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from thence to Giersler; in order Copenhagen, Sept. 5, 1807. to pursue the enemy in the right MY LORD, flank, and watch his movements in For preventing further effusion his reireat, protecting at the same of blood, and not exposing the city time the flanks of my cavalry that to the sus consequences of a lenger had advanced towards the heights bombardment. I propose an armisof Soeder, losing sight of the enemy. tice of twenty-iour hours, in order The cavalry ef my division received to come to an agreement that may orders, with the 95th rifle corps, lead to the settimg of the prelimi. to fall back to us to take a posi. nary articles of a capitulation. It tion, with their advanced posts from is with the h ghest personal consideLillenge Gaard, by Ashay, Swans. ration berg, Sillecrass, and Vinkiold, to I have the honour to be &c. cover the head-quarters at kioge.

(Signed) PEYMAX. The 6th battalion, part of the The Commanders-in-chief of 43d foot, some horse-artillery, and the British Forces. a few cavalry, followed me to Gier. sler, and, with some detachments, Head-quarters before Copenhagen, pursued 'the retreating enemy to- SIR,

Sept.5. wards the plains of Ringstedt.

The same necessity which has The conduct of both officers and obliged us to have recourse to arms men on this occasion claims my on the present occasion, compels warmest thanks ; and I beg leave me to decline any overture which to bring to your notice colonel might be productive of delay only ; Holmstedt, who commanded the in- but to prove to you my ardent de. fantry, colonel Alten, who led the sire to put an end tò scenes which cavalry, and lieutenant Wade, at I behold with the greatest grief, I the head of the rifle corps and light send an ollicer who is authorised to infantry, who all three, by their receive any proposal you may be zeal and attention, greatly assisted inclined to make, relative to artis me.

cles of capitulation, and upou u hich I have the honour to be, &c. it may be possible for me to agree (Signed) LINSINGEN, Maj..gen. to any, even the shortest armistice. Major-general the Right Hon.

I have the honour to be, &c. Sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B.

(Signed) CATHCART, Lieut.-gen.

His Excellency, Major-gen. [Here follows a short note from Peyman. lord Cathcart, announcing ,

the opening of all the batteries and a My Lord, Copenhagen, Sept. 5. memorandum, containing uninter. The proposal has been made with. esting copies of notes which passed out any the least tilatory intention ; between lieutenant-general lord but the night being too far advanced Cathcart and general Peyman, al. for deliberating upon a matter of luded to in the dispatches of admi. such very high importance, with ral Gambier and lord Cathcart, the respective departments, a mea. which were published in the first sure necessary on account of his extraordinary Gazette.]

majesty's absence, and that of the

prince;

As soon

prince; and my state of health not agreed on in the course of said permitting me to proceed as expe- negociations. ditiously as I wish ; I engage to I have the honour to be, &c. send to-morrow, before twelve

(Signed)

PEYMAN. o'clock, the articles relative to the Lord Cathcart, Commander of capitulation, and have, in the mean

the British Troops. time, the honour to be, &c. (Signed) PEYMAN.

Copenhagen, September 6. Lord Cathcart, Commander-in-chief

My Lord, of the British Troups.

as you shall be pleased

to appoint à neutral place out of Ilead-quarters, before Copen. the town where to meet on both Sir,

hagen, Sept. 6. sides for regulating the articles of Having communicated to adiniral capitulation, officers, provided with Gambier your letter received this full powers for negociating, shall be morning, together with those of last sent, and in the interim the armis. night, I have to acquaint you, that tice is considered as subsisting till we will consent to treat with you contrary orders shall be given. for the capitulation of Copenhagen, I have the honour to be, &c. on the basis of your delivering up

(Signed) PEYMAN. the Danish fleet.

Lord Cathcurt, Commander of But, as you have not forwarded the British Troops. articles of capitulation, officers of rank, in the sea and land service of Head-quarters before Copenhis Britannic majesty, shall be sent

Sik,

hagen, Sept. 6. forthwith, to prepare articles with The officers appointed to treat you, or with the oficers you may with you are, major-general the appoint; and which may, if possi. right honourable sir Arthur Wel. ble, unite the objects you have in lesley, K. B. sir Home Popham, view, in regard to the occupation captain of the fleet, and lieutenant. of Copenhagen, with the perform. colonel Murray, deputy-quarterance of the service entrusted to master-general of the army. These

officers are waiting at the barrier, I have the honour to be, &c. and will meet the officers n'amed by

