Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-16
= EngB QGlial De5atebss.

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| DOWNING STREET, AUG, 70, 1909.
| DESPATCH,
trsn1 Lord CHATHAM TO Lord Chj-
| 7LfRfACH reeei9e.ifbis day; datei
Il Q. MIDDLEBURCH, AUG. 10.
My LoRp--I have the honor G.
aequainting your Lordihip, thar, OF
the 18th infant the batteries be.
fore Flnthing being completed, (and
the frigates, bombs and gun veiicls
having at the fame time taken their
itations) fire was opened at about
half pait one P M. from ffty-two
pieces of heavy ordnance, which was
vigoroulv returned by the enemy.
An additional number of fix twenty
four Founders was completed the
fame night, and the whol- continued
to ply upon the town with lutie or
no intermiflion, till late the following
day.
On the morning of the I4th init.
about ten o'clock, the line of battle
lhips at anchor in the Danube paf-
fage, led by Rear Adn,iral sir Rich
ard Strachsn, got under weigh, and
ranging up along the fea line Of de-
fence kept as they pahed a mott
tremendous cannona dc on the town
for fevcral hours, with rhc greateit
gallantry and effect. About four in
the afternoon, perceiving that the
Ere of the enemy had entirely ceafed,
and the town prcfenring mott aw-
ful fcenc Of deitru6tion, being on fire
in almoh every quarter, | directed
Lieut.. Gen. Sir Eyre Coote to fend
in to iummon the place; Gen. Mon
net returned for anfwer, that he
would reply to the luminous as foon
as he had confulted Council of
War an hour had been allowed
him for the prrpofe /; but conlid-
cradle time beyond it having elapfed
without any anfwer being received,
holfilities were ordered to recon-
mence with the utmoft vigor, and
about eleven O'CLOCK at night, one
Of the enemys batteries advancing
upon the fea Dyke, in front of Lieut.
Gen. Fraftr's polition, was mott gal
lantly carried at the point of the bay
onet, BY dstachments from the goth,
7Iit, and light batialions ofthe Kings
German Legion, under Lieut.. Col.
Parke. oppofed to great fupcriori,y
Of numbers /; they took forty prifon-
ers, and killed and wounded great
many of the enemy.
Ilnuft nor omit to mention, that on
the preceding evening All snhench-
ment in front of Major-Gen. Ora.
hams petition, was alfo forced. in a
manner equally undaunted, by the
I4th regiment and detachments of
the Kings German Legion, under
Lieut.. Col Nichols, who drove the
enemy from it and made lodgment
within mulket fhot of the walls of the
town, taxing the guns and thirty
prifoners.
About two in the morning. the
enemy demanded fufpen(on of
arms for forty-eieht hours, which
was rcfafed, and only two hours
granted, when he agreed 10 furrendcr
according to the luminous fent in,
on the BATS ofthe garrifon becoming
priloners of war.
Ihayc now rhe fatisfaaion Of ac-
qaainting your Lordihip, that thefc
preliminaries being acceded to, as
foon as the admiral landed in the
morning, Col. Long. Adjutant- Gen.
eral, and Capt. Cook urn, of the
Regal Navy. were appointed to me-
gotIate the further articles Of capitu-
lation, which have now the honor
to enelofe.- They were ratified a.
bout three this morning, when de-
tachnenis Of the Royals on the right.
and of his Majefy's 7Ift regiment
on the left. took ponel1ion Of the
gates OF the town. The carlton
will march out tom morrow, aud will
be embarked as fpeedily as poiIible.
s. may now congratulate your
, Lordihip OH the fall Of a place 70
indiIrenfabIy necenary to our furuse
operations, as so large proportion
of our force being required to carry
on the iiege with that degree cf Wig