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 our troops, who charged the height in a most determined way. The enemy, however, did not abandon it until the colonel-commandant, Roche, and most of his officers, were killed or made prisoners, and the height was literally covered with their dead. The division of the flotilla under Captain Imbert had now commenced a most destructive cannonade on the batteries, which held out with such obstinacy, that I was obliged to order them to be successively stormed. This service was performed by Lieutenant Le Hunte, with a party of seamen, in a very gallant style. At eight o’clock every thing was in our possession, the most valuable of the enemy’s vessels and timber launched, and the rest on fire. Upwards of 150 of the enemy killed and wounded, and 163 prisoners, among whom are the colonel of the regiment, three captains of infantry, two captains of cavalry, and one captain of artillery, with his two guns, six-pounders, afford the best proofs of the manner in which both services did their work: very few of the enemy’s cavalry escaped.

“The determined manner in which Major Stewart led his men, to the attack of the enemy’s position, did him infinite honour, and the army will share my regret at the loss of this brave officer, who fell by a musket shot, while with me pushing off from the shore, after the troops were re-embarked. Lieutenant Campbell, of the 75th, who commanded the advance, was particularly and generally noticed: I cannot sufficiently express my admiration of the very exemplary conduct of Lieutenant Le Hunte, who was the observation of sailors and soldiers. * * * * * I have the honor to annex a list of our killed and wounded on this occasion, which your lordship will observe is very trifling, compared with the enormous loss of the enemy.

(Signed)“, Capt. and Brig.”

The loss sustained by the flotilla amounted to no more than two men slain and seven wounded.

Lieutenant Le Hunte was afterwards sent with a division of gun-boats to guard the island of Ponza. In March and April, 1814, he was attached to the expedition against Genoa and its dependencies; and particularly distinguished himself by his gallant and able conduct at the reduction of the enemy’s forts in the Gulf of Spezzia. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 15th June following. During the short war in 1815, he was selected to serve in the river Scheldt, with a brigade of seamen, under the orders of Captain Charles Napier; and after the final overthrow of 