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Monthly Chronicle.
ticular charge of getting the powder and mines up for the destruction of the works , j , i which he so ably succeeded , he will b . e enabled to inform their Lordships of overy circumstance " . Capain Mackellar , with the officers and men on shore , were included in ihe capitulation ; but I have not yet been able to eoUect an . exact return cf the number of seamen taken . ' i transmit you a list of killed and wounded on board his Majesty ships ; and I have the honour to be , & c . HOMK PoHIAM . '
TO THE OFFICER COMMANDING TIIE TROOPS OF TIIE NATIONAL CONVENTION AT OSTMSD . ' sin , Hit Majesty ' s Ship Erpe . litivn , Ostend Hoods , May 20 , 170 S . ' 1 have just heard with concern that the British troops and seamen under the command of Major-Gem-ral Coote , and Capiain M . ickellar , of the royal navy , have capitulated to the troops of ihe republic , and I trust that ihe- will be treated with that attention which is due to officers and men executing the orders of their
Sovereign . ' It has been the invariable rule of the British government to make the situa-: tion of prisoners as comfortable as possible ; and 1 am sure , Sir , in this instance you will do the same lo the troops , Sjc . who bine fallen into your hands . ' It will not ha against anv rule to exchange ihe prisoners immediately , but , on tho contrarv , a Id U vour name , by marking it with humanity and liberality ; and I give vou mv word the same number of troops , or other prisoners , shall be instantly sent " from England to France , with such officers as you shall name , or
as shall be named by the National Convention , provided no public reason attaches against the release of any particular person . " i have sent the officers what things they left on hoard the ship , and I am confident vou will order them to lie delivered as soon as possible . ' l ' heg vou will allow ihe officers aud men to write lelters lo England by this ( lag , as a satisfaction to their families , it being impossible for me 10 know who have (' alien or received wounds , which I hope will be very inconsiderable , from tbe accounts 1 have received from the shore .
I be" vour answer to this letter without loss of time . I have the honour to be , & c . ° " H . POPHAM . ' Extract from ihe Minnies left on bon-J Ihe Expedition by Captain lillliamson , Aidc-de-Camp to General Code , dated IQ A . M . May 20 , Ostend Roads .
Sluice-gates destroyed in the most compleat manner . Boats burnt , and every thin" do ic , and the troops ready to embark by twelve o'clock . When we found it impossible to embark , took the strongest position on the Sand-hills , and about four 111 ihe morning were attacked by a column of 6 co men to our left , an . im-r mense column in from , will ) cannon , and a very large column on Ihe right . The Generaland troops would have been all off , with the loss of not more than three or four men , if the wind had not come 10 the northward soon after we lauded , and made so high a sea . We have not been able to ascertain the exact
number of men killed and wounded , but it is suposeil they amount to 50 or Co . The officers killed and v . -omuled are , Lieutenant-Colonel Hely , nth foot , killed ; Major-General Coote , wounded ; Colonel Campbell , 3 d Guards , wounded ; Major Donkin , 44 II 1 fool , wounded ; Captain Walker , Royal Artillery , wounded ; ancl near 60 rank and . tile killed and wounded , Seamenkilled and ¦ pounded .-- -Seamen , & e . of Wolvereene , 1 killed , 10 wounded ; 2 jd ren-iment , on board the Wolvereene , 1 killed , 5 wounded ; Asp , 1 seaniau killedLieutenant Edmonds wounded .
, Lieutenant-Colonel Warde , of the first regiment of Guards , in a letter to the High ! Hon . Henry Dundas , gives die following account of the operation of the troops : ' Early on the morningof the 1 cjth instant , the following troops , under the comjnand of Major-Genera ! Coote , viz .. two companies , light infantry , Coldstream Guards ; two diuo , ditto , 3 d Guards ; nth regiment of foot ; 23 d and 49 th light companies , with six pieces of ordnance , disembarked , a , nd effected their .
