I BEG Leave to inform you, that having obferved a Convoy of Brigs and Chaffe Marées at Anchor near a Fort within the Penmarks, deftined for the Fleet at Breit, and being of Opinion that they might be cut out, I directed Two Armed Boats from this Ship, commanded by Lieutenants Burke and Jane, together with Lieutenant Killogrivoff of the Ruffian Navy, as well as from each Ship of the Detachment under my Orders, to rendezvous on board the Fifgard, and to follow Captain Martin's Directions for their further Proceedings, whofe Letter to me is enclosed: and I am happy to fay that the Service was performed with much Gallantry and Succefs on the Part of the Officers and Men of the Ships employed. Although fome Lofs on our Part has been fuftained, I truft the Measure will meet your Lordship's Approbation. I have the Honor to remain, &c. &c. &c. The Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. IN SIR, Fifgard, off the Penmarks, N purfuance of the Directions you gave me Yefterday Evening, Two Boats from cach Ship named in the Margin *, affembled on board the Filgard, in order to attack the Convoy laying at Saint Croix; and at Eleven o'Clock, being as near the Shore as the Darkness of the Night would permit, (and the Mode of Attack previously determined,) they proceeded under the Command of the following Officers: Lieutenant Burke, Renown; Lieutenant Dean and Lieutenant Gerrard, Fifgard; Lieutenant Stamp, Defence; and Lieutenant Price, Renowa, Fifgard, Defence, and Unicorn. D 4 Unicorn; Unicorn; but the Wind being fresh from the South Eaft prevented their reaching the above Anchorage till after Day-light, when, in Oppofition to a heavy Battery, Three armed Veffels, and a conftant Fire of Musketry from the Shore, they took the Three armed Veffels and Eight others, laden with Supplies for the Fleet in Breft; the Reft, amounting to Twenty Sail, run upon the Rocks, where many of them will certainly be loft. I have the Pleasure to affure you, that the Officers and Men employed on this Service fhewed a Degree of Zeal and Intrepidity that can only be equalled by the cool, fteady Conduct which I had the Satisfaction to obferve in them when paffing through a very intricate Navigation under a conftant Difcharge of Cannon from the Shore. Lieutenants Burke and Dean fpeak highly in favour of Mr. Jane, Acting Lieutenant of the Renown, Mr. Fleming, Mate of the Fifgard, and Lieutenant Killogrivoff of the Ruffian Service (a Volunteer); and I am glad they have had this Opportunity of recommending themselves to your Notice. The Enemy have loft feveral Officers and Men ; and I am forry to annex the Names of feveral wounded in our Boats. I have enclosed a Lift of Veffels captured. I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. &c. B. MARTIN. Rear-Admiral Sir J. B. Warren. Bart. K. B. A Lift of Veffels taken by the Boats of a Detachment of His Majefty's Ships under the Command of RearAdmiral Sir John Borlafe Warren, Bart. K. B. on the 11th June 1800. La Nochette Gun-Boat of Two Twenty-four Pounders. Two Two Armed Chaffe Marées of Six and Ten Guns each. Two Brigs, Two Sloops, and Four Chaffe Marées, laden with Wine, Brandy, Flour, and Pease, Provifions for the Fleet at Breft. (Signed) J. WARREN. Renown, June 11, 1800. A Return of Men wounded in the Boats belonging to a Detachment of His Majefly's Ships under the Command of Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlafe Warren, K. B. in attacking and capturing a Convoy belonging to the Enemy, at the Penmarks, on the Coast of France, 10th June 1800. Renown. Robert Bulger, Admiral's Coxfwain, wounded. Fifgard. Thomas Hall, Quarter-Mafter, wounded. William Jones, Marine, wounded. Robert Richardfon, Seaman, dangerously wounded. J. WARREN. BULLETIN FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF JUNE 28th, 1800. No. XIII. Admiralty-Office, June 28, 1800. Copy of a Letter from Vice Admiral Lord Keith, K. B. Commander in Chief of His Majefly's Ships and Vef fels in the Mediterranean, to Evan Nepean, Efq; dated on board the Minotaur, off Genoa, May 21, 1800. SIR, HAVE the Honor of reporting to you, for the Information of their Lordships, that, by private Intelligence from Genoa, I understood the French had refolved on boarding our Flotilla in any future Attempt to bombard the Town, and Yesterday about Twelve o'clock a very large Galley, a Cutter, Three Armed Settees, and feveral Gun Boats appeared in Array off the Molehead, and in the Courfe of the Afternoon exchanged diftant Shot with fome of the Ships as they pafled them. At Sunset they took a Pofition under the Guns of the Moles and the City Baltions, which were covered with Men, manifefting a determined Refiftance; I nevertheless arranged every Thing for a Fourth Bombardment, as formerly under the Direction of Captain Philip Beaver, Beaver, of the Aurora, who left the Minotaur at Nine P. M. attended by the Gun and Mortar Veffels and the Armed Boats of the Ships. About One o'Clock, being arrived at a proper Distance for commencing his Fire, a Brifk Cannonade was opened upon the Town, which was returned from various Points; and Captain Beaver having difcovered by the Flashes of fome Guns that they were directed from fomething nearly level with the Water, judicioufly concluded that they proceeded from fome of the Enemy's Armed Veffels; calling a Detachment of the Ship's Boats to his Affiftance, he made directly to the Spot, and in a moft gallant and fpirited Manner, under a fmart Fire of Cannon and Mufketry from the Moles and Enemy's Armed Veffels, attacked, boarded, carried, and brought off their largeft Galley La Prima of Fifty Oars and Two Hundred and Fifty-feven Men, armed, befides Muf kets, Pistols, Cutlaffes, &c. with Two Brafs Guns of Thirty-fix Pounds, having about Thirty Brass Swivels in her Hold, and commanded by Captain Patrizio Galleano. The Bombardment fuffered no material Interruption, but was continued till Daylight this Morning, when the Prima was fafely brought off; her extreme Length is One Hundred and Fifty-nine Feet, and her Breadth Twenty-three Feet Six Inches. On our Part Four Seamen only have been wounded; One belonging to this Ship, in the Boat with Captain Beaver; One belonging to the Pallas; and the other Two to the Haerlem. The Enemy's Lofs is not exactly known, but One Man was found dead on board, and Fifteen wounded. The Satisfaction which I derive from confidering the Zeal, Activity, and Gallantry with which this Service has been performed, is greatly augmented by the flattering Teftimony borne by Captain |