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GEORGIA R GAZETTE
BASSETERRE, (St. Kitts) May 7,
reports have been circulated
’ V vjr of engagement between the Eng
£*'JSktir lifh fleet under Sir'Samuel Hood
* ’ v *la Touche Trcville. We have en~
jHf'jJj/ deavoured to be as minute as pof
SWL/T\7?n7tn/?n JWE the following account is autbentick.
On Saturday evening the 28th
ult. the Britilh squadron, consisting of 17 fail of the line,
were Handing into St. Lucia, in order to land their Tick,
(having numbers afflifted with a dyfentcry) when a frigate
In the ofHng made a signal for aft range fleet } the RuflTcl
being the fternmoft fliip repeated the figna!, and in a few
minutes the Parfleur anfwffrcd it, and immediately hove
out a signal for the whole fleet to tack and Hand to wind
ward. About fanfet they perceived 22 fail of the line and
two 50 gun ships lying to, and a number of frigates, trans
ports, and merchant /hips, amounting in all to near 200
fail, going into Port Royal, Martinique, clofc in with the
land. A little after fur.let a French Cutter bore down to
reconnoitic the English', but was chafed back again. A
bout eight o'clock our van and part*of the centre began to
engage the enemy, who (bi ljoufly drove to avoid a cl?(e
engageAMnt. ug jsjeSSrd* Trs*- i//rnvh*’
the Etitith fleet renewed lh*,a'<!fion with ‘the- vaji and part
©f the centre, the’ enemy still cat,.Tu 11 y -avoiding a dose
engagement. At 4 o’clock P. M. the.firing ceaf e J. The
remainder of the d*y they continued manaruvring } the
Raflel (Admiral Drake's fliip) had received 14 /hot be
tween wind and water, and fix feet ‘water in her hold,
when Admiral Hood ordered her to bear away fur St. Eu
flatius, where ihe arrived on Thursday lift,'and is flnee
refitted for fca, and on Saturday watered at Old Road 1 .
When the Rulfel left the fleet they were Handing for
Martinique, having tun 25 leagues S. W. from it; the.
French were confideraifty to leew wft, so 1 feversf of them
in a fhattcred condition. The Engliih fleet failed coiifiJcr-
than t,lJt of the enemy, and Admiral Hood, *
we are has intimated to Sir George Brydges
Rodney, by the Ruflel, that he meant to difput* their
paltagc into Martinique.
All the English ships went into the engagement with the
gteiteft alacrity.
Ycflcrday Admiral Rodney arrived here, who has dis
patched several frigates in quest of the two fleets, and as
soon as he receives intelligence where they are will im
mediately fail to join them with the Sandwich, Triumph,
4 and Ruflel. The Panther, of 64 guns, failed a few and iys
ago to join Admiral Hood. We hope that when tin- above
faid fliios join the squadron, and are headed by theit ve
nerable Commander Rodney, they will be umpired with
that old English courage which was formally'a terror to
France and a scourge to the House of Bourbon, (though
inferior in force) will teach their haughty Monarch, tint
he must not insult the Bririfh flic, and mull acEnowße
the seas to belong to Great B fitaln.” ”
Seventeen large ships are now in tire ofllng to (he north -
ward of this ilhnd, supposed to be Admiral Hood’s fleet.
St. Joins, (Antigua) Ms? 15, Aduriwl Rodney
failed lair night from this road to the relief of S-. Lucja,
■which, as is confi-lentiy, and w, believe with certainty,
reported, is at prefe.n inverted bv the cncmv. Si, r..,„ r
carried with him iSTail of the line, viz. Sandwich, B.u -
fleur, Gibraltar, Rcfolution, Abide, Monarch, Tenibk.
4l a *> Inymcibie, Tiiumph, Alfred, Centaur, Shre.vt
bury, Pri.ncefla, Prince William, Intrepid, Montague,
tnd Belliqueiu. Ihe Torbay was expe&ed momently to
join. Wc mall anxiously await the event, and are willing
to hope it may prove favourable.
Lift if Mat kitted andfvsuK did in Admiral Hood's Flat the
2qth April y ojf Atariinico .
