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718 of the war. At the general promotion June 4, 1814, he obtained a Colonelcy of Royal Marines; and in the following year was nominated a Companion of the most honorahle Order of the Bath.

Subsequent to the escape of Buonaparte from Elba, we find Captain Fahie in the Malta, of 84 guns, co-operating with the Austrian General, Baron Laner, in the siege of Gaeta, which was defended with great obstinacy until the 8th Aug. 1815, on which day the allied forces took possession of it for his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, who has since conferred upon Captain Fahie the insignia of a K.F.M. in testimony of his royal regard and esteem, and of the distinguished services rendered by Captain Fahie during the operations against that fortress.

Our officer was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Aug. 12, 1819; and early in the ensuing year, appointed Commander-in-Chief at the Leeward Islands. In Dec. 1821, he relieved Vice-Admiral Colpoys in the command at Halifax, on which station he still continues. Mrs. Fahie died at Brompton, April 20, 1817.



 after the commencement of hostilities against the French republic, this officer obtained the command of the Speedy sloop, in which he had the misfortune to be captured by three of the enemy’s frigates, off Nice, June 9, 1794. He afterwards commanded the Albicore, and from that vessel was posted, Feb. 6. 1796, into la Prompte, a 20-gun ship. In the ensuing spring he assisted at the reduction of St. Lucia.

Captain Eyre’s next appointment was to the Regulus, of 44 guns, in the West Indies, where he was very actively employed until the summer of 1799, when he returned to England with Vice-Admiral (afterwards Sir Richard R.) Bligh. Towards the conclusion of the war he commanded the San Josef, a first-rate.

