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entitle you to that consideration it is ever the wish of British troops to shew an enemy , whose numbers are inferior . ' My Major will deliver you this letter , and I shall expect your determination by ten o ' clock , by your officer , whom I have furnished with an escort , that will conduct him to me without molestation . " I am , Dee . CAWDOR . ' 1 To the Officer commanding the French Troops . ' Extract of a letter from Robert Craufurd , Esq . to the Right Hon . Lord Grenville ;
~ Head-quarters of the Austrian Army , ' LORD , Manhcim , Fib . 7 , 1797 . ' I have the honour to inform your Lordship , that in consequence of a capitulation , concluded 011 the 2 d instant , between Lieutenant-General the Prince of Furstenburgh and the French General commanding the works of the Tcte-de-Pont of Huninguen , and of the Island called the Sinister lnsel , the said works and island have been evacuated by the enemy , and taken possession of by the troops
of his Imperial Majesty . 'The French had bestowed very considerable labour on this post during the time that their armies were advanced into Germany . The ^ Tete-de-Pont itself ¦ was supported and out-flanked by the extensive horn-work on tha Sinister Island , as were both by the fire of the fortress of Huninguen , as well as of several temporary batteries on the , left bank of the Rhine . But a considerable quantity of heavy artillery having been sent to the Upper Brisgaw immediately after the reduction of Kehl , the attack , after its arrival , was carried on with effect , and , by its successful termination , the right bank of the Upper Rhine has been completely cleared of the enemy . I have the honour to be , & c . R . CHAUFURD . '
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE , FfiiDAY , JMUCII J , I 7 p 7 . Robert Calder , Esq . first Captain to Admiral Sir J . Jervis , K , B . arrived this morning with dispatches from him to Mr . Nepean , of which the following are ' copies : . ' , ' . Victory , in Lagos Bay , Feb . 16 , 1797 . The hopes of falling in with the Spanish-Fleet , expressed in my letter lo you of the 13 th instant , were confirmed that night , by our distinctly hearing the re ^
port of their signal guns , and by intelligence received from Capt . Foote , of his Majesty ' s ship the Niger , who had , with equal judgment , kept company with them for several days , on my prescribed rendezvous , ( which , from the strong : South-East winds , 1 had never been able to reach ) and that they were not more than the distance of three or four leagues from us . I anxiously awaited the dawn of day , when being on the starboard tack , Cape St . Vincent bearing East by North eight leagues , I had the satisfaction of seeing a number of ships extending from South-west , to South , the wind then at West by South . At forty-nine minutes
past ten , the weather being extremely hazy , La Bonne Citoyenne made the signal that the ships seen were of the line ,. twenty-five in number . His Majesty ' s squadron under my command , consisting of fifteen ships of the line , happily formed in the most compact order of sailing , in two lines . By carrying a press of sail I was fortunate in getting in lt-ith the enemy ' s fleet at half past eleven o'clock , before it had time to connect , and form a regular order of battle . Such a moment was not to be lost ; and confident in the skill , valour , and discipline of the officers and men I had the happiness to command , and judging that the honour
of his Majesty ' s arms , and the circumstances of the war in these seas , required a considerable degree of enterprise , I felt myself justified in departing from the- ' regular system ; and passing through their fleet , in a line formed with the utmost celerity , tacked , and ' thereby separated one-third from the main body , after a partial cannonade , which prevented their re-junction till the evening ; and by the very great exertions of the ships which had the good fortune to arrive up with , the enemy on tlie larboard-tack , the ships named in the margin * were captured , and the action" ceased about five o'clock in the evening . I inclose the most correct list I have been able to obtain of . the Spanish fleet *
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entitle you to that consideration it is ever the wish of British troops to shew an enemy , whose numbers are inferior . ' My Major will deliver you this letter , and I shall expect your determination by ten o ' clock , by your officer , whom I have furnished with an escort , that will conduct him to me without molestation . " I am , Dee . CAWDOR . ' 1 To the Officer commanding the French Troops . ' Extract of a letter from Robert Craufurd , Esq . to the Right Hon . Lord Grenville ;
~ Head-quarters of the Austrian Army , ' LORD , Manhcim , Fib . 7 , 1797 . ' I have the honour to inform your Lordship , that in consequence of a capitulation , concluded 011 the 2 d instant , between Lieutenant-General the Prince of Furstenburgh and the French General commanding the works of the Tcte-de-Pont of Huninguen , and of the Island called the Sinister lnsel , the said works and island have been evacuated by the enemy , and taken possession of by the troops
of his Imperial Majesty . 'The French had bestowed very considerable labour on this post during the time that their armies were advanced into Germany . The ^ Tete-de-Pont itself ¦ was supported and out-flanked by the extensive horn-work on tha Sinister Island , as were both by the fire of the fortress of Huninguen , as well as of several temporary batteries on the , left bank of the Rhine . But a considerable quantity of heavy artillery having been sent to the Upper Brisgaw immediately after the reduction of Kehl , the attack , after its arrival , was carried on with effect , and , by its successful termination , the right bank of the Upper Rhine has been completely cleared of the enemy . I have the honour to be , & c . R . CHAUFURD . '
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE , FfiiDAY , JMUCII J , I 7 p 7 . Robert Calder , Esq . first Captain to Admiral Sir J . Jervis , K , B . arrived this morning with dispatches from him to Mr . Nepean , of which the following are ' copies : . ' , ' . Victory , in Lagos Bay , Feb . 16 , 1797 . The hopes of falling in with the Spanish-Fleet , expressed in my letter lo you of the 13 th instant , were confirmed that night , by our distinctly hearing the re ^
port of their signal guns , and by intelligence received from Capt . Foote , of his Majesty ' s ship the Niger , who had , with equal judgment , kept company with them for several days , on my prescribed rendezvous , ( which , from the strong : South-East winds , 1 had never been able to reach ) and that they were not more than the distance of three or four leagues from us . I anxiously awaited the dawn of day , when being on the starboard tack , Cape St . Vincent bearing East by North eight leagues , I had the satisfaction of seeing a number of ships extending from South-west , to South , the wind then at West by South . At forty-nine minutes
past ten , the weather being extremely hazy , La Bonne Citoyenne made the signal that the ships seen were of the line ,. twenty-five in number . His Majesty ' s squadron under my command , consisting of fifteen ships of the line , happily formed in the most compact order of sailing , in two lines . By carrying a press of sail I was fortunate in getting in lt-ith the enemy ' s fleet at half past eleven o'clock , before it had time to connect , and form a regular order of battle . Such a moment was not to be lost ; and confident in the skill , valour , and discipline of the officers and men I had the happiness to command , and judging that the honour
of his Majesty ' s arms , and the circumstances of the war in these seas , required a considerable degree of enterprise , I felt myself justified in departing from the- ' regular system ; and passing through their fleet , in a line formed with the utmost celerity , tacked , and ' thereby separated one-third from the main body , after a partial cannonade , which prevented their re-junction till the evening ; and by the very great exertions of the ships which had the good fortune to arrive up with , the enemy on tlie larboard-tack , the ships named in the margin * were captured , and the action" ceased about five o'clock in the evening . I inclose the most correct list I have been able to obtain of . the Spanish fleet *