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 Spanish convoy, under the batteries of Rota, near Cadiz, April 4th, 1808. The following is an extract of his captain’s official letter on that occasion:

In the summer of 1810, Lieutenant Stewart, after having assisted in destroying several armed vessels and martello towers, on the coast of Italy, was sent with a message from Captain Maxwell to the French officer commanding at the mouth of the Tiber; who, disregarding the sanctity of a flag of truce, confined him for several weeks in a dungeon, and at length sent him off as a prisoner to Verdun. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 15th June, 1814.





the son of a warrant officer. He was made a lieutenant in Dec. 1799; and commander June 15th, 1814.



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