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Monthly Chronicle.
' I left Captain Thornborough after the action , with the Magnanime , Ethalion , and Amelia , with the prizes . J WARREN . ' ' . S . The ships with us in the action were , the Canada , Robust , Fourlroyant , Magnanime , Ethalion , Melampus , and Amelia . The Anson joined vis in the latter part of the action , having lost her mizen mast in chace the day before . . I have sent my First Lieutenant Turguand to take the command of the Hoche .
« I believe a brig , with Napper Tandy on board , was in company , as she left the French at the commencement of the business . The enemy ships bad numbers of troops on board , arms , stores , and ammunition ; and large quantities of , papers were torn and thrown overboard after they had struck .
' I am of opinion , that few of the frigates which escaped will arrive in France , as they had received much damage in their masts and rigging ; and , from the violent gales that followed the next day , they must be in a crippled state , and may , in all probability , be p icked up by some of the squadrcSis pn the coast of France , or by Admiral Kingsmill ' s cruizers . They had thrown every thing overboard , boats , spars , arm-chests , ' & c . Captain Graham Moore , Commander of his Majesty ' s ship Melampus , fell
in on the i jth , off Lough Swilly , with two large ships , close upon their weather beam : on seeing him , they hauled up on the opposite tack . No doubt remaining of their being two of the enemy , he tacked and closed with the nearest , going ten knots an hour . After hailing and ordering her to bring to , without effect , the Melampus opened such a fire upon her , as completely unrigged her in about 25 minutes , and forced her to bring to and surrender ; she proved to be La Resolue , French frigate , mounting forty guns , and five hundred seamen and troops on board . The other frigate was
L'lmmortalire , with which his Majesty ' s ship Fishguard fell in on the 21 st ot October , lat . 2 . 8 . 2 j . N . long . 7 . W . and , after a very smart action of two hours and 20 minutes captured ; in which the Immortalite lost 120 men killed and wounded , and the Fisguard 40 men killed and wounded . The latter ship is very much disabled in her rigging , masts , and sails , but her hull not much shotted : the Immortalite is very much damaged in every part ; the mizen-mast is gone close to the deck ; her yards , sails , and rigging , are nearly all cut to pieces ,
and she is so leaky by the shot-holes in her hull , that it was with great difficulty she could be kept fiom sinking . She was fought exceedingly w-ell , and if the Captain had not been killed , the action would have continued much longer . Soon after he fell , the First Lieutenant shared a like fate , and the same shot that killed the Captain killed General Menage , who had the command of the troops on board , in number about 4 . 00 : she had also ou board 7000 stand of arms , a number of field-pieces , ammunition of all sorts , and a great quantity of horse furniture , with which she is very deep in the water . General Menage made an attempt to land the troops in one of the
bays on the coast of Ireland , but when they discovered , by means ol" boats from the shore , the fate of those that were landed from the first squadron of frigates , the soldiers to a man refused to disembark . The above glorious event will not fail to produce the most happy consequences and extensive benefits to Ireland and to the British empire . At once ire the hopes ofthe Irish malcontents completely blasted , the naval force of the enemy further diminished , and the great bulwark of Britain considerably
strengthened . Had the object of the expedition been accomplished , the spirit of rebellion would have been nourished , and the ultimate result mi g ht have proved imminently dangerous to , if not utterly subversive . -ot the dominion of his Majesty over the most valuable appendage of his crown ,
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Monthly Chronicle.
' I left Captain Thornborough after the action , with the Magnanime , Ethalion , and Amelia , with the prizes . J WARREN . ' ' . S . The ships with us in the action were , the Canada , Robust , Fourlroyant , Magnanime , Ethalion , Melampus , and Amelia . The Anson joined vis in the latter part of the action , having lost her mizen mast in chace the day before . . I have sent my First Lieutenant Turguand to take the command of the Hoche .
« I believe a brig , with Napper Tandy on board , was in company , as she left the French at the commencement of the business . The enemy ships bad numbers of troops on board , arms , stores , and ammunition ; and large quantities of , papers were torn and thrown overboard after they had struck .
' I am of opinion , that few of the frigates which escaped will arrive in France , as they had received much damage in their masts and rigging ; and , from the violent gales that followed the next day , they must be in a crippled state , and may , in all probability , be p icked up by some of the squadrcSis pn the coast of France , or by Admiral Kingsmill ' s cruizers . They had thrown every thing overboard , boats , spars , arm-chests , ' & c . Captain Graham Moore , Commander of his Majesty ' s ship Melampus , fell
in on the i jth , off Lough Swilly , with two large ships , close upon their weather beam : on seeing him , they hauled up on the opposite tack . No doubt remaining of their being two of the enemy , he tacked and closed with the nearest , going ten knots an hour . After hailing and ordering her to bring to , without effect , the Melampus opened such a fire upon her , as completely unrigged her in about 25 minutes , and forced her to bring to and surrender ; she proved to be La Resolue , French frigate , mounting forty guns , and five hundred seamen and troops on board . The other frigate was
L'lmmortalire , with which his Majesty ' s ship Fishguard fell in on the 21 st ot October , lat . 2 . 8 . 2 j . N . long . 7 . W . and , after a very smart action of two hours and 20 minutes captured ; in which the Immortalite lost 120 men killed and wounded , and the Fisguard 40 men killed and wounded . The latter ship is very much disabled in her rigging , masts , and sails , but her hull not much shotted : the Immortalite is very much damaged in every part ; the mizen-mast is gone close to the deck ; her yards , sails , and rigging , are nearly all cut to pieces ,
and she is so leaky by the shot-holes in her hull , that it was with great difficulty she could be kept fiom sinking . She was fought exceedingly w-ell , and if the Captain had not been killed , the action would have continued much longer . Soon after he fell , the First Lieutenant shared a like fate , and the same shot that killed the Captain killed General Menage , who had the command of the troops on board , in number about 4 . 00 : she had also ou board 7000 stand of arms , a number of field-pieces , ammunition of all sorts , and a great quantity of horse furniture , with which she is very deep in the water . General Menage made an attempt to land the troops in one of the
bays on the coast of Ireland , but when they discovered , by means ol" boats from the shore , the fate of those that were landed from the first squadron of frigates , the soldiers to a man refused to disembark . The above glorious event will not fail to produce the most happy consequences and extensive benefits to Ireland and to the British empire . At once ire the hopes ofthe Irish malcontents completely blasted , the naval force of the enemy further diminished , and the great bulwark of Britain considerably
strengthened . Had the object of the expedition been accomplished , the spirit of rebellion would have been nourished , and the ultimate result mi g ht have proved imminently dangerous to , if not utterly subversive . -ot the dominion of his Majesty over the most valuable appendage of his crown ,