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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
DEFEAT OF THE BREST SQUADRON
^~ British flag was never more triumphant on the ocean than at the - present instant . A succession of victories has given us the empire over the seas , preserved us from invasion , and the consequent horror of domestic ruin and subjection to foreign government . On the -zofh of October , Lieutenant Waterhouse arrived at the Admiralty with a dispatch from Sir John Borlass Warren , Bart . K . B . Captain of his Majesty ' s ship Canada . This dispatch , is dated on board the Canada , in h SvvillIrelandthe 16 th of October
Loug y , , , and is as follows : ' In pursuance of the orders and instructions I received b y the Kangaroo , I proceeded with the ships named in the margin * off Achill Head , and on the ioth instant I was . joined by his Majesty ' s ships Melampus and Doris * the latter of whom I directed to look out for the enemy off Tory Island and the Rosses ; . in the evening of the same day the Amelia appeared in the Ofling , when Captain Herbert informed me he had parted with the Ethalion , and lhwhowith attention
Anson , Syp , , great , had continued to observe the French squadron since their sailing on the 17 th ult . In the morning of the nth , however , these two ships also fell in with us , and at noon the enemy were discovered in the N . W . quarter , consisting of one ship of eighty guns , eight frigates , a schooner and a brig . I immediately made the signal for a general chace , and to form in succession as each shi p arrived up with the enemy , who , from their great distance to windward , and a hollow sea , it was imnossible to come up with before the 12 th .
' The chace was continued . in very bad and boisterous weather all day of the 1 ith , and the following ni ght , when , at half past five A . M . they were seen at a little distance to windward ,, the line of battle shi p having lost her main-top-mast . ' The enemy bore down and formed their line in close order upon the starboard tack , and from the length of the chace , and our ships beino- spread , it was impossible to close with them before seven A . M . when I made the Robust ' si to leadwhich with
s gnal , was obeyed much alacrity , and the rest of the ships to form in succession in the rear of the van . ' The action commenced at twenty minutes past seven o ' clock , A M . the Rosses bearing S . S . W . five leagues , and at eleven , the Hoche , after a reliant defence , struck ; and the fri gates made sail from us : the signal to pursue the enemy was made immediately , and in five hours afterwards three of the frigates hauled down their colours also ; but they , as well as the Hoche , oDstiiiateldefendedall of them
were y , being heavy frigates , and , as well as . the ship ot the line , entirely new ; full of troops and stores , with every nen ccssary for the establishment of their views and plans in Ireland . _ ' I am happy to say , that the efforts and conduit of every officer mid man . in the squadron seemed to have been actuated by the same spirit , zeal , and unanimity 111 their King and Country ' s cause-, and I feel myself under « reat obligations to them , as well as the officers and men of this ship , for their ex ertions _ upon this occasion ; which will , I hope , recommend them to their lordships' favour .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
DEFEAT OF THE BREST SQUADRON
^~ British flag was never more triumphant on the ocean than at the - present instant . A succession of victories has given us the empire over the seas , preserved us from invasion , and the consequent horror of domestic ruin and subjection to foreign government . On the -zofh of October , Lieutenant Waterhouse arrived at the Admiralty with a dispatch from Sir John Borlass Warren , Bart . K . B . Captain of his Majesty ' s ship Canada . This dispatch , is dated on board the Canada , in h SvvillIrelandthe 16 th of October
Loug y , , , and is as follows : ' In pursuance of the orders and instructions I received b y the Kangaroo , I proceeded with the ships named in the margin * off Achill Head , and on the ioth instant I was . joined by his Majesty ' s ships Melampus and Doris * the latter of whom I directed to look out for the enemy off Tory Island and the Rosses ; . in the evening of the same day the Amelia appeared in the Ofling , when Captain Herbert informed me he had parted with the Ethalion , and lhwhowith attention
Anson , Syp , , great , had continued to observe the French squadron since their sailing on the 17 th ult . In the morning of the nth , however , these two ships also fell in with us , and at noon the enemy were discovered in the N . W . quarter , consisting of one ship of eighty guns , eight frigates , a schooner and a brig . I immediately made the signal for a general chace , and to form in succession as each shi p arrived up with the enemy , who , from their great distance to windward , and a hollow sea , it was imnossible to come up with before the 12 th .
' The chace was continued . in very bad and boisterous weather all day of the 1 ith , and the following ni ght , when , at half past five A . M . they were seen at a little distance to windward ,, the line of battle shi p having lost her main-top-mast . ' The enemy bore down and formed their line in close order upon the starboard tack , and from the length of the chace , and our ships beino- spread , it was impossible to close with them before seven A . M . when I made the Robust ' si to leadwhich with
s gnal , was obeyed much alacrity , and the rest of the ships to form in succession in the rear of the van . ' The action commenced at twenty minutes past seven o ' clock , A M . the Rosses bearing S . S . W . five leagues , and at eleven , the Hoche , after a reliant defence , struck ; and the fri gates made sail from us : the signal to pursue the enemy was made immediately , and in five hours afterwards three of the frigates hauled down their colours also ; but they , as well as the Hoche , oDstiiiateldefendedall of them
were y , being heavy frigates , and , as well as . the ship ot the line , entirely new ; full of troops and stores , with every nen ccssary for the establishment of their views and plans in Ireland . _ ' I am happy to say , that the efforts and conduit of every officer mid man . in the squadron seemed to have been actuated by the same spirit , zeal , and unanimity 111 their King and Country ' s cause-, and I feel myself under « reat obligations to them , as well as the officers and men of this ship , for their ex ertions _ upon this occasion ; which will , I hope , recommend them to their lordships' favour .