Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-01-02
EMPIRE OF FRANCE.

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EMPIRE OF FRANCE. ST.
PARIS, 2s,h Vendemaire fOet. 10y
/ Thursday the 9th instan, At halt paste
p. M. Her Imperial Highasss Madam
Princess LOUIS, was happily delivered OF
q prince. In conformity with the 4osh ar
,icle of the constitution Of the Empire,
hi, serene aishness tina lord arch chan.
celIor, Of ,ne empire was present at the
birth y "A dispatch was-immedmssiy sent
to the emperor with the news. -,
admiral Bruix bya letter OF the 18th
informs the minister Of marine OF the ar
rival of sixty vessels Of the Havre aot,l!a,
a, Boulogne under the commadd OF captain
Nlontcabrll. 1his division of tbs fleet
forced its way through the English cruz:
ers. A squadron composed OF several
frisate.. and sloop.-ot war, made an attack
in the fear. The gcn boats faced the en-.
envy ami smart engagement, ensurd.
The en- my's triga'es in quitting The action
took in tow one of ,h.slcops ofwsr that
appeared 70 have suffered severely. All
the iuhabi,ants Of Fscanp we're wrnesssss
of,he engagement. Que of the gun boats
acquired distinguished honor, and:was an
object IS lively acclamaiion to the spec.
In: ore. oa n',,lli near .Hieppe, captain
NJ ontcabrlL. sustained second contest,
which lasted Two hours, ana which wss
not less honorable to him. The Eng. ash
were obliged to sheer OFT, whiist the gun
boats pursued 10 certaia distance.
BouLoGNE, Vendemaire, fCct 81
2RU. X, counsellor of STATE! inspector
ggneral Of he coasts q, the ocean: Chef
of ,he13.h Cohot + ,he Logon oil no.
nor ! and admira. of tbs imperial Hees!
to his Imperial Msj sly.
SIRE. have the honor 10 infevrA your
Majesty thai ,e enemy, this nietr. made
an atemp,, with number OF FIRE ships. to
destroy the vessels that compose eur line
of defence, bul failed IN thei, eGde avors.
For two or three days past they were
considerably increasing their forsss On this
station. Yesterday i, Consisted of So sail,
IS of winch were either briggs of small ap-
pearance CT cutters, which led me 10 sus-
pect they might B.. FIRE ships, and that We
should shortly be attacked by them. T
was confirmed in this opinion when in the
course Of the day saw one ship OF th-l,ne,
three frigates, two brig, and several cut
tiers took post in the S E.:a league and a
half to wne!ward Of the last vessel OF our
line on the left. circumstance. were ex.
tr>mely vor,ble tor an enterprise of this
kind, strong breeze a, f. S. +. oombin.
ed with lbs rapiaisy OF our tide al full
moon, Facilitated the direction of the FIRE
ships in dtiv,ng ,hem among us. ] made
accordingly the necessary dispositions.
/ ordered boats to be advanced or the
r,gnt, centre ard left of our line, aad sent
order. to Vice Admiral Lacrosse TO have
number Of barges we'll armed, to act In
CONCERT in towing tho fire ships away.
The attack began at half past ten. |
wa. made sensible ofthe approach of the
tn my by a brisk fra Of mussns.ryy be-
,ween our guard boats and pinnaces. The
cuemv detached their Gre ships alpag the
whole front OF our line, which wer. lowed
Nv tae boats to q certain distance, and
when :ae boats Quilted them, the wind and
:lde drove them full on us; as ;hey APP
oroaci,ed, oar vessels opened passage
.or the N, aha they almost all eSp,od tar
ishin the line near the saere. Eieve II
blew up from 10 to 4 o'clock, n the space
comprised between The forts iisurt add
Ninercux; two Others, whose matches
were ext.nguished, were taken near TIE
last. The cannonsde was very brisk and
many of the enemy's crews we're sent to
the bottom. We have lost but one gun
boa, No. 257, the captain OF which seeing
Are with sail boat a-hrad instantly or.
dered his men to board; they did SO. bat
no one in the boat. and as soon as they
touched the 6re-saip 1t blew up, aad the
vessel was destroyed by the ELECTS OF the
explosion; only a7.wers sayed in the tn'
glish salt boat We lost one officer, Is
soldiers and seven sailors, and there were
onlv six or seven more wounded along the