Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-30
LONDON, guly7.

.x,ract of letter dated
The ,4b April, contains some interest sr s,
Corfu va,,rIieu!ars respecting the ATTACK on o.
MauIa !. 18th ul,. we and the Montague
On us : - the island OF Zante, on
were o 'sTet service; when we arrived there
some Sch. ,a'h we found the Magnificent
on the lou !, d,y we took on board n,nety-'wo
The neN ines me belonging TO the Montague
Of The mar o. unfortunately got on a sand banS
g3s loss of her rndder' wo, ,: nowe We.
- the Nh her Joining the expedition. we
r'v'n'tTaa 215 soldiers OF the oala'f''
slso rl'o'. and some Corsican rangers.
90 corps a." oder of the Calabrian tree
Ths I'D in transports, and part OF
e0Tr e. Fn regimen, on board the Mag s,nno
lac o', ~. :. ,no,sl embarked were about 2ooo
cent. ~, ~ lied from ante Roads ON the
men, " ,n..hored within miles OF the
DIST S@u s, Maura, aud about hall m,'e
Town sSoye. Next morning, at day.ngo,'
30" ',boIe Of the troops were d,semo ;.'
The wn .amnand OF Gen, Oswald, including
unosI so from the Magnificent, Monra-
the tue" ad Relic Pouls, who amounted to a
Soa' go go psn, upder command OF their re-
h'O' ~ og;c.rs; Capt. Snow, OF the Mon
'PSs" b,ino senior officer. The landing was
'76us ID ~ q small battery OF gun, which
'foo non silxncedl by the Imogine sloop OF
TAs s 'Dh;rb mad also joined US. Our troops
VA, ND on and took possession OF the
''~.o rfst. Maura, and pushed forward to
' Wv, h enemy, who were entrenchsd De
LII I:sJ' battery OF four guns, which was ia
, ~. i, marty of 4lhanians, under the
COW son,mspd oI major Church, WHO was un'or-
-, wouneed by musket shot IN the
Tn, French. to the amount OF about
coo men retired behind another battery OF
n,,,. The marines led to the assault IN
s.sn gallant manner that nothing could
s . heir progress, although opposed to
nn,s han double their nusabers, with eve
- s1yao,are Of batteries and intrenchment.
The French retired in the greatest eontu-
.nn with considerable loss TO the castle,
vbieb;s sb1uta mile from the town Cur
,roons also suffered, having about 10 killed
md 100 wounded. Caps. Morreait, OF the
CaI.brians was killed major Oswald OF
that CORPS, wounded in the arm by a mus
let ball.. capt. Snow of the Montague, IN
The arm, by do. capt. Eyre, of the Masnl-
kcep, DIV do. in the head capt. Stevens,
ortL I-.--> H. l. - st'e '~"s S"t'''
Vncrnzo, of the Calabrian Free Corps, in
the bs.iy; lieutenant Morrison, oil marines
q Belle Poole, in the face. | am happy to
sax that all the wounded are in lair way
Of recovery. Our troops, with the assist
ance Of 100 seamen from the Magnificent,
bygan 10 raise batteries next day, and that
evening the enemy made a sortie, bot were
bravek repulsed, wiihgconsiderable loss on
their part. One battery of ten Is pound
ers, end another OF six SO Founders, besides
iwo mor,as, opened upon the castle on the
7,h inst. aad kept up oops,an, hre unul the
10Th, when We were ordered TO cruze oft
Corfu, Previous 10 our leaving St AIau
Ia during The day, two soldiers were killed
md major Clark, with about SIX solditss,
wounded. II was expected, liom the pro
Srsss making in tie siege, that thr castle
would surrender in 5 OF days. General
CamaSe commands the French iolces."