or wounded. It being considered fruitless to make further attempts on the enemy's flotilla, the boats soon after day-light returned to the squadron.

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On the night of the 20th, the boats of the Fisgard, Diamond, and Boadicea, commanded by Lieutenant Piper, boarded and brought out of the harbour of Corunna, El Neptune, a new ship, pierced for 20 guns, belonging to his Catholic Majesty; a gun-boat, mounting a long 32-pounder; and a merchant ship which were moored within the strong batteries that protect the port, and so near them that the centinels on the ramparts challenged the boats, and immediately commenced a heavy fire. This gallant exploit was accomplished

On the 20th, the boats of the small squadron under Captain Rose, of the Jamaica, took and destroyed six large flats near St. Valleroy, defended by five field pieces on shore, and a body of military posted on the beach. This service was performed with the loss of one man killed; a midshipman and three wounded.

An expedition to the Baltic, having been determined this year, on the 12th of March, a squadron sailed from Yarmouth Roads under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker; it consisted of seventeen sail of the line, several frigates, gun-brigs, and other small armed vessels. On the 30th the fleet weighed and passed into the Sound; the forts on the Danish shore keeping up an incessant fire on them without effect. So soon as the whole line had passed the enemy's batteries, it anchored within five or six miles of the island of Huin. Sir Hyde Parker, with Lord Nelson and Rear-admiral

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or taken; the bomb ship and schooner gun-vessels made their escape.

The loss sustained was very great. The Danes by their own account lost between 1600 and 1800

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The Danes having agreed to a cessation of arms, on the 9th an armistice was concluded and signed by the respective officers empowered to treat.

Sir Hyde Parker having left those ships which were the most disabled off Copenhagen, under Lord Nelson; proceeded with the rest of his fleet up the Baltic, to chastise the Russians and Swedes, who mutually agreed to a cessation of hostilities, and the embargo on the trade and navigation to England was taken off by Russia and Sweden, May 19.

We shall now notice the chief transactions of this in the Mediterranean

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On the 19th of February, Captain Robert Barlow in the Phoebe, about four o'clock in the afternoon, being about two leagues to the eastward of Gibraltar, discovered an enemy's ship under Ceuta, steering with a crowd of sail to the eastward.

At half past seven on the same evening, Captain Barlow had the good fortune to bring her to close action, which continued within pistol shot with unremitting fury about two hours; when she struck, and proved to be L'Africane, French frigate of 44 guns; she had on board, at the commencement of the action, 715 men, 200 of whom were slain and 143 wounded. The Phoebe had only one killed,

and twelve wounded.

On the 5th of May, the Speedy brig, of 14 guns, and

enemy's formidable line of defence. The next day their position was again more minutely examined, when it was resolved to make the attack from the southward. This desperate service was volunteered by Vice admiral Lord Nelson, who had, for that purpose, shifted his flag into the Elephant.

At a little before ten o'clock in the morning of April 28, the vice-admiral made the signal to weigh and to engage the Danish line, consisting of six il of the line, eleven floating batteries, mounting from twenty-six 24pounders, to eighteen 18-pounders, and one bomb-ship, and schooner gun-vessels. These were supported by the Crown Islands, mounting 88 cannon, and four sail of the line moored in the harbour's mouth, and batteries on the island of Amak. The fleet was led into action in a most gallant manner, by Captain George Murray, in the Edgar; whose example was nobly followed by the other ships of the squadron; unfortunately, the Bellona and Russel, from the intricate navigation, took the ground; but although not in the station assigned them, were so placed as to be of great service. The Agamemnon could not weather the shoal of the Middle, and was obliged to anchor. These unlucky accidents prevented the extension of the British line, and exposed the Monarch, Defiance, and the small squadron of frigates under Captain Riou, to a heavy cannonade from the enemy, which proved fatal to him and Captain Mosse, both of whom, with many other gallant officers and brave men were killed. The engagement commenced at five minutes after ten, and continued without intermission for four hours, when the whole of the enemy's line and batteries were silenced, seventeen sail were sunk, burnt