was not a fupply for three days in the magazine, they were obliged to return to the fleet.

On the evening of the 16th, the boats having affembled in the inundation immediately on the left of the pofition, the divifion of the army under Major General Coote, compofed of the *Guards, commanded by Major General Lord Cavan; the 25th, two battalions of the 27th and 44th regiments, under Major General Ludlow; the 26th, two battalions of the 54th, under Major General Finch, with one hundred of the 26th dragoons, in all about four thousand men, embarked and failed.

The fame evening, in order to make a diverfion in favor of General Coote, and gain ground neceffary for the progrefs of the fiege against the eaftern front, General Craddock was directed to

* When the Guards went to the weftward, they very handsomely waved fome of their privileges, which might have rendered the service more complex. These privileges, which form the conftitution of the Guards, from not being generally known, and having no written documents, feveral times during the war have occafioned uncertainties. It is much to be lamented, that all exceptions to the general service should not be publicly certified, for the information of every officer in the army.

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order the 50th, 92d, and 30th to be in readiness at day-break the next morning, and General Moore was alfo ordered with a corps of light troops to act on the right.

The inftructions of the left column were to ftorm the Green Hill, on the right of the French line, and of the right to occupy the Nole Hill, about a quarter of a mile in front of the French left, for the object of reconnoitring. At day dawn General Doyle (who although very ill at Rofetta when the mere rumour of this movement reached him, had notwithstanding mounted his horfe, and arrived to take the command of his brigade,) moved forwards: the 30th regiment directing itself against the advanced work on the left of the Green Hill, the 50th to that on the right, and the 92d had orders to remain in referve at an intermediate point at the base of the hill.

Very little oppofition was made, and the troops took poffeffion of the works, which proved open batteries, the artillery of which had been previviously removed.

General Moore had alfo advanced on the right, and occupied with the Lowenftein Chaffeurs the Nole Hill, from whence he and Captain Brice reconnoitred.

reconnoitred. The refiftance he had met with was alfo trifling, although the French were on the alerte during the night, from a cannonade which was kept up from the Pharos against fome English boats ftanding in close to the harbour.

As foon, however, as the French found their picquets attacked, fearing a general affault, they beat to arms, and immediately began a heavy fire from their works, which continued without intermiffion three hours. The troops being covered by the inequalities of the ground, little execution was done.

General Moore having completed his object, and finding the Nole Hill too advanced to be maintained, and feveral of the *yagers wounded,

Previous to the reinforcements arriving from England the army had no troops of this kind, except a corps of Corfican Rangers, but it would be unjust to merit not to mention here what in a former edition was neglected, that this corps in every action, and especially in the landing, diftinguifhed itfelf particularly; and that Major Lowe who commanded gained always the greatest approbation. Indeed it was a corps which from its conduct and appearance excited general admiration, and did honour to the nation of the First Conful of France.

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withdrew fome way, when the French immediately re-occupied the hill.

At feven o'clock a body of French, to the amount of fix hundred, unexpectedly appeared on the right of their pofition, whence they advanced rapidly againft the Green Hill, and the poft particularly poffeffed by the 30th. That regiment had been ordered from the anticipation of the cannonade to fhelter themfelves in the ditches of the works, and behind the ridges of the hills.

They were laying thus fcattered when the French had began to afcend, fupported by a heavy fire of shells, round and grape shot, from all the batteries. The affembly was beat; feven companies, in number one hundred and feventy rank and file, were collected, and at the reprefentation of Colonel Lockart to Colonel Spencer, who was prefent at the moment,* inftantly charged with the bayonet the French, who had

* On Brigadier General Doyle's arrival, Colonel Spencer loft the temporary command of the brigade, but he would not relinquish his expectation of service, and General Craddock had directed him to lead the soth regiment against the French redoubt on the left of the Green Hill,

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now nearly gained the fummit, and completely routed them. Ten prifoners were made in the purfuit, and above one hundred men killed or wounded. The 30th loft twenty-eight men, and would have fuffered much more, if Colonel Lockart had not fucceeded in drawing off his people; as a rear body of the French, when they found their column broken, commenced a fharp fcattered fire.

This gallant effort was witneffed by the whole army with delight, and certainly redounds much to the honor of Colonel Lockart and the corps. Captain Grey deferves alfo particular mention. for animating the men with the wifh to use the bayonet. Had the 30th (confusedly affembled together) depended on their fire, they must have been overpowered, nor could the regiments in the rear have arrived in time to fupport them.* This inftance fhould be remembered as another example of what the bayonet, in a British foldier's hands, can effect.

General Reynier represents this affair as a body

* General Doyle, as foon as he perceived the movement of the enemy, immediately advanced with the 50th and 92d regiments, but the diftance they had to pafs was confiderable.

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