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 find men; General Bellegrade and the colonel of the 8th regiment of French infantry were amongst the slain; and Generals Rufin and Rosseau, 47 other officers, and 460 men, taken prisoners: one eagle, three stands of colours, four field-pieces, and two howitzers, also fell into the hands of the conquerors, whose loss was eight officers and 195 men killed, and 55 officers and 985 men wounded: among the latter was Colonel Bush, who received a shot in the groin, and only survived a few days.

On receiving intelligence of this brilliant achievement. Sir Richard Keats immediately despatched Captain Cockburn to the army, with boats and other assistance; and this officer (who had but recently returned from the Havannah) was eminently useful in securing the prisoners and bringing off the wounded.

On the following day, the wind having come off the land, and the sea much abated, two landings were effected by way of diversion; one between Rota and Catalina, and the other between that fort and Puerto-Santa-Maria. The force employed consisted of the marines of the squadron, 200 British seamen, and 80 Spanish sailors. One division was commanded by Captain John William Spranger, of the Warrior 74; the second by Captain Edward Kittoe, of the Milford. At the same time. Fort Santa-Catalina was bombarded by the Hound and Thunder; and the batteries to the eastward of Cadiz were kept in check, with much spirit, by the flotilla under Captains Mall and Fellowes. A redoubt of four guns was carried by the marines of the Milford, led on by their commanding officer. Captain Patrick Fottrell. Another of the same force, situated at the entrance of the Rio-de-Guadalete, and surrounded by a ditch and spiked stockade, was stormed by Captain Fellowes at the head of his boat’s crew, under a heavy fire of grape from the neighbouring batteries. The guns of all the sea-defences from Rota to Santa-Maria, with the exception of Catalina, were spiked, and the works materially damaged.

In the execution of the above services, the British had one gun-boat sunk, three men killed, and thirteen (including