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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE .
ADMIRALTY-OmCF ., MAY 22 , 1798 . / CAPTAIN WINTHROP , ofhis Majesty's ship Circe , arrived here this day V / with a dispatch from Captain Home Kiggs Popham , of his Miijes'y's ship Expedition , to Evan Nepean , Esq . Secretary of the Admiralty , of which the following is a cop ) : ' SIR , His Majesty ' s ship Expedition , Ostcnd Roads , May 20 , 1798 . c I beg will do me the honour to inform Lords Commis-ioners of the
you my . Admiralty , that , in pursuance of their orders of the 8 t ! i instant , 1 proceeded to sea the 141 I 1 , with the ships and vessels named in the margin , * having on board the troops under the commmand of Major-Genera ! Coote , for the purpose of blowing up the bason , gates , and sluices of the Bruges canal , and destroying the internal navigation between Holland , Flanders , and France . On 'he iSih P . M . 1 spoke the Fair . - , when Captain Horton told me he had taken a cutter from Flushing lo Ostendand he understood from the people on board that the trans
, - port schuyt . * fitting at Flushing were to go round immediately bv the canals to Dunkirk and Ostend ; and although it was impossible that anv information could give additional spirit to the troops forming this enterprise , or increase Ihe energy and exertion of the officers and seamen under my command , yet it convinced Major-General Coote and myself that itwas of the greatest importance not to
lose any time , but to attempt , even under an increased degree of risk , an object of such magnitude as the one in question ; and as the weather appeared more favourable than it had been , I made the signal for Capt . Eazelv , in the Harpy , to go a-head , with the vessels appointed to lit- as beacons N . W . of the town of Ostend ; and for Captain Bradby , in the Ariadne , to keep between the Expedition and Harpy , that we might approach as near the coast as possible , without Ihe chance of being discovered from the shore . At one A . M . we anchored ; soon afterwards the wind shifted to west , and threatened much to blowllmt the General and
so , myself were deliberating whether it would not be better to go to sea and wait a more favourable opportunity , when a boat from the Vigilant brought a vessel alongside , which she had cut out from under the Light-house Batierv , and the information obtained from the persons who were on board her , under separate examinations , so convinced us of the small force at Ostend , Newport , and Bruges , that Major-General Coote begged he might be landed to accomplish the great object of destroying the canals , even if the surf should prevent his retreat being so successful as he could wish . I of course acceded to his spirited proposition , and ordered the troops to be landed as fast as possible , without waiting for the regular order of debarkation . Many of
* To anchor to the easnvard Hecla Bomb , - - J . Oughton . Circe , - - - . R Winthorp Harpy , - - - - H . Bazely . Vestal , - - - - C . White . Ariadne , - - - J . Bradby . Hebe , - - - . \ y Brichal ) Expedition , - - H . Popham . Druid , - - - - c . Apthorpe Mmerva , - - - J . Mackellar . Terrier , - - - - T . Lowen . Savage , - - - N . Thompson . Vesuve , - - - - " \ V . Elliott . Blazer
, - - - - D . Burgess . Furnace , - - - M . W . Suckling Lion , - - - . s . Bevel . 6 To keep to the westward , for the purpose of making a feint to land there . Champion ,- - - H . Raper . Crash , - - - - B . M . Praid . Hart , - - - - R . Raggett . Tiuxet , - - - - J . Gilbert . Woa-ereene , - - i . M . Mortlock . Acute , - - - * J . leaver VOL . X , It
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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE .
ADMIRALTY-OmCF ., MAY 22 , 1798 . / CAPTAIN WINTHROP , ofhis Majesty's ship Circe , arrived here this day V / with a dispatch from Captain Home Kiggs Popham , of his Miijes'y's ship Expedition , to Evan Nepean , Esq . Secretary of the Admiralty , of which the following is a cop ) : ' SIR , His Majesty ' s ship Expedition , Ostcnd Roads , May 20 , 1798 . c I beg will do me the honour to inform Lords Commis-ioners of the
you my . Admiralty , that , in pursuance of their orders of the 8 t ! i instant , 1 proceeded to sea the 141 I 1 , with the ships and vessels named in the margin , * having on board the troops under the commmand of Major-Genera ! Coote , for the purpose of blowing up the bason , gates , and sluices of the Bruges canal , and destroying the internal navigation between Holland , Flanders , and France . On 'he iSih P . M . 1 spoke the Fair . - , when Captain Horton told me he had taken a cutter from Flushing lo Ostendand he understood from the people on board that the trans
, - port schuyt . * fitting at Flushing were to go round immediately bv the canals to Dunkirk and Ostend ; and although it was impossible that anv information could give additional spirit to the troops forming this enterprise , or increase Ihe energy and exertion of the officers and seamen under my command , yet it convinced Major-General Coote and myself that itwas of the greatest importance not to
lose any time , but to attempt , even under an increased degree of risk , an object of such magnitude as the one in question ; and as the weather appeared more favourable than it had been , I made the signal for Capt . Eazelv , in the Harpy , to go a-head , with the vessels appointed to lit- as beacons N . W . of the town of Ostend ; and for Captain Bradby , in the Ariadne , to keep between the Expedition and Harpy , that we might approach as near the coast as possible , without Ihe chance of being discovered from the shore . At one A . M . we anchored ; soon afterwards the wind shifted to west , and threatened much to blowllmt the General and
so , myself were deliberating whether it would not be better to go to sea and wait a more favourable opportunity , when a boat from the Vigilant brought a vessel alongside , which she had cut out from under the Light-house Batierv , and the information obtained from the persons who were on board her , under separate examinations , so convinced us of the small force at Ostend , Newport , and Bruges , that Major-General Coote begged he might be landed to accomplish the great object of destroying the canals , even if the surf should prevent his retreat being so successful as he could wish . I of course acceded to his spirited proposition , and ordered the troops to be landed as fast as possible , without waiting for the regular order of debarkation . Many of
* To anchor to the easnvard Hecla Bomb , - - J . Oughton . Circe , - - - . R Winthorp Harpy , - - - - H . Bazely . Vestal , - - - - C . White . Ariadne , - - - J . Bradby . Hebe , - - - . \ y Brichal ) Expedition , - - H . Popham . Druid , - - - - c . Apthorpe Mmerva , - - - J . Mackellar . Terrier , - - - - T . Lowen . Savage , - - - N . Thompson . Vesuve , - - - - " \ V . Elliott . Blazer
, - - - - D . Burgess . Furnace , - - - M . W . Suckling Lion , - - - . s . Bevel . 6 To keep to the westward , for the purpose of making a feint to land there . Champion ,- - - H . Raper . Crash , - - - - B . M . Praid . Hart , - - - - R . Raggett . Tiuxet , - - - - J . Gilbert . Woa-ereene , - - i . M . Mortlock . Acute , - - - * J . leaver VOL . X , It