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Authentic Particulars Of The Ever Memorable Defeat Of The Dutch Fleet, Under The Command Of Admiral De Winter,
AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS OF THE EVER MEMORABLE DEFEAT OF THE DUTCH FLEET , UNDER THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL DE WINTER ,
BY THE BRITISH FLEET ,
COMMANDED BY ADMIRAL , ( NOW LORD VISCOUNT ) DUNCAN , OCTOBER Iii I 797 .
r PO preserve the official accounts of an event that will be reckoned . ' " - among the most brilliant in the naval history of this country , is a duty not only incumbent but pleasing to us as periodical journalists . On Wednesday , October 13 , Lieutenant Brodie , ofthe Rose cutter , brought an hasty , though official dispatch to the Admiralty pf Admiral Duncan ' s having fallen in with and totally defeated the
Dutch Fleet . More particulars were anxiously waited for by the public , till the 16 th , when the following Gazette Extraordinary appeared , and diffused universal joy , which was followed up ill the evening by a general illumination . ADMIRALTY-OFFICE , OCTOBER I < 5 . Captain Fairfax-ofthe Venerablearrived earlthis morning with
, , y dispatches from Adam Duncan , Esq . Admiral ofthe Blue , Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships , & c . employed in the North Sea , to Evan Nepean , Esq . Secretary to the Admiralty , of which the following are copies : ' Venerable at Sea , OB . 13 , 1797 . Off the coast of Holland .
' , ? Be pleased to acquaint the Lords Commissioners ofthe Admiralty , that jud ging it of consequence their Lordships should have as early information as possible of the defeat of the Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral De Winter , I dispatched the Rose cutter at three P . M . on the izth ( 1 jth ) inst . with a short letter to ' you
immediately after the a & ion was ended . I have now further to acquaint , you for their Lordship's information , that in the nig ht of the 10 th instant , after I had sent away my letter to you of that date , I placed my squadron in such a situation as to prevent the enemy from returning fo the Texel without my falling in with them . At nine o ' clock in the morning ofthe nth I got sight of Captain Trollope ' s
squadron , with signals flying for an enemy to leeward . I immediately bore up , and made the signal for a general chace , and soon got sight of them , forming in a line on the larboard tack to receive us , the wind at N . W . As we approached near , I made the signal for the squadron to shorten sail , in order to connect them ; soon after I saw the land between Carnperdown and Egmontabout nine miles to
lee-, ward ofthe enemy , and finding there was no time to be lost in making the attack , I made the signal to bear up , break the enemy ' s line , and engage them tq leeward , each ship her opponent , by which I got between them and the land , whither they were fast approaching . My signals were obeyed with great promptitude , and Vice-Admiral
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Authentic Particulars Of The Ever Memorable Defeat Of The Dutch Fleet, Under The Command Of Admiral De Winter,
AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS OF THE EVER MEMORABLE DEFEAT OF THE DUTCH FLEET , UNDER THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL DE WINTER ,
BY THE BRITISH FLEET ,
COMMANDED BY ADMIRAL , ( NOW LORD VISCOUNT ) DUNCAN , OCTOBER Iii I 797 .
r PO preserve the official accounts of an event that will be reckoned . ' " - among the most brilliant in the naval history of this country , is a duty not only incumbent but pleasing to us as periodical journalists . On Wednesday , October 13 , Lieutenant Brodie , ofthe Rose cutter , brought an hasty , though official dispatch to the Admiralty pf Admiral Duncan ' s having fallen in with and totally defeated the
Dutch Fleet . More particulars were anxiously waited for by the public , till the 16 th , when the following Gazette Extraordinary appeared , and diffused universal joy , which was followed up ill the evening by a general illumination . ADMIRALTY-OFFICE , OCTOBER I < 5 . Captain Fairfax-ofthe Venerablearrived earlthis morning with
, , y dispatches from Adam Duncan , Esq . Admiral ofthe Blue , Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships , & c . employed in the North Sea , to Evan Nepean , Esq . Secretary to the Admiralty , of which the following are copies : ' Venerable at Sea , OB . 13 , 1797 . Off the coast of Holland .
' , ? Be pleased to acquaint the Lords Commissioners ofthe Admiralty , that jud ging it of consequence their Lordships should have as early information as possible of the defeat of the Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral De Winter , I dispatched the Rose cutter at three P . M . on the izth ( 1 jth ) inst . with a short letter to ' you
immediately after the a & ion was ended . I have now further to acquaint , you for their Lordship's information , that in the nig ht of the 10 th instant , after I had sent away my letter to you of that date , I placed my squadron in such a situation as to prevent the enemy from returning fo the Texel without my falling in with them . At nine o ' clock in the morning ofthe nth I got sight of Captain Trollope ' s
squadron , with signals flying for an enemy to leeward . I immediately bore up , and made the signal for a general chace , and soon got sight of them , forming in a line on the larboard tack to receive us , the wind at N . W . As we approached near , I made the signal for the squadron to shorten sail , in order to connect them ; soon after I saw the land between Carnperdown and Egmontabout nine miles to
lee-, ward ofthe enemy , and finding there was no time to be lost in making the attack , I made the signal to bear up , break the enemy ' s line , and engage them tq leeward , each ship her opponent , by which I got between them and the land , whither they were fast approaching . My signals were obeyed with great promptitude , and Vice-Admiral