(Signed) CATHCART. you, at any place you may appoint Major-general Peyman.

for immediate discussion, between

our advanced posts and your lines. Copenhagen, Sept. 6. Orders were given to desist from MY LORD,

the bombardment, and to cease firing, I accept of your proposal with re. the moment your first letter was respect to the delivering up of his ceived; but there has been no armajesty's fleet, as the fundamental mistice concluded; a proof of basis of negociations ; but with this which is, that a house in the suburbs proviso, that no other English has been seen set on fire, within troops enter the city than those these few minutes, by your people, commissaries, officers, and military close to our centinels. men, who shall be stipulated and As we have already stated more

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than once, we can admit of no delay the shipping and fort, as well as in this business, and therefore it will musketry from the rocks : 'unimmediately appear, whether the ar. shaken, however, they advanced ; ticles proposed are of such a nature and having mounted the cliff, which as to warrant an armistice, I have was most difhcult of access, they at. the honour to be, &c.

tacked the fort with such intrepis (Signed) Cathcart, Licut..gen. dity, that the enemy did not think Major-general Peyman.

proper to await their closing, but, spiking their guns, rushed oui on

the one side, as our brave fellows Gullant Action.- Letter from Cap. entered at the other. The battery

tain Mundy, of his Majesty's Ship contained four twenty-six pounders. Hydra, addressed to Viceordiniral This gallant achievement gave me Lord Collingwoud.

an opportunity of employing the His Majesty's Ship Hydra, broadside sol·ly on the vessels, from My LORD, at Sea, Aug. 7. which a constant fire was still kept I have the honour to relate, that on our peo; le on shore. I chased three armed polaccas into On gaining the guns, Mr. Drury the harbour of Begu, on the coast advanced with the seamen and a of Catalonia, late last night; and few marines to the town, leaving having reconnoitred this morning, Mr. Hayes and his party to retain deemed an attempt on them practi. them, and to occupy the heights cable, although under the close pro. that commanded the decks of the tection of a battery and tower. At vessels, and from which he could fifty minutes after noon the ship was annoy the enemy, who were in anchored, with springs on the ca. great numbers on the opposite side bles, at the entrance of the port, of the harbour, which is extremely and began the attack ; a smart fire

As soon as the town was was returned by the enemy, which cleared of the enemy, the crews however considerably abated after abandoned their pessels, but form, somewhat more than an honr's ac. ed in groups of musketry among tion; on perceiving which, 1 or. the rocks and bushes, firing on the dered a party of scamen and ma. seamen, who had now seized the rines, under the command of the buats on the beach, and were board. second lieutenant (Mr. Drury), ing the polaccas, while another with lieutenants Bayes and Pen- party of the enemy had gained a gelly, of marines, Mr. Finlaison, height above the marines, and kept midshipman, Mr. Goddard, clerk, them continually engaged, notwithvolunteer, attended by Mr. Bailey, standing some guns were kept playassistant-surgeon, to land on the ing on then from the Hydra. flank of the enemy, and drive them At half past three, observing Mr. from their guns, keeping up a beavy Drury in full possession of the fire from the Hydra, to cover the vessels, I sent the rest of the boats, boats; yet, notwithstanding our under lieutenant Little, to assist in endeavours to draw the particular tuwing them out, and at four had attention of the battery, the de. the satisfaction of seeing them round. tashments were soon exposed to a ing the point, when the marines recross, discharge of landgrage from imbai ked under a beavy discharge

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of musketry, the enemy having cols through, a few in the hull, and the Jected their whole force to harass rigging triflingly cut, is all the da. the retreat.

mage. When I review the circumstances To Mr. M'Kenzie, the first lieu. attending the debarkation of this tenant, who has served with me the handful of men, and reflect on the whole of the war, I feel much in. many difficulties they had to sur. debted for his assistance throughout mount in an attack on a fort strong. this little enterprise.

