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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
INTELLIGENCE OF IMPORTANCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES .
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE , MARCH I 8 , I 797 . EXTRACT of a letter from Sir H . Neale , to Admiral Lord Bridport , dated 1 on board the St . Fiorenzo , at sea , March 9 , 1797 . ' MY LOUD , ' I have the satisfaction to acquaint you , that after having , ( agreeably to your . direction ) with the assistance of Capt . Cooke , of his Majesty's ship La Nymphe , under my ordersreconnoitred the enemy ' s force in the outer road of Brest
, Harbour , Capt . Cooke informed me he saw two ships to the westward , standing in for Brest ; in consequence of which we tacked , and made sail , close on a wind , for the purpose of gaining the weather gage , which being with ease accomplished , we bore down upon the ships together , having ascertained them to be two French frigates ; and as we were not more than two or three leagues from Point St . Matthew , with a leading wind out of Brest , and the French fleet in sight from our tops , it was an object of great importance to be as decisive as possible in our mode of attack . As the largest ship was the headmost , we both engaged her
very warmly , at the distance of about forty yards , and compelled her to surrender , after a short resistance . By this time the smaller frigate had arrived up , and being immediately attacked by both ships in the same manner as the former , her resistance , though better made , was not long : she struck her colours about pine o ' clock A . M . The whole of the action was ' a running fight , . and di ' d not last more than half an hour . ' The ships taken are La Resistance , commanded by Monsieur Montague , mounting 4 8 eihteen pounderson her main deckand mimncd-with 34
guns , g , , s men . She' is only six months old , built upon a new construction , and is in every respect one of the finest frigates the French had , and certainly the largest , measuring 45 feet in her beam . The other frigate , La Constance , commanded by Monsieur Desauney , mounting 24 nine-pounders upon'the main-deck , and manned with j 8 9 men : she is two years old , and a very fine ship . These are two of the frigates which landed troops in Wales ; it is a pleasing circumstance to have complete * the failure of that expedition . I am particularly happy to inform your Lordship
that neither tbe St . Fiorenzo or La Nymphe have had any men killed or wounded , or the ships hurt . The St . Fiorenzo only having received two shots in her hull . La Resistance bad ten men killed , the first Lieutenant aud eight men wounded . La Constance had eight men killed and six wounded ..
PAKLIAMEST-STREET , MARCH 27 , I 797 . This day Captain Drew , of the 45 th regiment , and Captain Harvey , of his Majesty ' s ship Prince of Wales , arrived from the Island of Trinidad—the former with dispatches from General Abercrombie , and the latter with dispatches from Rear-Admiral Henry Hervey , which are as follow : ' , Head-quarters , Trinidad , Feb . 27 , 1797 . ' On arrival in this countryI did not fail to lay before the Admiral
inmy , my structions , ami to consult with him upon the means to carry them into execution . I found in him every desire to co-operate in the execution of the views to ivhich they were directed . The arrival of part of the convoy from England enabled us to proceed with confidence in our operations ; therefore , as soon as the troops fould be collected from the different islands , which were ordered to rendezvous at
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
INTELLIGENCE OF IMPORTANCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES .
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE , MARCH I 8 , I 797 . EXTRACT of a letter from Sir H . Neale , to Admiral Lord Bridport , dated 1 on board the St . Fiorenzo , at sea , March 9 , 1797 . ' MY LOUD , ' I have the satisfaction to acquaint you , that after having , ( agreeably to your . direction ) with the assistance of Capt . Cooke , of his Majesty's ship La Nymphe , under my ordersreconnoitred the enemy ' s force in the outer road of Brest
, Harbour , Capt . Cooke informed me he saw two ships to the westward , standing in for Brest ; in consequence of which we tacked , and made sail , close on a wind , for the purpose of gaining the weather gage , which being with ease accomplished , we bore down upon the ships together , having ascertained them to be two French frigates ; and as we were not more than two or three leagues from Point St . Matthew , with a leading wind out of Brest , and the French fleet in sight from our tops , it was an object of great importance to be as decisive as possible in our mode of attack . As the largest ship was the headmost , we both engaged her
very warmly , at the distance of about forty yards , and compelled her to surrender , after a short resistance . By this time the smaller frigate had arrived up , and being immediately attacked by both ships in the same manner as the former , her resistance , though better made , was not long : she struck her colours about pine o ' clock A . M . The whole of the action was ' a running fight , . and di ' d not last more than half an hour . ' The ships taken are La Resistance , commanded by Monsieur Montague , mounting 4 8 eihteen pounderson her main deckand mimncd-with 34
guns , g , , s men . She' is only six months old , built upon a new construction , and is in every respect one of the finest frigates the French had , and certainly the largest , measuring 45 feet in her beam . The other frigate , La Constance , commanded by Monsieur Desauney , mounting 24 nine-pounders upon'the main-deck , and manned with j 8 9 men : she is two years old , and a very fine ship . These are two of the frigates which landed troops in Wales ; it is a pleasing circumstance to have complete * the failure of that expedition . I am particularly happy to inform your Lordship
that neither tbe St . Fiorenzo or La Nymphe have had any men killed or wounded , or the ships hurt . The St . Fiorenzo only having received two shots in her hull . La Resistance bad ten men killed , the first Lieutenant aud eight men wounded . La Constance had eight men killed and six wounded ..
PAKLIAMEST-STREET , MARCH 27 , I 797 . This day Captain Drew , of the 45 th regiment , and Captain Harvey , of his Majesty ' s ship Prince of Wales , arrived from the Island of Trinidad—the former with dispatches from General Abercrombie , and the latter with dispatches from Rear-Admiral Henry Hervey , which are as follow : ' , Head-quarters , Trinidad , Feb . 27 , 1797 . ' On arrival in this countryI did not fail to lay before the Admiral
inmy , my structions , ami to consult with him upon the means to carry them into execution . I found in him every desire to co-operate in the execution of the views to ivhich they were directed . The arrival of part of the convoy from England enabled us to proceed with confidence in our operations ; therefore , as soon as the troops fould be collected from the different islands , which were ordered to rendezvous at