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bad been caIcfully obferving the ma
nouvreS Of the French fnce Sept. II.
On the nth we fell in with thele vehelS ;
and foon after on the NV OF US got
fight Of the enemy's fquadron, conlilt-
ing of one 50 gun GIiP, s frigate8. brig
and fchooner, Imade the fignaI for
general chafe, and to form the line
ofbattle as our hipS came up with them,
which however we did not do till the
9th, owing to a heav fea and our en-
emy's being to windward. NotWith-
fanding the feyerity Of the weather, we
continued the chafe through the nth,
day and the night. st half pat five
o'clock on the morning of the 18th, we
law the enemy not far from US. They
formed a clOtc line Of battle, and ad-
vanced on US on our 1ta1board iide-
but we did not meet till 7 o'clock, as
the chafe had lcattered my veiIelS. |
made the fgnal for the Robu& TO lead
and engage, which was inRantly obey
ed, and the other thips formed after her.
The action commenced twenty minutes
before O'Clock, the R0de5 bearing X
miles SSW Of Us. At II o'clock the
Hoche furrendercd, after gallant de-
fence; al the fr;gatcs at that moment
fled. A fgnaI was made fo7 purtuing
them and in five hours after, thEcc of
them were captured. The remaining
five for that time efcapcd- All thcle7
frigates, as well as the fhip Of the line,
were new, s. full Of troops, provifons,
ammunition, &c. to forward their de-
fgnS on Ireland. With ple2fure ! OBJ
ferve, that the behaviour Of all my Off
GERS and failors was fuch as eyinced the
warmef affection for their king and
country. | left Cept Thornbc-ough
with the command Of the Magnanime,
EthaIion, and Amelia, to take charge
Of the prizes and conduct them to port.
expect him in every moment. have
the honour TO be, sc.


7. p. WARREN.


P. S. The following N ps were il the BAT
tie, viz Canada, Robuf, Foud.cJant, Mag
nanme, Ethalon, Me,ampus and Amelia.
The Anton did not arrive till after I'LL. Action
as be had in The chace, carried away top
gallant MAT. ! have ordered my lieutenant,
Turguand 10 take charge Of The Hochc.


Commodore Warren, in another let
ter Of the fame date, to Lord Cattle
reach, iay8, that among the ycdcIs Of
the enemy which e(caPed, was 4 brig
luppoled to have Nabber Iandy on
board that he was Of opinion the fu
gitive fhips could not reach France, as
every one was more or le15 damaged III
mats and rigging, and had to futain a
heavy gale the day after the a6uon.-I
Many papers, &c. were thrown over
board, from the thips that iurrendered.
Several troops were on board.


The London Gazette a1o contains an official
account Of the capture Of the Relolute IF 40
guns, 500 men, by the Mel1mPus of IS guns,
Capt. Moore, on the Irilh coat, Oa. I3. The
Immortalie, another French fr8ate. Of a.
guns, hove in fight juG after The Refolute
ltruck, and made eff.


The london and Dublin papers to the 10th,
FAY, corroborateiy, that three other French Gi
gates had been driven 70 Sligo bay anl a
Glalgow account Of OF. 10Th mentions the
bringing into tha. harbour another French fri
gate commanded by Hardy. Should they all
prove true, the entire dcittHaion Of the feet IS
accomplished.