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Account Of The Late Glorious Naval Victory *
seamen , or been more important in its consequnces to the interests of Great Britain , than the late glorious victory obtained by the gallant Sir John Jervis;—a victory which will ever be mentioned by Englishmen with exultation , as having prevented a junction of that force , whose avowed object was the destruction of every thing that is dear to a brave and free people . The Spanish fleetconsisting of twenty-seven shiof the lineleft
, ps , Cadiz , earl y in the month of February ; and their sailingwas regarded by all Europe as an event which might be productive of consequence ^ very fatal to Great Britain . The French , it was generally known , had a fleet at Brest , of near thirty sail of the line , and it ' had been declared by the Executive Directory , that the two fleets , when united , would be able to ride triumphant in the Channel and cnver the
land-, ing of as many troops as they might think necessary for the invasion and conquest of England and Ireland . Sir John Jervis , apprized by the British Government of these intentions of our enemies , determined , by a bold and decisive effort , to save his country , or fall in the attempt ; and consckus ' tbat the valour of our sailors despises superiority of numbers in ah enemy , when the national interests and honour
are at stake , gallantly bore down upon a fleet of double the force of his own , and obtained a victory which adds a never fading laurel to the wreath of British Glorj ' . The Gazette Extraordinary , published on the arrival of the news in London , must doubtless have been read by the greater part , or . allof our readers . * To the account contained in that we add the following Journal of an Officer , serving in the British fleet . It was kept on board one of the ships that sustained a very distinguished share in the action . ' •¦•; ¦ . ¦¦
Tuesday , Feb . 14 , 1797 . 'At twenty minutes past nine , A . M . the Victory made the signal for the Blenheim , Culloden , and Prince George ,. to chace S . b ° W ' At fifty-one minutes past nine , La Bonne Citpyenne made signal for eight sail , S . W . b . S . At fifty-three minutes past nine , the IrresistibleS . W . b S . At ten minutes past tenLe Minerve made the
, , signal for twenty sail in the S . W . 'The Fox cutter , S . S . E . fired at , and brought to , a brig , which struck to her . The Fox then chaseci . another . , ' At twenty-five minutes past ten , a shi p in the S . E . made the si gnal for eight sail of the enemy ' s line , through the haze , apparently in great confusionwith their heads different At fifty-five minutes
, ways . past ten , the Bonne Citoyenne made si gnal for twenty-five sail of the line—the enemy a-heatl , endeavouring to form on the larboard tack . Observed one of their iine-of-battle ships with her fore-top-mast gonei ' At eleven o ' clock , the Admiral made the signal to form the line oi battle a-head ancl a-stern of the Admiral , as mqst convenient , steering S . S . W . At sixteen minutes past eleven , the signal to alter the course
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Account Of The Late Glorious Naval Victory *
seamen , or been more important in its consequnces to the interests of Great Britain , than the late glorious victory obtained by the gallant Sir John Jervis;—a victory which will ever be mentioned by Englishmen with exultation , as having prevented a junction of that force , whose avowed object was the destruction of every thing that is dear to a brave and free people . The Spanish fleetconsisting of twenty-seven shiof the lineleft
, ps , Cadiz , earl y in the month of February ; and their sailingwas regarded by all Europe as an event which might be productive of consequence ^ very fatal to Great Britain . The French , it was generally known , had a fleet at Brest , of near thirty sail of the line , and it ' had been declared by the Executive Directory , that the two fleets , when united , would be able to ride triumphant in the Channel and cnver the
land-, ing of as many troops as they might think necessary for the invasion and conquest of England and Ireland . Sir John Jervis , apprized by the British Government of these intentions of our enemies , determined , by a bold and decisive effort , to save his country , or fall in the attempt ; and consckus ' tbat the valour of our sailors despises superiority of numbers in ah enemy , when the national interests and honour
are at stake , gallantly bore down upon a fleet of double the force of his own , and obtained a victory which adds a never fading laurel to the wreath of British Glorj ' . The Gazette Extraordinary , published on the arrival of the news in London , must doubtless have been read by the greater part , or . allof our readers . * To the account contained in that we add the following Journal of an Officer , serving in the British fleet . It was kept on board one of the ships that sustained a very distinguished share in the action . ' •¦•; ¦ . ¦¦
Tuesday , Feb . 14 , 1797 . 'At twenty minutes past nine , A . M . the Victory made the signal for the Blenheim , Culloden , and Prince George ,. to chace S . b ° W ' At fifty-one minutes past nine , La Bonne Citpyenne made signal for eight sail , S . W . b . S . At fifty-three minutes past nine , the IrresistibleS . W . b S . At ten minutes past tenLe Minerve made the
, , signal for twenty sail in the S . W . 'The Fox cutter , S . S . E . fired at , and brought to , a brig , which struck to her . The Fox then chaseci . another . , ' At twenty-five minutes past ten , a shi p in the S . E . made the si gnal for eight sail of the enemy ' s line , through the haze , apparently in great confusionwith their heads different At fifty-five minutes
, ways . past ten , the Bonne Citoyenne made si gnal for twenty-five sail of the line—the enemy a-heatl , endeavouring to form on the larboard tack . Observed one of their iine-of-battle ships with her fore-top-mast gonei ' At eleven o ' clock , the Admiral made the signal to form the line oi battle a-head ancl a-stern of the Admiral , as mqst convenient , steering S . S . W . At sixteen minutes past eleven , the signal to alter the course