***** L ‘“ “”**! W-WBia ditto, ,s.
K. . Jr , wr trr
Shrcwifcury, 6 14 Ajar, * *
J" tre r i( i, 1. * Pr ince (la, ~
. 3 29 Terrible,
William, 6 Barflcur, -^Rear
..u,rcl* 5 Admiral Hood) c
Leataur, -£ J 3O Monarch, 5
Gibraltar,; (Rear- Invincible, a
AdmiralDrakc) 6 18 Alcide, ,
Montague, ,_T~ Bellicueux _ 4
”'RctoTuftonT TANARUS“ ~~ 8 AJfixj, *
Bajfctcrr e , (St. Kitts) May n. By a veffcl which
touched on h riday last from Barbados, bound to St.
uT’ T-/ 1 ? , inf^ med th *t Commodore Johnrtone,
he faib°| 0t thC ,ne> arr ‘ VCd at Bjrb2ds fame day
Ms Wc have thd plcafure
aflurc the puhlick, from thf moll refj,enable authority,
the I rciich have abandoned the attack upon Sr. Lu
',** that ‘Vith circumftanr.es of infinite Jifnace to
luvmsjefc behind them ievvral mortars,
T Io an, J ammunaion of various kinds.
Ills conjeaured th.it one nv'm c for their precipitate
dTrah!k'T’c thiU thcy had n ' C; ‘ i ' ed of a onrTi
'Tdnd . r .vi n^- t ;- m r nt l C .°.. <),,r Ad( W'4 bring at
fcvenV ; r r and' <i th-'.7lT.i i *-t nifcwccnienc, cooiiiiing of
not aflblt t C ine> ,S AiUlU y arrived 5 but this w/do
stars? j^ S ai> ° VC , have at preftnt only a few
hi* 7b^ ien ”. h . rCt ; C ‘ te ' l fn,,n hr. Lucia on Monday mor>
7, U 1S , rjid Wlth , " t /ilin § 2 hngf flint,
J : k *‘>v had comp!rated a bomb battery which wai
THURSDAY, JULY 19, i 7 Br.
intended to play upon our vvotks. His Majeflv’s brig
Scourgc^followed them till foe had seen them 10 or 12
leagues t# windwanl ot Marti nice, and it is conjectured,
by persons wiler and better Informed tharpoorfelves, that
theirrcafon for decamping with foch precipitancy was that
t hey bad received notice of a reinforcement cither to them
or to us being at hand, and that their objeft now’ is to fall
in with that reinforcement. The report of several foips
of the line (fome said 7* others 10) being arrived at Bar
bados was brought to Englifo Harbour’bv liis Majesty’s foip
Torbay, from St. Christopher’s, where it was generally
believed. 1
May 26. No accounts have yet come ta hand of the
events at St. Lucia subsequent to thc re-embarkation of
tne French troops, nor of the operations of either of the
fleets.
she report of thc arrival of a reinforcement at Barbados
lec/ns to be generally credited.
May 30. By a letter received ye'fterday afternoon from
a gentleman in-London, dated 21st of March last, we
Col. Shirley, late Governor of Domi
” • is appointed Governor of the Lcew.ird Islands, and,
may be cxpeaefl in his government bv the next flee-t from
London, .which it was lappofed would fail fome time,nat
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Admiralty Office, March 7, i~B t ,
Extras -of a Utter from Rolen'Mann, rs hh
VJ sis to Mr . Stephen, dated Plymouth,
March 3, 1781. J ’
I HAVE the fatisfadlipn to acquaint their Lordfoins,
that, on the last month, being about 20 leagues W. of
Uape Finifterre, at-daylight, vv.rfolv fri,ate founding to
the S. W. On our not anfwermg her private figuals foe
foil from us ; we chafe i, ami at no u fcgQt
of her, wnen after an action of r, 5 minutes foe struck, and
proved to be tne Grana, a Spanifo frigate, commanded by
Don Nicholas-dc Mcdma, of 22 fix pounders, S four/:
and ie6 men, from Ferro!, a month on a cruire, and had
not ta.een any thing. The enemy had her firft Lieuten
ant and fix men killed, and 17 wounded, one of whom is
since dead. In justice to the CaptJin and officers, l be
lieve they did all that was m their power, but were defen
ce by their people.
Iheg leave to a Jure their Lordfoips that the behaviour
of thc om. err and fo:p s company of the Cerberus was foch
as met its The loss the
enemy fofinned in fofoon an aGion induces ore to think
t har hid foe been of greater force I firould equally have the
pie iiurc or Writing a similar letter. • 7 ~ ’ • • -
The Cerberus had only two men rtightlv hurt.
iVar Office, April io . Promotions.
