;hout maHs) were noored on the Fat,
On the ftarbsard 6de Of the entrance ute thc
arfensl.
The day after the wind being fou'hwat'''y We
again examined their petition, and came to the
rcfsu,ion of attacking theso from fou'hward-
Vice~adm;ral lord Mellon having altered hit
fervce for conducting the attack, had iome
dsys before we entr,ed the Sound, tbiited his
Gag TO the Elephant, and after havitg dxanain.
ed ard huoyed the outer ckanne' Of The Middle
Ground, bis lsrdaip proceeded with twelve
ft,ips OF the hne canned in the msrgia*, all The
fiigates, bombs, fire -ihips, and all the lnall
veflels, and that evening anchored OH BRACE
Feias to make his difpoGtisn fer the attack,
and wait fer the wind to the iouthward.
II was agreed between us, that the remaining
Elips with me fhsuld weigh at the fame mo-
ncnt his lordhip did, and menace sAe crswn
bat,e and the four ihps Of the line that
law at the entrance Of the arf-nsl, ss alto TO
Sovcr snr difabled ihiPs az they came cut OF
zssien.
have new the honour to enc ofe cepy of
T-Ir IF ~,
aeticn of the "a infant. His lordihp has ttated
20 fully the proceedings on that day, as only
10 leave me the opportunity to teitiJ my Gu
sire acquiefcence and teaimomy Of the bravery
and intrepidity with which ths aaion WIS iup-
ported thrsughcur the line.
Was it pebble for me 10 add any thiag to
she well earned reuown oflcrd Melton, it would
he BY afIsrting, that his exestiens, great as
they have hitherto been, never was carried to a
higher pitch of zeal fer his country's ierVice.
{ have oaly 10 lament, that the fort OF at
sack, esnRned within an intricate and narrow
peilage, excluded the ihips, particularly under
ny command, from ths sPportuSi'y of exhibit
ing their valour but can with great truth
sHert, thar the fame ipirit ard zeal animated
The whele Feet and truf that the contek ia
wiIich we are engaged, will, on iowe future
day, Efford them an occafion of fhewing that
the whole were inipirsd with the fame fpirit,
had the field been lufieiently extenilve 10 have
brsught shem into action
It 10 with the deepea concern mention the
IoFs of captains Mofe ard Riou, tws very
brave and gallant officers, and whole lafs, as I
am we'll informed, will be fenGbly felt by the
families they have left behind them the
former wife and children, the latter, an aged
mother.
From the known ga.lantry of Cir Thomas
Thompfen on former eccaGons,. the naval fer
vice VIII have to regret the lois OF the future
cxertious Of that brave officer, whole leg was
fhst off,
For all particulars beg leave to refer their
Inrdilsps to captain Otway, who was with lord
Elephant, D5faaer. Monarch, Bfiiona,
Eds@, RsgsH, Gsrges, CT tor, Jfs, Hsamsa1.
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