A descriply defended by nature, as well as tion of the captured vessels, and the art, there opposed to more than names of the killed and wounded, I three times their force for two hours, enclose, for your lordship's ipforsucceeding in possessing themselves mation. The prince Eugene and of the vessels, and deliberately lay. Caroline were returning to Mar. ing out hawsers to the very rocks seilles, that were occupied by the enemy, I have the honour to be, &c. and warping them out against a

(Signed)

G. MUNDY. fresh breeze, exposed to a galling fire of musketry, I feel perfectly A List of Vessels captured by his incapable of writing a panegyric Majesty's Ship the Hydra, Aug. 7. equal to their merits; but it has not Polacca ship Prince Eugene, of required this exploit to stamp these 16 guns (p.erced for 20) and 130 officers with the character of cool men- Polacca brig La Belle Carojudgment and determined bra. line, of 10 guns (pierced for 14) very. During the term of four and 40 men.- - Polacca brig El Car. years I have witnessed frequent in. men de Rosaria, of 4 guns (pierced stances of the gallantry of lieute. for 10) and 20'men. nants Drury and Hayes; and lieu. Names of the Killed and Woundeil tenant Pengelly (though not of so belonging to his Majesty's Ship long a standing in the Hydra) has Hydra. exer bech a volunteer on such ser. H. Brown, seaman, killed. Mr. vices.

Goddard, clerk; scrjeant Bush, I have also the greatest pleasure and C. Simson, scaman, slightly in adding, that the above mention. wounded. Jer. M'Carthy, J. Sul. ed officers speak in enthusiastic livan, seamen, and G. Salisbury, terms of the behaviour of all em. marine, severely wounded. ployed under them : to your lord. ship's notice and protection, there. fore, I beg most strongly to recom. Extract of a Dispatch received from

1 mend them. The conduct of the Liculenant-gcneral the Right Hon. rest of the officers and ship's com. Lord Cathcart, K. T. addressed pany, fully equalled my utmost to Lord Viscount Castlereagh, wishes ; to the tremendous fire they dated on-board the Africaine, kept up, I attribute the smallness

Oct. 21. of our loss and damage, namely, As no sort of jufraction of the one killed and two wounded on capitulation had been made by the board, and four wounded of the Danes, who, on the contrary, acted detachment: the fore and mizen- most honourably in the strict and topmasts, and foretop-sail-yard shot literal fulllment of their engage. 3

went;

SIR,

Done at Copenhagen, this 7th nish general and lord Cathcart, and day of September, 1807.

myself, certain articles were agreed (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. upon, of which I have the honour

HOME POPILAM. to transmit you a copy. From these

GEORGE MURRAY. their lordships will perceive, that Ratifié par moi,

all the Danish ships and vessels of (Signée) PEYNAUN.

war (of which I inclose a list), with the stores in the arsenal, were to be

delivered up to sucli persons as Dispatch from Admiral Gambier, should be appointed to receive them

Comin under-in-chief of his Majes- on the part of his majesty. I acty's Ships and Vessels in the Baltic; cordingly appointed sir Home Popaddressed to the Ilon. William

ham for this purpose ; and having Wellesley Pole, Secretary to the made the necessary arrangements for Admiralty; dated Prince of Wales, equipping them with the utmost in Copenhagen Road, 7th Septem- dispatch, I have committed the ex.

. ber, 1807,

ecution of this service to vice-ad

miral Stanhope, in whose ability The communications which I and exertions I can place the fullest have alrerdy had the honour to confidence. I am happy on this transmit to you, will have made the occasion to express the warm sense lords commissioners, of the admi. I entertain of the cordial co-operaralty acquainted with the proceed- tion of the army, by whose exer. ings of the fleet under my command tions, with the favourable concurdown to the 2d instant; I have now rence of circumstances, under Di. to add, ihat the mortar batteries vine Providence, ever since we left which have been crected by the England, our ultimate success has army in the several positions they been more immediately obtained. I had taken round Copenhagen, to. must also convey to their lordships, getker with the bomb-vessels, which in terms of the highest approbation were placed in convenient situations, and praise, the conspicuous zeal and began the bombardment in the carnest endeavours of every officer morning of that day, with such and man under my command for the power and effect, that in a short accomplishment of this service; and time the town was set on fire, and although the operations of the feet by the repeated discharges of our have not been of a nature to afford artillery, was kept in flames in dif. me a general and brilliant occasion ferent places till the evening of the for adding fresh testimony to the 5th ; when a considerable part of it numerous records of the bravery of being consumed, and the conflagra. British seamen and marines, yet the tion havior arrived at a great height, gallantry and energy displayed by threaiening the speedly destruc- the advanced squadron of sloops, tion of ihe whole city, the general bombs, gun-brigs, &c. which were commanding the garrison sent out employed under the command of

flag of truce, desiring an armis. captain Puget to cover the operatics, to afford time to treat for a ca- tions of the left wing of the army poiation. After some correspon.' from the Danish flotilla, ought not ceice bad passed between the Da.. to be passed over in silence.

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