19th rcgnn.nt light dragoons. Robert Mafo„ Lewis,
Lieutenant Cokfhel. lGcturd Kelfft], Lieutenant
icth regiment drago ms. G Gorge Loathes,’ M tier
20th regiment lightJxagoons. John Wiiliam E^eiton.
22d regiment light dragoons. Catiicart Tavfor, Maior
96th regiment of foot. Major George Reynolds, Cao
tam oi a company. . ■ - I 7 E
Lieut. Col. James Stuart, of late qcth foot, to he Co
lonel in tncarmv.
Apnlvi. 2d troop nt hoiTc grtnadicr guarJs, Georee
W.id t , L,efSOJM. a „d Cjjum. J„, Sm i th , G„ido„ Jd
Captain. > etcr bcrle, of 6th dragoons, to be Sub-Lieu
tenant. - i j
3 d legimeilt dragoon guards. Cornelius Caley,
tenant. J
dra ' OJr - J - Cc ” E£ 55 *Mw-r
. Ma y f 3 d regiment of dragoons. Cornet Lyde Browne
H appointed to be Lieutenant, vice Gcdrge Ferdinand
Fitzroy. Hospital Mate Richard Woodchorp to be Sur
geon, vice Alexander Bertram.
4Sth regime ”.t of foot. Enlicn William Brooke lone*,
to be l.ieutenant, vice Rowley Godfrey. ‘ J
flirt regiment of foot. Edward Webber, Gent, to be
Ensign, vice Stephen Collins.
jV.t, fohvorfolifo^dr^cntr^offie-
Eiifign, viv.e Heneage Twyfden. ,
78th regiment of foot. George Lucas Strudwick, Gent,
to be Ensign, vice Kenneth Beauvais.
96th regiment ot foot. Daniel Francis Durand, Clerk.,/
to be Cnaplam.
2d regiment of foot, Charles Bacon Forrtcr, Gent, to
be Ensign, vice J. B. Jforrter. , ’
London, March 24, The journals of4?apt. Cooke, in
tl 3re g, r t 0 4is Wid#w > a 4-they are to be
pabiiiheJ tor her emolument. <
An elegant gold box, containing the freedom of the city
of Edinburgh, is now ready to be font off to Admiral R„d
ncy, idiere is engraved upon it thc insignia of thc city,
; *:<hc *ai M , Admin,l, with Fa me upm £
2 f ! inscription.
J 1 Ins d:.Y was lent in hr K a French privateer, mount
ing 2S guns, and 150 men, nken by A frigatebelomrin*
to the grand fleet. She was drove” in here by contrary
B* 1 ? thc . wmd ’ cowiitg abmn ffie ti preparing to
31 i l ” £- onim ,U , C l * Shtt - ,s a cvy foip biiilt upon a new
and leems to he a fine foiling vcflel.”
A*nl 2. Admiral Sii-H y J e Ph leer Is to have thr 3%,
mand of thc fleet fitting out for thc Channel fervkc*
tn^ r i! 3* Y cftda y Gen. Clarke set off for Pdrtfmouth,
to embark for Canada, his Majesty having been .leafed t#
appoint him Lieutenant Governor of Quebccfc.
thC t> 3 d ‘* d * n Scot,and > the Rev. Dr. Robert
Watson, Principal of the University of St. Andrews, and
Author of the Hiftofy of the Reign of Philip il. King of
April $ Yeftcrday Admiral Sir Thomas Pye was at the
levee at St. James’s ami kissed the King’s hand on hi*
being appointed to the office ot Lieutenant General of the
Marne in the room of Sir Hugh Pallifer.
We have it from good authority, that in the year 17-a
a!one there died In the French marine /ervice 26,500 men 9,
a faft which accounts for the languor ever since apparent
in their naval exeflions. ir
. f fe ?, t , b • , so"” “> M ™f- * Rochambcw
at Rhode Island will J>e only 800 men.
