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Lieutenant Edmonton, of the 2d Battalion Royals, (attached to the Rifle Corps,) wounded. J. PULTENEY, Lieutenant-General.

L. Z. VASSAL, Dep. Adj. General.

Admiralty-Office, September 6, 1900.

Copy of a Letter from the Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. dmiral of the White, &c. to Evan Nepean, Efq; dated off Ufbant, September 2, 800.

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SIR,

OR the Information of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty I enclofe a Letter this Moment received from Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlafe Warren, of His Majefty's Ship Renown, and another from Captain Keats, of His Majefty's Ship the Boadicea.

I am, &c. ST. VINCENT.

Copy of a Letter from Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlafe Warren, K. B. to Admiral the Earl of Saint Vincent, K. B. dated Renown, Bay of Playa de Dominos, August 27, 1800.

MY LORD,

BEG Leave to inform you that the Squadron and Convoy under my Command arrived off this Bay on the 25th Inftant, without having fell in with any Thing excepting the St. Vincent Schooner, who had parted from Captain Cur on.

General Sir James Pulteney having defired that the Troops might be difembarked, I directed Sir Edward Pellew to fuperintend that Service affitted by Captains Hood, Dalrymple, Fyffe, and Stackpool, with Captains Guion, Searle, and Young, which was molt ably performed on the fame Night in the Bay above-mentioned, after a Fort of Eight Twenty-four-Pounders had been filenced by the Fire of the Impetueux, Brilliant, Cynthia, and St. Vincent Gun-Boat; the whole Army were on Shore without the Lofs of a Man, together with

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Sixteen Field-Pieces, attended by Seamen from the Men of War to carry Scaling Ladders, and to get the Guns up the Heights above Ferrol.

On the Morning of the 26th the General informed me, by Letter, that from the Strength of the Country and Works, no further Operations could be carried on, and that it was his Intention to re-embark the Troops, which I ordered to take place, and the Captains of the Squadron to attend; and I have the Satisfaction to add that, by their indefatigable Exertion, the whole Army, Artillery, and Horses, were again taken on board the Tranfports and men of War before Day break on the 27th.

I fhall immediately proceed with the Squadron and Convoy, in pursuance of the latter Part of your Lordship's Orders.

I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. &c.

J. B. WARREN.

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MY LORD,

Boadicea, off Ferrol, 20th
August 1800.

HAVE the Honor to inform your Lordship of the Capture of the Spanish Ship La Union of Six Hundred and Fifty Tons, Twenty-two Guns, and One Hundred and Thirty men, by His Majefty's Ship under my Command, on the 14th Inftant; the Ship failed from Corunna on the 13th, was bound to Buenos Ayres, and has on board various Merchandize.

I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. &c. R. G. KEATS. Right Hon. the Admiral Earl St. Vincent, &c. &c. &c.

BULLETIN

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE of OCTOBER 11th, 1800.

No. XIX.

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Downing-Street, Odober 11, 1800.

DISPATCH, of which the following is a Copy, has been this Day received by the Right Honorable Henry Dundas, one of His Majefty's Principal Secretaries of State, from MajorGeneral Pigot, commanding His Majefty's Troops in the Ifland of Malta.

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Malta, September 6, 1800. ONCEIVING that it may be of the utmost Confequence that His Majesty's Ministers should be acquainted, as foon as poffible, with the Surrender of the important Fortress of La Valette, I have defired Mr. Paget to dispatch a Meffenger tongland with a Copy of my Letter to General Sir Ralph Abercromby on the Subject, and the Articles of Capitulation, which are herewith fent you.

We Yefterday took Poffeffion of fome of the Works, and our Ships entered the Harbour, and I am in hopes the Whole will be evacuated by the Enemy to morrow, except the Island of Manuel, where, agreeable to the Capitulation, fuch are to

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remain as cannot be immediately fent to France for
want of Ships to take them.

I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. &c.
H. PIGOT, Major-General.

To the Right Honorable Henry Dundas,
&c. Sc. Sc.

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SIR,

Malta, September 5, 1800. HAVE great Satisfaction in acquainting you with the Surrender of the Fortress of La Valette, with all its Dependencies, after fuftaining a Blockade of Two Years. The Capitulation-his been figned this Day.

I had every Reafon to fuppofe that this most formidable Fortress was likely foon to fall, from the Circumftance of the Two French Frigates, La Juftice and La Diane, going out of the Harbour a few Nights ago; One of which, La Diane, by the Vigilance of the blockading Squadron, was foon captured, and there are ftill fome Hopes that the other may have fhared the fame Fate.

Judging of how much Confequence it may be that you fhould have the earlieft Intimation of this important Capture, I have delayed, till another Opportunity, fending Returns of the Stores, &c. found in the Place, which could not yet be made up.

During the fhort Time you were here, you must have been fenfible of the great Exertions which Brigadier General Graham must have made with the limited Force he had, previous to my Arrival with a Reinforcement: he has ever fince continued thefe Exertions; and I confider that the Surrender of the Place has been accelerated by the Decifion of his Conduct, in preventing any more Inhabitants from coming out of the Fortrefs a fhort Time before I came here. He was fent to negotiate the Terms of Capitulation with General Vaubois, and I am much indebted to him for his Affiftance in that Bufinefs.

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I am happy to fay, that I have experienced every Support from Brigadier-General Moncrieff, and the Officers of the Britifh and Allied Troops, whose Conduct in every Refpect has been moft exemplary. The Service of the Engineer Department, under Captain Gordon has been carried on with great Zeal and Perfeverance.

I think it right to mention to you, that Lieutenant Vivion of the Royal Artillery, the Affiftant Quarter-Master-General, has been of confiderable Service. He was landed here with his Party from the Strombolo Bomb at the Commencement of the Blockade; and for a long Time did Duty with thefe few Men without any other British or Regular Troops of any Description..

I have great Pleafure in acknowledging the conftant and ready Affitance and Co-operation I have received from Captain Ball of His Majefty's Ship the Alexander, who has been employed on Shore during the greater Part of the Blockade:- His Name and Services are already well known to His Majefty's Minifters; and I am fure I need not fay more than that thofe he has performed here do Credit to his former Character.

I herewith tranfinit you the Terms of the Capitulation.

I have derived great Affiftance from my Aide deCamp Captain Dalrymple, who has for fome Time been doing Duty as Affilant Adjutant. General. I have the Honor to be, &c.

(Signed) H. PIGOT, Major General.

General Sir R. Abercromby, K. B.

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