Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-12-27

H. B Majesty's ship Asia,
Navarlno, Oct %, 1927.

Monster EAmIral-Wnen your
ExceIlency did me the honor Of volun.
tarIly placing yourself and the French
,quadron under my command, you
gave me right to Judge Of your COZ.
duel, by making me in a great mea
sure responsible for it, take advan
,age then of thai RICH! to say, that |
contemplated your way OF leading
your squadron into battle on the 20lh,
9Th the greatest pleasure that moth
ing can exceed the good management
of The ships under your special dlrec.
lion, and that my having had you un
del my orders in that bloody and de
s,ructlve engagement will be one OF
he proudest events of my whole pro
fessIonal life. Although it was my
wish to avoid entering into any par
iicular detail, the general Expression
of the Captains of the British ships,
who were near the Armlde, calls up.
on me to say, that the conduct OF capt.
Hugon entities him to the marked con.
sideration fyour Excellency.
have the honor to be &c.
(Signed) E. CODRINGTON,
Vice Admiral.
To Fl e. Monsieur la Centre ADM.
raj, Bhevalier de Rlgny, &c.
No. VII ranslation.)
Syrene, at Navarino, Oct %.
SIR-I consider your appreciation.
and The letter which you have sddres
sed me, as a testimony most honora
BILE to myself and to the officers under
my orders; and | shall preserve the
letter as a valuable record Of your es.
TEEN, and / also hope of your friend
ship
In the action of the ooh you set Us
the eXainple; we could not do better
than to follow it.
| have the honor to be, with the
highest consideration. your EXcellen
cy's most faithful servant,
(Signed) II DE RlGNY, R. A
To HIS ExceIlency Vice Admiral
CodrIngton
No. VIlI-(Translalion.
Syrene, at Navarino, Oct 90
SIR hasten TO do myself the
honor to inform your ExcelIency
from a detailed report made by cap
| tain Hugon, of the Armide, that the
excellent msnRuvre OF captain Davies
when the Rose came and resolutely
east her anchor within pistol shot Of
TWO Turkish corvettes, relieved the
Armide in few minutes from her IN.
favorable position; and it is my duty
and at the same lime a great pleasure
to me, TO assure your excellrncy, that
on this occasion captain Davies did
every Thing that could be expected
from q brave and experienced officer.
Allow me also to take this opportu.
nifty Of returning my thanks to captain
Fellows, for the assistance which the
Syrene received from The boats of the
Dartmouth, when, with much skill!
and bravery they attacked and turned
off the fire ships ready to come upon US.
am, with the highes! considera
ton, your very faithful servant.
(SIgned) FL d RIGNY, r. A.
His Excellency Vice Admiral Slr
Edward Codrington, commanding his
Britannia Majesiy's squadron.
We find, BY the detailed report, that
on board of the British fleet, there were
killed rs. wounded 1877. Amongst the
killed, besides the officers named in
the Admiral's letter. we find Captain
j c. Stevens, Commander of the A..
bion, "a. French fleet, total killed, as;
wounded, i44
From the French official accounts,
we take the following additional items:
The Turks had formed crescent on
the contour of the bay, in a triple line,
making total Of three ships of the
line, razse, l6 frigates, 81 large COR
vsttes, and as many briggs.
six ireships were placed al the ex.
tremity of the crescent, to be able to
fall upon the combined squadrons, if an
engagement should take place. and to
the wlndward of which they were natu.
rally placed.
The English ffigate the Dartm outh,
Captain Fellowes, bad been sent to Ma
varino two days before, with a letter to
Ibrahim from the three Admirals: but
this letter had been sent back without
answer under the pretence that Ibra-
him was not present
"His MaiestY's- frigate The Arlnide.