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Monthly Chronicle.
ticular charge of getting the powder and mines up for the destruction of the works , j , i which he so ably succeeded , he will b . e enabled to inform their Lordships of overy circumstance " . Capain Mackellar , with the officers and men on shore , were included in ihe capitulation ; but I have not yet been able to eoUect an . exact return cf the number of seamen taken . ' i transmit you a list of killed and wounded on board his Majesty ships ; and I have the honour to be , & c . HOMK PoHIAM . '
TO THE OFFICER COMMANDING TIIE TROOPS OF TIIE NATIONAL CONVENTION AT OSTMSD . ' sin , Hit Majesty ' s Ship Erpe . litivn , Ostend Hoods , May 20 , 170 S . ' 1 have just heard with concern that the British troops and seamen under the command of Major-Gem-ral Coote , and Capiain M . ickellar , of the royal navy , have capitulated to the troops of ihe republic , and I trust that ihe- will be treated with that attention which is due to officers and men executing the orders of their
Sovereign . ' It has been the invariable rule of the British government to make the situa-: tion of prisoners as comfortable as possible ; and 1 am sure , Sir , in this instance you will do the same lo the troops , Sjc . who bine fallen into your hands . ' It will not ha against anv rule to exchange ihe prisoners immediately , but , on tho contrarv , a Id U vour name , by marking it with humanity and liberality ; and I give vou mv word the same number of troops , or other prisoners , shall be instantly sent " from England to France , with such officers as you shall name , or
as shall be named by the National Convention , provided no public reason attaches against the release of any particular person . " i have sent the officers what things they left on hoard the ship , and I am confident vou will order them to lie delivered as soon as possible . ' l ' heg vou will allow ihe officers aud men to write lelters lo England by this ( lag , as a satisfaction to their families , it being impossible for me 10 know who have (' alien or received wounds , which I hope will be very inconsiderable , from tbe accounts 1 have received from the shore .
I be" vour answer to this letter without loss of time . I have the honour to be , & c . ° " H . POPHAM . ' Extract from ihe Minnies left on bon-J Ihe Expedition by Captain lillliamson , Aidc-de-Camp to General Code , dated IQ A . M . May 20 , Ostend Roads .
Sluice-gates destroyed in the most compleat manner . Boats burnt , and every thin" do ic , and the troops ready to embark by twelve o'clock . When we found it impossible to embark , took the strongest position on the Sand-hills , and about four 111 ihe morning were attacked by a column of 6 co men to our left , an . im-r mense column in from , will ) cannon , and a very large column on Ihe right . The Generaland troops would have been all off , with the loss of not more than three or four men , if the wind had not come 10 the northward soon after we lauded , and made so high a sea . We have not been able to ascertain the exact
number of men killed and wounded , but it is suposeil they amount to 50 or Co . The officers killed and v . -omuled are , Lieutenant-Colonel Hely , nth foot , killed ; Major-General Coote , wounded ; Colonel Campbell , 3 d Guards , wounded ; Major Donkin , 44 II 1 fool , wounded ; Captain Walker , Royal Artillery , wounded ; ancl near 60 rank and . tile killed and wounded , Seamenkilled and ¦ pounded .-- -Seamen , & e . of Wolvereene , 1 killed , 10 wounded ; 2 jd ren-iment , on board the Wolvereene , 1 killed , 5 wounded ; Asp , 1 seaniau killedLieutenant Edmonds wounded .
, Lieutenant-Colonel Warde , of the first regiment of Guards , in a letter to the High ! Hon . Henry Dundas , gives die following account of the operation of the troops : ' Early on the morningof the 1 cjth instant , the following troops , under the comjnand of Major-Genera ! Coote , viz .. two companies , light infantry , Coldstream Guards ; two diuo , ditto , 3 d Guards ; nth regiment of foot ; 23 d and 49 th light companies , with six pieces of ordnance , disembarked , a , nd effected their .