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opposed to me , amounting to twent . y-seven sail of the line , arid an account of the killed and wounded in his Majesty ' s ships , as well as in those taken from the enemy . The moment the latter ( almost totally dismasted ) and his Majesty ' s ships the Captain and Culloden are in a state to put to sea , i shall avail myself of the first favourable wind to proceed off Cape St . Vincent in my way to Lisbon . ' Captain Calder , whose able assistance has greatly contributed to the public service during my command , is the bearer of this , and will more particularly describe to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the movements of the
squadron on the 14 th , and the present state of it . I am , Sir , & c . J . JEHVIS . ' Total killed and wounded in Sir John Jervis's fleet . Three officers , fifty-nine seamen , six marines , five soldiers killed ; five officers , one-hundred and eighty-nine seamen , twenty-one marines , twelve soldiers ' , wounded . OFFICERS KILLED A . VD WOUNDED .
Blenheim—Mr . Edward Libby , acting Lieutenant , wounded ; Mr . Peacock , Boatswain , wounded ; Mr . Joseph Wixon , Master ' s Mate , wounded , since dead . Captain—Major William Norris , Marines , killed ; Mr . James Godench , Midshipman , killed . Commddore Nelson , Bruised ,. but not obliged to quit the deck . Mr . Carrington , Boatswain , wounded , in boarding the San Nicolas . Mr . Thomas Luiid , Midshipman , wounded . Excellent—Mr . Peter Peffers , Boatswain , killed . Mr . Edward Augustus Down , Master's Mate , wounded . ¦
Orion—Mr . Thomas Mansell , Midshipman , wounded . Culloden—Mr . G . A . Livingstone , Lieutenant of Marines , killed . Irresistible—Serjeant Watson , Marines , killed . Mr . Andrew Tompson , Lieutenant , wounded . Mr . Hugh M'Kinnon , Master's Mate , wounded . Mr . William Balfour , Midshipman , wounded . List of the killed and wounded on board the Spanish ships taken . Killed 261—Wounded 342—Total 603 . Note . —Among the killed is' tlie General Don Francisco Xavier Winthuysen . Chef D'Escadre .
ADDITIONAL SHIPS OF WAR CAPTURED FROM THE ENEMY . Captain Macnamara , of his Majesty's ship Southampton , cruizing off Cape Dell Mell , captured the Corso , Don Antonio Oacaro , a Spanish brig of 18 guns and 13 6 men , on the 2 d of December . She is a new ship , completely armed , and a prime sailer . Commodore Nelson states , in a letter , dated at sea , iii the Mediterranean , Dee . 20 , that Capt . Cockburne , in the Minerva frigate , captured La Sabina , a Spanish frigate of 40 guns and 286 men , Capt . Don Jacoba Stuart , Commander ,
after a spirited action of two hours . She was , however , next day retaken by a Spanish ship of the line , at the same time that the Minerva was engaged by . a ; Spanish frigate . In both actions the Minerva sustained considerable loss inmeri ; and ' the ship was much damaged . Wounded 44 , one of them Lieut . J . Noble ; kilitM 7 , onp of them a midshipman ; missing 4 , supposed to be in the prize . On the 23 d of Dec . the Minerva , aftor being refitted , captured a French privateer , called the Maria , of 6 guns and 68 men , oft ' the south-end of Sardinia . Capt . Marshof the King ' s Fisher sloopcaptured a Spanish privateermanned
, , , with 30 men , off Oporto , on the 23 d of Jan . and drove another on shore , between Villa Conde and Vianna , mounting iz guns and 60 men ; the Victorieux French privateer , of 4 guns and 30 men , by Capt . Hargood , of his Majesty ' s ship Leopard , off Yarmouth , on the the 18 th of Feb . L'Aventurier French schoolierpriyateer , of 4 . 0- tons , having on board , n men armed with cutlasses and pistols , off the South
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opposed to me , amounting to twent . y-seven sail of the line , arid an account of the killed and wounded in his Majesty ' s ships , as well as in those taken from the enemy . The moment the latter ( almost totally dismasted ) and his Majesty ' s ships the Captain and Culloden are in a state to put to sea , i shall avail myself of the first favourable wind to proceed off Cape St . Vincent in my way to Lisbon . ' Captain Calder , whose able assistance has greatly contributed to the public service during my command , is the bearer of this , and will more particularly describe to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the movements of the
squadron on the 14 th , and the present state of it . I am , Sir , & c . J . JEHVIS . ' Total killed and wounded in Sir John Jervis's fleet . Three officers , fifty-nine seamen , six marines , five soldiers killed ; five officers , one-hundred and eighty-nine seamen , twenty-one marines , twelve soldiers ' , wounded . OFFICERS KILLED A . VD WOUNDED .
Blenheim—Mr . Edward Libby , acting Lieutenant , wounded ; Mr . Peacock , Boatswain , wounded ; Mr . Joseph Wixon , Master ' s Mate , wounded , since dead . Captain—Major William Norris , Marines , killed ; Mr . James Godench , Midshipman , killed . Commddore Nelson , Bruised ,. but not obliged to quit the deck . Mr . Carrington , Boatswain , wounded , in boarding the San Nicolas . Mr . Thomas Luiid , Midshipman , wounded . Excellent—Mr . Peter Peffers , Boatswain , killed . Mr . Edward Augustus Down , Master's Mate , wounded . ¦
Orion—Mr . Thomas Mansell , Midshipman , wounded . Culloden—Mr . G . A . Livingstone , Lieutenant of Marines , killed . Irresistible—Serjeant Watson , Marines , killed . Mr . Andrew Tompson , Lieutenant , wounded . Mr . Hugh M'Kinnon , Master's Mate , wounded . Mr . William Balfour , Midshipman , wounded . List of the killed and wounded on board the Spanish ships taken . Killed 261—Wounded 342—Total 603 . Note . —Among the killed is' tlie General Don Francisco Xavier Winthuysen . Chef D'Escadre .
ADDITIONAL SHIPS OF WAR CAPTURED FROM THE ENEMY . Captain Macnamara , of his Majesty's ship Southampton , cruizing off Cape Dell Mell , captured the Corso , Don Antonio Oacaro , a Spanish brig of 18 guns and 13 6 men , on the 2 d of December . She is a new ship , completely armed , and a prime sailer . Commodore Nelson states , in a letter , dated at sea , iii the Mediterranean , Dee . 20 , that Capt . Cockburne , in the Minerva frigate , captured La Sabina , a Spanish frigate of 40 guns and 286 men , Capt . Don Jacoba Stuart , Commander ,
after a spirited action of two hours . She was , however , next day retaken by a Spanish ship of the line , at the same time that the Minerva was engaged by . a ; Spanish frigate . In both actions the Minerva sustained considerable loss inmeri ; and ' the ship was much damaged . Wounded 44 , one of them Lieut . J . Noble ; kilitM 7 , onp of them a midshipman ; missing 4 , supposed to be in the prize . On the 23 d of Dec . the Minerva , aftor being refitted , captured a French privateer , called the Maria , of 6 guns and 68 men , oft ' the south-end of Sardinia . Capt . Marshof the King ' s Fisher sloopcaptured a Spanish privateermanned
, , , with 30 men , off Oporto , on the 23 d of Jan . and drove another on shore , between Villa Conde and Vianna , mounting iz guns and 60 men ; the Victorieux French privateer , of 4 guns and 30 men , by Capt . Hargood , of his Majesty ' s ship Leopard , off Yarmouth , on the the 18 th of Feb . L'Aventurier French schoolierpriyateer , of 4 . 0- tons , having on board , n men armed with cutlasses and pistols , off the South