Th r C acket fcr N>’*Vdrk, and
the Antelope for Jamaica, which foiled from Falmouth the
15th or March, wer* intercepted by a French frVate of
\ f. Un p r 2 ? kagu l s thc weltward of Sci%, andoifter
chaioot fix hours the former was unfortunately taken, and
canuedintol Orient. .The Jamaica packet cfcaped by dint
‘.l*2JS* i.h Ivanove;-, ■*-"OS I Trr thit
.of.Jlcfle an.d OfoaW*~ Tiie Sea engafe
; very cheaffully } 20*000 troops it is.thought will.be fenc .
from Geimany this year for the service of Great Britain.
Apnl 9. Authentrck intelligence was received bv go
vernment yesterday from Genoa of an info mutton h'avipj
jiaprcned in.C *k the native Inhabitants of the
island, unable longer to ftruggfe with the cruelty and od-
T Zf°n <r t uT Ch difeipline; had
thrown off ad obedience to thir governors, and that one
un,verfat commoll on and revolt had actually taken place
Iri confequencc of the dbove information a Cabinet Coun-
W uV fa ' d m h f- VC beCn held at tiie Lord Preiident’s at
which Gen. lfooli attended. 1
The BsfpWii, of 44 gifns, Is put into commitfom at
Chatham; the command of her is given to Capt. Blair,
and foe is fitting out for sea. r *
Capt Skeffington Lutwidge is appointed to the com-
Deprford. PerfCVCran 44 guns, now building at
{< n .f Xtraa °f f {ett ffrem Plymouth, April 4,
This morning arrived off the Start, the Pilenm n-*
vateer, and has brought in with her a Du 3?
about 500 tons burden, laden with sugar, coffee, in4o
and tobacco, from St. Euftatia to Amsterdam. She wal
one of 11 fail more whom foe parted company with in a
v gale of wind the 10th of March.” P
Vm' 7 ll ‘ ? aO,i ’ the C <>rfican Chief, on Sunday
and Monday last had an audience of his Majesty and h ; s
Mimfters at the Queen’s Palace. It is faid J government
are going to invert him w.th a special commifffon in order
to reicue Ins countrymen from their present fixation, and
that preparations are making for going there
A ha, taken and carried Info Lough.
fwilly a Dutch homeward bound foip, f a ; d to be wo f th
near 20,c001. WUI u *
rem ' tted a memorial to the
Court of Raffia, in winch the King fop ports and defends
the convention concluded between Denmark and Es ß land
concerning contraband goods. *g ana
. Conway privateer has taken and carried in
to St. Mary s, Sciliy, the Vonder Blanc, from Curaffoa
to Rotterdam, reported to be worth 14,c001.
, f ? e Li6 J Howc of Dartmouth has taken and,
Dutch Weft Indiaman worth 20,0’0f.
<25 A ?' Ca \c fll \> nCW of gnns, was launched
S’r'il I!- a Is'Mf from a gentleman at thc Hague has
(h,t rnnidUUi pafla ff t i - 1 < .TI feM cn tto r r ,. , he
ftthtaptwa opened f„r, loan to America upon^Congteffi^
r z&sti* *’*>**•
and P„„cc of Orange of It is , fel
h „::t a S' one) and “- iu ®
at 1 ivernon! TK. at 1 B Ron, which is armed
T IfT ‘ T - h dlfpatches wcre hkewife taken.
1 ucfday morning -was launched at Bristol, a fine new
f ,°s KU Ma s ft >’ s fervice } nameat the Arethufa, to
meurft 38 guns, (but pierced for 44) -8 of which are
roundtrr, fhld, Is to c my
H’ ° u n T J hurfda J Sir Clwloner Ogle kissed
their Majelfies hands at St. Tames’<t 1.;. S . ” 1C “
be Admiral. Thc above officSS ~
Adntital Rodney to the We” lX andlf Xi
>c„ hear ot h,s p,„ m o„„„ tiH h: sr e, ur „ ,UonJon
* in ir ' i j ,nd i
Rowley) Col. MamfeikJUßjUSi- This
veil r K ha !k rw 7 an old re 8 5mc "t which is to be gi
rd to Ins brother, the Governor of Baibados. Gen,Cun.
ingham is to name all his officers} his companies sre to
to SStf-T ° ld L,eutena “ ts i who arrto haveiexvoc
to f< rl their Lieutenants commfffionsr
are to U 5 ?' fi r 8 4 f/ eW Com pau>ca in Ireland,.srhtdt*
arc Cos be added to the old corps,
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