Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-19
LONDON, Auguf S.

fenilYe operations, WYNN -
chieve fomethlng bold ard d-cifve. On
} Saturday, as our readers know, lord Mel
f,n failed from Deal in the Meduia trigate,
w;,b diviGon OF gun-boars and bomb
yeaels for the coat of France. On Sum
4 day and Monday other diviiions OF gun
boars followed, and the whole force was
collected and concentrated before Bou-
loo,e on Monday morning. In the even
mo his lofd0hip food into Boulogne bay,
d and kent working on and oil, till yeRerday
q n,5rning, when he determined to com
q n,eece The attack. 1t began according to
4 .ome accounts, between s and 7 O'Clock,
other accounts fate, that it began quar-
GER before eight. The atruoiphere was 10
clear, that the bombardment was plainly
d:icernable from Dover Heights, which
were crowded with thouiands OF anxious
fpectators; fome gentlemen even went OFT
from Deal and Dover in boats TO fee rhe
engagement more nearly.
Our private letters inform us, that the
firing was tremendous on both Gdes. The
French feem TO have expected an attack,
and to have been prepared for it. The
eun-boats and bomb venels were, it is faid
itationed in two lines, fanked by the bat
reries. As ioon as our fquadron opened
their Are, it was returned from the bate
ries and bomb-yeGels. Till about IL
O'Clock the engagement was very warm.
The batteries then ilackened their fire,
and about half pat& twelve were totally
fi!enced. The bomb veflels however con-
tinued to throw bombs till half paif five
yeferday evening, when the firing entire
!y csafed. At one time during the bonn
bardment, the town of boulogne was on
fire in two places.
No officer is yet arrived from lord Mel
ion, and no official particulars had reach
ed the admiralty when this paper was put
TO prefs. 1t is reported, however and we
are inclined to give credit to the ru-
mour, that his lordihip fucceeded in de-
Il aroying moit of the gun-boats and bomb
& peilels in the harbour.
3 The town of Boulogne is ALTO faid to
have been conGderably damaged.
Some gun-yehels which attempted to
get out OF Calais yeferday morning, were
forced by one of our veaels to ieek again
the lhelter of their own harbour.
Auguf 6.
We received this morning the Paris pa
pers 10 the sd Of Auguf. Their contents
are extremely intereaing and important.
Our readers will find long details of the
TWO navel battles. They fate that the
two Spaniih lhips which blew up miRook
each other tor enemies, and maintained
warm action for comfortable length of
time. OF the ST. Antonio they add that
.ney nave no certain accounts. --The
french admiral Linois, and the remainder
OF the SPanlh fquadron got into Cadiz.
ofthe opanllh admiral Moreno, the French
accounts fay, that he had ealculafed eye
y~mg, but that the misfortune which
happened to the two Spaaiih fhips, in the
micit OF itormy and dark night was BE-
J'ad all eoltalahoni
=. he news from Egypt is of conGdera-
D'e Importance it is-to the eff of Iune.
o "a, that period Alexandria and Cairo were
I MI IN Poiieiiion ofthe French. The Grand
". vl1ier had advanced againR Cairo, and
T@d oeen completely defeated by general
Selliard' and driven back to SalahIck -
oenerai Hutchinfon was at Terrapnee.
ana the captain Pacha on the heights Of
,iarrannee. General Belliard was about
10 attack Gen. Flutchinfon.
on the 9th Of June corvette fent bv
o@n'nesone, got into Alexandria with
. c'lIc ~ and fome troops. The yef.
-, isls Gantheanme at anchor zs leagues
So co., TieHandFla. L can no longer, there
io[e' be doubted that he landed the troon.
"" ga DC had on board his fquadron.