Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-07
Late Foreign Intelligence.
FURTHER EXTRACTS
From The London Sun, recessed AZ tie eface
Of the Raltlmore Amsriea1a.
LONDON, Decemher 2.

LONDON, December 2.
Two mails from Lisbon arrived IL town
this morning, brought 20 Falmouth by The
Lord Hobart and Townshend PACK cts The
former in seventeen, and The latter in SIX
days. They bring US tie Spanish ofscial
account OF the action OFF trafalgar. which
follows:
From the Madrid gazette Of NoO. $.
The chef d'Escadre DoN ASTosIE
D'EscANo, major general of the squadron
of the ocean, has written from the port of
Cadiz, to his excellency the Prince of
Peace, under date of the 22d of October.
as follows:
Most Excellent Senior My Lord
The situation of lieutenan. general Don
Frederick Graviua, in consequence of
ball he received in his left arm, at the close
Of the action Of yesterday, does not per.
nit him to inform your excellency of that
sanguinary combat; and although have
had the fortune TO spill my blood for the
honor of his majesty's arms, yet, finding
myself less incsnvenieneed than the brave
and worthy general in chief on whom his
majesty, with confidence which he me-
rits, had conferred the command Of his
feet, enter upon the painful but necessary
obligation of informips your exceIlency,
that our efforts, and the heroic discharge
of our dS,y, have not been able to avert
loss, which would be great ii we were not
Grmiy persuaded that nothing was LETT un.
done, and that oar honor was saved.
's kaow that snder date of ths 18Th
inst. that general Gravina had informed
your excellency that admiral Villeneuve
had signi6ed to him his intention of put.
ting TO sea the next day, and desired to
know if the Spanish squadron was ready
to accompany him; your excellency is NOT
ignorant of what was the answer of the
general, satisfied that his squadron would
promptly follow the movements of the
French, and that such were the repeated
orders your sxcelency had communicate
to him. With this information the French
admiral returned on board, and subse-
quently made the sign tor getting up an
chsrs, and signals, which were expected
by this ship, the Principe de Asturias, and
followed by the mos. ready execution, for
embarking the artillery which were on
shore, &c.
Con the morning of the 18th some
French and Spanish ships got under weigh
in consequence Of signal made by ADM.
raj Villeneuye but were not able to ef-
feet i, all thar day, the wind having veer.
ed TO the S. w. but getting round to E.
S. E. they all successively got cut on.the
morning of the 10th.
"Scarcely had we cleared the mouth OF
the harbor, when the wind shifted 20 SIS.
w. so strong and with such alarming APP
pearances, that one Of the 1st signals made
by admiral Velleneuve, who had his dag
on board the Beauccptaure, was to take IN
reefs in the mainsail the shifting OF the
wind necessarily occasioned q dispersiea
ofthe feet till towards the evening, when
the wind again shifted aud the horison
clearing, signal was made to form FIVE co.
lumns, and to unite: an advanced frigate
made signals for eighteen sail of the enc
my in sight, and in consequence OF this
information, the ships were cleared, and e.
very thing got ready fer action.
g AT three we tackled and stood on for
the Sreigh,s, preserving the same fornati-
on of Ave columns, as before this movement
After we had executed il four ofshe enc.